can you pin point a moment?

kittyd7015
kittyd7015 Posts: 4,546 Member
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where it all went wrong and you started gaining? for me it was when I stopped dancing.. :-(
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  • BelindaDuvessa
    BelindaDuvessa Posts: 1,014 Member
    When I became Manager of Domino's Pizza and was consuming 1200+ calories in drinks alone per day at my worst. I'm still drinking some of my calories, but it's gotten alot better.
  • azwaa
    azwaa Posts: 81 Member
    I have to blame my beautiful babies. I had them close together and never lost the pregnancy weight.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    When I was 8 and molested by my brother. During school, I could maintain around 145ish, but when PE wasn't available, I just got fatter and fatter.
  • kittyd7015
    kittyd7015 Posts: 4,546 Member
    When I was 8 and molested by my brother. During school, I could maintain around 145ish, but when PE wasn't available, I just got fatter and fatter.

    did u actually go to PE? I always used the period excuse lol hated it xx
  • sahm23ladies
    sahm23ladies Posts: 91 Member
    Vacation... gets me everytime.
  • AmberJo1984
    AmberJo1984 Posts: 1,067 Member
    I can't pinpoint one moment. I've been overweight since I was little. My mom would try to cook at home, and keep healthy food around. My dad, who thought his diabetis was a joke, and I could follow in his footsteps, fed me candy and sodas and anything else unhealthy as much as he could from the time I was a toddler. So did his mother... and my mom's mother. It quickly became a habit.
  • kittyd7015
    kittyd7015 Posts: 4,546 Member
    Vacation... gets me everytime.
    omg me too xx
  • briananoelani
    briananoelani Posts: 34 Member
    When I stopped being a vegetarian in 7th grade after 7 years. I quickly became obsessed with fast-food and burgers because I could finally eat them.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    When I was 8 and molested by my brother. During school, I could maintain around 145ish, but when PE wasn't available, I just got fatter and fatter.

    did u actually go to PE? I always used the period excuse lol hated it xx

    I only used the period excuse to get out of taking a shower. Paula Danziger's The Cat Ate My Gymsuit really messed with my body image.
  • axialmeow
    axialmeow Posts: 382 Member
    Not really. I have been obese since childhood. Which was horrifying for my parents because my mom was a phys.ed teacher and my dad was an ironman triathlete. I was adopted but they had 2 bio kids who were "normal". They couldnt figure out why I was not thin like them. We all ate the same and I never binged or snuck food. They put me on half portions in first grade. Still didnt really work.
  • IowaPrincess
    IowaPrincess Posts: 274 Member
    I would have to say... Grad School, My godfather dying, building a house and midnight shift and a car wreck all happening within 6 months...... it was a recipe for disaster. :(
  • BehindBlueEyes988
    BehindBlueEyes988 Posts: 433
    When my thyroid started failing, and I was unaware of any issue at all. I continued eating normal, but normal now makes me gain tons of weight. =[ Getting a retail job working 39 hours a week on my feet didn't help during the same time either
  • Pandy1962
    Pandy1962 Posts: 105 Member
    When I gave up smoking,

    6 years ago I was 120lbs, I gave up smocking 18th Nov 2006 and in the 6 years since went up to 170lbs.
  • matchbox_girl
    matchbox_girl Posts: 535 Member
    Yes, it was when I started dating my boyfriend....for the first time in my life I felt like a man accepted me and loved me the way I was....and he did! That's when my weight dropped down to the bottom of my list of concerns....our favorite thing to do was to eat together.....over a year later, he still loves me just as much but I'm becoming aware of this and doing it for nobody but me!
  • trchristy
    trchristy Posts: 155 Member
    honestly can I say when I was born? I was brought up in a family that was morbidly obese. I was not taught the importance of eating the right foods or exercise. Thankfully since having my children I have tried to instill a better way of eating and exercise. I lose sight here and there of how important it is.
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    After i graduated university, moved to a new country,got a desk job and started driving everywhere instead of walking. I started eating out of boredom and didn't even notice the weight gain until i got on a scale one day and it said 152. From 118, in about a year an a half...
  • liltenji
    liltenji Posts: 69 Member
    eurgh too many to point out;

    was always a chubby kid, age 13 started starving myself. weight yo-yo'd until i was 20 [wasnt overweight but felt as fat as i am now] and then 2 weeks after starting uni my friend passed away and i was getting bullied by my uni housemates. i stayed in and ate loads [when i used to get sad i'd stop eating].

