Weight loss for me happens when I get lots of excercise AND do not have access to food all the time. So when I'm working I both loose weight and gain muscle. This year has been really hard with major stressor after major stress plus, since January, a knee injury. Gained an additional 10# which is a big deal for me.
If I had had a sedentary job I think I would have been chubby all my life. Instead I had a hard, physical job and was pretty thin my whole life.