Why did you let yourself go?...
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I was just plain stupid! I liked junk food, turned to it for support and filled in boredom with it and I wasnt overly active!
I seen all the supermodels and how great they looked and I was the heaviest of all my friends growing up, who seemed to be able to eat everything and anything back then. Why should I not eat whatever they can?! My parents didnt really push me to eat healthy nor back in the day did they really eat healthy themselves... deep fried homemade chinese food used to be the way to go
Not only have I changed my ways but it caught up to alot of my family as well. Knowledge is power and you grow from your mistakes.... no pun intended! 0 -
I had to protect myself from being hurt by a guy ever again.I figured if you can't take me as I am now (heavy) and see past looks, then why bother with you or love?
THIS ^
A huge reason why I let myself go. I was heartbroken a long time ago and I was tired of men looking at me so I allowed myself to gain the weight back.
All is well now, but I had a very similar reason to let myself go as you did. It's refreshing to know I'm not alone in that decision.
I think once we understand the why? The how to never let ourselves be broken again will keep us fighting and keeping the weight off ^u^0 -
I let everyone around me get me down. They were so unhappy they shoved it down my throat and made me feel like didn't deserve anything better. So I ate and drew myself in. And now I'm over them, the pity party, and kicking myself in gear 0
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Initially depression. But then I got better and things levelled out.
Once I got the implant (contraceptive) though it just piled on even though I was eating the same.
I've been working out and eating reaaaaaallly well for about 6 weeks and only lost 6 pounds, half of what I should've lost.
I'm getting the implant out tomorrow and hopefully that will make a difference.
The same thing happened to me (I had mirena). My OB said there was no way I was gaining weight because of it & that I was probably eating more than I thought.I showed her my app & how my weight switched from consistently losing to consistently gaining though my eating & exercise habits hadn't changed. The only difference was the BC. I have beensteadily losing since having it removed, I hope it works just as well for you!0 -
My divorce started a depression that started me eating. I did not want to start dating again & become part of the "meat market" that was popular in the 90's (dance clubs, bars, cruising) so I turned to food to pass the time.I could eat whatever I wanted & not gain a pound.
Now I'm in my 40s & my metabolism has changed, but not for the better. So I'm fighting a battle to get my body back into shape & I will win this battle by taking things one day at a time, one pound at a time.0 -
I had an eating disorder (anorexia) in 2006 and got married in 2007 when I started eating again which made me gain a lot of weight. I am trying to lose half of what I gained right now. I am also trying to lose weight so I can have a healthy pregnancy some day.0
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Terrible grief and pain, associated depression and (weight gain) meds... Using alcohol as a blotter-out, and only remembering to eat enough to order Chinese takeaway every few days. It was hard enough to stay alive or to care about myself in even the most basic ways - I still struggle, but logging in to this website helps...0
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My divorce started a depression that started me eating. I did not want to start dating again & become part of the "meat market" that was popular in the 90's (dance clubs, bars, cruising) so I turned to food to pass the time.I could eat whatever I wanted & not gain a pound.
Now I'm in my 40s & my metabolism has changed, but not for the better. So I'm fighting a battle to get my body back into shape & I will win this battle by taking things one day at a time, one pound at a time.
Yes!!! Do everything with intention keep yourself on track and don't lie to yourself I wish you the best doll!!0 -
depression.0
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Take it one day at a time and I know you will make it ^u^Terrible grief and pain, associated deression and (weight gain) meds.Using alcohol as a blotter-out. Hard enough to stay alive or to care about myself in even the most basic ways - still struggle, but logging in to this website helps...0 -
Yay I wish you the best doll!! You can def do this!!I was never overweight till my after my second child was born in my early 20's. When I am feeling emotinal I crave a certain endorphine boost. For awhile it was perfoming in public & being the center of attention that fixed this. Then it became male attention. And then I realized I could get it from foods. Once I became a stay at home mom not having any friends made me crave more food. Then I became single & that coupled with no social life became a huge void and I ate even more. Now I'm finding the more weight I lose, the more confident I become & the more ok I become with being so alone.0 -
Why did I let myself go?
I let myself go because when ever I had a problem with something instead of facing it head on and releasing my emotions in a healthy way, I ate my feelings. I kept eating and eating and eating, gaining and gaining and gaining without a care in the world. Food wasn't only fuel to me. Food was my friend, food loved me unconditionally, so I made myself believe it. Gaining weight and becoming bigger also provided false security. I secured myself with fat. I made myself believe that I was incapable of being skinny, of being confident and all of that.
Why did I make the choice to lose?
I reached my highest weight of 242 at the age of 17. Since age 15 I've always been above 200. On June 2012, I went to try on some prom dresses. I tried on many after many, and could not find a single one that looked decent on me <-- this totally shattered my self-esteem. Prior to this, for years I've been "attempting" to lose weight by yo-yoing. I finally put an end to quitting and self-pitty, and now I'm doing pretty good I'd say.0 -
I had 4 kids back to back starting at age 20 then at 26 my husband died and I didnt really give a **** to do anything for myself then I met my current husband lost the 4 kids baby weight and grief weight then got pregnant with twins and have been damn busy ever since but i am losing now and im back in the game0
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Relationships are fattening to me.0
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For me. I was super physically active but I didn't know I ate too much. I didn't pig out, binge, or mindlessly eat, and I ate all healthy, everyone always said I was the healthiest eater they knew, but the fat piled on year after year, marathon after marathon, until I finally learned to eat less and paid off the calorie debt --> long story here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/740340-i-lost-60-lbs-at-age-51-anyone-can-any-workout
Wishing you the best of luck!
