how you got fat?

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  • AuntieMC
    AuntieMC Posts: 346 Member
    bump
  • manofpies
    manofpies Posts: 71 Member
    Pies, lots and lots of pies...
  • tialynn1
    tialynn1 Posts: 884 Member
    I was never a tiny person. But after I got out of Navy, I ate because of stress, boredom eating at night and large portions. I have always been a walker. But, now I make sure I get walking in every day. I am not good at other exercising. But, I try.
  • emaren
    emaren Posts: 934 Member
    I moved to the US.

    American portions are considerably bigger than UK ones and a good guest cleans his plate.
  • KxCoyote
    KxCoyote Posts: 122 Member
    Just didn't cut down when my metabolism slowed in middle school. Was still eating constantly despite not burning itself(As a kid, I didn't exercise much, I literally just burned up everything I ate.) and in middleschool, I didn't stop, didn't realize(I never was one to look in a mirror, lol) until I was very overweight.
    In short, lots of pop, lots of chips and candy. No exercise. XD
  • horsewhisper91
    horsewhisper91 Posts: 456 Member
    Working night shift for over a year as well as other job, didn't give me much time to cook or get any good foods.
  • dark_angel1554
    dark_angel1554 Posts: 65 Member
    Not handling my emotions and problems properly....I binged. I also didn't really stay disciplined enough, and quite frankly got lazy.
  • Pamella513
    Pamella513 Posts: 72
    I'm not fat. I'm fluffy

    I have been fluffy since I was in high school. I was always the funny fluffy girl. When I got to college, I lost 50 lbs in three months because I couldn't afford to eat. I was hungry....but I looked good!!!!

    Then I met the man....we dated.....we got married.....I had babies....I got lazy and complacent all over again. He loves me no matter how fluffy I am (and I constantly reminded myself of that). I figured since he didn't care....why should I?

    I was wrong. I needed to care. I care now. I'm working on being less fluffy than I am now.

    Aside from sheer not giving a damn, I am a depression eater. Due to the fact that I am diagnosed as chronically depressed, the eating was pretty much all the time. It got really bad after my son died and I just didn't give a crap about anything. But like I said.....I care now.
  • mlcantwell
    mlcantwell Posts: 243 Member
    I love good food, and will eat too much of it. Cakes/pastries with my coffee. Not doing enough exercise. Going out and drinking too much beer/cider.
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    I took an anti depressant that made me gain 80 pounds
    My father had no idea what portion control is.
  • AIZZO4
    AIZZO4 Posts: 404 Member
    Dollar menus and XBox 360
  • iiiEllie
    iiiEllie Posts: 224 Member
    Not eating all day, then eating fast food, and going out to drink all night.
    Oh to be 19 again.
  • ehsan517
    ehsan517 Posts: 114
    ex GF.
  • Trusten83
    Trusten83 Posts: 38 Member
    Vidya games and fast foods. In college now. Losing weight while learning. Woooo!
  • Shiroi
    Shiroi Posts: 41 Member
    I've been fat all of my life, and it was mainly due to over eating and being lazy.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    Because my eyes were bigger than my stomach:tongue:
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    IMO, if your reason doesn't include "eating too much" or some variation of that, you're in denial :huh:

    I got fat because I have always been fat, always ate what I was told, then as I got older ate whatever I wanted and however much I wanted.
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    By not limiting my portions
    by stress eating
    by using fast food meals when I was really busy
    by medical issues that reinforced my inactivity
  • feral_teddybear
    feral_teddybear Posts: 39 Member
    3 kids under the age of 5
    Currier job with more driving then walking
    Gave up on myself
    Smorgasbord's became my best friend
    Cold weather preventing me from riding my bike
    No money for a gym membership or home equipment.
  • amusedhorse
    amusedhorse Posts: 5 Member
    I ate the wrong foods in the wrong portions.
    Never exercised; extremely unfit.
    Lazy.
    Everyone else in my family ate unhealthy and I get given what they do.
  • CSmother
    CSmother Posts: 2 Member
    How I got fat? I got fat after my son died and I decided food was a good way to grieve. I taught myself how to eat less than 500 calories a day and ALL of those calories was fat. Cheetoes were my best friend and the couch was my haven. I went to the doctor a while back and he told me I had diabetes. He gave me 3 months to get it under control or I was going on insulin. If anyone here is diabetic, you know it is damn near impossible to lose weight once you start insulin, so I quickly lost 30 lbs. Not so very long after, I lost my job, lost my house and had to move in with my disabled father. He died 3 months later (just last month). Although the Cheetoes are staring at me daily, I refuse to honor our friendship!
  • RiverMelSong
    RiverMelSong Posts: 456 Member
    College happened. I went from riding my bike 1-2 hours a day to only taking public transport, and living by myself and deciding for myself what I could eat (which was mostly pizza, M&M's and wine).
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    Laziness and 6 children
  • avababy05
    avababy05 Posts: 930 Member
    Eating junk my whole life.

    My Mom saved bacon grease to fry things in( can't imagine that now!) and she cooked as though it was the depression and we could lose everything and starve at any given moment.

    Lots of comfort food which I used to comfort myself when kids teased me for being fat.
  • 11hammicks
    11hammicks Posts: 61
    I've gained from the typical college diet. It was fun and all but not having my shorts fit sucks :( so here's to getting back to normal!
  • txchik
    txchik Posts: 14 Member
    My recent weight gain was due to holiday overeating and now I'm facing the unfortunate consequences. It so sucks :(
  • TheConsciousFoody
    TheConsciousFoody Posts: 607 Member
    3 kids. I don't gain weight unless I get pregnant but after having the kids I got so busy and I either missed my own meals to take care of my kiddos or I ate crappy.
    Luckily my kids are the same reason I am trying to get back into shape.
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    Here's how it happened to me:

    Lack of education on what proper nutrition looked like.

    Too much high calorie fast food with little nutrients. Portions were too big. Daily intake of sugar soda.

    Not owning a scale because I didn't want to know what it said.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    too many calories going in, too few going out. BAM, fatness.
  • SkinnyBubbaGaar
    SkinnyBubbaGaar Posts: 389 Member
    Decades long process that started after graduation from college.

    All during HS and College was an athlete working out anywhere from 2-4 hours daily. Never had to worry once about what I put in my mouth during those years as I was burning a good 6K-8K calories a day with being so active. Would go out for dinner after workout and down a whole chicken or two BEFORE eating an entire pizza.

    That kind of eating works out fine if you maintain that kind of workout schedule but life after graduation just did not permit that kind of commitment to PA.

    Combine that with depression and the PA disappeared altogether.

    Flash forward a few decades and you have a middle aged fat guy pushing 350#'s.

    Just pulling out of that haze this past 6 months or so but have dumped 70+ pounds to date and have sights on getting back into the 195-205 over this next year.

    Oh, yeah, here's another reason....



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