So the important question is "Why did you turn to food? "

I am convinced that we can't lose weight, and keep it off, until we face up to why we got fat in the first place. It's very easy to blame something else for our weight. "It's in my genes." "I have big bones." "I quit smoking and have piled on the pounds." "I was taught to empty my plate" "I have a medical condition that makes me gain weight." "I hate exercise."

Sorry, but I think all of those are just excuses. It was a choice. You chose to become fat.

Sure, you didn't just wake up one day and say, "I think I'm going to get fat now!" Of course not, but you did chose to over use food for a reason. Some people can eat whatever they want and not gain a pound. You are not one of those people and you know it. So choose the right lifestyle for your own body type. Use your excuses and stay over weight or change your lifestyle and get the body you really want.

You say it's a medical condition? Then go and see a doctor and resolve the problem. So many people use this excuse, but in reality it is EXTREMELY rare to have a medical condition that makes you clinically obese. Sure there are lots of conditions that can push you to gain a bit of weight (but here we are talking about maybe 20 pounds max), but genuine medical conditions that cause you to gain 100+ pounds are very rare.

The first thing to accept is that you got fat as a result of your own actions. No one forced you to eat that food! Then look at what it was that triggered you to over use food, what problem were you facing. It may be an unhappy childhood, abusive (physical or sexual) relations or spiteful friends? Take some quiet time to search for the original cause, talk it through with someone you trust. Finally find out what is keeping you fat now. Then you'll be ready to lose weight, if you really want to.

Again, you choose to keep holding on to those excuses or get yourself a Healthy Life?