About lockdown weight gain

[Leanandmean31]

So I was talking to a friend on Zoom and she told me that she has gained a stone and a half during lockdown. I was shocked when I then spoke to other friends and heard the same thing and that I am one of the only ones I know who hasn’t gained weight and used lockdown as an excuse to eat what I like. I am worried about the NHS burden as there are so many patients who have had their treatment delayed due to Covid and the last thing we need is more health issues caused by obesity.
AIBU to think that people should be more responsible? Btw before anyone flames me I am not talking about people who have had a very stressful job during lockdown. My friend said her DH has discovered a love for baking so she has just been sitting there eating bread and butter for 2 months.

*For the record, I normally go to the gym asi have a fairly sedentary job so I have been running,cycling and getting exercise classes on YouTube.

I prepare a salad each evening ready for lunch the next day as I would if I was at work and maintain my sleep wale cycle and mealtimes. It's not quantum physics.

It is when you have children. hmm*

We take it in turns so husband and I alternate days we go for a run. If we can't do that, I stick a DVD or YouTube video on and exercise in the living room.

I get up at 6am to leave time for running with the dog and getting small people ready.

We also like the children to exercise. They walk miles with us and the dogs at the weekend. We all of our on bikes. Twins are too small to ride in their own so go on the back of our bikes.

Thanks to all who have been supportive. I totally agree reading my post that I was being mean and judgmental. Having thought about it, it’s about more than just my friend eating bread. I realise that this sounds stupid when I read it now. It’s a bigger thing.

I think Malbecblooms hit the nail on the head that it’s so socially acceptable to joke about overeating and binge drinking. It’s not about someone who is 8 stone gaining a few pounds but more that we have a really huge death toll from Covid in this country and we also have one of the biggest obesity problems in the entire world. It’s not just normal weight people who are gaining in lockdown, it’s also those who already had a severe weight problem to begin with. My aim is not to make them feel worse but it’s a worrying trend, it really is. They are unlikely to just lose the weight after lockdown and it will affect the health service and will also potentially affect those of them who catch Covid. I think I am more annoyed with our whole culture that indulges and celebrates this. I can’t count the number of social media posts that say ‘there’s no such thing as too much cake/chocolate’ or ‘there’s no such thing as too early in the day to drink gin’. I think this creates a culture where it’s totally fine to eat and drink to excess and it does have repercussions for the rest of society.

Oh and I am actually quite nice in real life. This is an anonymous space and I am asking questions that maybe I wouldn’t do in real life.

I thought we'd quietly made a societal decision to all gain weight during lockdown so when it's finally over nobody has to feel weird about it...? OP, HAVE YOU RENEGED ON OUR AGREEMENT? Because you're going to make the rest of us look bad.

peardrops1 😂

I thought we'd quietly made a societal decision to all gain weight during lockdown so when it's finally over nobody has to feel weird about it...?

I think on average we’ll be similar. Some people will have gained a bit and some will have lost. When the lockdown eases and we’re all out and about more, I think it will get easier for people not to boredom eat.

Woodchiponthewall, 'clumsy and judgemental' wording from the OP? Not shit Sherlock! You say that as if she's some helpless victim of the piling on that not only did she expect, but she actively courted. Name-changing was a bit of a glaring klaxon, don't you think?

We all know that gaining weight isn't the best thing (unless you need to do that) but how is writing a judgemental post about it anything other than an excrutiatingly cringey example of attention-seeking - and designed to cause upset? I can't believe that anybody of even average intelligence wouldn't foresee that it was anything but a nasty jibe intended to cause offence.

But, assuming that the OP was just being a goady fucker (which I believe s/he was) then she should be able to take it on the chin when posters rightly pull him/her/it up on the thread about their posting.

We really don't need this right now, do we? I've wishes the posters almost apologising to the OP for their weight gain, hadn't. OP deserves no validation at all.

I've cross-posed with you, Leanandmean, I would have tempered my last post a bit if I'd seen yours just now.

You'll have seen the temperature on the board now, whatever your concerns, however valid, they're not your responsibility to fix and with that lack of responsibility there should be a semblance of acceptance. Keep yourself fit and trim and don't mind what other people do; it doesn't affect you.

We are supposed to stay home to work full time, homeschool the kids full time, run all the house, take the kids for a daily exercise at least once a day...

when the fuck am I supposed to exercise on top of that? I might jog when the kids cycle, but clearly that limit their own exercise and mine anyway.

I think food is the only pleasure left to us. Until recently we couldn't see friends and family, we couldn't go anywhere except a for a walk, we couldn't go out for us a nice meal, meet friends in the pub or go out and buy clothes. All the little treats have been taken away from us. All that's been left is having nice food at home. Some people's lives have changed dramatically and they've become less active. It's not surprising people have gained weight. People really do need little pleasures in life especially during worrying and difficult times.

Your post has made me hungry. I’m off for a McDonald’s 🍔

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe

I didn’t think the OP came across like that at all. I think you come across as much worse and far more judgemental.

I haven't. I've lost it but only because I'm doing 5:2 and I'm still fat.
They can lose weight, what are you going to do about your personality?

I think it's not very nice to be annoyed by other people's weight (it has nothing to do with you) but it is very rare for anonymous posters in AIBU to come back and admit they were wrong, so that's something I guess.

YANBU OP, I totally get your point.

If it were the case that all humans had a BMI of below 25, Covid 19 would have just been a non-event.

The death rate would have been negligible and I don't think it would ever have got to a point where lockdown was even on the table as a possibility.

Its quite difficult not to feel bitter that a whole generation of DC have been thrown under the bus, having had the whole of the rest of their lives blighted largely because a lot of people lack the self-control to moderate their food intake.

To hear people joking about it, and getting angry and defensive (as seen on this thread) when this is pointed out to them makes for difficult reading tbh.

People really need to take more responsibility for themselves.

If it were the case that all humans had a BMI of below 25, Covid 19 would have just been a non-event.

I hope you'll share your findings with the world health authorities, this is ground breaking discovery.

Woodchip, OP acknowledges it herself. That you want to call me judgemental doesn't bother me. I dislike goady posting wherever it is. Feel free to give me a swerve, I never namechange. :)

Definitely struck a nerve with the MN massive.

NikeDeLaSwosh
Do you really think that’s the case? I’m pretty sure plenty of people with a bmi of less than 25 have died from Covid. Yes being overweight increases that risk but it is not a sole risk factor.

this is ground breaking discovery

Have you been living under a rock for the last few months?

I think the same as the pp - there is too much interest in other peoples lives on this board - everyone policing and judging. Just live your own life OP and leave us to ours.

From all the posts just on this thread, there are so many issues, affecting so many peoples weight, health and lives, that you can't possibly generalise.

(fwiw I def. ate the pies to start with, but it really isn't any of your business at all what my bmi is, or why I did it).

It’s not just normal weight people who are gaining in lockdown, it’s also those who already had a severe weight problem to begin with.

How about you just mind your own business?

Obesity is the second biggest risk factor after age - this info has been in the public domain for weeks now.

Diabetes, heart disease and dementia (i.e. the next 3 biggest risk factors) are all lifestyle-related conditions too.

Why is this a difficult thing to grasp?

NikeDeLaSwoosh
you might want to research your subject properly before making blind statement and presenting them as medical facts.

Maybe look at something else than DM articles, you'll learn something.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe

Why would I do that? There is nothing wrong with a difference in opinion. I don’t think you have added anything to this discussion but I’m sure that’s not the case with every thread you post on.