I AM FAT BECAUSE.......

I drank WAY to much soda and stayed sitting on the computer WAY to long with no exercise

I love food, I was an emotional eater, I made excuses for my bad eating choices. I used to say things like "Its not fair that person can be so skinny and eat all that yummy food and I can't. I didn't exercise. I got overwhelmed with how much I weighed that it seemed like too much of a challenge to change. I was in one too many relationships with people who ate like garbage. Their are lots of "big women" in my family so I blamed heredity. People used to tell me that I didn't look like I weighed that much because I was "Tall". The list goes on and on and on.

There are some really unkind words about ourselves on here, I'm just wondering, that now if you're slim, do you look down on larger people, thinking they're lazy, fat *kitten*, slobs etc?

I'm fat because with working alot and living alone it was faster to just stop at fast food places then to cook...that's why I'm fat now but the weight didn't really start coming on until 15yrs ago when I was deep into depression and just gave up on myself...at the age of 35 is when I hit my top weight at 300lbs...now at the age of 45 I'm back down to 220-230lbs...just got tired of the fight to get it off... now with the help of my daughter and husband I'm pushing to get another 50lbs off.

There are some really unkind words about ourselves on here, I'm just wondering, that now if you're slim, do you look down on larger people, thinking they're lazy, fat *kitten*, slobs etc?

I dont look down on anybody whatever their size shape or whatever

Like has been said in other topics just because we think things about ourselves doesn't mean we put those same values on other people.

I'm fat because I love food and hated where I was at in my life in recent years, which is when I packed on about 100lbs. Culinary school is NOT recommended for emotional eaters who come to learn they HATE working in commercial kitchens. I used to out-eat the pregnant chick. =/ Not proud of those memories. Removed myself 100% from the life situations I hated the most (that school and my crappy job... even moved to a new part of the state) and found myself in a better place. I'm down to about 240 from about 300. The last 20lbs of that weight loss done with MFP's help.

I'm fat because I got a deadly disease called Cushing's Syndrome that caused me to gain 70 extra lbs. Now that I am recovering, I've lost 36 of those, but will always have the damage from the disease...ARRRGHHH!!!!

Yup, hear ya.

I WAS fat because i didn't know how to control my portions and I let bad relationships and years of hurt get in my way.

I have taken control and put myself first.

poor eating habits and being to lazy to exercise. FOR YEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRS.

I lost myself

Well, see...whaaaaa haaaa happened wuzz...... I bumped into a pizza and fell on a cupcake. That's my story!!! Lol

I love FOOD too much. All the different textures, smells, tastes, combinations....just love it! Over eating. Sometimes I would say " I wish I could just chew it, savour it and then spit it out coz I'm full" but that would just be rude.

Learning to try "a little bit" of everything

Ate too much takeout and was unable to walk for quite a while! Not a good combo.

I am fat because I was eating food that didn't nourish me... Thousands of calories consumed every day -- yet lacking in nutrients --- so body in a constant state of wanting needing...

I grew up in a very abusive home where they used food as a punishment and if they didn't feel we needed to eat, we didn't. There were days through high school while living with my dad that I would be lucky to eat lunch at school. He would buy alcohol instead of groceries, and at one point we had ketchup and saltines in our cupboards. When I finally moved out, I was freaked out with the concept of food. I now get upset the cupboards are half empty. I went overboard with food gained weight. I also got birth control and that helped me gain almost 80 lbs.