How did you gain the weight?

anewlife4me8610

I have pondered this over and over in my head...how does a girl who was given a shot at the jr olympics just out of high school while on my swim team, or the girl who LIVED to play center on her basketball team, or the girl who played softball for 8 years growing up just all the sudden wake up over 400 lbs?
I was so active as a young person...I was never a thin person, I was always thick but I was NEVER fat. I am 41 years old now, and looking back, I see I starting gaining my weight after my second child was born. I stopped walking and started driving, I stopped waitressing and got a desk job....I stopped playing sports and started laying around....I gradually put on lb after lb and then just gave up on who I was. When ever I wanted to lose weight, I did it...quickly...but never enough to really bring myself back down to a healthy weight...maybe because I just didn't want to apply myself all the way? I guess now looking back, I had no reason other than just lack of dedication and will....Now I have that and my body is fighting me with every lb.

teamAmelia

Eating fast food for breakfast (when I did it breakfast), lunch, and dinner for over seven years.

amcsouth

Honestly, I just love food I was also never taught proper nutrition!

new_bella

Chocolate!

mem50

Eating anything that was not nailed down...not exercising...not caring that I was doing it. Yeah, I could blame it all on my worthless ex but in the end I was the one stuffing my face instead of getting rid of him. I was putting weight on before him.

So it was a lot of things. Poor self image, being told my whole life from family that it was genetics and I was predestined to be heavy, medications, lifestyle, depression from losing my son.

Now, I feel so much better. I am determined to keep it off and it's been 2 years in maintenance with no regain.

Mini_horse_lover

At first it was when I was seven and was put on a pill to save my life. I was in severe liver failure but thats another story.
Anyway I put on 40kgs in a year.
I was always pretty sick after that and so I pretty much gave up on everything,
I was bullied everyday and I went to food for comfort.
I didn't exercise much at all either..

midnight_storm

I grew up over weight. I was skinny for about 3 years, when I lived with my father, but once I returned to live with my mom, I became overweight again. It wasn't that one of them is the better parent, it was because my mom was less strict and the cupboard and fridge was more accessible, and my father abused me and literally scared the **** out of me, so I only ate what I was given(plus, there were kids my age living in every house on the block, so I played a lot more there(I didn't want to be in my house)).

I've also had a really big appetite. My dad always got pissed at me when I would order a 12 inch sub from Subway, and then eat the whole thing. I used to be able to go up at a buffet at least 4 times, piling the plate up high.

While I could still eat a 12 inch in one sitting, I usually order 6 inches, or save half of my 12 inch. Buffets, I usually eat korean style, totally maybe 2 plates of food, and then I'm usually stuffed.

kutterba

Oh, I fell in love and we "celebrated" every day! I mean really GOOD food, just way too much. I was shocked when I saw a picture of myself...theN I stood on the scale - ALMOST 200 POUNDS! Now, that would not be bad if I were 6 feet tall, but I am 5'3" - so I wondered what to do? Every day was stil a celebration. Then, I got sick - not from the weight, a virus with a high fever & nausea for a month. Lost alot of pounds. Some I gained back, but but have kept off 20 and still working at it. Now my Dear Husband has joined me by walking every day - usually together. Still 20 to lose -
TOGETHER.

tootchute

When I was pregnant, I didn't watch my weight, I gained a lot. After instead of dropping it I ate what I wanted and almost 15 years later I ballooned from 11-12 size to 28-30. This was my own fault for not changing any of my lifestyle before, but that started to change this year. I started April at 355, and now 290 since my last weigh in.

mogletdeluxe

Binge eating and not getting off the sofa, basically. Eating in secret; cramming chocolate bars in my mouth between lessons or school and home; and buying armfuls of Greggs pasties and shoving them in my gaping maw in my car. Wash, rinse, repeat - most days.

eloisenetball

I have been overweight since age 5... But at 18 lost over 100lbs which made me underweight. I was depressed which made me lose the latter part of the weight, and because it wasn't picked up I think that is what made me turn to food. Now aged 21 with 70lbs back on I finally realised how unhappy I was and that it was time to start living/loving life as this is the only chance I may have. Also I come from a family were everyone is overweight/obese, and nutrition and exercise aren't seen as a priority.

teamAmelia

... I was also never taught proper nutrition!

Same here! :mad:

bluefox9er

40+ a day smoker, junk food...crisps, lots of fizzy drinks and late night snacking...on top of 'regular' meals.


and no exercise...I was on my way to a heart attack and or diabetes

chalkychalky

Too much delicious tasty cake and salty crisps!

tworthen79

I spent my entire adult life taking care of others, while neglecting my own needs, wants and dreams. My husband is a recovering alcoholic, sober 2 yrs now. He also suffers from PTSD , he's an Army Veteran. So I ate a lot do to stress, depression and feeling alone. He got healthy, found some awesome doctors, so since he didn't need me to care for him anymore, I figured it was my turn to care for myself.

