Why I'm Fat

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  • Marirosa79
    Marirosa79 Posts: 7
    Sweets, sweets and more sweets! Gosh I love sweets! Oh and sitting while eating sweets lol :laugh:
  • xoMeaghan
    xoMeaghan Posts: 175
    Ice cream!!!!! (Preferably vanilla - yum)
  • xoMeaghan
    xoMeaghan Posts: 175
    Sweets, sweets and more sweets! Gosh I love sweets! Oh and sitting while eating sweets lol :laugh:

    ^ And this. :blushing:
  • AMIG2008
    AMIG2008 Posts: 5 Member
    I love butter. Also, fast food is hard to avoid without avoiding people. I have a crazy sweet tooth. One day, I ate nothing but cheesecake. @_@
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Alcohol. Lots of it. Every.single.day. That was the first 50. Then kids, 4 hr commute, no time to do anything about it and eating like my then-husband, that was about another 50. The last 50 came from a med I'm no longer on.
  • DieselGrrl
    DieselGrrl Posts: 55
    Cookies for breakfast. And chocolate after ANYTHING that has tomato in it. Also, not counting calories on the weekends. And french fries...
  • AMIG2008
    AMIG2008 Posts: 5 Member
    Yeah I sit most of the day, especially after working out.
  • geral4479WECHANGED
    geral4479WECHANGED Posts: 49
    I hope there is enough room for me to discuss it with all of you.
  • Jeliwood
    Jeliwood Posts: 61
    Because I sit my fat butt on Pinterest all evening pinning wonderful tasty foods.....

    Amen! lol But I discovered MFP and pinterest at about the same time. I've gotten some lovely healthy food ideas from it too though.
  • dswolverine
    dswolverine Posts: 246 Member
    sweets, sweets, sweets! One dessert was never enough -had to pick at a couple different things
  • sistergoddess
    sistergoddess Posts: 38
    sweets, yummy food, lupus, having babies
  • supergirlie00
    supergirlie00 Posts: 169
    Years of Dr. Pepper consumption, years of Taco Bell, McDonalds, pizza, mega pasta portions, and midnight snacking! And minimal exercise. Yeah I think that covers it! LOL
  • Pacificplayland
    Pacificplayland Posts: 34
    Oreos, pregnancy, oreo pie, hypothyroidisim, oreo ice cream, car crash, oreo cake, feeling sorry for myself... More oreos. :blushing:
  • alzaman5925
    alzaman5925 Posts: 64 Member
    I've thought a lot about this, because I was skinny in high school - we were dirt poor and I never had enough to eat. I overcompensated and refused to watch what I ate because I was so almost afraid of feeling like I did growing up. I'm only now - ten years after leaving my mother's house - leaving some of the food issues behind.

    This.
  • mangoduck
    mangoduck Posts: 35 Member
    Partially genetics (PCOS, hypothyroid), but mostly cookies. I used to eat so many cookies. Looking back, I have no idea how I did it, but my lord...
  • jwilson80121
    jwilson80121 Posts: 72 Member
    beer, the feeling of "oh god i have to finish my plate", lack of excersize... i'm sure the list could go on
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    I've thought a lot about this, because I was skinny in high school - we were dirt poor and I never had enough to eat. I overcompensated and refused to watch what I ate because I was so almost afraid of feeling like I did growing up. I'm only now - ten years after leaving my mother's house - leaving some of the food issues behind.

    Wow, this is me. When I hit my teens and could get a job, I ate better but had to walk everywhere. So the cheeseburger didn't matter I burned it off.

    It was when I bought a car. It was all downhill from there.
  • SoozeE512
    SoozeE512 Posts: 439 Member
    Chocolate and carbs and laziness.
  • glwerth
    glwerth Posts: 335 Member
    Pain. Fear. Years of dieting, even when I wasn't fat, followed by regaining what I'd lost and more.

    I gained the largest amount after we lost our first child at birth. It was just too much and I buried myself under a mountain of food. Mostly sugar.

    Even now, I hit about 30 pounds off and panic. My fat keeps me safe, even though I'm safe in my marriage and my life, there's a part of me that wants to choose the insulation that being fat gives me.

    Oh, and I LOVE to cook and bake and am very good at it. People are forever asking me to make this or that for their special events.

    I decided long ago that if I was going to be fat, I'd be a great cook. Now, I'm trying to translate that being a great cook into being not-fat. Mostly, I avoid the kitchen nowadays.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I never learned the importance of a healthy diet and physical activity. My formerly anorexic mom used to feed me things like fried quesadillas. I grew up with Ho-Ho's, Ding Dongs, Kool-Aid, fried burritos, etc. My grandma never said no when I wanted Doritos or Oreos. I drank more juice and soda than water. I didn't learn appropriate portion sizes.
  • rose_mortem
    rose_mortem Posts: 147 Member
    depression....
    and chocolate, popcorn, frosting, and ice cream every day....
    and I picked up a nasty soda habit...
    and the Freshman 15...
    and the it's Summer so I'll sleep & eat all day...
    and the social outings...
    and everything else...

    but I'm here now and the past doesn't matter, cuz I won't do it again :smile:
  • ashleyconstantine
    ashleyconstantine Posts: 73 Member
    Because I didn't give a crap about myself, now I do.

    This... and now, I have a husband and kids that I need to be around for.
    My family has heart disease in it as well. 2/3 of my uncles died before they were 40 of it.
    Scary thought.
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Hmmm.

    I could lay blame on my genetics, but that pretty much only says where my fat is going to reside when it shows up. Google image search Goddess of Malta, there is no doubt these are my relatives.

    I could lay blame on the shoulders of my parents who were also severely obese and taught me to love rich fatty foods , to clean my plate and that food was celebration and comfort. But I'm an adult and I'm responsible for where I ended up since I became an adult.

    I could say that I whacked on the layers in an attempt to hide myself from the world, it wouldn't be inaccurate, just not particularly effective.

    When it comes down to it, I am fat because I ate way too much crap and wasn't active enough to burn it off.
  • lydia_the_tattooed_lady
    lydia_the_tattooed_lady Posts: 324 Member
    Yeah eating munchies while *ahem* under the influence*ahem* is what brought a lot of that on for me lol also i'm addicted to sweets : /
  • melbot24
    melbot24 Posts: 347 Member
    because until last year, being fit wasn't a priority.

    now it is.

    Ha, best answer.
    I was going to say genetics but that's such a cop out.

    THIS.
  • Jonahyona
    Jonahyona Posts: 108 Member
    Carbs and overeating.
  • PaleoRDH
    PaleoRDH Posts: 266
    God gave me a crap metabolism. And I love to eat and cook. But I'm not exactly "Fat.' Just big boned (JK!!!) I have to work extremely hard not to be fat.
  • Jewel0124
    Jewel0124 Posts: 119 Member
    I'm lazy and I like to eat.
  • gauchogirl
    gauchogirl Posts: 467 Member
    I let physical inconveniences become excuses. Yes, I had a "bad hip" but I now know that it wasn't a MISSING hip. I could still do ****. I just was lazy. Now I have an artificial hip and I have never been more active. I shouldn't have let it become such an easy excuse.

    That and sugary, delicious foods. When you're raised eating certain foods, you think they are "normal". I had to learn that pop as the only drink in the house and white wonder bread at every meal is not normal. Or shouldn't be.
  • imafatloser
    imafatloser Posts: 31
    It's baby fat. Having babies made me fat...and then there were all those cookies I baked for the babies...and ate. ;)

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