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Why are YOU fat?

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  • porffor
    porffor Posts: 1,210 Member
    Emotional eating; in childhood / teen years - depression + food = happy for a few minutes
    Too much of the wrong foods
    Not understanding my height is not 'average' and therefore 'average' calorie intake doesn't apply to me
    I stopped exercising for 7 years - totally - BIG Mistake
    I stopped 'really' looking at myself
    Basically; I stopped caring about me.
  • sthurst040262
    sthurst040262 Posts: 12 Member
    Two words....BAD HABITS
  • borichfan
    borichfan Posts: 208 Member
    Eating Out!!! My husband & i developed a habit of eating out, especially after our 2 children moved out, it became cheaper & easier to eat out than to cook. Lazy & full of excuses. Spends too much time on computer.
  • ahersh00
    ahersh00 Posts: 85
    1. My mother has always counted calories and it used to annoy me... I didn't want to be like that.... and I wasn't... which made me FAT.

    2. I love love love take out.

    3. I eat WAY too much in one sitting... I have a bottomless pit for a stomach. I used to get bloated, but now I don't bloat easily at all!

    4. I wasn't taught the effects proper nutrition had on the body. American schooling is poor!
  • LuciaLongIsland
    LuciaLongIsland Posts: 815 Member
    Getting extremely sick

    Laying in bed getting better

    stopping smoking

    retiring
  • lornalozza83
    lornalozza83 Posts: 11
    i think this is a very good post, because i think until you confront the little lies you tell yourself you will never be successful at weightloss, i had a vast array of lies i used to tell myself and others,

    LIE 1- I am not that big i am only a UK size 14 ha (TRUTH: I have been trying to get into the same elasticated size 14 for years and in all honesty i was closer to a big 16)

    LIE 2- i don't each that much really (TRUTH: when i could finish off a family size chocolate bar on my own and it not even touch the sides i definatley had a problem

    LIE 3- its baby weight from my kids (TRUTH: my kids are 7 and 3, i could have lost the weight i gained from the first but i couldn't be bothered and the last time i was pregnant was 3 years ago, easily enough time to lose weight)

    LIE 4- I don't have time to exercise with 2 little kids (TRUTH: if i really wanted to i would have found the time, i find the time now to work out 6 days a week)

    LIE 5- I am happy as i am, lifes too short to worry about my weight (TRUTH: no i am not happy with the way i am, thats why i worried when i had to go clothes shopping, thats why i only have a tiny mirror in the whole of my house, and that why in the last 7 years i have probably had only a handful of pictures taken, and as for the last part life will be a hell of a lot shorter if i don't lose the weight)

    LIE 6- i only weigh 12 st (TRUTH: this was the last time i weighed myself about 3 years ago, when i started to do something about it the most scariest thing was standing on the scales and realising i actually weighed 14 st)

    These lies i have told myself for years and wasn't until i confronted them that i started shedding the weight.

    On the plus side Lie 1 is now longer a lie, since joining MFP i have gone down to a size 14 and lie 6 will be gone in the very near future as i am now weighing in at around 12 and a half x

    Good luck everyone with your journeys x
  • dreamzvt
    dreamzvt Posts: 96
    Going to reply to this later after I take some time to think about it. Great topic. Eye opener for sure.
  • suziblues2000
    suziblues2000 Posts: 515 Member
    LOVE food and HATE exercise. Plus the medication I'm on.
  • dyannajoy
    dyannajoy Posts: 466 Member
    Definitely emotional eater....first and foremost...helped me cope with very difficult life circumstances
    and in my mind I was always a size 8 and just avoided pictures as much as possible :tongue:
    food was my relaxation/reward at the end of a long day
    and I did every diet under the sun that did NOT involve counting calories......they never worked because I ate too much....

    Now I am counting calories and LOVING it! This time I KNOW I will do it!! Yes and Thank you!! :bigsmile:
  • newpurple
    newpurple Posts: 4 Member
    Simple. 'Cos I ate too much.
  • LPinTheD
    LPinTheD Posts: 129
    No excuses... I got lazy, complacent, and let myself go...
  • JackKsavestheday
    JackKsavestheday Posts: 182 Member
    4 words:

    Jack
    In
    The
    Box

    yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!
  • joannea1988
    joannea1988 Posts: 73
    i loved a take away mmmmm
    emotional eater
    was bone lazy
    im ment to be fat
    my hubby loves me no matter what


    any other excuse i can think of, now , this week ive been the gym 6 times , walked everywhere , i get up happier, i love mfp :heart:
  • Savyna
    Savyna Posts: 789 Member
    Does that mean baking is bad?

