I grew up VERY active. I graduated high school at 98 lbs. This is okay as I am only 4 foot 11 inches. My average week was walking two miles a day, Roller skating 3 nights a week, instead of PE, I took modern fitness every year which was two days weights, two days aerobics, and one day nutrition, and I had one hour of flag team practice before school. I could eat 3000 calories a day and I stayed 98 lbs. Which is why I started gaining weight when I went to college. I managed to get most of it off by the time I was in my early 30's. But then I broke my ankle and severely sprained the other and gained weight. While trying to lose that again I developed a pinched nerve in my hip and plantar fasciitis. My doctor at that time didn't really treat it and it got so bad, before I found another doctor, that I had gained 100 lbs and developed diabetes. I'm had trouble taking it really seriously because it didn't really seem to bother me. Aside from always forgetting how fat I am, (my mental image of myself is still at 120 lbs). But lately I've started to have issues with blurry vision after lunch that goes away after a few hours and then again after dinner. So now I've started to really focus on it instead of half heartedly try to keep it under control.