Thread by @Bubee_O, This is a thread of my weight gain journey. Been wanting to [...]

This is a thread of my weight gain journey. Been wanting to do this & I& #39;m finally doing it cos I had a conversation with one of my mutuals yesterday. I& #39;m going to make salient points in this thread, idc if you don& #39;t agree with them but if you insult me, I& #39;ll report your account.

I& #39;ve been skinny basically my whole life for as long as I can remember. It wasn& #39;t really hard at first cos I was young, so I felt when I became a teenager, I& #39;d become big. But I entered my teenage years and there wasn& #39;t any real change. I was still skinny. I felt like there was..

..something fundamentally wrong with me because why wasn& #39;t I growing like other people?

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..try to focus on whatever good thing happening so that I can be happy. I was doing really well in school so that was my focus. But all the comments people made about my body hurt so much. They stung. It didn& #39;t help that I had hip dips, & I didn& #39;t even know what they were till..

..I joined Twitter. I thought I was the only one that had them so I just felt like my creator did me dirty. Everything people said about my body made me super conscious. I had a particular way I walked. I& #39;d push out my waist as much as I could so that people could see I wasn& #39;t..

..a straight line. My family even had a name they teased me with (I love them regardless, that name just hurt). I& #39;ve had to deal with this every single day of my life. I got into uni, it got worse. In the hostel people would make so many comments you didn& #39;t ask them for. It was..

..messing with my mind and I knew I was tired of all the comments. Then of course there& #39;s the part about someone I was involved with always tweeting about big bumbum and it crushed me every time

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I& #39;ve done a number of things I& #39;m not exactly proud of cos of being skinny shamed...

I get extremely upset when people say that there& #39;s nothing like skinny shaming. I& #39;ve stopped engaging on here, I just block anyone that takes that stand cos it triggers me a whole lot. Earlier in the year, I posted a picture of me in school in my white & black. Two of my male...

..mutuals came under the tweet and made hurtful comments about my hips. I was so hurt that I deleted the pictures. It was @Chinnyb_ that noticed then sent a DM with the sweetest and most reassuring words. I felt a lot better after she did, such a sweet babe. I& #39;ve struggled a lot

cos of my weight. I& #39;m a very vain person, anyone that knows me well knows this fact so the fact that people were ALWAYS making comments about my body size made me really upset. I believed there was something wrong with me for the longest time. I think it& #39;s last year I realised...

..that I& #39;m actually a really beautiful woman, skinny or not, regardless of the fact that my body didn& #39;t fit into the conventional beauty standard. It took a lot to get to that point cos my hip dips messed with my mind a lot. I decided to be intentional about finding clothes for..

..my body type. I found out high-waist jeans & crop tops looked really good on me so I got tons of them and made them my signature dressing. It was either that or really big, long dresses so that they could just envelop me & have my face and hair as the major focus. I realised...

..that I wanted to do something about the way I looked. I needed people to stop making silly jokes about wind carrying me away on a windy day. I needed them to stop asking me why I wanted to gain weight when everyone was trying to lose. I needed to stop hearing how I could be...

...easily kidnapped or stolen away because I was "foldable" or "portable". I also hated that random people would meet me and just attempt to lift me from the ground. It all always got me upset but I& #39;d not say most times. I just knew I was really tired of the situation...

Anyway, lockdown came and presented me with the opportunity to gain the weight I& #39;d always wanted. I was so excited about the fact that I had seemingly endless time on my hands to do whatever I wanted, so I decided to do intentional weight gain. It was really expensive cos I ate..

..at least 4 times everyday. Big shout-out to @TheAkwaIbomite for helping me draw up the solid meal plan that I used. Then @oluwapelumi_ii for answering all my questions about yoga, patiently putting me through and cheering me on when I sent pictures. It helped. A whole lot

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I gained over 10kg this year, I& #39;m ngl, it& #39;s the biggest highlight of the year for me. I& #39;m going to wrap this thread up very shortly, so I& #39;m reaching out to every skinny person out there that& #39;s struggling, especially when people downplay your struggle or say it& #39;s nonexistent.

I want you to know that you& #39;re beautiful regardless. Your struggle is very much valid despite what people say. Do whatever makes you happy, gain weight if that& #39;s what will make you happy but don& #39;t forget that people will never stop talking. I know this cos I& #39;ve gotten nasty...

..comments about how "the former me" looked better than the current me. I& #39;m not bothered anymore cos this is what I& #39;ve always wanted, but I really wish people would stop commenting on other people& #39;s bodies & expect them to take it because "skinny". It absolutely makes no sense...

So this thread is for B, my mutual that I chatted with yesterday. I know you& #39;ll see this. You& #39;re a beautiful woman and you& #39;ll only get more beautiful. This is what I& #39;ve told myself for over a year and I will keep manifesting it. I know you will too

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I love and appreciate my friends & family. They& #39;re ALWAYS there for me. Made this whole situation not as depressing as it could& #39;ve been. My support system is very solid and I don& #39;t take it for granted at all. I hope to give out at least half the love I& #39;ve received in this life

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Wrapping this up by giving a big shout-out to skinny people. Do whatever you want. Add weight if you like. Remain skinny if not. Whatever the case, you will always be beautiful. My personal principle is that I am not the bigger person. If you body shame me, I will do back x.

I& #39;m getting so many DMs from people that can relate to this thread. I& #39;ll reply all and I& #39;m sending loads of love to everyone

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Based on popular demand, here& #39;s the meal plan I used. It& #39;s regular food tbh. I also used a mass gainer to make smoothies with plenty bananas and avocado. Prepare your coins sha cos it& #39;s expensive

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You& #39;d need a supplement or something to make you feel hungry. Ask your doctor. https://twitter.com/theakwaibomite/status/1268442208941858816">https://twitter.com/theakwaib...

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