Who is a gainer?

Gainers come in all shapes and sizes and their fantasies, goals, and ideals vary. People who are sexually attracted to the idea or physical act of consuming large amounts of food or water for sexual gratification. People who enjoy the act of bloating or inflating their bellies temporarily with water, soda, food, or air.

When did gainers & encouragers start?

Around 1985, the first-known gathering of gainers and encouragers began in New York City, when a group started meeting informally after Girth & Mirth meetings. One of the group’s members, John Outcalt, would go on to be one of the gainer/encourager community’s leading voices in the next decade.

What was the first gainer newsletter?

In April 1996, John Outcalt published the final issue of Encouragement, which had become the most influential of the gainer newsletters. One month later, GainrRWeb.com--the first website dedicated to gainers and encouragers--was launched by FatJeff.

What does R/gainers mean?

A borrow-word from the feeder/feedee-fetish, but is used to denote the same group: Those whose interest is to feed gainers and get their sexual kick out of seeing the gainer grow under their care. r/gainers: This sub is the place for the ever-growing and wildly popular community of gainers.