Why are/were you fat?

Answer the following two questions, if you choose.  I'll go first.

1.  Please state why you are/were fat.

I let my eating get out of control and allowed my food addiction to take over.

2.  Are you responsible for your being fat?

Yes.


(EDIT:  I eliminated the "scientific experiment" phrase and left question one more open-ended for those who want more latitude in explaining their obesity.)

1.  Please state, in one sentence, the single main reason you are/were fat.

I ate too many calories, which I let turn to fat instead of working them off with exercise.

2.  Are you responsible for your being fat?

Yes.

1.  Please state, in one sentence, the single main reason you are/were fat.

my portion size was way to big - simply answer too many calories not enough exercise

2.  Are you responsible for your being fat?
yes

1.  Please state, in one sentence, the single main reason you are/were fat.
I am a night time eater. Still struggling with it some days.


2.  Are you responsible for your being fat?
Yup

1.  I didnt love myself (or anyone else) enough to NOT let myself GET fat.

2.  I AM responsible.

I could never muster up the willpower to stick with a plan because of slow results; I'd get burnt out and quit.

I am responsible...

(however, I'm cheating... I think  childhood eating, decisions our parents play a big part in why women get hormone imbalances, PCOS, and other health factors that can contribute to ****ty weight loss results in adult hood... I don't blame them.. but I do think that some people have a harder time dieting than others)

No fair hedging or cheating!  No e-protein cookie for you!

ah but yogurt works? no cookies for me...Ya know though.. to further this science experiment.. I almost felt peer pressured to answer the second one as yes I am responsible..Maybe that's a lack of maturity on my part..I dunno.. to not "own" my fatness... but I truly believe childhood choices influence the adults we become... and I was hairy and had a big stomach at like age 11... and was dieting all thru puberty...I think now as an adult.. making it to 270... I was responsible for... I could've been less with better choices... but I'd have still been obese... just not 270 obese...I dunno. But I didn't want to be the one making excuses.. and now I am... so it's like.. bah. Dunno. :) I'll be the odd one out for your science experiment...

There is no right answer. 

I am merely asking why you are fat, and if that is your responsibility.  Take from it what you will.