Background <p>The number of nursing home residents with obesity is increasing. Despite the complex physical and social challenges that nursing home residents with obesity face daily, there is a lack of knowledge of how they experience things seen from their perspective.</p> Objectives <p>This study explored how nursing home residents with obesity experience everyday life.</p> Materials and Methods <p>11 nursing home residents living with obesity were interviewed. A phenomenological analysis ad modum Giorgi was applied.</p> Results <p>Three themes encapsulated essential aspects of the nursing home residents’ experiences of living with obesity: (1) From cake to crispbread – living and coping with an oversized body. (2) It keeps me in shape – wanting to keep going. (3) She is the best at making low-fat food for me – navigating the possibilities and barriers in the social and institutional environment of the nursing homes.</p> Conclusion <p>Participants’ oversized bodies shaped their daily life and thoughts, often involving concerns about bodily appearance and desires to maintain or lose weight. The findings highlight the need for occupational therapists to support residents’ everyday strategies for managing life with obesity, including habitual change and environmental adaptation.</p> Significance <p>Nursing home staff should support residents in maintaining self-reliance, routines, and targeted weight management</p>