Hasn't this always been a problem in all the sims games? I remember Sims3 Erma (fisherman) in down near the water Pleasantview big shock to me when went into labor and had her baby. The neighbor who wanted nothing to do with her was Jared the babies daddy. After the baby and a makeover I put a tread mill in the house. She used it and got down to a pretty good figure. Jared's brother was smitten. LOL However when not playing the household she gained weight exponentially.
Same with Cornelia and Gunther's boy Mortimer. When he was older he gained weight too easily. Used to make him jog after dinner almost to the docks and back to maintain his weight. Meanwhile Cornelia was so thin and stayed that way Gunther also didn't need exercises to maintain his size.
I remember wondering how do they gain so much weight when un-played houses don't eat they just stand around and run around to other lots but not eating? Perhaps it was by design. In Sims 3 but I did find changing the body type definitely helped.
Sims 4 changing body types, weights sliders really don't help. They all pack the weight on. I also like sims of varying shapes and sizes but do tend to use smaller body types because I am small and exercise a few times a week. Height sliders would help too if included in the game cause I'm short too. LOL
@SqueamishNerd Wow you remember The Sims so clearly. I believe you are right about Sims 1 because they were not really life like at all.
As for sims 2 I think I might look it up and download the abandoned ware as it is free now to download and try it out again. Just downloaded The Sims Castaway stand alone (Sims 2 era). Remembered the game had some fun puzzles in it. The window they used for it is so small though, a little glitchy and need to save often. The hunger in it goes down very slowly and no weight gain so far.
I did love lots of the silly stuff the sims did on their own (In The Sims 2) for fun like swinging on the fridge door, the penguin was so cute stopping by to chat with the snowman if you built one. The werewolf with the glowing eyes that used to stalk neighborhoods at night. Put up a fence or you will have holes in your lawn. Burglars, skunks. I know I did the Sonny Day challenge from TSR in that game. Well actually a bunch of the challenges. Sonny Day was my favorite and an elder. TSR had Elder clothes that changed the bodies of elders and I used as many of them as I could find cause it got rid of the stoop and belly fat they put on elder sims. Sunny Day's challenge required him to get level 8 in exercise so no clue for weight gain on him and the clothing would possibly prevent that also. I do remember sims gaining weight but I could be confusing Sims 2 and 3.
Sims 3 for sure had weight gain. Sims 4 is out of control. LOL No weight loss for gardening, taking care of chickens, lamas, cows or horses and the related chores or upgrades you do to the house, but that salad will give you weight gain in a second if you don't swim, or exercise in some form daily.
