anyone found the root cause of why you gain weight?
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I like to eat food while I play video games all day. Kind of a recipe for disaster, really.
So now I play video games, but rarely eat while doing so (Which sometimes makes me not eat all day, which is another issue) and make myself move around a lot. A. Lot. Because I still want to eat all the food.0 -
I read your other posts. I'll be willing to bet your root cause is your parents!0
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I have a high cookie drive.0
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I'm Italian, I come from a long line of obesity, I drank too much Triple Cola and Reese Cups as a kid and I never moved. That's the root cause of my childhood obesity!0
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I gained weight because of stress. I also had this medical condition that started when I was 8 years old, which, at that age, causes a bunch of confusion and stressed out the little kid me. Later in life, finances started stressing me out. I had one "toxic person" in my life that I kicked to the curb before you could say Quidditch once I found out that she was causing me even more stress.0
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My root cause was eating without paying attention to calories and macro nutrients. I grew up eating whatever I wanted and I would never gain weight, I was very skinny. When I hit my early 20's that started to change and I became overweight. Now I can still eat whatever I want but I do it in a controlled manor. I've lost 15 lbs and now i'm where I want to be with my weight. The key really is to develop a lifestyle so you keep the weight off. Mine is tracking my food each day and exercising 6 days a week. I can do that the rest of my life. People jump on these exercise programs or whatever the new fad diet is then they lose weight then when they quit the program they gain it all back which is why I say developing a lifestyle change is how to maintain it.
You have a history that is identical to mine. Until my late 30's, I paid no attention to nutrition and still weighed 100 pounds. I am also now back to my goal weight, eating moderately, exercising moderately, and at least fairly confident that I can continue this plan by improving my nutrition and continuing to log.0 -
Poor eating habits from parents, boredom eating, generally preferring fried foods and sweets to everything else. In our house, a standard meal is something like a plate of chicken and a big helping of white rice. Normally I'd get seconds too, since I'd still be hungry. I generally have to beg for salads and lower calorie foods or I won't get them. For the longest time, my brother was the only one not overweight simply because he eats the least. I still remember my parents trying to convince me that there's nothing wrong with fried foods when I was close to being a hundred pounds overweight. Of course, everything in moderation, but still. You can lose weight by only eating Chicken McNuggets, but it's also a hell of a lot harder than if you eat the right foods (imagine surviving an entire day on 32 nuggets [1520 calories]). I've also led a sedentary life style for the past ten years or so. My exercise would consist of walking from one class to another in school. It's been a little of everything.0
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Many hours a day sitting and too much food0
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In decreasing order of siginificance (how much they contributed to my gain) :
- starting to eat equal portions with my husband after we moved in together (yes, I know ...)
- eating for procrastination, i.e. to avoid doing something I hated/was afraid to do
- snacking too much in addition to having full meals - I was capable of having a large snack at 5 pm and a full dinner at 6 pm for example. Now I am not hungry after the snack so just skip the dinner, may be have a lighter snack later. Similar before lunch - if I get hungry early, I just have an early lunch now, but before I had the snack and the lunch after.
Fixed all of the above, thanks to the fact that MFP has made me really mindful of my eating habbits. Before I didn't even notice I did those things. Also I got on top of most of my emotional problems before starting MFP, and am working on the ones that remain.
ETA: I am aware that I am losing due to calorie deficit. But I hope understanding all of the above will help me not regain it all at the end.0 -
I'm a foodie and I love to cook. Then after I make something I have all of these leftover ingredients. It a slippery slope.0
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mine is a multifaceted. First I have hypothyroidism that has to be adjust every so often other wise I gain weight like mad (ie recently gained 30 pounds in 15 days..........got my tsh back and above normal again so thyroid med increased)
Number two for me is also vitamin defficencs that I also found out that I have to increase those as well as they are down too.....vitamin b12 (have to do injections as I don't absorb it) and vitamin D
Number three sometimes my energy levels affect my weight as well and the three things above all affect that including having low iron
number four having PCOS which throws even more hormones off (and they do not have a good line of treatment developed for this yet)
Number five...........stress i notice that in high stress ie husband being hospilized I tend to let my eating an exercise slack and spend a lot of time eating caf. food from the hospital (not the greatest)
number six............lapsing back into old habits of comfort from food. society teaches us that when we are happy we eat, when we are sad eat, to spend time together eat dinner......etc.
I could go on and on but one thing I have learned that you can always start over and realize that you can only control things that are withing your control ie: what you use to fuel your body. And also learned that sometimes there needs to be medical interventions to correct things that are wrong within your body. One other thing that I am trying to implement is finding a better way to deal with and handle stress that I go through in life rather than lapsing back into old habits0 -
This is all my opinion and I'm no expert, but...
EASY TO SOLVE (IMO) REASONS (observed in myself and others): Consuming too many calories because you're not paying attention, you're incorrectly "guesstimating" everything, or you are unaware of the calorie counts in the food you're eating. Personally, as long as I am actively monitoring my intake and paying attention, I have zero weight issues.
MORE CHALLENGING (IMO) REASONS (observed in others): Inconsistent effort, lack of discipline, lack of motivation, not making health and fitness a priority, emotional issues, sometimes (very rarely) underlying health issues. I'm glad not to have these issues myself because I'm aware of just how much they challenge others!!!0 -
I've always loved good food and wine, and until recently had a ludicrously high metabolism--seriously, I ate as much as or more than my 6'1", active husband and didn't gain. Then I got into perimenopause, got a job with a crazy commute so I ended up being less active, got depressed because I hated the job with the crazy commute... And when I did have time to do anything other than work, my social life revolved around foodie activities.
