Why are you fat? Time for honesty!

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COVID19 has brought obesity to attention. The greater risk of becoming seriously ill or dying with COVID19 if you are overweight cannot be denied.
64% of the UK is overweight or obese yet many seem to be in denial or not aware that they are in fact overweight.
Time for honesty- if you are overweight or obese, why? Is it will power? Money reasons? Lack of knowledge of health eating?
Have you been in denial about your weight? Has coronavirus alerted you to the fact you are indeed overweight?
I am speaking from experience as I was in denial for years - thought I could eat anything I wanted and didn’t put on weight. It wasn’t until I went with the friend to a WW meeting (only went to keep her company as she didn’t want to go on her own) and I got weighed and was shocked that actually I was overweight be a good 2 stone!
So- why are you fat and are you going to bother to do anything about it?

Lazy and hate cooking. The virus has scared me though so joined Noom and am using time not spent commuting to exercise

Have had an eating disorder since 8 years old due to childhood trauma,
I seem to be underweight or overweight but never “ just right “.
Feel that I am fat at the moment ( probably a stone over my recommended weight).

Menopause, a bit of snacking and eating pasta too often. I cook all meals from scratch, probably 85% of the time it’s healthy stuff ( lots of soup, salads, very rarely anything fried ) but I think the portions are probably too big. Not enough exercise.

I eat too much. I've lost 100lbs a couple times. Something needs to click, and it hasn't just now. I know exactly what I need to eat to lose weight. But at the moment I can't seem to resist that chocolate or extra slice of toast, or big bowl of pasta.
I love food. I think there's alot of pleasure to a yummy meal and a few glasses of wine and something great on TV. I like feeling full. But I know it can't keep on going. I work out several times a week and I do care about my appearance. And I know I have not done things because of my size. But it's hard, and there's always tomorrow- I have got to get a grip!

Adverse childhood experiences, depression, survivor of rape... it’s very complex.
I’m not greedy or lazy. On a subconscious level I know if I’m fat, I’m less attractive to men this way I can protect myself from the awful types I’ve experienced in the past. It’s very complex and very fucked up. I’m coming out the other side and it’s coming off slowly, will I always be rid of this fucked up way of thinking? Probably not because the damage is done but I know I’ll be ok and I’ll get there in the end.

I drink far too much wine, my portions are too big and all the things that made me move died

Couple of stone over what I’d like. I eat really well the vast majority of the time, with some treats. My whole life, the only way I can stay a size 10 is by working out 4-5 times per week and drastically cutting back portions/watching everything I eat. It’s a hard way to live and I became too lazy and lost the discipline for it. That plus years of fertility drugs and a having a baby 21 month months ago.
I really enjoy good, healthy food and some treats, I really didn’t enjoy barely eating..but I loved working out once I got into the system of it and I loved the way it made me look and feel,
I don’t like the way I look and feel at the moment so I’m trying to get back into it all.

Currently I'm only a couple of pounds over healthy (26 according to BMI) but I used to be much bigger. Ultimately for me it's depression, finding comfort in food, and not moving enough.

Because I love butter and pick, pick, pick.

I was down to my ideal weight a few years ago but then met my DP so put weight on due to going out drinking, takeaways. Then lost both my parents within six months off each other, led to comfort eating, living off sandwiches, crisps as couldn't be bothered to cook.

So now about 4 stone lose, trying to lose it again, but it's hard, I'm pre menopausal, on anti depressants, depresses me looking at all my clothes that dont fit anymore, refusing to buy new clothes so living in T-shirts and leggings.

@LangClegsInSpace well said!

I lost 6 stone about 4/5 years ago then put on 3ish when I was pregnant. Since then I’ve had a lot of personal and health stress so losing the weight has been the last thing on my mind and I’m a self confessed comfort eater!

I’m currently dieting and exercising and losing the weight but it’s taken me 2 years since having my son to get in the right headspace . So I’m fat because I eat too much and the wrong things but I’ve lost twice this before and know how to do it, it just had to ‘click’!

I feel like I have to eat like a bird to be my preferred size and weight. I’m not actually overweight at the moment - 67kg and 5.5ft but i am beating myself up about it every day and trying to do something about it. Lockdown means it’s not working as I can’t go to the gym and am not doing every day moving around. I am running 5k three or four times a week and doing the odd class online but it’s not enough for me. I’ve had an underactive thyroid for 25 years and feel my metabolism is just so slow even though my TSH is currently at my happy range. It’s so hard eating like a bird during lockdown. I’m not even over eating, just having the odd thing that adds up throughout the week. Last year 16:8 and the gym got me to 60kg but I can’t seem to do it at the moment. I find it so frustrating.

Not far, as size 8, but not super skinny as a couple of meals a week it’s nice to eat what I want or have a takeaway. Also, I enjoy exercise, and so to run 40-50 miles a week I need to eat

I just love pizza, chocolate, crisps and sweets and want to eat them all the time!

Used to be able to get away with it but have an underactive thyroid now so nope.

I’m a size 14-16 with an underactive thyroid.i do lots of exercise and am pretty fit but fat still because I love food and just can’t live on the small amount of calories I have to if I want to lose weight. Even medicated for my thyroid I feel like I have to starve myself and I kind of feel like I don’t want to live like that!

Beer

Put on weight on antidepressants (not SSRIs). They kept me alive but gifted me 3 stone.

I love food although moderate my intake. I also drink about 350 empty calories a day in the form of wine.

I cycle 100 miles a week so it isnt inactivity on my part.

Wx.dp eat like a fucking pig but was skinny as. He ate nearly 50% more calories than me a day. I measured all our food for a couple of weeks so I know.

I appreciate it is mostly calories in/calories out, though.

Is the OP Boris? He's said to be gearing up for a war on obesity.

Why does it always have to be a war?

My hobby seems to be eating. I’m pretty disgusted with my body when I look at it, but just haven’t reached the point where I say enough is enough.

I’m also not a massive fan of exercise (never get the high feeling) and am barely keeping on top of things.

Tl;dr - I’m a greedy so and so with zero will power and plenty of excuses.

I have two states - dieting or not dieting. I’m always hungry and when I’m not dieting I put on weight. Then I hate being fat so diet but it makes me miserable and constantly hungry, often lethargic.

Am just getting into exercise in lockdown but have always felt when I’ve exercised throughout life that no matter what or how much I do I never seem to improve and quickly get disheartened. Also sweat too much which is really embarrassing. My max size is 14 but I’d love to be a 10.

I have binge eating disorder. I’m having counselling to address it.

Depression, medication, lazy and being a full time carer to a chronically ill child has taken its toll. Also live with my DD23 who goes between bulimia and anorexic which makes the whole ‘dieting’ issue very difficult.

Lots of ‘excuses’ but I have no answers for myself - zero motivation

It comes down to I eat too many calories.

Of course, there are social and psychological issues, but the root cause is eating more calories than my body needs.

A year of not having a baby that sleeps means I've craved sugar. I'm over a stone over weight now.
Something has clicked and I'm 3 weeks in to slimming world and exercise. So far so good!