Thalassa
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So you see...if you were never fat to begin with, you are at an advantage. However, it is much harder to remain at a normal weight if you were once fat.
*edit* I just did some research (translation: Googling) and found that this is apparently that some studies have found that this is not the case in some lucky individuals. In some people, the number of fat cells does not increase, so they have an easier time losing weight and keeping it off than those who unfortunately have an increase in fat cell number. Also, I've found other things that say whether or not you will have an increase in the number of fat cells is actually dependent on different locations of your body.
The reason why I don't think it applies to everyone is because I think it mostly applies to people who were fat as children or teens. That's why I think childhood obesity is child abuse.
If you grow up fat, you have a harder time of ever seeing yourself as an average person, let alone a slim one. You also develop horrendous eating and exercise habits that are much tougher to break in adult life.
It's much easier for me to stay active because I've always been active. I was heavier at one point in my adult life after leaving an abusive relationship, where I was more sedentary and depressed and it also had something to do with Lexapro an anti-depressant I took; however, as soon as I STOPPED TAKING LEXAPRO my shorts literally fell off of me. Once that happened, I became more active again and changed my entire life and found that I felt back in touch with my real self, my childhood self, when I was constantly active and it helps me to live in a warmer, sunnier climate.
I think fat people sometimes stay fat not because of fat cells but because of their mind, and the mind is harder to change if it was formed that way before adulthood, or is how they've seen themselves or been comfortable for their whole lives; it's much easier to be in shape again after being chubby for two years in adult life when you were always an active person who had a nice body before that period of life.
It's largely in the mind.