Admitting that you're gaining weight isn't a fucking problem and that's what I don't understand. I've seen so many posts here, like that 50 year old guy yesterday, that basically amount to "Looks like I gained five pounds. Rather than continuing as I am, I'm going to stop eating the foods I acknowledge as being bad and I'm going to work out more."  And you know what happens? 50 year old guy drops the extra weight quickly. That's what I see happen here time and time again. Because when you have no trouble identifying your problems (weight gain), and you know how to handle those problems (diet and exercise) then it's not fucking difficult. Denial just means that the problem continues to grow and nothing is done to address it and next thing you know you're wearing leggings almost exclusively because they don't force you to acknowledge your exact size so you don't have to confront your slowly expanding waist line and the steady creep of your failure.