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I have a BMI of 33. 30 is obese. I weight 230 pounds and I used to weight 140, but I got started on psychiatric medication that makes you gain weight and also makes you sluggish. So I stopped working out, and I gained 10 pounds a month for 9 months, and here we are, 230 lbs. But the thing is before I started working out and was skinny at 140, I was 160, and I didn't have to work out to stay at 160. Pills slowed down my metabolism.