What has your weight gain cost you?

valentina5777

Hey everyone,
I don't want to be negative but I think it's important to talk about things openly and hopefully this thread will help some people to get things off their chest, and also motivate them to keep going in our weight loss journeys. I'll go first:
My rapid weight gain of 50kg/ 110lbs has left me depressed and unconfident which has in turn cost me friendships and damaged relationships with family because I wouldn't socialise with them due to embarrassment. It's prevented me from reaching career goals due to lack of confidence which comes back to the weight gain.
As for Dating? You can forget it! Been single for three years now! Not to mention the way people treat you when you're over weight - like some sort of social leper!
Overall I think it has affected my entire life, the losing of friends, deterioration of familial relationships, poor study results, and financially worse off due to lack of profession in career and a development of a shopping and food addiction. Obesity mixed with depression is a real killer! I wish I had learned to deal with these emotions earlier so that gaining weight didn't affect me so bad!

NorthCascades

Time going up the hills.

Machka9

NorthCascades wrote: »

Time going up the hills.

Yep ... exactly this!

everher

One of the most annoying things was having to buy all new clothes and not being able to shop in the usual stores I would shop in. It was also harder to find clothes in my size and bigger clothing items seem to be more expensive.

My work wardrobe, I feel, is also a mess. It seems harder to look polished and put together.

I can't stand my college graduation photos because my face looks so fat in them. They are other photos like that as well where I can't stand how I look, but those are the most significant because it's not like I can do over those moments.

I have also just avoided photos in general for the last several years. My mother passed last May and sadly I don't have many photos with her because I couldn't stand the way I looked.

I've become less active. The weight made me less likely to go out and do things (especially things that involved a lot of walking) because I was just not physically fit.

I started spending tons of money on food (overeating). Easily spending what most people would spend to feed a family of three on groceries and food just for me. Would've been nice to have that money in my savings account instead.

These are just the things that come to the top of my mind.

jelleigh

I travel a lot and I love photography, but now I never get pictures in these amazing places that I love because I've gained so much. Also, silly I know, but my luggage is heavier (thus more expensive ) and I cant bring as much in a smaller bag because of the increase in size of my clothes. Planes are even less comfortable than before (if such a thing ia possible) and I take way less care of how I look because a voice in my head says 'who cares - its not gonna make me look less fat' (which is also silly because being big doesn't mean you can't look nice and attractive but i hate the thought of spending so much money on fat clothes)

kommodevaran

Food and clothes for me too. And some loose skin this time around

hekla90

jelleigh wrote: »

I travel a lot and I love photography, but now I never get pictures in these amazing places that I love because I've gained so much. Also, silly I know, but my luggage is heavier (thus more expensive ) and I cant bring as much in a smaller bag because of the increase in size of my clothes. Planes are even less comfortable than before (if such a thing ia possible) and I take way less care of how I look because a voice in my head says 'who cares - its not gonna make me look less fat' (which is also silly because being big doesn't mean you can't look nice and attractive but i hate the thought of spending so much money on fat clothes)

I hadn't thought about the luggage and carry on. I overpacked and packed 1/2 a carry on (other half for travel presents) with 3 pairs of shoes, 10 shirts, a dress, and two pairs of jeans for a month a Europe last year and no one believed me that it all fit! Planes are uncomfortable even for me and I'm hella short, my legs must be long or something there's no room sometimes!

scarlet67

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