Share the REAL reasons why you're fat (or too thin)

i have hypothyroidism. So that is one reason I ended up fat. Another reason is I had a very very rough child hood which contributed to putting under a whole lot of stress and eventually into a very very deep depression. So I ended up not caring anymore and ended up gaining even more weight. That is about as deep as I really want to go with that though.

I have always been fat, eve as a baby i was big.
A huge portion of my life has been people bullying or taking advantage of me and my willingness to put others first and bottle the stress/anguish and alot of regardless of what i did it ended up backfiring on me, which all led to consistant depression/boredom/comfortably numb state of mind and whats the easiest way to confront those? Food..

I did also smoke marijuana for over a decade and while at the time it seemed great for social, motivation, energy the crash starting hitting in at the 6yr mark and along came all the anxieties, paranoia, boredom and health issues and cutting myself off from family and friends often. all the bad sides that many people refuse to see. b4 that despite all the bullying etc. i was still a very happy person with people i was confortable around. afterwards not even close

So back comes the food intake and the lack of desire to try to get in shape. I'd officially given up on life.

the only time i was reasonably thinner was when i was doing martial arts 7 classes a week and i cut out all red meat from my diet and 2 days a week nothing but fruit and vegetables. Which worked great except everyone around me wasn't supportive and unintentionaly made fun of my decision to get rid of red meat, that wasn't a big stretch for me Chicken and Fish are my favs anyway. Ironically that was also during the time i was smoking dope.

Now that was then, this is now :- 1 week ago i started this new journey at 244lbs and 40% body fat, and mostly a huge gut and man boobs

the last 3yrs i've slowly grown up and taking responsibility for my life for once. ave had a steady permanent job that tho it's irritating alot of the time it's a job and it's not all bad, and now at 40 i've witnessed family members suffer from diabeties, quadruple heart bypasses a massive weight loss and i decided i was sick of myself the way i was having to constantly buy fatter and fatter clothing and never feeling comfortable in my own skin and i'm determined to change. I've also always suffered from ensomnia which is no doubt a byproduct of being overweight all my life, hpefully that will change too. SO hear we are.

I'm the first to admit i'm not cluey on how to get the right balance of foods yet, i'm very determined to get it sorted. I can train easily (1000 calories an hr with my heart rate), overdoing it actually (not killing myself) but i'm training (6 days tomorros) far more then i'm inputting to replenish i fear. Just so want to get rid of this gut at the very least and i have already not gone near a fast food joint or soda's, cookies, chocolates etc. in that week which was an hourly thing previously.

So that's my story in a nutshell, the only shining light in all that negativity was when i've got my mind set on something, I wont give up easily if anything i go too hard at getting it. Trying to find that balance. I have an appointment to see a Personal Trainer tomorrow at our gym who'll probably tyell me i've been training too hard and need to eat more. Nooooo i can't fathom eating more and still losing weight.

Summary - Depression, Lazyness, using food as a Wall to block out the outside..,
Sorry if that was depressing

To put it simply - I ate too much and didn't exercise enough...working hard to get the balance right these days

> food < exercise

I'm fat because Nutella is a god send.

Yes.

Initially, I didn't eat.

My ex was a sob, who said "if you dont lose weight before we get married, we are not getting married" to which I replied "how will I know if its enough?"
And he said "wether I turn up or not"

So all I ate was fish, baked with veggies, once a day (his idea)

Many years of that crap, now Im eating non stop, and losing!

Stuffing my feeling down with food and desk jobs.

Fast food and snack machines...I cut those out and saw a huge difference abd weight loss.

Very Simple - I hate veggies! I hate fruit! I don't excercise! No surprises here.

I have become a bloated old man who is developing sleep apnea, numerous aches and pains, high blood pressure and I really hate the way I look and feel. I tipped the scales recently at 227 lbs the heaviest I have ever been thanks to a sedentary lifestyle, that included daily alchohol consumption and Oh God, the Xmas ale season. My doctor says lose it or face the consequences and go on blood pressure medication for the remainder of my life.

I WAS fat because:

1. I didn't want to put effort into losing weight
2. I didn't care about gaining weight from eating too much because I didn't think I would ever be able to control my relationship with food.
3. I was too lazy to workout because I had sleeping problems and could barely make it through a work day, nevermind a workout too (and it turns out that my sleeping problems are 100% cured from keeping a healthy lifestyle...go figure)

NOW I am healthy and strong, and no longer fat because I decided to believe in myself.

seriously?

i love cookies

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I eat too much. Period. I'm not fat, not thin... kind of in the middle. I gained weight from lack of movement (being in IT and working with computers and playing video games). In the last few years I've increased activity level, but my appetite also increased with it!

I will admit, I know I eat out of boredom and stress.. I'm working on that and trying to reevaluate my relationship with food altogether.

I was heavy all my life even though I played sports. My parents never had healthy things in the house, we ate lots of fast food, and they never regulated how much ate. As I got older, I would eat because I was stressed or bored.

I'm happy to say after a year on MFP, the weight is gone and I've completely changed my life, and I'm making sure that the mistakes that were made with me are not being made with my own children.

Cramming junk food in my face as therapy. Convincing myself 25 minutes on the elliptical was adequate exercise for me. Not enough protein, not enough water. No strength training.