I was over weight by 100 pounds for over twenty years,my choice but even at my heavest weight of 310 pounds I never smelled! I was conscious of my size and always made sure that I did not smell. when I worked i brought a extra shirt with me in case I was to work up a sweat, I could change........

well to make a long story short Im at a store and these to large men smelled so bad you could not get twenty feet away from them, people were turning there heads and walking away. the smell almost felt like it was cutting your nose.

what do you say?

I find that the blow dryer is way better than drying with a towel.

oh i completely agree... but i am completely uncoordinated and would probably trip or something .. lol

plus on days where it will be warm or i will be very active - even walking - i put it on and it works like a charm. powders dont really work for me, i usually end up creating some sort of paste ... :omg:

Just my 2 cents, I have a good friend... and she's overweight but not by much.. She just has big hips really.. Well she has ALWAYS had a disgusting smell about her. I would have to smoke a lot when she was in my apartment, and when we drove places, had to keep windows down. I've never said something to her..

I learned early on, she can't help it. I've never smelled it like this on anyone else.. But she would spend the night, take a shower, I know she used soap, she even borrowed my perfume/body spray.. and she still smelled DISGUSTING! I don't know what it was.. I had a hart time when she wanted to borrow clothes.. I would end up telling her to keep them (the smell would linger in clothes).

I don't think it had anything to do with her weight, and I don't know how she didn't smell it. I smell myself.. I smell my perfume, or when I'm workin out and get sweaty I can smell my pits stinkin..

I had to comment on the whole pannus thing... I ummmm dont laugh but I use my blow dryer in several areas that seem to sweat. Then I lightly powder and am fine. I find that the blow dryer is way better than drying with a towel.

Has anyone tried Dove deoderant on the panus problem? I love it. Not only takes care of the odor and sweat but makes the skin soft. I use it after every shower...I am going to try the blow dry thing though...thanks! Summer is on the way...Cat

I have tried Dove but it usually doesnt keep me as dry as the Vasgil powder. Not sure if I am spelling that right but too lazy to walk to the br this morning to check it out LOL. I dont powder too heavily but just lightly seems to be enough for me. Cant live without the blow dryer though. It seems that I just cant get dry enough without it.

This is my "smelly person" story....

A couple of years ago my DH, DGD, and myself briefly lost our minds and opted for the Easter Vigil Mass, which is 3 1/2 hours long. And, of course, the church is packed like sardines in a can. ("Good" Catholics go to Mass every Sunday....not so good ones go Easter and Christmas. I am personally lobbying for an edict from the Vatican that would prohibit anyone from attending Easter or Christmas Mass that has not been to Mass at least 10 other times in the past year.)

Anyway, shortly after entering our pew, I began to smell something awful. Discreetly glancing behind me, I saw a woman with a baby about a year old, and thought "dirty diaper....surely she will leave soon to change him", and she did. Only the smell didn't. It, in fact, got worse.

DH leaned over and asked, "Where is that smell coming from?" I shrugged my shoulders.

DGD rolled her eyes and made obvious gasping noises. I elbowed her in the ribs.

DH leaned over again and asked, "It's not me, is it?"

"Of course not", I whispered back.

"I sniffed the old guy on the other side of me and it's not him," he said. I rolled MY eyes.

"It's that woman up there," I said, nodding slightly to indicate a very short, very round woman in the pew in front of us.

DGD is now holding her nose and covering her mouth. "Can't we just leave," she pleads.

"NO," DH and I answer quietly, in unison.

It was our penance for the entire year.....maybe more.