What excuses did you give for your obesity?

KimiSteinbach

I told people a lot of it was muscle! HA!

But honestly, I've also heard this from others. Especially those who were athletes when young.

LucasEVille

Never gave an excuse, just told people straight I was fat and happy! Although the first bit was true, the latter wasn't entirely..... More of a defience than happiness!

Eleonora91

I never gave explanations to anyone, but I used to tell myself I loved food & being lazy too much to diet and exercise. I kept telling myself things like "life is too short to think about eating less" or "I'm worth more than my weight"... which is somewhat true. I still like eating, and I still appreciate splurging every once in a while, but I've also come to enjoy the healthy side of my life that I somehow rejected in a stubborn way back then.

PhearlessPhreaks

…but I'm active. I'm healthy. LOL. I allowed myself to think that because I was on my feet 10+ hours a day running a restaurant and hiking, swimming or skiing in my free time meant that it didn't matter that I was overweight.

Of course, that's bull****.

starrylioness

My excuses to myself were "Well I'm not THAT big really!" Then when I saw some side by side comparison pics after losing quite a bit, I realised just how big I actually was.

Galatea_Stone

My three major excuses were:

1) I loved having big boobs;

2) I carried it well because I wear high heels;

3) I used the word voluptuous a lot.

Now,

1) boobs look great;

2) I carry muscle better and have more confidence,

3) I lost my booty, but I earned a better one back with hip thrusts.

cuinboston2014

I was always big so I'd always be big

I am not that big (I was)

I love food way too much to cut back

Branstin

I never gave excuses. I love food so I over ate and gained too much weight.

reddz12

Genetics mostly... stress.. my sedintary job... until I realized that none of that was an "excuse" it was me.. and my crappy choices.. i'd crack jokes about my weight because I thought that if I made fun of me.. no one else would. These are all the reasons that I dont want to be her anymore.

Kelkath72

i had heard once that when you gain weight with hypothyroidism that you can never lose it. so i didn't even try. now i know better. it may take longer, but it will come off! :happy:

otter090812

I carried it well (it's true I am quite muscular, but there's only so much fat a girl can 'carry well'). I had an active job, with heavy lifting, and got at least some exercise (I could walk for miles - up and down mountains if they got in my way). Oh and of course, a dodgy metabolism!

Jlmervin03

Baby fat (at the time my child was 6 years old...haha)
I sit a desk all day

somefitsomefat

Slow metabolism. "I have a big frame so I carry it well."

Note: Yes I'm still technically obese since my BMI is about 33 but I've lost way more than my ticker says. My BMI used to be close to 51!!!

thomaszabel

I simply didn't care. Why work hard to be in great health when you can smoke a pack of cigs a day, and eat as much processed food as you want?

Thank god I changed my mind about a year ago. My first marathon is coming up in 5 and a half months, I am doing about 7 miles of running and 10 miles of biking per day, I don't smoke at all (but using e-cigs to taper down and quit completely). And I went from a high of 225 down to 160 lbs.

hmaddpear

I don't smoke at all (but using e-cigs to taper down and quit completely).

Ahah! Someone else who's enjoying the vapeing. I've cut down on my cigs, and am still hoping to quit entirely before the year is up.

I was quite well aware of my size (although, frankly I wasn't quite aware of *how* big I looked, just that I was headed towards morbid obesity). I'd tried to lose weight several times before and failed. I figured that as I was a fat, ugly, idiotic loser, I may as well be a totally fat, ugly, idiotic loser.

I'm still working on the mental aspects of losing the weight...

SezxyStef

It was baby weight...I mean that's normal...

he is 20 now...I just lost it...:laugh:

Llamapants86

I'm not that big
I'm big boned
No point in trying I'll just gain it all back
But I like food
I lost a bunch of weight and then randomly decided the rest was just loose skin (combined with the big bones ya know) and that's why I just can't get out of the overweight bmi range.
I was full of excuses for a long time

Jlmervin03

It was baby weight...I mean that's normal...

he is 20 now...I just lost it...:laugh:

My mom still uses that excuse, and I'm 29! lol

trivard676

"I carry my weight well. You can't really tell that I'm XXXX." or "I can't see myself being any smaller than I am now. I don't think I would like it."

Man, I was about waist-deep in denial.

tiger_striped

I told myself I lacked willpower when the truth was that I didn't want to use it.

MysteriousMerlin

I don't explain **** to anyone about my weight, because it's none of their business.