To think that unlike Adele, lots of us are getting bigger after lockdown?

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Having been reading about Adele's amazing weight loss, I feel as though I've performed a similar feat in reverse! I'm normally slim and healthy, I haven't been overeating that much during lockdown, so assume that it's just that I'm less active. I weighed myself this morning and have put on over half a stone! Speaking to friends, quite a few seem to have the same issue. AIBU to think that lots of people are gaining weight during lockdown? Or am I in denial and others are getting healthier, like Adele?

Yeah how on earth do the press know how much she weighs?

It doesn't matter anyway.

Scrawny my arse, and I can assure you that my arse is not scrawny.

Seriously though, what's with the bitter responses, is it envy?

Seriously though, what's with the bitter responses, is it envy

Yes. Women cannot win.

Overweight - "urgh she's so fat- why cant she lose some weight?"
Slimmed down- "meh, looks scrawny and old, thats what comes of crash dieting!"
Gets botox- "her face doesnt even move! Its pathetic how some women are so desperate to hang on to their youth, why cant they age gracefully?"
Ages gracefully with no enhancements- "wow- she looks old, she's really let herself go hasn't she?- look at her crows feet!"

Men dont get this shit.

I bet pre lockdown she had a personal trainer which helps. Wldnt be surprised if she has a pool and gym at her house too. Makes it easier. I rem a WAG doing a article once on how she kept fit being s working mom. She went for a swim in their pool before kids woke up! Adele does look good though.

She had all the resources before this though. Why now? People on here were claiming that Scarlett Moffat lost her weight healthily and was now a healthy weight (which she was to be fair). Then the truth came out. The point is that a body that has been obese for a long time doesn’t just become slim because its owner magically acquires willpower. There are a few exceptions but generally someone who has been obese all their adult life is not able to maintain a very low weight forever (which undeniably a weight in the 8 st range is). The only exception is where it is a result of weight loss surgery, in which case there is a much higher chance that the weight will stay off. That is why I hope this is due to surgery because otherwise it won’t take long for it to go back on, which isn’t healthy either.

This is not an attempt to diss Adele, just to counter the unrealistic notion that any fat person can just magically become slim forever if they really want it enough. That totally undermines the huge mental and physical effort involved in losing very large amounts of weight and the science that says that your body will fight you all the way to return to the higher weight.

How do the press know what someone weighs? I suspect there are even tools these days when you can put an image in and it tells you the weight based on the height of the person and how fat they go out at the sides and that kind of thing just like most of us can probably guess if someone ie about 8 stone, 10 stone 12 stone by looking at someone.

She looks great in the aesthetically acceptable californian way. I am not sure she is a happy soul. I don't think she diets in the traditional way

She looks a healthy weight, it doesn’t really matter who finds her aesthetically pleasing. Why on Earth would she not be happy..? She probably has loads more energy and stamina now she’s several stone lighter.

Why would people be so down on someone achieving a healthier lifestyle?

She looks great in the aesthetically acceptable californian way

She looks healthy.

I think people are doing one of two things:
Using it as an excuse to eat loads, not exercise, not get dressed etc. Not saying that is a bad thing as it sounds brilliant!

Others are doing the opposite and using it as an opportunity to get fitter, eat better etc. It's so easy when takeaways aren't really an option!

I'm doing the latter and have lost nearly a stone! It's amazing but I'm so jealous of everyone having afternoon wine 😂

This is not an attempt to diss Adele, just to counter the unrealistic notion that any fat person can just magically become slim forever if they really want it enough. That totally undermines the huge mental and physical effort involved in losing very large amounts of weight and the science that says that your body will fight you all the way to return to the higher weight.

Lots of obese people are overweight simply because they eat too much and exercise too little. If she’s made a decision to change her lifestyle and she sticks to these changes, then she’ll maintain that weight.

People often put the weight back on because they return to their old habits. Habits which may exist for a number of reasons; poor relationships with food; mental health, boredom, just like eating, whatever.

I’m currently a healthy weight, but I have to maintain high levels of exercise and watch what I eat otherwise I very quickly pile it back on. Some days, I’d love to sit and munch my way through this lockdown but I am really concentrating on mind over matter to stop the lbs creeping back on.

She looks a bit wiry and odd but if she's happy and hasn't harmed herself 🤷‍♀️

* Using it as an excuse to eat loads, not exercise, not get dressed etc. Not saying that is a bad thing as it sounds brilliant!*

Sounds bloody awful to me. Perhaps for an odd lazy morning but no longer.

And these people don’t actually seem to be happy at all from the threads I have read.

