My 100 pound weight gain story 😭 timeline with pictures and weigh-ins

Over the past year, I’ve gained over 130 pounds, and nearly all of it has gone straight to my belly. It’s ballooned to over 68 inches around, perfectly round, heavy, and taut. Doctors are baffled—after ruling out everything from Cushing’s syndrome to thyroid issues, they’ve determined that my weight gain itself is simply caused by bad life changes (a stressful cross-country move, a bad breakup, a new sedentary job, and way too much fast food), but my genetics specifically have caused almost all