Line #2 PlayingWith/FormerlyFit


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character who used to be at a healthy weight has become fat.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice, formerly an average woman, is now overweight.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, formerly a supermodel, is now morbidly obese.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Alice goes up a dress size.
6	** Alice, formerly a pro athlete and fitness model, is not overweight but she now has an average build.
7	** Alice was once [[AmazonianBeauty lithe and muscular]], but now has put on weight. She [[StoutStrength still has quite a lot of muscles]].
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Alice's current lifestyle isn't as active and demanding as it once was, complete with an unhealthy diet and lack of proper exercise.
10	** Alternately, Alice's life becomes ''more'' demanding and stressful. Alice has to resort to fast food and quick-prepare meals, along with having no time to exercise. Also, Alice is prone to emotional eating.
11	** During her youth, Alice's high metabolism meant she could eat heavily and remain thin. Said metabolism slowed down as she aged, without adjusting her eating habits or physical activities accordingly.
12	** Alice is a new mother, and is having a hard time shedding her pregnancy pounds.
13	** A recent breakup or other sad moment drove Alice to HeartbreakAndIceCream and PostStressOvereating.
14	** Alice is taking antidepressants or some other prescription drug, of which weight gain (via slowed metabolism and/or increased appetite) is known as one of the side effects.
15	* '''Inverted''':
16	** Alice, formerly anorexic, is now a healthy woman.
17	** Alice, an average woman, [[FormerlyFat reveals she used to be overweight]].
18	* '''Subverted''':
19	** 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.
20	** Alice gains weight that she is able to successfully lose later on.
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** But then she shows another picture from earlier, showing that she was at a healthy weight at one point.
23	** Alice was crash dieting, so she was unable to keep the weight off.
24	* '''Parodied''':
25	** Alice was formerly very skinny and bony, but she is now the size of a cow.
26	** Alice becomes overweight by eating an entire cake in one sitting.
27	* '''Zig Zagged''':
28	** Alice is a yo-yo dieter, constantly going from thin to fat again and again.
29	** Alice [[HollywoodPudgy thinks that she's gained weight]], but her old photos show that she's still average-looking.
30	** Or alternatively, her old photos shift from underweight to overweight while she's still at an average size.
31	* '''Averted''':
32	** Alice has been overweight for her whole life.
33	** Alice has maintained a healthy weight.
34	* '''Enforced''': ???
35	* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, Alice, you're huge! What happened to you?"
36	* '''Invoked''':
37	** Alice decides to try on a pair of pants she used to wear in college.
38	** Alice starts shopping for plus-sized clothing.
39	* '''Exploited''': Claire uses the fact that Alice used to be thin to lower Alice's self-esteem.
40	* '''Defied''': Alice is a WeightWoe and can't stand the thought of gaining a single pound.
41	* '''Discussed''': "Alice used to be the picture of health when she was younger. I wonder how she could let herself go like that."
42	* '''Conversed''': "I bet the writers made Alice gain weight so she could be the butt of fat jokes. Get it?"
43	* '''Implied''': Bob makes a passing remark that Alice put on weight since he saw her last.
44	* '''Deconstructed''':
45	** 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.
46	** 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 all that weight is taking a serious toll on her psyche and she has a relapse.
47	* '''Reconstructed''':
48	** Alice eventually gets over the cycle and realizes that a little bit of 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]]).
49	** Alice begins exercising and takes on better eating habits, but for personal 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.
50	* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's sudden weight gain causes her to instantly become a ButtMonkey and FatComicRelief, with plenty unflattering jokes about how she let herself go.
51	* '''Played For Drama''': Alice's sudden weight gain is simply a sign of her depression and larger emotional troubles, [[PostStressOvereating as she overeats food as a way to cope with her sorrows]].
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53	Go back to FormerlyFit, you big fatass. Look at how you let yourself go!
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55	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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