How did every 1 gain weight

JourneyOfaVirgo

eating alot of carbs and calories and being inactive

MissC787

Wow... I guess having 3 kids. Post Traumatic Stress (I drove up on the accident my cousin died in. He was still in the car.)
I crushed the weight bearing bone in my ankle. Went from being super active to barely moving. Then had surgery. Total I was on crutches 1yr 6mos and 6wks. I tried getting the weight off several times after that,but just really wasn't into it. I'd give up, because it wasn't easy. Which lead to putting back on the few pounds I had lost and then some. So now.... Here I am today. Trying to do it the rite way without some diet pill, or fad diet.

omfgxitsxkatie

After high school and moving out of my mom's house, I was home a lot more during the day which meant I was bored a lot which meant I was eating a lot. I put on a good 10 to 15 lbs that way. And I gained approximately 40 to 50 pounds during my pregnancy and only lost about 20 of it afterwards. So now I'm hoping to lose 30 and get back down to the weight I was in high school.

viannee

Bad food choices and PCOS.

focus4fitness

A doctor told me that my baby had autism and I pretty much stopped caring about myself and the way I looked. To this day we are not sure about autism, some experts say no. But he did have apraxia and could not communicate at all until he was 4 and even then you could hardly understand him. Now he is seven now and while his speech is not perfect, I know someday it will be, someday soon. That gives me peace of mind enough to focus on myself as well as my family. When he is okay, I am okay.

CeeRawr89

I got pregnant.
Also, I took "eating for two" literally. I wasn't properly educated on maintaining a proper healthy food regime until halfway through my pregnancy and after.
Edited: Also had undiagnosed PPD. Finally got diagnosed with severe depression, and since I've been getting help and better, I've been exercising more and feeling better. Crazy hormones

iwantahealthierme13

bipolar meds and a pretty bad poor college student style diet for 3 years.

Silver_Star

I'm on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it.

adalychee

A combination of leaving the Air Force (and thus mandatory physical training), going to school full-time for engineering, and having a high-stress full-time job. With 40 hrs/wk spent on school and 60+ hrs/wk spent on work, I just didn't have time or energy to work out or make healthy meals. Because of the sleep loss, I was eating more and my body was out of balance. I only ended up gaining about 10 lbs over the past year and a half, but I lost a lot of muscle during that time as well.

I'm now trying to get back into healthier habits--working out regularly again, building up muscle, and eating delicious, healthy food--and so far it's going well!

dyannajoy

My daughter was killed, went into menopause literally overnight, almost lost husband to leukemia, youngest daughter became ill, I ended up with breast cancer, I did not care about what I ate or exercise. I was in pure survival mode for 7 years........I am finally finding my way back to living and caring again.

dyannajoy

A doctor told me that my baby had autism and I pretty much stopped caring about myself and the way I looked. To this day we are not sure about autism, some experts say no. But he did have apraxia and could not communicate at all until he was 4 and even then you could hardly understand him. Now he is seven now and while his speech is not perfect, I know someday it will be, someday soon. That gives me peace of mind enough to focus on myself as well as my family. When he is okay, I am okay.

((((((((((I understand what you mean about "when he is okay, I am okay" Bless your heart!))))))))))))

SaraSM143

Quitting smoking, lack of activity, losing a very physical job, taking steroids, a new relationship...

focus4fitness

A doctor told me that my baby had autism and I pretty much stopped caring about myself and the way I looked. To this day we are not sure about autism, some experts say no. But he did have apraxia and could not communicate at all until he was 4 and even then you could hardly understand him. Now he is seven now and while his speech is not perfect, I know someday it will be, someday soon. That gives me peace of mind enough to focus on myself as well as my family. When he is okay, I am okay.

((((((((((I understand what you mean about "when he is okay, I am okay" Bless your heart!))))))))))))

Your story almost made me cry.(do tears in my eyes count?) (((hugs))) Its hard to be a mama sometimes.

mustangbass

I usually wait too long to eat, I get would get so hungry when I did sit down to eat I would gobble up everything in sight! I was consuming portions that were too large. I was over using olive oil in my cooking; olive oil is 110 calories a TBSP, I was drowning everything in it - that adds up quickly. I work as a musician and the patrons are always buying a round for the band - I hate to refuse their kindness, although I wish they would buy a CD or just throw some $$ in the tip jar.

bp716

3 babies in 4 1/2 years, with 15 leftover pounds each. Single momhood for 20 years and all those stresses. Night shift ICU RN- totally messes with your body. Inactive due to exhaustion. Now it is time for ME!

