History PlayingWith / FormerlyFit

** Alice's lifestyle isn't as demanding as it once was, complete with an unhealthy diet and lack of proper exercise.
*** Alternately, Alice's life becomes ''more'' demanding and stressful. Alice has to resort to fast food and qick-prepare meals, along with having no time to exercise. Also, Alice is prone to emotional eating.
** During her youth, Alice's high metabolism meant she could eat heavily and remain thin. Said metabolism slowed down as she aged.

** Alice is taking antidepressants or some other prescription drug, of which weight gain is known as one of the side effects.

** Alice was only so fit looking because she had an eating disorder and a demanding exercise schedule. She's trying to get to a healthier weight, but people mocking her for gaining the weight back is taking a serious toll on her psyche and she has a relapse.

** Alice eventually gets over the cycle and realizes that a little excess weight isn't the end of the world. In turn, she feels better about herself and learns to accept her body (or even [[FatAndProud like it]]).
** Alice begins exercising and takes on healthier eating habits, but for health reasons rather than vanity. She accepts that she'll never be her college weight again and doesn't obsess over numbers on a scale.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, formerly an average woman, is now overweight.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, formerly a supermodel, is now morbidly obese.

** Alice goes up a dress size.
** Alice, formerly a pro athlete and fitness model, is not overweight but she now has an average build.
** Alice was once [[AmazonianBeauty lithe and muscular]], but now has put on weight. She [[StoutStrength still has quite a lot of muscles]].

** Alice's lifestyle isn't as demanding as it once was, complete with an unhealthy diet and lack of proper exercise.

** Alice is a new mother, and is having a hard time shedding her pregnancy pounds.

** Alice, formerly anorexic, is now a healthy woman.
** Alice, an average woman, [[FormerlyFat reveals she used to be overweight]].

** Alice was formerly very skinny and bony, but she is now the size of a cow.
** Alice becomes overweight by eating an entire cake in one sitting.

* '''Averted''':
** Alice has been overweight for her whole life.
** Alice has maintained a healthy weight.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, Alice, you're huge! What happened to you?"

** Alice decides to try on a pair of pants she used to wear in college.
** Alice starts shopping for plus-sized clothing.
* '''Exploited''': Claire uses the fact that Alice used to be thin to lower Alice's self-esteem.
* '''Defied''': Alice is a WeightWoe and can't stand the thought of gaining a single pound.
* '''Discussed''': "Alice used to be the picture of health when she was younger. I wonder how she could let herself go like that."
* '''Conversed''': "I bet the writers made Alice gain weight so she could be the butt of fat jokes. Get it?"

** Alice becomes overweight as a result of the "eats because she's sad, sad because she eats" cycle. Her self-esteem takes a huge hit thanks to not controlling her eating and her depression.
** Alice was only so fit looking because she had an eating disorder and a demanding exercise schedule. She's trying to get to a healthier weight, but people mocking her for gaining the weight back is taking a serious toll on her psyche and she has a relapse.

** Alice eventually gets over the cycle and realizes that a little excess weight isn't the end of the world. In turn, she feels better about herself and learns to accept her body (or even [[FatAndProud like it]]).

** A recent breakup or other sad moment drove Alice to HeartbreakAndIceCream.

* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's sudden weight gain is simply a sign of her depression and larger emotional troubles, as she overeats food as a way to cope with her sorrows.

** Alice eventually gets over the cycle and realizes that a little excess weight isn't the end of the world. In turn, she feels better about herself and learns to accept her body.

** Alice begins exercising and takes on healthier eating habits, but primarily for health reasons. She accepts that she'll never be her college weight again and doesn't obsess over numbers on a scale.

** Alice begins exercising and takes on healthier eating habits, but primarily for health reasons. She doesn't obsess over numbers on a scale.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice eventually gets over the cycle and realizes that a little excess weight isn't the end of the world. In turn, she feels better about herself and learns to accept her body.

** Alice was formerly very skinny and boney, but she is now the size of a cow.

** Alice's lifestyle isn't as demanding as it once was, complete with a lack of diet and exercise.
** Alice is a new mother and is having a hard time shedding her pregnancy pounds.
** A recent break-up drove Alice to HeartbreakAndIceCream.

** Alice is on antidepressants, and weight gain is one of the side effects

** Alice, an average woman, [[FormerlyFat reveals she used to be overweight.]]

** Alice's thin self was skin and bones.
** Alice was formerly a thin girl but she is now the size of a cow.

** Alice [[HollywoodPudgy thinks that she's gained weight]] but her old photos show that she's still average-looking.

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Alice was formerly a healthy woman, but when she shows a picture of herself at that time, she's still huge for her height...Alice just has a warped self-image.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then she shows another picture from earlier, showing that she was at a healthy weight at one point.

'''Basic Trope''': A character who used to be at an average weight has become fat.
* '''Straight''': Alice, formerly a healthy woman, is now overweight.

'''Basic Trope''': A character who used to be healthy has become fat.

** Alice was once [[AmazonianBeuty lithe and muscular]], but now has put on weight. She [[StoutStrength still has quite a lot of muscles]].

** Or alternatively, Alice has maintained a healthy weight.

* Alice becomes overweight as a result of the "eats because she's sad, sad because she eats" cycle. Her self-esteem takes a huge hit thanks to not controlling her eating and her depression.
* Alice was only so fit looking because she had an eating disorder and a demanding exercise schedule. She's trying to get to a healthier weight, but people mocking her for gaining the weight back is taking a serious toll on her psyche and she has a relapse.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice becomes overweight as a result of the "eats because she's sad, sad because she eats" cycle. Her self-esteem takes a huge hit thanks to not controlling her eating and her depression.

** Alice has trouble squeezing into her pants.

* '''Defied''': ???

** A recent break-up lice drove her to HeartbreakAndIceCream.