What if the fat was deposit due to low T level, for me at least i have gained a lot in the past few years and cannot say its due to bad eating, i always eat around 2000-3000 cals a day and was between 204-225 pounds increase was in the last five years or so.

Last summer after getting as high as 231 pounds i decided to diet down, i was eating 1000 calories a day and it took me forever to get down to 212 pounds. Has soon has calories where upped again in the 2000 range the weight creeped back up to 217.