Twenty pounds later, I realized I had to get active again and start tracking what I ate, because left to my own devices I still think I can eat 3000 calories at a sitting and not have consequences!0 -
My root cause was depression. Losing my dad in May '05 & my mom in August '08, I turned to food. I know I did, I didn't care. I wanted my parents back and couldn't have them here with me. Now at the age of 33 years old I am struggling with getting the weight off. I am working towards a goal slowly but I am getting there. No more excuses for me to not lose it, time for me to better myself and make my parents proud
Good luck!0 -
Originally, I gain weight due to my dang boredom eating, stress eating, you name it. Especially when friends jokes about 'food is pleasure?' Duh, that's where I felt comfortable with me just eating and eating and always having an excuse of ' I'm hungry I gotta eat(even if I'm really not hungry!), I can't exercise my back hurts, I can't exercise I really have fat genes!(LOL, dang excuses!)'
And also the main root cause is me eating everything in sight and not paying attention to my calories and macros.
Now that I'm aware with calorie counting, and recognizing my hunger cues, I am now down to my goal weight and maintaining forabout 3months now. If ever I got down to my ultimate goal weight that'll make me more happy!;)(just saying!)
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The absolute reason was that I hadn't made the choice to to control my food intake. Emotions, stress, loving the booze a bit too much, being lazy, etc.
The only thing that still occasionally knocks me off is the emotion/stress thing, but I'm learning to recognize the signs and deal with it. The best thing I've learned is that falling prey to those feelings doesn't make me a loser and I can always make better choices after that. Having a bad day doesn't mean that I give up. Everyone has bad moments for one reason or another.0 -
A few things:
1. Me and my husband had crappy schedules. We got home late and would cook full meals usually involving pasta then go to bed.
2. No exercise.
3. Emotional eating and plenty of emotional issues. I binge eat for just about every emotion. Happy. Bored. Sad. Depressed. Then I beat myself up about it, tell myself how terrible I look and rinse. Repeat.0 -
I gained weight because somewhere along the way my hunger fullness cues stopped working. It's strange, but I don't feel hunger or fullness. I can just eat and eat and eat. An entire pizza? No problem!! The only thing that kept me from gaining even more is that my job is fairly active.0
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I've found my main problem was portion size, I ate the right foods, just too much of them, if I got bored I ate, but again it wasn't really what I ate, but how much.
I didn't do very much exercise, now I'm enjoying my trips to the gym, Pilates class, playing badminton, walking to work and my new addition kettle bell workouts, I see it a a little bit of me time, which I'm really enjoying.
I've reduced my portions size and trying really hard to stop the boredom eating, I have to keep myself busy and drink a glass of water or herbal tea before I reach out for food, it's hard especially at work where there is so much temptation, but I think I'm finally getting there.0 -
frozen coke: 341 cals in one serving and really it's just a drink0
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Eating too much.0
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Food. that's it. Period.........
Incorrect! Mine was alcohol consumption!!!0 -
My root cause was depression. Losing my dad in May '05 & my mom in August '08, I turned to food. I know I did, I didn't care. I wanted my parents back and couldn't have them here with me. Now at the age of 33 years old I am struggling with getting the weight off. I am working towards a goal slowly but I am getting there. No more excuses for me to not lose it, time for me to better myself and make my parents proud
Good luck!
They would be happy that you are making your life healthier and better. I know my mom would have been for me. My heart goes out to you
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- because I eat after 8pm, which is a potential trigger for late night bingeing especially on carbs and fats.
I have since learned to anticipate this by eating a small (40g) bowl of sweetened porridge with 250ml soy milk at around 9pm which cures my hunger until bed-time.0 -
Boredom eating, mostly.
I apparently like to sabotage myself, as well.0 -
My root of why I've gained weight?
Laziness mixed with eating what I wanted, and little exercise. (yeah, a BAD combo).
I'd even say 80 percent of what I eat (after meals) is boredom eating..0 -
Mine is not stopping when I'm full and not being able to turn down food.0
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I rewarded myself with food!
When I was in college - I am doing my homework, so I eat.
As a mom - I am taking great care of my kids, so I eat.
I got through that hard day at work- I deserve dessert or queso don't I?
I used food as reward for doing all the things I knew I should do in my life (except exercise). Now I exercise and TRY to find other rewards. And while I love new shoes, or whatever, food still feels like the best reward. So I have to reward myself more carefully- great day with my food and exercise - a 50 calorie peppermint patty is my reward; hard day with the kids - a 50 calorie mini-reeses is my reward. Not as much fun as a bowl of queso but it will do.0 -
A single root cause? No. But I know what foods caused my weight problems: sweets. One time a friend and I were discussing "bad foods," and really I could live without most fattening, calorically dense foods. I could live without cheese, meat, butter, gravy, etc. I used to be obsessive with sweets though. I've gotten much better with age...luckily.0
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Yep. I gain weight because I am miserable eating few enough calories to control my weight without regular exercise, and I'm lazy. I enjoy exercise but it's a constant stuggle to fit it into my day because there are so many other things I also enjoy.
Honestly, I doubt weight control alone would be enough to keep me exercising. If I could be healthy without the exercise I'd probably still be fat.0
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