Let us call a spade a spade. Before she was fat

And undeserving of medical treatment.

I’m not going to compare myself with any celebrity. Not only are they usually extremely wealthy and living s privileged lifestyle, they also have the motivation to control their eating as usually their outward appearance governs their ability to earn.

Personally IF has always worked best for me. Avoid sugar and fast, the weight falls off. Over lockdown I’ve maintained by avoiding food till midday. I’m very very sedentary at the moment but I’m just rolling with it. Won’t be forever.

I actually lost a few lb. I need to take DD on a few long walks every day otherwise she is climbing the walls. And money has been tighter plus some food prices seem to have gone up so we have been eating less too. Certainly also a lot less snacking.

Does she fuck look 'wiry'. She looks a bit 'odd' because we are used to seeing her much bigger.

If this had been her look when she had first come onto the scene no one would have ever batted an eyelid, in fact she would have probably been lauded for having a 'normal body'.

Not only are they usually extremely wealthy and living s privileged lifestyle, they also have the motivation to control their eating as usually their outward appearance governs their ability to earn.

Adele’s weight never affected her ability to earn. And the richer you are the more food you can afford to buy, or pay a fancy chef to make for you.

GoatInTheGarden it’s really not as simple as that in real life. If you’re obese, especially for a long period of time, your chances of reaching a healthy weight and staying there are very low according to scientific studies. It sounds very simple about ‘going back to old habits’ but it’s almost inevitable for most obese people because what they need to eat to get down to a weight like Adele’s is not something they (or anyone) can do in the long term, especially if they have a body that was obese and will be fighting them all the way.
If it really was a case of just eating sensibly and maintaining a 7st weight loss, then it would be far more common for people to do just that. It’s obviously something that’s incredibly difficult (nigh on impossible for some) to do without medical intervention. That’s not because they are lazy or weak-willed or stupid in any way.

Adele looks great but that’s not how her body naturally looks and it will be a battle and a half to keep it that way and absolutely nothing like the experiences of someone who has always been slim and thinks it’s effortless to be that way.

I've lost a bit a weight and more importantly toned up and got fitter over the last 6 weeks. I'm doing an online exercise session in the garden every day and walking up and down hills for miles and miles - I live in the country - with a 5km run every second day. I've gained 2.5 hours commute time so I am using it to get fitter.

Adele looks great but that’s not how her body naturally looks

?? Of course it’s how her body naturally looks. Previously she was over-eating.

Adele looks great but that’s not how her body naturally looks and it will be a battle and a half to keep it that way and absolutely nothing like the experiences of someone who has always been slim and thinks it’s effortless to be that way.

How do you know what her body 'naturally looks like'?

Adele looks fab, fair play to her. And definitely still curvy in a good way.

I’ve lost almost half a stone since lockdown but it’s taken quite a bit of effort and eating fewer calories since I’m not moving as much. I’ve got another 5 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight but I can already see a difference! I’ve also been doing a HIIT workout daily on YouTube which I’m actually enjoying doing more than the gym.

It would’ve been really easy to just write this period off and spend two months lounging around eating junk but I’m really glad I haven’t.

Err because she has been obese her entire adult life and never been close to that size? And also because it represents a loss of about 40% of her original body weight, which is drastic. I mean tell yourself what you want but according to the research she has a less than 1% chance of being able to maintain that weight unless she’s had surgery in which case the odds increase substantially. Once obese, your body will be desperate to return to that state which is why drastic diets tend to fail. Also, most obese people do tend to have struggled with weight for years so chances are that this is not the first diet she has been on because she woke up at 32 and suddenly fancied being slim. That’s not how obesity works.

I just don't understand this "body fighting her all the way" stuff. If someone can give me some actual scientific proof of this maybe I will.

When people are obese they usually find it hard to lose weight due to the mental difficulty and determination. It's a huge task.

As far as I know it's a complete myth that you're body wants to "get back to where it was". If you've reset your insulin resistance and your pancreas functions normally you are in exactly the same place as anyone else your height and weight, give and take a few genetic differences.

Err because she has been obese her entire adult life and never been close to that size? And also because it represents a loss of about 40% of her original body weight, which is drastic. I mean tell yourself what you want but according to the research she has a less than 1% chance of being able to maintain that weight unless she’s had surgery in which case the odds increase substantially. Once obese, your body will be desperate to return to that state which is why drastic diets tend to fail.

Could you please link to the science that backs all this up?

No human is 'naturally obese'.

I would have thought that most people putting weight back on is psychological rather than their body physically trying to get back to obesity?

Obviously post menopause it's slightly different again, but that is totally irrelevant here.