I AM FAT BECAUSE.......

mumtoadiva

i went on a fad diet and put my body in into starvation mode, whitin weeks i put double back on what i lost and never stopped eating. now my portions are as big as my butt and i have gone from 3 meals to 5 and then some. time to make a big change!!!

bonniegough

... I snack too much. My meals are usually very healthy, and my portion control is good. I can't eat huge meals. It's the in-between that I struggle with. I'm constantly snacking, and that's where the calories mount up. I get hungry late at night and sometimes I binge.

geoffreyhipango

because I settled for a 2nd rate version of me because I was afraid of constantly failing which reinforced a constant negative self image. I didnt really believe that I deserved better, and when I did do well and achieve....I sabotaged my progress. I DESERVE BETTER FOR MYSELF.

TahliaHarveysMummy

although I eat very healthily, I have a major problem with portion control, not to mention a weakness for wine!

this along with being too lazy to do any form of exercise! Still have a slight problem with portion control but trying to get there!

MrsBlobs

I love Chinese food and I dislike moving.

Hiccup90

My portions were far too big.
I love sweets and chocolate and I don't know when to stop.
I was bullied in school (due to other reasons) I took the pain away with fatty foods. It only led to another reason for them to bully me.
I ate when I was bored.
I rarely moved. I sat on my fat behind and played on the ps3. Exercise was something I'd do tomorrow. But tomorrow never came so I had to make it today.

Velum_cado

Portions that were too big
I wasn't taught healthy eating as a child
My fortress of fat
Also, yay, comfort eating!

Off10h8ed

I assumed I would always be thin. (I was 118lbs when I married and very thin)
I ate anything and everything when I was pregnant, all three times.
I never bothered to try to lose the extra weight between baby #1 and baby #2.
I never bothered to try to lose the extra weight between baby #2 and baby #3.
I assumed that after my "baby making days" I would automatically lose the weight from all the running around after said babies.
I STILL ate anything and everything I wanted to.
By the time my reality caught up with my life... I had topped 213# !

I am currently at 185# and working towards 130# because I don't want to just be thin, I want to be a healthy, toned thin!

StephDuffney

My strong dislike of being sweaty. I do get sweaty now however the first thing on my mind when i am done with my work out is the hottest shower i can get and a good scrub.

SirKelsalot

I'm fat sort of because I have PCOS (insulin resistance is a pain), but mainly because before I knew I had PCOS I was eating huge portions, comfort eating due to depression, indulging in junk food instead of making healthy choices, and... yeah. I gained so much weight, especially around the belly, that me and my Mum were worried that I was pregnant, which led to even MORE comfort eating to alleviate stress.

Funnily enough though I was getting a good bit of exercise in back then - I had to walk almost an hour a day as part of my commute to university, and at my Mum's place we have an excitable Border Terrier cross that always wanted walking, and a niece who always has me running around after her whenever she's over... so I must have been eating tons to have gained all that weight!

Now that I'm aware of my condition and keeping tabs on my food and exercise, the weight is happily dropping off. ^_^

EDIT: Also alcohol and tea with whole milk and 2 sugars. I used to drink quite a bit of both before I went to university, which can't have helped! I think I drank even MORE tea while there.

Gallowmere1984

Because I was under the impression that everyone in the fitness world was a raging tard, and I wanted nothing to do with it for the first 27 years of my life. Now I've seen that only about half are retarded, and that's a good enough ratio for me.

That and I liked video games way more than I liked weights...or not looking like Jabba the Hutt's stunt double. At least I never liked food much anyway, or I'd be in much worse shape than I am now.

You'll be struck down with lightning using the words tard and retarded! There was another thread where someone used the same word and it got real nasty and personal. Good luck to you.

I'm fat because I'm too short for my weight. No really, I eat compulsively and impulsively.

Thanks for the heads up. Fortunately for me, I don't give a rat's *kitten* what anyone thinks about my choice of words.

redwulf

I eat and drink too much of the wrong things too often.

purplepiggy1

Eating bad is easy, it made me happy (short term) and it just became normal

gil_u

I am addicted to Pepsi! Every single day, I would have several liters of it.
I would always procrastinate when it came to working out.
I had a job where I literally sat for up to 13 hours a day.
My portions were way too big.
I am a night person, and tend to have fairly large meals right before going to sleep.

I think I had every single habit that contribute to making people fat. Those days are behind my now!

NettyIOM

In order of greatest to least:

I eat too much food
I drink too much booze
I don't exercise enough
I don't get enough sleep
I am overstressed

Simple as that.

^^ This

poedunk65

Beacuse i ate too much!

EnneOrra

...I ate when I wasn't hungry and I always thought: okay, one more kilo doesn't make a difference

phonypony

Depression, comfort/boredom eating, lack of nutritional education, and large portion sizes. I was never a lazy teen and exercised a lot but just never got the balance of eating the right amount for my size.

sammic1119

I eat my feelings.
I like food too much.
I have an addictive personality.
Still haven't lost baby weight.
I have hypothyroidism, which has contributed to being too tired to work out.
I get discouraged easily when weight doesn't seem to come off and give up on exercising.

lilylux

I was/am depressed.
Ate my emotions.
Was in denial and told myself that I was happy.

jypsyjulia

In order of greatest to least:

I eat too much food
I drink too much booze
I don't exercise enough
I don't get enough sleep
I am overstressed

Simple as that.

This. Mostly because I ate too much. All the time. ALL THE TIME.

aimiee88

I like to eat!
I LOVE pizza
WINE!
I am lazy when it comes to exercise, and my work is a deskjob with no activity.

bufger

I honestly believed that i looked ok until I saw photos. I'd avoid being infront of the camera!

I also made excuses and jokes when it came to any form of exercise. Now i like being fit

traceycostella

I am not fat I am just winning the battle against anorexia! :laugh:

traceycostella

We all know that when things are heated up they expand, so actually im not fat im just very HOT!

annemw82

1) Not knowing or having any desire to learn how to cook from most of my 20s and therefore eating out A LOT.
2) Having no concept of portion control.
3) BEER
4) CHINESE BUFFET (usually in association with #2)

yowza101

I got lazy, made excuses, got frustrated when I didn't eat right for a day and gave up on myself.

imarlett

In order of greatest to least:

I eat too much food
I drink too much booze
I don't exercise enough
I don't get enough sleep
I am overstressed

Simple as that.

I couldn't have said it better....

phyllio77

because I turned my back on my life and ignored what mattered to me most! My health.

marymack427

I love to eat, I am an emotional eater and once I start I cannot stop! I am a secret binge eater and am working to change that. I love MFP and the support everyone here provides.