15 years ago, I lost 32 kg. Ever since, I've been keeping a weight diary, weighing myself almost every day. I've now regained those kilos, plus an additional 15. The funny thing is that the yo-yo effect took 9.5 years to fully happen, and looking back at the entire 15-year span, it's perfectly clear. But year by year, I couldn't even notice it happening. I’d gain a few kilos, lose a few, gain again, lose again, except each time I'd gain slightly more than I'd lost.
I don't have much more to add, other than it being really eye-opening how my body seemed to play the long game, eventually regaining all the weight I'd initially lost.
Your body didn’t play a long game, your mouth did.
For all those years you’ve been consuming more energy than your body needs to run, so your body stored the excess for later.
Thank you for this unhelpful response. Obviously my mouth was involved, but so were my brain, gut, and the rest of my body. The point I'm making is that I never consciously decided to gain weight. My body, however, seemed to have its own plan.
My comment was helpful, because you are demonstrating a lack of knowledge about why you gained weight.
Even your reply implies you think you need to consciously decide to gain weight for it to happen - which is very much not correct.
You can’t fix something if you don’t understand the whys involved.