Baby Weight?!

My Sim was very slender, gained a wee bit of weight after having her child. I had her jog around a bit; she loves the outdoors anyway. Also had her eat salads for a bit. Weight came off. In the meantime, her husband aged from YA to adult and has started to get a bit of a paunch. I'm leaving him alone, though, because he's based on a real person and that person did gain weight as he got older :-D

I think it's great that sims weight fluctuates like this, obviously adding to the whole idea that they have become more human with this game.. It's just frustrating because my sim is busy all of the time so I don't find much time to exercise.. I don't want to cheat to make her slim again, either.

It's a big glitch, a glitch that makes like every single one of your sims really fat

My male sim has stayed the same weight throughout, funnily enough. This is why I'm convinced it must be baby weight.

"emilzydiva;12633302" wrote:
It's a big glitch, a glitch that makes like every single one of your sims really fat

I did read where SimGuruGraham said the weight gain subroutine may be a little "aggressive" and that they were looking at it. However, the only weight gain in my game has been as described, and it's been very minor. I don't have them exercising on a regular basis, but they have a three-story house and are always climbing stairs. Maybe that helps?

Punching bag sounds like muscle tone. Just a guess.

I've heard that garden salads and salad caprise is good for weight loss, and don't let them eat until they are in the yellow or red. Also heard, but cannot verify, that feeding infants too much makes chubby children. (If you don't feed them enough, you get a social worker warning; happened to me by accident, thought he'd cry if hungry).

I've found the same thing too. I think they need to keep up a regular exercise regiment in order to not get.. round.

Sims in this game get fat VERY easily. Don't let them eat whatever they want, have them choose salads.. and go running at least every couple of days.
Kind of a pain, I know. They get busy with life and they eat a couple of grilled cheese's and boom, out pops the belly.

Try making a sim in CAS with some noticeable muscle tone but in game it's gone. And then the one time I get him to use the weight machine, he gets off it with MAX muscle tone. His wife never gained weight from the 3 children she had. But all but one of their children became fat teens. *sigh* I don't know what's going on with this game. I wish I had a list of the healthy foods vs unhealthy. And does anyone know if the punching bag give you weight loss or muscle tone?

"ElysianBlight;12633306" wrote:
Sims in this game get fat VERY easily. Don't let them eat whatever they want, have them choose salads.. and go running at least every couple of days.

Kind of a pain, I know. They get busy with life and they eat a couple of grilled cheese's and boom, out pops the belly.

I agree that they get fat quite quickly, but I wouldn't say easily. I bet if you wanted to turn a really skinny Sim into a ginormous overweight Sim you'd have a tough time.

I think there is baby weight because even the skinny females are gaining a bit of weight after popping out two kids. I don't notice it after 1 but it's clearer after a second, or third maybe. The fathers tend to stay skinny so it definitely has something to do with child-bearing and not the lifestyle. But, if they're on the feet all day (work and coming back home to, say, clean the house or whatever) but the weight doesn't seem to drop then I think the game is missing something.

Does anyone feel that the Sims gain weight too quickly or do you feel that it is realistic?