How did you gain your weight?

areumdawn

eating fast food for lunch ~5 times a week, drinking very little water, eating late at night, staying up all night=not enough sleep, no exercise

cathynicolette

I slowly put on weight in my early 20's, and after I had my second child it spiraled out of control. I had an infant who didn't sleep well and I was working full time, so I turned to sweets to help me cope.
My "baby" will be 4 this May, and I'm proud to say I'm about 1 lb away from losing 100 lbs since I had him.

Congrats Lady!!!!

rlysrh

When I was about 13 and I lived about 2 seconds away from my best friend we used to go to tesco as something to do almost every day and buy junk food. At the time I weighed about 128lbs and I ate so much crap and didn't gain a pound. But the habits carried on and about 3 years ago my metabolism must have slowed down because in the past 3 years or so I went from being about 130lbs to about 150lbs. I got into the habit of treating myself a lot of days with junk food and being legal to drink added more calories on top of that.

Anyway I'm 19 now so still young and I'm fed up of feeling fat. I want to get back to a similar weight I was a few years ago. (:

ShapingAgnes

I got to 275 by eating..and eating a lot. I would stuff my face with unhealthy things. I would consume more than 4 times the calories I eat now. I didnt realize what I was doing to my body and I am actually suprised that I wasnt bigger. I couldnt buy a "yummy" food and save it for later, I had to eat it, all of it, right then and there. I still feel the need to do that but what I have finally reaziled is that if I do not buy it, I cannot eat it. :drinker:

happyme67

I got lost (about 16 years) amongst taking care of my two sons, my husband and teaching. Teaching took over my life and although I am a fabulous teacher, I can't say I was very good to myself. I often gave myself treats - chips, ice cream, chocolates, lolllies because I was too tired to do any exercise or I had too much work to mark or plan (blah blah blah). I have had lower back complications because of the weight, poor posture, etc over the last 3 years. Now I am 60lbs+ over weight and I am reclaiming my life by only teaching twice a week, watching what I am eating and exercising. I need to be happy and to enjoy myself again!:bigsmile:

SafireBleu

I just really like to eat. I especially like to eat my emotions.

^^^ This and I like to eat sweets

purpleipod

Slowly at first, starting at about 13. I was never really "heavy" until I graduated from high school. I have no idea how much I weighed but if I had to guess I'd say somewhere in the 180s. After I got out of school I decided to eat whatever I wanted and avoid the scale like the plague. I was so unaware of what I was doing that I was completely shocked when I realized I weighed over 200 pounds the first time. It's amazing how blinded you can be when you choose to not pay attention for so long.

ComeAroundSundown

It was my last year of school, and I had no time to do anything but study. I pretty much ate fast food every day, sometimes 2 times a day. I just stuffed my face all day long, and to be honest, I'm surprised that I didn't end up weighing over 200 pounds. The way that I ate was shocking.

LelliAmi

quitting dance + general laziness + more boyfriend time than gym time= 20 extra pounds

jerber160

always been this way!

ImperfektAngel

Eating too much! Too many carbs, I always thought that as long as something was healthy I could eat lots of it! Wrong! I had to educate myself about food

Rodgers2008

I always ate way more then I needed and never worked out very often.

Dave198lbs

there is only one answer to this...LAZY

thats it...noithing else

biologic

i consumed the babies of too many of my enemies

susanb573

7 IVF cycles and all the hormones that go along with them.

tookie303

I had spinal fusion surgery in May and have been home from my very active job since then.... and with surgery came 28lbs.... ugh!!

