Lifestyle tips

My wife is like the feeder unicorn. Since I started dating her she's gained at least 150 pounds. And it's actually made her healthier, and solved her old health problems even as her huge mass makes daily life more inconvenient. Not that she cares, she loves food and doesn't mind being super obese despite the struggles and stares.

When we started dating she had dangerous hypothermia that would get her sudden fainting spells and moments of violent nausea. She was rejected from donating blood because her anemia was too bad.

Now that I've fattened her up, her blood is thicker and healthier, and she's literally put on so much blubber that she never feels cold the way she used to.

Depending on your genes, just becoming super obese CAN in fact make you healthier, even if it turns you into a helpless wobbling blob like my huge well-fed love.

ok so I have been big all my life and have stayed health for the most part. Up until I hits my 40's then my health started having issues. There are so many factors to think about. Like what is your family history like? Eat larger amounts of foods but stay away from fried foods. Yes I ate and still eat fried foods even fast food but not often. You have to balance it with vegetables and health protin. You also have to stay active no I'm not saying you have to go work out at the gym 5 times a week. However, if you don't stay active like going shopping, out for dinner, just some form of moving and doing you will loss the ability to. The saying move it or loss it is so true. Your muscles need some work out to hold up all the weight you are carrying or you will be bed bound. That my take on things coming from someone that has been 200lbs to 620lbs all my life.

I'd like to offer my two cents here if it's welcome!

I've always been fat but have never been "unhealthy" and I believe it is in large part to balancing my diet. I love a good fast food binge, I can take down three bowls of pasta in one sitting, and Chinese food may very well be the way to my heart, but I also will f*ck up a chicken ceasar salad, or an entire bag of grapes. Strawberries and Nutella? Yes freaking please! I'll sometimes just have an entire bag of steamed broccoli with some ranch seasoning and butter for a snack.

I think one of the best things you can do is listen to your body when it comes to maintaining your health. When you eat things that your body tells you it doesn't like (through things like heartburn and acid reflux, dehydration, digestive issues, skin issues like rashes or acne, etc) it can help to balance your diet with more nutrient rich and water heavy foods.

Foods with high water contents will make you feel satisfied longer and, what I'm more concerned with for myself, they make you just feel physically better.

Getting more water through actually drinking it or having foods that have a higher water content has made me feel so much better over the last few years. Like literally cleared up my skin, significantly reduced headaches, helped me feel more alert and awake, and really has overall improved my quality of life. All of that being said, I'm also at the heaviest I've ever been with no health issues whatsoever.

So, I'd recommend looking for those foods that you enjoy! Even if it means putting cheese on your veggies, Nutella or some sugar on your fruit, or more dressing on your salad, balancing your diet out can do wonders for your health and, what I think is more important here, it can make you just feel so much better overall. Plus, most Americans don't actually eat enough fruits and vegetables, or consume enough water which is what causes so many of the health issues we see, especially the ones that medical professionals believe are tied to obesity.

The thing is, the underlying cause of most of the health issues that come with being overweight is the actual diet, not the weight itself (apart from joint/muscle issues caused by the actual weight itself). By balancing out the things that negatively impact your body with things that positively impact it you can make huge quality of life improvements for yourself that (keep in mind I am not a medical professional) will likely positively impact your health as well.

The big thing here is that it's not about what foods are "good" or "bad" for you, it's about how you physically feel and how they're affecting your overall health. If anything, this balance can lead to a more sustainable and long term gain because it helps eliminate those health issues that put gains on pause or even cause them to need to be reversed. And wouldn't you rather suck it up and eat more fruits and veggies and drink more water than have to completely change your lifestyle due to a major health risk?

Good luck out there everyone💕

I think it’s possible to be heavy and healthy. If you eat a high calorie, healthy diet that’s low in saturated fat, and workout it’s entirely possible to be obese and healthy.

I have spent the last year working on this and while I’m not 300 pounds I am quite fat with a big belly. Through gradual exercise I have managed to add muscle and cardio. I slowly ran a 5K last month and was at my heaviest weight I’ve been at.

So, yes I do think it’s possible. Working out doesn’t burn nearly the calories people think it does, so by exercising you’re building muscle and heart health without giving up too many fat gains.

You’re 100% right, a intense cardio workout is gonna burn about as much as Big Mac if that even.

This is the part I have trouble understanding though I know its true. When I was going to the gym, I would do 20-30 minutes on the treadmill and at the end it would say I burned like 200 calories.

But its still in my head that I can't do cardio because I will lose weight. So strange.

It's a common thought/fear around these parts. I've spoken to many people who refuse to exercise or eat healthy foods for fear they will lose even one pound. It's like healthy = thin = bad.

I'm sure there's nothing to unpack here.

To be honest if you go in the range 400-500 pounds you will run into problems one way or the other !
You are far more vulnerable, the world is not made for that weight range.
It’s not just diabetes and heart problems.
The likely hod or getting injured is way increased. Minor operations become a struggle for M.D. with an increased risk of complications!

The range that I think can be reached relatively safe is bmi 40 with out excessive increase of medical problems !

Regarding food and exercise -> def decrease the risk

With „healthy“ food it’s harder to overeat, so if you are some one that‘s having trouble eating you should track the calories and weight !

If you are like I think many people drawn to the fetish you gain weight relatively fast I would advise to just make sure you have calorie dens foods in you Daly’s

I fattened my partner up to about 500 lbs. As much as he loved it, he decided to lose weight for a number of reasons.

One of these reasons is health care gets very difficult after a certain point. He had to get an MRI for something and barely fit in the tube. Yes, open MRIs are a thing, but they are not common. He wad terrified that if he got really sick, he might be too fat for many kinds of life saving medical care.

I'm not saying no one should be 400-500+ lbs. I'm just saying it'a something to keep in mind.7