How did you gain your weight?

skwhatley

I can't say that I ever remembered really being anything other than heavy. I was healthy but not in a good way. I was always active, playing softball for 10 years but ate nothing but junk. When I hit puberty I grew and thinned out but was still heavy. I blame all the food I ate. I live in the south so when my mom cooked the good cajun food I would get a plate, then a second, then a third and just kept eating until I was uncomfortable. I've slacked off on eating that much but I would still eat junk and sometimes eat in binges out of boredom. I slimmed down after getting a job where I was always on my feet but then I met my fiance and we all know how that story goes. We've been living together for about a year and a half now and he is the pickiest eater and eats nothing but junk, so then I would cook nothing but junk leading to me eating nothing but junk. I realized I needed to do something right around christmas time when my "fat jeans" were getting kinda tight and I tipped the scale at about 165 lbs. Now I make the extra effort to make me a totally separate meal from him and if I do eat what he does I eat only the serving size and it has made a big difference. Now I just gotta get him to follow cause I'm not the only one who has gained weight since we started dating...:laugh:

cthom

Marrying a couch potatoe and loosing myself to what he wanted. :frown:

Catzwitch

I've spent my whole life up and down but THIS time...

Well, I was single, newly separated, living alone, working two jobs and never kept much fod in my house. Plus I was on all my medications and they help me stay balanced out. Then came the boyfriend... and when he moved himself into my house I had to start keeping food there since he actually ate....

Then came the layoff from my job, and the loss of my insurance which meant the loss of all my medications.....

And the sitting around at home all day, with food in the house since there is someone else there....

Then came my Ma... I work for her a couple of times a week and being typical Italian she feeds us like crazy.....

So yeah, in about 6 months I've packed on a little more than 50lbs....



And now, I'm stuck, because I gave away all my nice "fat" clothes to my former best friend (the one that ran away with my husband... :grumble: .) thinking I'd never gain the weight back, never counting on life flipping upside-down again.


I want to be the rock-star model girlfriend again that I was when my guy & I started dating, I want to fit into my "good-*kitten*" jeans again, I want to actually be able to wear the clothes I have...


Good luck everyone, keep it up.