Yes there are some people who can't help it because of medical reasons, but the bitter truth is that most obese people are obese because they are lazy, or unmotivated. The good news is, you can turn it around before it is too late. I know a lady in my neighborhood who is just a wonderful woman, but extremely obese. Her doctor told her if she doesn't change her lifestyle and lose weight, she is likely to die in the next 5 years, and will be lucky to see the age of 50. Now who wants that? She has young children, do it for them at least. You can't always use Health Problems as an excuse, when many health problems are caused by obesity. As for surgery, if you need if for medical reasons that's one thing, but otherwise it is nothing but the easy way out. It may change your weight, but it does nothing for your lifestyle. Change your lifestyle, and the fat will fall off.

Good Job =) That is called accepting you have a problem and fixing it. Much better than giving excuses or pretending you don't care.

yeah I got super fat while pregnant because I was so sick my body turned everything into fat so I didn't starve and then antidepressants made me gain a lot after baby. I'm 5'8 and I was almost 250 I felt absolutely awful and I was ashamed. My bmi was in the obese rang! now I weigh 175 and that's just from working and being active and eating portion sizes. The person on here saying they are 5'2" and 220 made me feel a lot better about myself for a minute. I'm still working to lose 45 more pounds.