NZGYMCHICK

Had someone tell me I was overweight (when I wasn't at all) lost self-esteem and piled on 20lbs over the course of a year....started to do something about it and then my father died....8 months of grief eating/drinking and another 10lbs...now I'm losing those 30lbs...first 10 gone another 20 to go! : )

Missy99

I gained mine when I was pregnant with my 3 babies and all 3 were c-sections so I didn't want to move around a lot after. I'm not blaming it on the babies, its my fault I thought that I had to eat everything in sight and was scared of the pain after each c-section to workout so it just stayed.

sheilarosella

quit smoking five years ago..a few pounds there...then my father died three years ago and kind of lost my desire to workout like I use to..finally getting out of that funk and back to the way things should be

freckly_vermonter_girl

I dropped out of school, where I a) walked like crazy all day long, b) worked on my feet for 25+ hours a week, c) ate dining common food and hardly any extras, d) exercised on top of all of that, though not very regularly. When I sat out of school, I began working at Friendly's (a family-style restaurant in New England). And eating the food there helped me gain weight - for example, a chicken ceasar salad at Friendly's is 2000+ calories!!! :-o I didn't exercise as much, and due to much higher living expenses & more stress, I started gaining "stress" weight. And I ate out a ton more, enjoyed making baked goods in my own little kitchen a little too much, etc. In the course of 3 months I gained 15 lbs!!!

Fat_2_Fit_Mommy

I just really like to eat. I especially like to eat my emotions.

I

I have to say this is me I was slightly active I think mainly because of depression problem I never been skinny only when I was a kid

Amberac

First my weight gain from pregnancy and then I lost it. Last June after being a vegetarian for a year and a half, I started eating meat and gain a quick 30 pounds. My doctors said my body was having a hard time digesting meat, especially beef (I know it's gross). So after months of pills, I am getting back to normal and shedding the 30 pounds and the rest that I was working on.

emmafmaurice

i quit smoking and looked the other way for a year.

valerietoxii

I used pregnancy as an excuse to eat everything. I have always been over weight, but not fat until I had my babies. Annnnd I'm a stress eater. I get stressed out so I used eat to make myself feel better, then I felt like poo for it.

rebeccasedwards

I never have been thin. Bad eating habits didn't help. I've lost the weight only to gain it back. Last time I lost 40 pounds but slowly gained it back after not having enough time to exercise. My job teaching is stressful and I dealt with it by eating. I tried to loose some this summer but with a daughter getting married and a knee injury resulting in surgery I have gained and gained. So now I'm trying again to do it the right way. It's a constant battle.

firesoforion

Once upon a time I was this weight, then I lost it and kept it off. I gained a little bit at the end of my first year of my Master's program, with "goodbye" dinners and drinks and junk food, etcetera, then a little more being at home for the first and last time in months, but not too bad (call it 10 or 15 pounds total) and I stayed there with no trouble until I was writing my dissertation, 4 months of stress, sitting at a computer, and eating quick, unhealthy and satisfying meals (I switched from lentils to pasta when I found out that undercooked beans can give you food poisoning, which I had been doing about once a week for two months, who knew?!). BAM, here I am 30 pounds heavier.

RogerF765

I suffered a pretty bad back injury and gained 100 lbs as a result. I went from a high of 300 after surgery to a low of 230 and gained 50 lbs back when I went back to school. Now I'm bouncing between 245 and 250 but have never felt better.

Pebble321

The short answer: eating too much, exercising too little.

The longer answer: I usually eat good meals and bad snacks - too much processed sugary junk (cakes, biscuits, chocolate, lollies), especially when I'm unhappy, lonely, miserable, alone or just don't have the will to stop. I have a history of getting into exercise, getting healthy and then giving up when something happens that stops me.

I know that my most recent weight gain happened after I lost a baby to miscarriage (and with it, my last/only chance to have a child) - although I knew it was irrational, I kept telling myself that I should be getting bigger everyday anyway (ie, pregnant) so it was OK to be getting bigger by eating junk. The only good thing about this completely stupid mindset is that it had an end date - on the expected due date (just over a year ago) I stopped eating so much junk and started getting healthy again.

I took about 8 months to get close to my goal weight and I've managed to stick around there, losing a couple of kgs more since then. Now the challenge is to keep up the good habits and not slide back into the old ones - especially when I hit a roadbump (like right now - I'm injured and can't run and it's looking like I won't be able to run my half marathon in 2 weeks time).