I wasn't always this fat I took a summer class this week and last week, and the instructor was an obese guy in his 60s or 70s. Although it was completely unrelated to the class, he kept talking about how he was losing weight and "wasn't always this heavy". For most of his life, he was a "fit", "lean" (aka average) guy, and only got fat after retiring because he's such an amazing cook (I hear a lot of fats using that excuse, along with the usual, "I just love food! Teehee!"). He even showed us pictures to prove that he had been a normal-sized teenager.