What triggered your weight gain?

MySweetPotato

Here is mine:

I was always the fat kid. At 14 I did the 30 day shred. I was obsessed. Too strict. And I was doing it WRONG. I kept dieting and dieting untill the age of 16 when I couldn't take it anymore and just started eating like crap and didn't budge. I would blame our situation but it was really all because I was emotionnaly screwed up and didn't know how to handle it, I didn't look after my health anymore.
When I started gaining weight again, it made me even more depressed. I had no support from my family and I kept getting comments like "oh dear, you gained weight" whenever I visited my family in Lebanon (Lebanon, my dear friends, is all about IMAGE). So for some screwed up reason, I turned to bingeing. At the same time I wanted to starve myself. It was binge-starve rollercoaster that made me gain alot of fat. Later on I moved to Lebanon and my sister (who currently studies Physical education) kicked my brains into thinking right and making me beleive that I'm worth more than I think. So I went back to eating healthy and working out, treating my body how it is supposed to be treated. So all in all, I gained and lost the same 20 pounds twice.

TRUTH: What motivates me, every time I want to give up, is my past self. I NEVER ever want to be that person ever again. Every time I think of the bad comments, the judgemental looks, and the way I used to feel, that's one more rep. Show them who you are, and most importantly, show YOURSELF who you are. My body is not, has never been and will never be perfect. But I love it and that is why I want to treat it as good as I possible can from now on.

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Cutting4life

ate too much

Amellej

Pregnancy (enjoyed too much food)

MsDover

I had hit my goal and was maintaining and then had eye surgery. I had to stay completely immobile, face down, for a week then take it very easy for 6 weeks after that, plus had to take Prednisone which made me ravenously hungry. I regained 6 pounds that I'm having a hard time getting back on track to lose.

Pookylou

Pizza. Comfort eating. Not exercising. For me there wasn't a single moment, that sparked my gain, it was a slow creep up!

laurynwithawhy

I was always overweight as a kid. I just didn't understand nutrition. I would eat tons of really calorie dense food like hot dogs and ice cream floats and cake. Like, as one meal. I was always active so I couldn't understand why I wasn't thin. Doing sports like gymnastics and cheerleading and track kept me "in shape", but I was still way too heavy. Once I went to college I kind of figured it out, luckily. Sometimes it scares me to think where I could have ended up if I hadn't learned.

SlimSlim2013

Lifestyle changes, education, jobs, moving around, relationship woes(, pregnancy, etc. I did lots and lots of comfort eating throughout it all & I gained lots and lots of weight every single time.

kzakian

I gained quite a bit of weight when I got married. I love good food and my husband is an amazing cook who likes to eat too. We're both trying to get it under control now so we don't sabotage each other and so that we can have a healthy slim marriage.

aquarabbit

My move to Chicago where I was on my own for the first time. I also got into my current relationship at that time. So I was 21, with my own life without any family interference (which was never bad, I had just never been more than 5 minutes from a family member), and had a new boyfriend and friends who loved to go out. The thing is, I was never unhappy. I wasn't a comfort eater, I was a social eater. We love to throw parties with lots of great food and beer and the more I'm around people, the more I eat. Going out right now is a very very big treat. It's been a SIMPLE change, although not an EASY one. Finding other things to do with friends that don't revolve around food was key for me.

crandos

ate too much

Yep this

Xoe4

My parents getting divorced started it, depression continued it. Having brought my depression under control it's time to regain control over my body too.

darvin1023

I was just dumb and ate too much -thinking I still have a metabolism of a teenager. LOL.
I have several "wake-up calls" that lead me to change to a healthier lifestyle. Most of them are funny reality checks too.

One was "the scale." -The maximum capacity of my bathroom scale was 250 lbs. When I "HAD TO" buy a new scale just to know my weight, all i could do was laugh a how dumb i was to let myself go like that. LOL.

The second and funniest one was "the bump on the road." -I was driving, and i hit a bump on the road. And for the first time in my life, I felt my belly JIGGLE. I was like: "What...The... F**k... was... that?!!!"
I did not know bellies can jiggle like that. LOL.

After that, i was like: "Yeah, Darvin! You're fat! Time to do something about it!"

Another funny story was: When I actually "TRIED to jog," -emphasis on the word "TRIED."
I was all motivated as heck. Ready to change my life.
I was like: "Okay! Today is the day I will jog! I'm gonna go for 1 mile today!!!!'"

So, I changed into my new jogging clothes, put on my jogging shoes, and walked outside the door.
I jogged for about HALF a block, (and this is a small suburban block, mind you.) and i was already out of breath. I was sweating, panting, and my side was already hurting.
I was like "WTF? Seriously!?!!!"
I didn't know I was THAT out of shape. LOL.

