I like to just put my sims through trials by making them bigger and or smaller in terms to weight. With certain sims they look better large and in charge, chunky yet funky, while others look better slim.
I usually make workout groups the first play, gathering locals and taking them to the gym for a mass run, Bob Pancakes is a hunk once he’s lost the pounds, and Bella is a babe once you’ve given her some birthday cake....say five or six....
I don’t automatically see a sim and think omg you need to hit the treadmill!
A sim is perfect regardless...although their appearance is always open to improvement.
It’s also fun seeing what triggers weight loss/gain, some sims I’ve noticed can handle all the carbs and gain nothing while others take a bite and instantly gain like twelve pounds! Ironically the sims that are naturally able to keep slim aren’t gym rats, they’re just lucky I assume. The ones who gain it too fast, again, I assume it’s like people, some can eat all the food and still fit in their jeans, or they can breathe in some dust and have to jog ten miles to get back into their jeans,
Right now I’m having a glitch where ALL my sims kids are chubby, no idea why, it’s definitely a glitch because in all my locals none of them have slim kids, despite them barely eating and being active at the park behind the houses. I even created groups for them to go swimming and thus far only two have lost weight, meaning the code is somewhat messed up. I’m wondering if EA have introduced something because certain sims are having issues with eating vegetables and or meat dishes, I’m curious if they’ve made them picker or have unspoken allergies