CharisSunny

Medications
Eating too few calories
Eating the wrong foods when I finally had my one-a-day meal
Depression
Pain
Anxiety
Hopelessness

crudd123

I've always been overweight even as a child. My mom bought my clothes in the chubby's department at Sears. I think it's gotten worse since the doctor put me on meds that cause weight gain. I lost 25 pounds 2 years ago and have stalled for a year. I have done everything to try to break the stall but have only gained the weight back. I am so discouraged but I can't quit because than think how big I will be. I will just keep exercising and trying to eat right and pray to God that something works. I can't get the scale to budge it only goes up but I am dropping sizes. I've gone from a 20 women's to a 16 women's so I guess with all the exercise I am toning up. But I would give anything to weigh 199 or below. I only want to get to 180 and just can't seem to get there. sigh

Erisad

Medication and bad eating and exercise habits. I slimmed down a bit in marching band but once I went to college I gained a lot of it back if not more.

glenbabe

Hi my name is Glenbabe and I am a foodaholic :noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

emmaonamission

I moved away from home, got caught up in the student 'culture' here - lots of alcohol, lots of takeaways, skipping meals, no exercise, etc etc. Then I moved in with my boyfriend, we ate in restaurants a LOT and had yet more takeaways and alcohol...then when furnishing out first flat I decided we needed a scale for the bathroom, and when I weighed myself i was disgusted and thus this journey began!

(Wow, I seem to have accidentally created a new thread with this...)

Tywana

I was in a stressful relationship and ate myself happy:sick:

wwoelbel

Desk job, World of Warcraft, eating out of boredom all coupled with a giant lack of self image. The threat of mandatory insulin by The MD was the turning point...

calalily77

The most obvious answer would be having 3 kids. BUT...I can't put it all on that either. I just started eating what i wanted cause I was at home with babies all the time. I kind of got bored and the food was always around. Most of the time it was cookies, chips and all of that. I also think that having surgery last year didn't help much. Now to get back to how I was...or better than I was 10 years ago.

Lillyeatslillies

Last year my dad died from a sudden heart attack at the age of 48 one day before my 24th birthday. I gained 60lbs in one year. Now I'm trying to lose it.

chickabee5

I started gaining a bit of weight after I hit puberty, then when I was 16 my family and I went to England, Italy, Ireland for six weeks and then surprise surprise I came home and needed a new school uniform lol I was so shocked at how much I gained as I really didn't notice it with the traveling :-( Then after I left high school and went to Uni, we had a mall&food court only a few minutes walk away so me and my friends always used to eat out, also because they didn't have regular breaks around proper meal times we would end up not eating anything for hours and then get hungry and binge and my weight went up again :-(

AlabasterJar68

I would say a small portion would be genetics and the rest would be that I eat way too much. I have had problems with portion control all my life. I didn't start off as heavy as I am now. Matter of fact, up until high school(1986) I was underweight and very reed thin. My weight came on over a 22 year period and especially after the birth of my son, who is now 19 years old. I also stopped working out and became sedentary after sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day. So there has been many factors to my weight gain but that is all going to change!

holly1283

I was overweight as a child. I did the unforgivable by being a female who sucked her thumb. Was teased incessantly even by my parents. Lost weight at puberty. Did fine until married in which my husband cheated on me 2 times, was an alcoholic, and I raised 3 babies by myself. My parents were very demanding of my time and then my husband was killed in a car crash. All this to say: With each emotional trauma I packed on another 20 - 30 pounds. Now it is time for me to shine.

kennodogs

Snacking and portion sizes. 10kgs over 10 years. Little bit at a time, and not really focussing on the cause. Am now however focussed and its amazing how quickly things can change.

DarkNebula84

Metabolism got all messed up from being so sick when I was 16. I got pregnant with my daughter and was so sick from "morning sickness" that I couldn't eat or drink, I lost almost 40 pounds in less than 3 months and had to be on an iv for 3 weeks straight and then when I was all better I ate everything in sight and gained 70 pounds the last 5 months of my pregnancy and had a 10 pound baby that I almost lost in the beginning....What a blessing that girl was and still is to this very day (she is almost 11 now)
So that messed with my metabolism and also I was a crack addict for 2 years and barely ate for those 2 years. Needless to say I have messed up my body and need to get it fixed :grumble:

Fitty_Cent

Mine was a triple whammy of:

1. Quitting smoking early July 2011 -- ate instead of smoking
2. Father committing suicide late July 2011 -- ate to stuff down feelings
3. Getting married September 2011 -- ate to celebrate

I managed to put on 30 pounds in three months!