Thanks doll you are ah-mazing!!!Trully inspiring!0 -
Because our society allows mothers to use pregnancy and having children as a valid excuse to get fat and stay that way. Pure and simple. I used my children as an excuse to not work out.
really? I feel the opposite I think society puts an unrealistic and expectation on mothers to lose their baby weight. Victoria Beckham, Gwen Stefani, Heidi Klum, etc. I was pregnant while Britney Spears was.....I was in a race to lose that baby weight!!
to the original question.....I never really felt like I let myself go, just have to try harder to stay toned as I get older....0 -
I didn't.0
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Sad but true, but I am in a much happier place nowI'm an emotional eater but found it hard to work out exactly the emotions were. Then I got sucked into the roller coaster of sugar highs and lows and found it difficult to stop. Fortunately I now know how better I feel when I eat well though it's still a challenge. I can't even begin to imagine what a blow it would've been to find out the guy you were dating didn't want to be seen with you. So shallow! But we take it all on board don't we and make it our problem when it's actually theirs. I know what you mean with the sugar high roller coaster now I eat with intention meaning if I want to have something sweet I fit into my cal intake and work out and don't lie to myslef ^u^ I wish you the best! 0 -
I just didn't care enough about myself
This was me too!!!0 -
Initially depression. But then I got better and things levelled out.
Once I got the implant (contraceptive) though it just piled on even though I was eating the same.
I've been working out and eating reaaaaaallly well for about 6 weeks and only lost 6 pounds, half of what I should've lost.
I'm getting the implant out tomorrow and hopefully that will make a difference.
I hopt it does good luck doll!!0 -
1. I gain weight very easily, and I get lazy.
2. I got pregnant, and while i stayed within a very healthy weight gain range, once the baby was born, i got overwhelmed, and food became comfort.0 -
I was always overweight. I like food. 0
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I hit my heaviest after the birth of my daughter. She was 15 weeks premature and spent 3 months in the NICU, then was in and out of the hospital many times for the next 5 years. Most meals were eaten at restaurants or in the hospital cafeteria.0
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I have been fat since I was 8 years old, so the whole pregnancy/children thing isn't appropriate for me. Actually, I only gained 14 pounds during my whole pregnancy, and lost them and 10 pounds more after my son was born. So you can't make generalizations about this issue!0
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Good question. I have a confounding factor of a life-threatening illness that confined me to the couch for a few months, and doctor-prescribed reduced activity. I packed on 30 lbs. But it started before then.
I was a twig my whole life, without trying. But an unhappy, long marriage to a man who told me that I wasn't very smart, was unattractive ("I didn't marry you for your looks"), etc. made me miserable. I found that I turned to food becaues I was already unattractive, right? Why bother?
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Now I'm working my way back. I lost 250 lbs already (of ex husband), and have about 40 more to go of my own to get back to awesomeness. :happy:
AH-mazing story cupcake! Thanks for the add by the way ^u^0 -
I had an accident which left me with severe PTSD and I used to eat to make myself feel better.
That was 9 years ago and I still have not got a lid on it yet. I am a yo yo dieter and find it hard to eat in moderation.
I lost 3 stones for my wedding earlier on in the year, but when I found out I had a heart condition and my exercise had to be cut down I started to eat and not exercise again and put the three stones plus some back on in the last 8 months.
I feel awful and at the moment, until I have my heart operation I cannot exercise the way I want to so I just use that as an excuse not to do anything, and now I hate myself again.
I think you are wonderful for even being on here and taking the best step which is to take back your life ^u^ Obstacles are just victories over the horzion doll and I know you can do this atleast by eating healthy right? Good lucj and you are more than welcome to add me doll ^u^0 -
Most recently, I have let myself go because of serious life stressors. I am no longer using those as a cop-out. I have to be responsible for what I eat, no matter what. I found food to be an easy way to "comfort" myself, but no more!0
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because I think I am ugly, might as well be fat too. Now I think, meh, I may be ugly, but I dont have to be fat too.0
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I gained my weight incredibly slowly. From the age of 18 to 38 I put on 3-5 pounds a year. I was probably about 170 or so when I was 18, so I wasn't thin, but not really fat either. It wasn't noticeable to others because they saw me every day. I wasn't overly concerned about the increasing clothing size, as long as I could still find something to fit, I was OK. I was also in a 10 year relationship and he didn't mind the weight, so it just wasn't an issue.
Then age caught up with me and I found my true love and wanted to lose weight and be healthier to enjoy as much time with him as possible. So here I am!0 -
Ive put on about 100-120lbs because of a combination of things. I have been dealing with depression and anxiety since about 13 years old when I lost my father to heart failure. I started taking anti anxiety meds which my doctor failed to tell me would make me gain ALOT of weight.... oh and my love of sweets probably didnt help either lol0
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