    and here i am, fat and gross.
  • Smokey19
    Smokey19 Posts: 796 Member
    I started becoming obese after a fatal multiple car accident. I had 2 skull fractures and a fractured femur. I spent 2 1/2 mos. in the hospital in traction. Then I was unable to do anything physical because I lost the range of motion in my right hip and knee. I put on 70 lbs. in a yr. and I was only 12. Since then I packed on the wt. up to 304 before finally taking control.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    When I found out my boyfriend was leaving and we were breaking up. I ate everything. And I told myself I could eat whatever I wanted since I felt like crap, even thought I felt sick constantly from eating too much.
  • 1258936
    1258936 Posts: 115 Member
    When I miscarried. I gained 20lbs in 2 months and then got pregnant again. Gained 30lbs during pregnancy. I was overweight by 15-25 lbs before the miscarriage, due to liquid calories and fast food.
  • lynnettebrooks
    lynnettebrooks Posts: 3
    Well I could put it on when i was beaten, abused, or at age 10 being burned. The broken home. The need to be in control in an out of control world. Just pick one. But now at age 56 it is time for me with kids raised and grand kids coming fast it is time to take charge of the out of control world. Life has not all been bad as an adult I have had a great husband of 30 years and wonderful kids. But now that they are grown I can take time for me.
  • marinegirl92
    marinegirl92 Posts: 184 Member
    6 years ago... I turned to eating when I couldn't make sense of my world ....job, personal, and family.

    It got worse when those people around me didn't know how to help and support me during this time. I always felt that I was "not as good" as anyone else. Thankfully I found a wonderful therapist.

    I now feel "just as good" as anyone which has changed my outlook

    MFP rocks! What a great supportive environment!
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    Yep, when I quit playing baseball
  • Heather_Rider
    Heather_Rider Posts: 1,159 Member
    where it all went wrong and you started gaining? for me it was when I stopped dancing.. :-(

    When i had a blood clot rupture in my brain and i had a stroke, became bed ridden for over a year while i tried to regain use of my left side. Between being immobile and medications.. that did it for me!!
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    2 moments for me: When my thyroid decided to stop working and my house burning down.
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    When my thyroid started failing, and I was unaware of any issue at all. I continued eating normal, but normal now makes me gain tons of weight. =[ Getting a retail job working 39 hours a week on my feet didn't help during the same time either

    I Hear that! I went undiagnosed with my thyroid for over 4 years, I totally get you! My husband gets pissed at me because I stopped eating nearly as much as I used to. We broken people have to be extra careful!
  • sam308lbs
    sam308lbs Posts: 1,936 Member
    Watching my dad eat crap as a kid made me want to do the same and before i knew it became a habbit.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Birth.

    Seriously.

    I was bottle fed. My mother didn't know how to cook and loved "convenience foods" (this was the 60s and 70s). I took bologna sandwiches on white bread with a coke and twinkies for lunch. We ate frozen stuff for dinner.
    I never took home ec, so *I* never learned to cook. I never learned about nutrition due to my own stubbornness.
    I went to college and then beer and pizza happened....
    fast forward

    Age 33ish I decided: whoa, I need to figure this stuff out.

    Thank God I was "outdoorsy" and "athletic" and had a fantastic metabolism in my youth, because LORD I ate like crap. Because of my metabolism, I managed to finish high school at 94lbs (I'm 5'6") and college at 130....
    I was at about 156 when I learned how to eat... I literally gained weight from birth to 33.

    Now I'm 47 at 132 (and have been, give or take 5, since I was about 33), I FEEL better. I look better. Not just weight, not just body fat. EVERYTHING.

    I'm entering menopause, so I'm being extra vigilant....
  • nancycaregiver
    nancycaregiver Posts: 812 Member
    I guess after my second child. I was quite thin in high school and college...5' 10" and 113 pounds! Not a good look!! I was flat chested and had huge feet! I looked like Olyve Oyl!! When I got married, I gained enough weight to look more normal. When I had my first child, I felt like I should diet but knew I needed to wait til I was done breast feeding. Then I realized I was losing weight without trying (Oh, how I miss that!!) then when I had my second child I figured the same thing would happen but...NOOOOO! That child is now 19 and I have been yoyo dieting ever since! Add one more child to the mix and even more weight. I was at my biggest in February-260. I have lost 61 pounds since then so the first number is no longer a 2!!!
  • AggieFan2011
    AggieFan2011 Posts: 551 Member
    The first round happened in high school when my brother was battling cancer. I was always running back and forth from the hospital with my parents and therefore ate a lot of fast food out of convenience. I lost most of that weight and then put a little back on my first couple of years of college, but not much. I think the second round was definitely due to turning 21. I can guarantee most of my weight has come from going out and drinking as well as late night runs to Taco Bell or Whataburger afterwards. =/

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