I read on Reddit that if you have been overweight your whole life, you are likely to be obese in your 30s. Even if you lose the weight now. Is this true?

 I have been overweight from the age of 13 to 22. I have been exercising regularly since age 21. During 23–24, I lost lots of weight. Initially as astudent, i didnt find time to exercise but after that it became my priority. I even made my environment work for me. When office provided food, I would only eat chapathis so that it is easy to count. I had also achieved a good relationship with food. There will always be changes in body weight due to hormones and other factors. But the best gift that we can give ourselves is the knowledge of nutrition and movement and sticking to it through the thick and thin of life.

It is possible to maintain a good healthy weight if nutrition, exercise, sleep are all taken care of.

My initital weight loss was from 1 and half hour of walking up and down to office each day. I have never crossed that weight other than during pregnancy. Ingrain good habits into your life. Maintain a healthy relationship with food with mindful eating practises. If you cook your own food, then you will crave less of the fancy foods as you know how to make them as well as learn more about what goes into each food.

After that I started working out on the elliptical. Between 21–23, I used to still workout for 30 min at the gym. A friend introduced me to the elliptical. I started with the usual 30 min but one day I saw the machine was at 1 hour done by a previous exerciser. I could not believe that the exercise could be done for an hour. Thats it, in the next 3 months I lost so much weight. It was like a fat melting machine. After I reached a maintenance weight I would alternate with 30min gym and 30 min yoga.

You have a good chance of making a good gift for yourselves that grows with each year, making you stronger and healthier. 

I know other people who were overweight in their teens and now learn weightlifting and go to competitions.