I guess I am a bit more tolerable of fat, if you are insanely strong. I look at videos of myself last June, just watched myself do 10 pull ups on my 6th set, and I think holy **** I wish my shoulders back and chest were still that big, then I get down and turn around and I see like a turtle shell belly, it doesn't look good, but I get a little torn thinking I squatted 567 lbs in competition raw, and benched 405 lbs easily in training with a pause, looked beastly muscular, just had a large, mostly solid gut.
I just keep telling myself, I will get back to all that size, all that strength, at 40 lbs lighter body weight, be that much more competitive, look great, and have room to grow. The temptation to avoid will be getting impatient if the strength takes a long time to come back, and turning to overeating. I know I will have to eat at a surplus to a degree at times, but I just have to keep it in check.
I found out brother in law and his wife had been talking trash on me saying I didn't know how to lift, and that I was like 400 lbs, among other things. Stuff like that pisses me off, I wouldn't cut weight to make myself fit other people's standards, but since he's like 150 lbs, has no actual clue what he is doing, and is fatter than me I posted a public picture. I chose to get fat, I'll be honest, I wanted strength and size no matter.