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I'm considered just barely overweight - not by those scales online but by my Dr who knows all the aspects about my health. I was NOT even close to overweight only a year ago. I was healthy, active and even a bit muscular. I have gained only about 20 lbs and then lost 5 of that. BUT I know I don't have nearly as much muscle so that 20 lbs is only a part of the fat that I gained. I lost muscle mass. I am working on getting into better shape and I can feel it but it's a slow tedious discouraging process and I only have 20 lbs to loose.
I have developed an appreciation of those people who are severely overweight who manage to loose even 15 lbs. BECAUSE I know just a little bit better of how easily the weight can come on and how HARD it is to loose it. I gained my weight and loss my muscle mass through no fault of my own. Since last winter I have been trying to loose and have been eating about 1100 - 1200 calories a day and making sure at least some of that is fresh fruit and vegetables. I eat well. I got to where I am because of injury and surgery. With a broken foot, three surgeries, and trouble with my thyroid I was hampered in my activities. I was forcibly imobilized by the broken foot. Any job was made ten times as difficult and almost dangerous to complete. The surgeries were all in my abdomin which slowed a LOT of movements. Running was painful because of the broken foot for at least 3 months after I was allowed to walk. It still can be painful (since the bones never fused) and slows me down at times.
I'm more aware now though of the circumstances that put a person into a heavier weight catagory. It's not even always genes but bad eating habits that parents allow the child to get into. Lessons learned when younger are terribly difficult to relearn later and weight is even more difficult to control then.
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"Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama
My Karma just ran over your Dogma. 
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