This post is part of Problogger’s Top 5 Group Writing Project

I’m not fat, I’ve never been. However I know many people who are. When I listen to their stories, I recognize time & time again the same reasons why they are fat.

As there are patterns of success, there are patterns of failure. This post is a compilation of my 5 reasons why you are fat.

1. You Lack Information

• You don’t know how to lose fat.
• You don’t know what food to eat.
• You don’t know any healthy recipes.
• You don’t know how to cook, so you eat only what comes out of a box.
• You don’t know what training program to follow.

Everything starts with knowledge. The first thing you should do, is understanding how your body works: how it reacts to exercise & nutrition. Once you understand how the system works, you can hack the system.

Lack of information is the chief reason people aren’t getting results of their workout & diets. That’s what StrongLifts.com is about: giving you information that works.

2. You Are Lazy

• You know the methods that work, but you are not applying them.
• You’re too lazy to cook, you prefer eating junk food at work.
• You’re too lazy to exercise, you make excuses like “I have no time”.

Knowledge is power, but only if applied. You can be a walking encyclopedia of facts & data about losing fat. But if you’re not applying what you know, you won’t get results.

Stop procrastination. Get things done. It won’t happen overnight. Take action!

3. You Have Accepted the Fat

• It no longer bothers you.
• You don’t care about it anymore.
• You have accepted your appearance.

Society seems to have accepted being fat as normal: you see more & more fat people, clothes are available for fat people, …

Time for a wake up call: being fat is not a normal situation, being fat is unhealthy, it’s a food addiction. Yes, you are addicted to food.

4. You Have Been Brainwashed into Thinking Losing Fat is Hard

• endless books & magazines write about how losing fat is hard.
• the yo-yo diets you have tried without success.
• the training program you started but never finished.

Losing fat is not hard. Losing fat is easy. Some of StrongLifts.com readers have lost 20% fat in 4 months.

If they can do it, why can’t you do it? What makes you different from them? What are they doing that you’re not doing?

5. You Think You’ll Miss Something by Losing Fat

• Food cravings.
• Sweet sugar.
• Those French Fries you’re crazy about.

Rethink your position about food: you eat to live, you don’t live to eat. Food is energy, it’s not pleasure.

If you experience food cravings, you have a food addiction. Yes food addiction exists. So what does that tell about you? Are you controlling your actions or is the food controlling your actions?

Think positive, think benefits: losing fat will lead to more health, will make you feel better, will bring confidence, …
There are more reasons for being fat. I’ll leave that up to you. Share your thoughts using the comment section.