I gained weight because of circumstances outside of my control. I wasn't even "fat" for an American but I was overweight and it started to show. I got sick of seeing myself in the mirror and lost like 80 pounds in over the course of half a year just from dieting. I gained some of it back because I had neglected working out but I'm losing it again.

I want to stress that I wasn't even that fat. I was skinnier than a lot of people but I still felt disgusting. IDK how ppl can be obese and not decide to do something about it...