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What was your main downfall when it came to packing on the pounds?

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  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
    Snacking without thinking.

    I stopped this by asking myself "am I really hungry or am I just eating for the sake of eating?"
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Eating too much food in general.
  • rachael00679
    rachael00679 Posts: 186 Member
    Wine. Lots of it.
    I had to stop completely for a time to realise fully how much it hinders every aspect of your mental, emotional and physical health.
    I have a few drinks (3-4) once a month now. No wine. Sugarfree alco pop things....1 bottle = 1 drink. Not the massive bucket red wine glasses I could fit half a wine bottle into.

    I feel 100% better.
    Birthday is even coming up and I have opted out of "drinks with friends" for a night with my kids and partner at a nice restaurant. I will probably have a mojito or mai tai whilst there though :)
  • Heydew
    Heydew Posts: 54 Member
    Not eating and Stress. May sound odd but I was working two jobs, being a mom of 2 under 3, and the lack of sleep I still kept packing on the weight! I would end up killing a bag of candy at my evening job instead eating real food. The stress (or a better word would be anxiety) was keeping me awake at night cuz my mind would just go to awful places and I would get barely any sleep. After no sleep and constant working and trying to make time for my kids it was a crazy life for a minute.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    We only get one?
  • klund13
    klund13 Posts: 98 Member
    Too much mexican food, pizza, oreos and dr pepper. Way too much.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member

    eating anything and everything
  • KeepRunning27
    KeepRunning27 Posts: 28 Member
    Oh man where to begin??? Going out to dinner way to often. Enjoying way too many mixed drinks at restaurants. And definitely drinking way too much coffee and lattes because I was in school. Had no idea how much sugar and carbs was in that crap! Lack of working out. I was able to eat anything in sight without gaining weight. Then my senior year in high school I developed a terrible habit of not eating. So then when I started eating I found all this extra weight over the course of a couple years
  • alleolala
    alleolala Posts: 19 Member
    Boredom eating and portion control. Stopped keeping anything in my desk drawer at work, and started paying attention to what a portion actually means... got me down to here. Now I'm here because I need to figure what else to change to get rid of the last few pounds!
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