Six Month Shoes
Candice is a woman struggling to adjust to a new life. Just out of high-school, she got a job at a telemarketing agency. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very high-paid job, which left her constantly struggling for money. Seeing an advert in a paper one day, for a ‘swap your life’ TV program, she phoned up, and after making enquiries about what was expected of her, she applied. Getting the call a week later, she was asked to come into the studio.
Arriving at the studio. Candice was ecstatic to learn that she’d been accepted, and thus, as long as she stuck with it, the $50,000 on offer would be hers. She was less thrilled when she learned that the ‘life’ she’d be swapping with was that of Louise, a morbidly obese (312 lb) IT support consultant. She applied to get a different match, but was refused, and the $1,000 pull-out fee was more than she could afford.
Candice spent the next week observing how Louise lived. Everyone at the centre was interested in the challenge, though less so in the likely outcome. After a week, it was time to start filming for real.
At first, Candice struggled with changing her lifestyle, having to go from an energetic young woman, who ate healthy, and exercised regularly, to a virtual couch potato, who gorged on junk food and takeaways. In fact, in the first weeks she had to take antacids with every meal just to keep from puking, the effect of which left her rather distracted. In addition to the filming, the company provided some personal assistance in the form of Josh, a semi-live-in helper and monitor.
As the weeks passed, Candice finally began to get used to the new style, though she loathed it, and even more the effects it had. By the end of the first week she’d gained 3 pounds, and by the end of the first month, she was up 16 pounds, to 151 lb. The following months saw even greater gains, her weight climbing to 173 lb by the end of the second month, then 197 lb, then 223 lb, then 252, and finally to 283 lb by the end of the program.
With $50,000 in her pocket, and no longer required to gain, Candice set out to lose the weight. This, unfortunately, was waylaid by Josh, who’d grown attracted to her over the six months. Between struggling to adapt her lifestyle again, and her new closet FA boyfriend lavishing her with attention (and often sweets), she not didn’t manage to lose any weight, but actually continued to gain, if a little more slowly.
Not slowly enough though, as, by Thanksgiving (just over 2 months later) her weight is up to 314 lb. Knowing she’s surpassed Louise’s former weight finally breaks her, and she surrenders to Josh’s ministrations.
Gainful Employment
Just out of high-school, George, a former footballer is searching for an easy job, when he finds an ad in the paper for one that looks easy. Advertising good pay and easy hours, he goes for an interview. He’s shocked at first to find that the position is for a personal assistant job to Maria, a 400+ lb, multi-millionaire butterball. The pay, however, is too good to resist, even at the cost of gaining ‘some’ weight, and so he agrees to the contract.
At first, things go fairly well, Maria is friendly and generous, and being her personal assistant isn’t an onerous job, with the only oddity being her rule that he always wears an admittedly rather stylish chocker. Fairly soon however, George notices that he’s begun gaining weight, and so starts to exercise in Maria’s household gym. This, unfortunately, only slows his gaining a little bit, as does dieting. A month in, and the former 140 lb footballer is now a somewhat softer 168 lb. The gaining continues, and by the end of the year, George’s weight has rocketed up to 287 lb, while Maria’s has dropped significantly, to just 328 lb.
Things only get worse in the new year, as George’s weight continues to climb, while Maria’s continues to drop. By Valentines Day he’s passed Maria, weight rising to 335 lb, while hers has dropped to just 290 lb. By Easter, he’s pushing 400 lb, and struggling just to get about, while Maria is down to a much slimmer 245 lb. By Independence Day, he’s ironically, no longer independent, as weight continues to skyrocket, reaching 478 lb, while Maria has dropped to just 183 lb.
Things finally start to slow down a little around Labour Day, with his weight now up to 545 lb, while Maria is down to a shapely 135 lb. Slowing down is a relative term though, as his weight reaches 600 lb by Christmas, while Maria bottoms out at 130 lb.
Filling The Position
Graduating from college, Emily seeks a position with a local accountancy firm. At first everything is fine, the other accountants are pleasant and friendly. Things change, however, when Emily is made the chairman’s secretary, despite her relative newness. Everyone knows why of course, because Emily is young, slim and comparatively beautiful.
After a few months, Emily approaches Margaret, another of the workers, and after a little bit of talking confesses that she’s uncomfortable with the job, especially the way some of the managers treat her, but doesn’t want to say anything in case they fire her. Margaret suggests that she puts on weight, but Emily says her mother would castigate her if she ever gained weight. The next day, Margaret approaches Emily, and says that she can offer to take Emily on as a lodger, to which Emily happily agrees.
Moving in with Margaret and her family, Emily quickly adapts to eating larger meals and not exercising as much, instead spending her nights helping Margaret with the housework, or Margaret’s kids with their homework. The lifestyle soon begins to have an effect on Emily, but no longer being hounded by her fatophobic mother, she doesn’t care. As her weight increases, she’s demoted, but is perfectly happy about it, as she now fits in better with the rest of the women.
For A Friend
Arriving at college from out of town, Barbara, a 5’7” 110 lb former high-school track runner finds she’s rooming with Tamara, who at 5’ 4” and pushing 200 lb is well into obesity. A little off-put at first, Barbara does eventually warm up to her roommate, who is friendly and helpful, and also a genius. Seeing her new friend being a target for bullies, Barbara wants to help but struggles to think of a way. In fact, it’s not until Thanksgiving that an idea occurs to her. Back at college, Barbara offers Tamara a deal to start in the new year, Tamara will prepare the food for bother of them, each having equal portions, while Barbara will put Tamara, now weighing 212 lb, through an exercise regime to help shed weight. Thankful for the deal, Tamara agrees.
Coming back in the new year, now weighing 114 lb (3 lb up on her former weight thanks to eating more than usual), Barbara is enthusiastic about the new regime. It proves difficult at first though, as, despite her ‘gorging’ at Christmas, she is unused to large meals, such as those prepared by Tamara. Constant feelings of being stuffed make her distracted in class, leading to often having to stay after hours to study, cutting into her free time. It takes almost a month to fully adapt to the new, larger meals, by which time her weight has risen to 136 lb.
Once used to the large meals, Barbara begins to draw up an exercise regime for Tamara, now up to over 230 lb is on the cusp of morbid obesity. Another month passes, and Tamara has managed to lose weight, getting down to 220 lb, though Barbara in the meantime has gained weight, up to 156 lb. Things get closer as time passes, so that by the end of the semester, Tamara is down to 191 lb, while Barbara is not far off, at 184 lb.
During the spring break, Barbara finds it hard to maintain a fitness regime. Being over half as heavy again as previously, she draws a lot of unwanted attention, especially from her family, making her feel very self-conscious. The result of this is that, by the time fall semester starts, she’s over 200 lb, while Tamara has managed to stick to her plan, and is down to 168 lb.
Getting back into a routine, Barbara manages to lose 12 lb by the end of the month, getting down to 191 lb, while Tamara manages to get down to 155 lb. Further losses on Barbara’s part, however, are stalled when she meets Thomas, a freshman guy who shows an interest in her. After hearing her story, he asks her out, during which time, he reveals himself as an FA. After several more dates, they’re engaged. Thomas’s FA tendencies scupper Barbara’s attempt to slim down, and she quickly starts to gain weight again, passing 200 lb, and eventually passing Tamara’s heaviest weight by Thanksgiving Meanwhile Tamara continues to exercise and lose weight, getting down to 140 lb in the same time.
The following Summer, Thomas and the by now much larger (~270 lb) Barbara get married.
