For researchers or latecomers looking at archived versions of these forums via the Wayback Machine, here is what a typical "belly stuffing thread" from 2021 looked like:
Thread Title: [F/22] The Thanksgiving Leftovers Challenge – 6000 calories in 2 hours First Post: "Starting weight: 130 lbs. Current waist: 27 inches. Goal: 34 inches. Menu: 2x large stuffing casseroles, 1L eggnog, pumpkin pie. Join me every 15 mins!"
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Belly stuffing forums were online communities—often hosted on niche forums, social media groups, and image boards—where participants discussed, role-played, or shared media related to overeating, forced feeding, and similar fetishes. Content ranged from written fantasies and story exchanges to images, videos, and “challenges” demonstrating large quantities of food consumption. Some communities treated it as erotic content; others framed it as comedy, shock content, or weight-gain interest.
While Curvage is known as a video platform, its forum section in 2021 became the gold standard for "belly stuffing" threads. Unlike general forums, Curvage’s 2021 threads were hyper-organized. Users posted "Before & After" gifs, but the forum feature that exploded was the Stuffing Challenge Calendar. Each month, moderators would post a challenge (e.g., "The Thanksgiving Prelim: Eat your body weight in calories over 8 hours"), and users would document their failure or success in dedicated reply threads. belly stuffing forum 2021
The most significant trend in the 2021 belly stuffing forum was the de-stigmatization of the act within the space. Previous years had threads filled with post-binge guilt ("I feel disgusting, why did I do this?"). But in 2021, the dominant tone was celebratory and therapeutic.
Members referred to stuffing as "self-care" or "taking control." For many, the pandemic stripped away the pretense of dieting for a public that no longer saw them. The forum became a safe harbor where a distended stomach wasn't a sign of illness or failure, but a mark of achievement. For researchers or latecomers looking at archived versions
One prolific poster on a now-defunct PHP forum wrote in March 2021: "I used to hide after a stuffing, lying on my bathroom floor. Now I photodocument the whole thing for my thread. The clicks and comments are the endorphin rush that used to come from the food alone."
No article on this topic would be complete without addressing the medical and ethical debates that raged within the 2021 forums. Menu: 2x large stuffing casseroles, 1L eggnog, pumpkin pie