@Hypocrisy_Central
There are many factors that contribute to overweight. Personality/ temperament with extroverts who, being gregarious with a thirst for life tend to have hearty appetites. There is sedentary lifestyles, many people sitting 8+ hours a day at desk jobs. There are genetics, many people are simply more prone to their bodies wanting to stay on the heavier side inspite of effort.
There is stress and the Cortisol issue, a hormone produced in the adrenal glands that when over produced due to stress or wonky endocrine issues like I am experiencing, leads to weight gain in the trunk of the body/belly area.
Then, or course, their are poor choices in diet, depression and other emotional issues and, last but not least, we all know how easy it is to out on some weight and how hard it is to get it off.
I spent most of my life in a state of hunger, sticking to about 1,500 calories a day, walking/jogging 3 miles a day 6 days a week, doing weight and floor routines and riding my horse on 10 mile trails once or twice a week. I fucking KILLED myself to keep a fighting weight of around 124–26 lbs. pretty much all muscle on my petite 5’3 frame.
At 55 now I simply don’t give a damn about working my ass off to stay in amazing, head turning shape anymore.
I am looking forward to getting my adrenal issues worked out as I am sure this, along with middle age, has contributed to some weight gain the last few years but I will never be pounding the pavement the way I once did, counting every calorie that goes into my body.
Overweight people carry their struggles, whatever they are, on their sleeves for the world to see but how many closet perverts, drug addicts, alcoholics, shopaholics, angry assholes and others with major issues have them neatly concealed behind a fit and trim body?
Plenty.
There is no one size fits all when it comes to the myriad reasons people pack on the pounds.