What excuses did you give for your obesity?

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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!!!

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...

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

"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.

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

that i tried and failed so i couldnt loose because i most likely had pcos. I carried it well.i came from a family of big people
i failed before because i did not know what i was doing. And i still most likely have pcos getting tested in may. I will be honest i did carry the weight wel...till i hit 300lbs . Then i just looked like a blob. And yeah a lot of people in my family are overwight, but that also have a lot of health issiues..some of which im starting to get .

Needless to say im over 40lbs down

Wow, this is a thoughtful topic. I think when asked a direct question I would blame it on pregnancy and hypothyroidism. However, in recent years, I have come to realize that neither is truthful.

I'm sure this is rooted deeply in body image formed in my childhood. Men started noticing me "not in a good way" when I was 13. I looked older for my age and was propositioned on a regular basis by men I hardly knew. I remember being completely freaked out when a 30+ stranger walked up and asked me if he could rub sun lotion on me. Then, in my teen years, my Mom had a nasty habit of following up every arguments with threats that I would turn into a *kitten* if I didn't follow her directions. If you call a boy on the phone.....If you wear that outfit.....if you style your hair that way.....It made me think that something I was doing would give people that impressions. If so, I needed to avoid drawing attention to myself.

Anyway, all the nastiness aside, I know these were her issues not mine. I'm all grown up now and we have moved past it. But somewhere deep down, I learned to fear male attention wondering if I'm giving off vibes of being "that" kind of woman. Being overweight, helped me to feel invisible even protected. Even now that I'm in my 50's, if a man makes a innocent remark about "losing weight, you look good", I find I have to fight my inner voice screaming at me to go eat something and stay safe. It is a key derailing trigger with me.

Emotional eating is a common problem for many people. I'm fighting on and have made it to a place where I understand and prepare to combat the triggers. I'm responsible for my obesity because I ate more calories than I burned. No other reason. Its a fact.

"My entire family is fat/overweight, so it's probably genetics. Also my really skinny friend eats a lot of crap and doesn't gain a pound, so that just adds to my theory!"
"I'm not that big" (I was borderline obese)
"I'm muscular!" (I am, but you couldn't see any muscle under all that blubber)
"If years and years of eating disorder haven't done much about my weight, then I can't think of anything else that will help" (actually counting calories helped a lot!)

Other than that, I had a difficult time caring since I was so full of self-loathing, I didn't mind if I died sooner than I would if I ate healthy and exercised a lot and aesthetically, well, I was convinced that no one would like me, ever, so I didn't see the point in becoming more conventionally attractive by losing fat.

Not fitting into large and extra-large women's clothing anymore, though, kind of caused me to have a breakdown and research nutrition et cetera. Good decision.

i blamed my children. (pregnancies)
i "carried it well"
i couldnt afford a gym to workout
busy life made it to hard to workout
tried and failed so many times