have a weight problem

have a weight problem

To be fat or obese. Yeah, I used to have a weight problem, but then I started going to the gym regularly. Those rail-thin models are why every young girl in America thinks she has a weight problem! Mom, I don't think I have a weight problem—I just want to go to the gym more consistently and tone up.

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have a weight problem

Euph. to be fat; to be overweight. He had a weight problem when he was a teenager, but he slimmed down once he started exercising. She has a weight problem, but she's a lovely woman.

See also: have, problem, weight

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