So, i walked back into my house. drank some water, sat down and told myself: "Well, you can feel all defeated now. But you have to start some where. Right?"
So, i the next day, i decided to walk to the gym that's a block away from my house, and was like: "Al right! Lets start with something EASY"
I tried the elliptical ...and I was hooked with going to the gym from then on.
LOL.

jennfranklin

I would have to blame it on the fact that I have this rare condition called to much food to mouth disease.

clairyfairy247

I used to work in a shop. My eating habits weren't the healthiest but my activity level was high.
A few years ago, I started working in an office. I'll leave you to do the math :laugh:

haleyannnn

COLLEGE!! A college budget meant cheap unhealthy food.. costco pizza and churros were my complete and utter weakness. Plus working at a froyo shop didn't help... that stuff really isn't that healthy especially when its a 3 oz serving size.

darvin1023

I would have to blame it on the fact that I have this rare condition called to much food to mouth disease.

LOL at This.
Word is, that decease has been going around now.

iwannabeonthebeach

Combination of sedentary lifestlye, stress-induced bad food choices, then the menopause. The first two I can do something about (and I am doing), the last one I just need to come out of the other end and hope that my new-found good habits will eventually pay off.

bunbunzee44

I didn't exercise and I drank a lot of weekends. alcohol makes me just eat everything.

mellyish

At 14 y.o (I'm 19 now) I was a skinny, normal healthy kid. Then my parents, after chaotic events, got divorced. Over the summer in the beginning of the divorce I gained probably 30lbs and over the next 4 years it kept going up til I had hit 183, having gained 63lbs I finally decided, "*kitten* this" and got on track. I am currently down 37.2lbs and am nowhere near done with my journey.

AztecKermit

An injury and being unable to return to work causing a dramatic drop in exercise levels coupled with medication that causes extremely fast weight gain started the spiral for me.
Going from being extremely active to being unable to do anything for quite a while takes its toll unfortunately.

nikkibl

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia just over 3 years ago, i was always very slim weighing in at only 9stone but im 5 foot 11! i always struggled with gaining weight until i got ill. the pain from the fibro stopped me from working and exercising. In 6 months I had gained 3 stone! I had to give up all my fitness and gym classes even stop working full time. The easiest thing was to sit still it meant less pain. Ive slowly got back up to working full time and have been doing so for a while so now its time to try and ditch some of the weight I have!

llfretwell

Eating out of boredom. I became a stay at home mother last year after my son was born, and it all went down hill from there. I am turning it all around though!!!!

learnerdriver

pregnancy X 2
boredom snacking
lack of exercise
not putting aside time for me.

waipepe

Depression and work related stress = bad eating habits and too much alcohol

__Di__

Mine was because I ate too many cakes and sweets. We have a vending machine in work that has sandwiches, cakes and other stuff. The bloke who comes in to refill it, it is his wife that makes those cakes and I do not know what she does to them, but they are unbelievably delicious!!!

The only problem was, once I had one, I used to have a 2nd and sometimes a 3rd, in the end it got beyond ridiculous and I cut all of it out :laugh:

zenalasca

I started realizing I needed to lose weight after I got into the habit of being obsessed over food and wanting to eat nice things all the time. My brother, father and I would just snack on whatever was available all day. We'd have a big meal at Dad's favourite Thai restaurant, buy and eat sweets/bread/pastries afterward and then continue to eat bread with butter, jam and honey for the rest of the day. Dad was active and felt full from the Thai meal for almost the rest of the day, but my brother and I just wouldn't stop eating. Then we'd feel guilty for eating unhealthily and have several pieces of fruit. What made it all worse was that I'd gone through a period where I was addicted to video games and hated exercise.

pyrowill

Ate far too much, and have emotional ties to food.

jennz81

For starters, my family was somewhat sedentary. If we did go out, it was to eat, but there were rarely any outings were we did anything that involved moving our bodies. (All of us, thankfully, have become more active over the years).

I also had (and still have) emotional and/or anxiety problems, and sometimes I do reach for food.

I also really enjoy eating, and I like eating really, really bad stuff. As a matter of fact, I was eating pretty terribly for a while.
A perfect example of this is ordering out for pizza. I would eat the entire pizza, breadsticks, and chug down a good majority of the soda.

NJD2885

I was always a bit on the chubby side but when I lost my mom when I was 13 I put on a lot more.

jonnyman41

no deep reasons for me, I just got older and less active, but carried on eating all the same foods as I always had.

When younger, a combination of running after kids, a reasonable metabolic rate, not owning my own car, plenty of housework, jobs that involved being active etc.. meant that I stayed the skinny thing I had been from my teenage years but gaining work as a teacher, kids growing up and being more independent and developing a love of wine and cheeses, (in far too much quantities) all lead to a slow gain that I did not do anything about until it became a much bigger gain!

Amanda21202

Puberty then many years later pregnancy!