Nikoruo

Always was a big girl and just got bigger with age.
I was an unusually big child, Teen, and adult.
I've got a body build for a swimmer or linebacker as people say haha
Needless to say it was the cause of much bullying.

What also didn't help was the amount of medical problems i had which make it extremely tough to lose weight and even makes me gain a bit.

Even at my highest because of my heigh and just natural big bone build i've never looked extremely big as people say... but i did start getting a tummy and arm flab and that's when i noticed that i had been letting myself go a bit. Because I couldn't do the sports i loved and i had gained freedom from home so i started living as a child and eating what i wanted anytime. I've grown into adult hood now and trying to slim off those pounds but i know that i'll never have that tiny tiny look since i've always naturally been 'buff' haha

Majda1234

I stopped training ballet and started eating abnormal amounts of unhealthy foods and gained about 20 kg in a matter of months. Lost those 20 when started eating healthy and training again.
Then i started being so anxious about food and eating and life became so stressed and i was really anxious and started emotional overeating(6000 a day) wich led me to gain back about 10 kg in two months of binge/restrict so now i am trying to lose those with healthy eating and exercising though it is hard to put the binges behind me As i feel the need to "make up" for them.

Sabine_Stroehm

I had no idea how to eat right.

Now I do. yay!

padams2359

All you can eat buffets, and not having a problem eating alone. Conversation while eating gives the stomach time to realize it is full before it is overfilled.

OregonRunner5

I was a little heavy - being a Mom and middle aged it just snuck up on me. I was losing weight when i was injured plantar fascittitis (spelling on that?) and had to stop running. I was also assigned three weight gain medications, one so notorious it is given to serious anorexics. I gained 25lbs in a couple of months. I also worked next door to McDonalds.

I moved my office to where now I have to drive if I want a Mc anything and I'm off the weight gain meds except for one.

phred_52

Eating appx. 30 big bag of potato chips a month. Now I don't (dang exercise).

ice1200s

I was raised in a VERY Italian family, where family get togethers were frequent, all day affairs. I had an older brother that I, my mother and aunts admired greatly. They always praised him for his good appetite, and, of course, I wanted to be just like him. So, at fourteen, I was finally able to eat as much as him, and then I started getting praised for my appetite too. Well... I just kept on eating like that and you know the rest.

luciebam88

Moved in with my fiancé, got a desk job which all started the slow road upwards. Lost 21lbs last year, but depression caused me to binge and I put that all back on in 5 months. So now starting again!

Ltcartwright76

Two pregnancies, first one 80+lbs gained (wasn't even aware that I was pregnant up until 3rd month), lost weight after baby but before I got to my goal, got pregnant again. Gained the same 80lbs which almost put me in the 300's (well 30lbs away, but it was close enough!!!)

The kicker is that I gained the weight drinking gallons of juice, cream crackers, salami and cheese. These were the only things I could keep down. Poor diet, coupled with "at risk" pregnancy that left me partially bed-ridden, my juice habit (pure sugar) has me at 260lbs. I plan on bf until my little one reaches 10-11 months, then it's go time. (I happen to be in that small percent that does not loose weight when bf.) :sad:

bernied262

I let some things screw with my head, and started to comfort eat. Now, I have dealt with those issues (in the main), took some time of work to sort my head and body out.

JustYandy

Alcohol

jenswan70

Long-term depression associated with pregnancy and being stuck as a stay-at-home mom due to finances. It cost more for child care than I would make.

BeachIron

Eating too much and exercising too little brought on by working 80+ hour workweeks and my inherent love for excess

PhoenixStrikes

To get to 180lbs as of 2010 was simply my eating more than I burned with two lost pregnancies and a lot of emotional eating. As of january 1st 2011 i started actively trying to lose weight but i had another three lost pregnancies since then (which caused caused me to emotionally eat while being in to much physical pain to exercise vigorously.) it has taken me a couple months to recover from each one and i usually gain about 10lbs during the pregnancy and after so all together in my weight lose journey I have only lost about 30lbs in just under 3yrs. I am now back to the weight I was prior to my last pregnancy (149lbs) and we have been advised not to try any more so I think I can steadily keep up the loss till I reach 135lbs!

mick5000

Just too much junk food so decided when I gave up smoking to try and lose weight at the same time before the giving up put the weight on