    I let school get in theway of my health and I stopped caring about myself the way that I used to when I was younger. But now that I'm near the end of my school career I want to care again so I've been losing weight slowly but steadily.
  • kaetmarie
    kaetmarie Posts: 668 Member
    drinking ... poor food choices ... getting content in my relationship and not working out
  • lublue
    lublue Posts: 123 Member
    I always have been. As soon as I grew up I started doing something about it, before then, I don't know how much responsibility I can really take and that motivates me even more. Now I know that any weight I gain IS my fault, and I don't want to ever make myself less healthy.
  • hperowl
    hperowl Posts: 234 Member
    We all have excuses and stories and reasons why we gained weight, why we don't exercise, blah blah blah blah.

    What's YOURS???

    I am fat because :

    1 ) I used to say " I'd rather be fat and happy than skinny and a b*tch "

    2 ) I had two ankle surgeries and spend 6 months in a cast.

    3) I had three kids and really, who has time to eat properly?

    4 ) My husband eats like crap.

    5 ) I like to bake.

    6 ) The stars don't align in my favour.

    7 ) Every time I start to eat healthy, something happens.

    8 ) My kids ruined my body.

    9 ) I think my husband likes fat women.

    10 ) I'm lazy and full of excuses.

    OMG!!! Are we clones?? These were the exacts excuses I used for years!! No. 10 is the real one:)
  • ConnieM20
    ConnieM20 Posts: 493 Member
    i used to be active when i was little, but in middle school all the friends i used to run around with moved. so the pounds slowly started creeping on until one day i saw myself and wondered...how did i let my self get this big? i was only 18 and weighed 250 pounds! and i am not a tall girl either, so i looked extra rollie pollie lol. so i started moving my tushie and im slowly decreasing in size, its awesome :)
  • beccadaniixox
    beccadaniixox Posts: 542 Member
    I was fat because as long as I wasn't 'the fattest friend' then I was eating just fine, as long as I didn't order the most unhealthy meal, I just just fine.
  • LolasEpicJourney
    LolasEpicJourney Posts: 1,010 Member
    I was put on anti depressants at 19 - gained 155lbs in 2.5 years.
  • lisahuiras
    lisahuiras Posts: 1
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  • tinacc1
    tinacc1 Posts: 57 Member
    So may reasons:

    Trying to do it all without asking for help: STRESS
    Fibromyalgia which made exercising painful
    Emotional eating
    No willpower
    Not eating enough of the proper food
    Now:
    I'm Aquasizing, Snowshoeing
    Eating well, and eating MUCH more food.
    Down 10.2 lbs in 1 month (only 5 on MFP) and heading for 35 more!
  • Newlyweds
    Newlyweds Posts: 48 Member
    So many excuses. I had twins gained 60lbs, immediately lost 60 from breastfeeding. But eating so many calories while bfing, then when I stopped bfing I didn't stop eating. The lbs started showing. I had never been over 140lbs in my life (except when preggo). I became a stay at home mom and started food blogging and my obsession with great foods grew and grew, as did my appetite and portions. I was baking weekly. Portion control was out the window, next thing I know 4 years after my babies are born I am the exact weight I was when I had them 198lbs. How depressing. I know my food issues stem from my interests (I truly love cooking), and boredom. I tend to overeat in the middle of the day, (3-4) that is my witching hour.

    I am slowly changing my view on food, portion control and my huge sweet tooth. I am 4 days into my fitness pal and 4 days of no processed sugars. I know I can do this.
  • annie321adubtw
    annie321adubtw Posts: 6
    1) I eat too much
    2) most of what I eat is bad for me
    3) i don't exercise much
    4) I used to be happy with the way I was
  • vickieross
    vickieross Posts: 53 Member
    Love the list, I believe most women on mfp can relate.:flowerforyou:
  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    I ate too much and I didn't exercise...nobody and nothing to blame but me...
  • strawberrie_milk
    strawberrie_milk Posts: 381 Member
    Binging/eating too much.
  • Arrietty
    Arrietty Posts: 5
    My hobbies aren't active enough eg. art, reading, more art. Also two brothers who eat like horses. My boyfriend lies me too much to worry about how I look(not complaining about that) an I guess I'm too lazy. All my fault really.
  • mysteriousmillie
    mysteriousmillie Posts: 3
    I'm fat because I love to eat, I eat loads of the wrong foods, there is no other reason than I am a greedy git!
  • Stefanie7125
    Stefanie7125 Posts: 462 Member
    I am fat because I like to eat and hate to exercise. That's the bottom line.





    ^^THIS!
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