To think there's going to be an increase in obesity post Covid?

[BoujiSnail]

Nearly everyone I know has put on weight, even my dm who never puts on weight.Its the boredom coupled with the gyms being closed, increase in alcohol consumption and I guess stress induced eating?
I work in secure services and we always notice the weight gain (partly due to medication) but also due to the lack of physical exercise, lack of access to healthy choices, days spent sat around watching tv. Isn't that what we're all living like now?
Sorry for any grammatical errors, walking to work and typing!

[CuppaZa]

No one in my household has put any weight on. In fact, myself and daughter have lost a little. And we we slim to start with. Probably due to less takeaways and more home cooked food

[ScrapThatThen]

No cafe lunches, coffee and cake, KFC or MacDonalds for lots of people for weeks though. Although home delivery of sweets and treats is doing big business around here so maybe not.

[SoMuchToBits]

I'm staying about the same I think. Still walking to and from work, although work is slightly less busy than usual. But not feeling that hungry, so maybe eating slightly less.

[2468whodoyouappreciate]

Seeing MarkRuffaloCrumbles post reminded me that 1 went 2 weeks without thyroid meds too due to a shortage in supplies. That would have had an impact.
My mood plummeted. I had 10 days where I hardly got out of bed just after I got my new supply. Ever since they whipped my thyroid out I can gain weight very easy if eat more than 2 meals a day. I've been eating 3 since lockdown and like i said in my esrlierbpost, my job was very very active but now I'm not running aroundc12/14 hours a day plus exercising.
I'm.like a fucking bus now. I'm.so depressed about it I've lost my mojo and any inclination to diet or move much.

[DianneWhatcock]

Yep so many I know have complained they have gained weight as have I

[RunSoICanEatCheese]

I was stress-eating and drinking alcohol most evenings when lockdown first started. After about 3 weeks I realised I just couldn’t carry on like that, so I started dieting and running. I’m now on week 7 of Couch to 5K, really chuffed with myself, and losing weight. I actually think it’s easier to exercise during lockdown because I have more free time. It’s done wonders for my mental health too.

[flumposie]

I'm a stone heavier than I was . I used to walk everywhere and to work each day. Always did well over 10000 steps. Now I average about 4000. Been drinking more. I can't wait to get walking again. ( been tied to a laptop / child).

[dayslikethese1]

I'm not sure if I have, maybe a little. Been eating the same but far less movement than usual.

[LoadsaBlusher]

I’ve put on about half a stone

Not doing the twice daily walk for the school run is really impacting me

Plus going round the twist with three kids stuck at home has had me hiding in the kitchen with cups of tea and a double decker nearly in tears some days.

[KatherineJaneway]

Definitely

[Dylanpickle]

DP and I have both lost weight.

We are eating much healthier meals, no meals out, takeaways or Starbucks.

No sweet treats and we cut down massively on alcohol as we were worried it was a slippery slope. We have been doing a good hours exercise a day.

I do struggle with an eating disorder normally, seeing the links between Covid and obesity has scared me and I have to be careful not to let it trigger a relapse. But lots of things could do that, including stress.

[TastyCheese]

I can see what you're getting at OP in that a lot of people put on weight in lockdown as they are much more restricted in choice of activities.

However, in recent ish times compared to when I was an 80s child (!) - there has been a shift, certainly in the UK of:
normal weight equals 'skinny'
overweight but not obese equals 'normal'
obese people fall into one of 2 camps - those who decide to make a detemined effort to lose it and successfully do it and those who look as if they're likely to stay obese all their lives.

if you're slightly underweight - anorexic freak! I don't intend that to be disrespectful to anorexic people just highlighting the insidious increasing acceptance of fat as somehow normal and if you are one of the rare people who don't comfort eat as a way of dealing with difficult emotions you are somehow different from the norm!!

[EmeraldShamrock]

I put on over a stone. I never put on weight I thought I was the type that gets away with it.
My body is seized up, it is down to lack of walking. I started a new exercise regime this week I feel bad, my stomach bloating hurts.