Personally, I'm engaged in a major effort of weight loss at the moment, I got close to my personal peak weight (210) and had to put the effort in again. When I

Personally, I'm engaged in a major effort of weight loss at the moment, I got close to my personal peak weight (210) and had to put the effort in again. When I was younger, I simply ate better food and did some working out and that was enough to drop back to a standard weight (170ish, on the high-but-normal side for my height). Recently, being about 10 years older now really makes it more difficult - I've had to be very careful about what I eat in a way that I don't expect most people will have the ability to do. It's a grind to lose a pound where previously I wouldn't have had to think about it. It does take a lot of willpower and effort - I think people who underrate that are doing themselves a (future) disservice, as judging by the obesity rates worldwide, if you don't have it now, you certainly will have and struggle with it in the future. It's akin to claiming that alcoholism is a moral failing - if you've never had a moment of truth with alcohol, it'll seem innocent and inconceivable that someone would have problems with it, making it possible to underestimate the power it can have over people.