Weight loss is not about your stomach.

It is about your brain.

For poster #1 losing weight is a "no sacrifice" situation. Food doesn't "Do it" for him. He takes little or no pleasure in eating.

His brain gives him pleasure from all that gym stuff. The gym, weights, and 8-9% is what gets his engine revving.

Some people take pleasure in polishing their car, riding a bike, reading or going to church. It switches on something in their brain that makes them happy and contented.

For me, well it's food. My mouth waters at the thought of 6 dumplings from Majic Noodle. To me, the best way I can celebrate anything is with a big plate of dessert. I will try most foods once. I love cooking food as much as eating it.

Food "does it" for me.

I like pretty clothes and shoes and looking beautiful, but not as much as eating. So guess what? I got fat. For some people they like clothes better than food by just a whisker, this minute difference between them and me keeps them thin and me fat.

Being fat is something that the brain does to a lot of us.

Looking buff is also something it does.

So three weight loss surgeries and countless diets later, my brain makes me want to eat cakes. My brain wants me to eat and enjoy.I have been fat since I was four. I am currently 80kgs so just slightly overweight. At 14 I was 120kgs.

Am I weak? Or just following my instincts?

You decide.

Remember, predjudice against the obese is the last bastion of acceptable predjudice.