how you got fat?

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  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i'm excessive. i got fat by continuing to eat as much as i did as when i was an athlete. i also added boozing to that too =>fatty boombalatty
  • VeinsAndBones
    VeinsAndBones Posts: 550 Member
    The government
  • kellyjamespro2012
    kellyjamespro2012 Posts: 29 Member
    just woke up one day and I was fat! :)
  • amandapye78
    amandapye78 Posts: 820 Member
    Thinking I could still eat like I was 22 and not put on an ounce ( yeah that doesn't work anymore)
    Meds
    no exercise at all ever.

    I'm off the meds, realized I am not a teenager, and I work out a lot now!
  • pchesnut
    pchesnut Posts: 347 Member
    just being lazy about eating the things I KNEW I shouldn't be eating and not doing the exercising that I KNEW I should be doing ;-(
  • JennyV2013
    JennyV2013 Posts: 37 Member
    Emotional eating
    Getting married
    Having kids
    Desk job with long hours
    Depression
    Giving up on myself
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Mainly eating too much and discovering alcohol (and using it to cope for a long time). I've always stayed active, but clearly not active enough :P
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    Eating crap and being lazy.

    THIS.
  • Territravel
    Territravel Posts: 165 Member
    It was a three-step process.

    Step 1 - stuff food into my mouth
    Step 2 - stuff more food into my mouth
    Step 3 - repeat steps one and two

    This!
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    I ****ing hated my mother ****ing miserable life....

    I do too. It sure doesn't make things any easier.
    But getting fatter definitely makes it worse.
  • quicklabs
    quicklabs Posts: 254 Member
    Stress eating at work; drinking wine to relax at home; not planning any meals. Eating lots of processed food in large amounts.
  • PiCkLeLuV
    PiCkLeLuV Posts: 274
    Mine started a couple of yrs ago when I got sick with lyme disease. My dr told me that some people gain and some lose, I was one of the unlucky ones. With illness, pain, swelling and the all over feeling of wanting to die I ate crappy food and many weeks could barely walk.. Although I managed to get to the kitchen. :tongue:

    I gained a ridiculous amount of weight in 1 yr. A yr later, now that I'm doing better most of it has come back off, I have the last 20 to go and now I really need to exercise, I hate exercise. It's so not fun!
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    exhibit A - large bag sour candy - 720cals

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    exhibit b, these are marks and spencers cookies, they come in bags of 3 and are as big as your hand - SO MANY CALS

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    or in place of b - the following - c

    exhibit c - maryland cookies - 1116cal

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    exhibit d - yep, a full size bag - 750cal

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    exhibit e1 & e2 - butterscotch pecan yum yum - waitrose 547cals breakfast

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    lemon yum yum 480kal breakfast

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    exhibit f - mars, snickers - 750 combines cals

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    exhibit g - salt and vinegar peanuts - 180g - 1,057cals

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    exhibit h - lunch - pasty - like 550 cals

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    exhibit i - pizza - dinner - 1200cals - id save a quarter for breakfast.

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    7163cals.


    I did this in a day, regularly, most days really. infact add some curly fries to the pizza. I'm surprised I didn't gain more.
  • abrandnewme18
    abrandnewme18 Posts: 305
    i ate a lot of junk food.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I smoked a lot of pot, ate a lot of food, and watched a lot of TV.
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Moved to a new country where I knew no one. When I was bored, I ate. When I was sad, i ate. When I missed home, I ate.
    Started driving everywhere instead of walking.
    Food portions here are huuuuge compared to what I was used to back home. Well, let's just say that I got used to them really fast.
    Got a big girl job, where I sit on my *kitten* 8 hours a day.
    I discovered cheesecake.

    Basically, I sat on my *kitten* too much, and I ate too much.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Moved to a new country where I knew no one. When I was bored, I ate. When I was sad, i ate. When I missed home, I ate.
    Started driving everywhere instead of walking.
    Food portions here are huuuuge compared to what I was used to back home. Well, let's just say that I got used to them really fast.
    Got a big girl job, where I sit on my *kitten* 8 hours a day.
    I discovered cheesecake.

    Basically, I sat on my *kitten* too much, and I ate too much.

    The cheesecake was awesome though, wasn't it?
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Moved to a new country where I knew no one. When I was bored, I ate. When I was sad, i ate. When I missed home, I ate.
    Started driving everywhere instead of walking.
    Food portions here are huuuuge compared to what I was used to back home. Well, let's just say that I got used to them really fast.
    Got a big girl job, where I sit on my *kitten* 8 hours a day.
    I discovered cheesecake.

    Basically, I sat on my *kitten* too much, and I ate too much.

    The cheesecake was awesome though, wasn't it?
    Worth every damn ounce of fat I gained.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Too many One Armed Nacho Lifts.
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    and that damn insatiable appetite that you get when nursing. :grumble:

    I'm not the only one!!

    I hate it when people talk about all the weight they lost nursing. I was the hungriest I had ever been in my entire life when I was nursing (much worse than pregnancy). I felt like every cell in my body was screaming for food. wth?!

    (It's not the only thing that got me to where I am...but it sure didn't help!)
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Moved to a new country where I knew no one. When I was bored, I ate. When I was sad, i ate. When I missed home, I ate.
    Started driving everywhere instead of walking.
    Food portions here are huuuuge compared to what I was used to back home. Well, let's just say that I got used to them really fast.
    Got a big girl job, where I sit on my *kitten* 8 hours a day.
    I discovered cheesecake.

    Basically, I sat on my *kitten* too much, and I ate too much.

    The cheesecake was awesome though, wasn't it?
    Worth every damn ounce of fat I gained.

    *brofist*
  • primpixie
    primpixie Posts: 39
    I got fat cos I lost my job, got bullied at my next one, had to work cos of money, stressed out and then got signed off work due to illness. Then didn't exercise properly for 2 years...put on 2 stone. New medication might have put more weight on me, so I made a concerted effort to lose the 2 stone, and it's come off and stayed come off. My Dr was amazed the medication hasn't bloated me up - I told him, I'm making sure it doesn't!!!
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    I got fat because I exercised too little and ate too much.
  • Practically been overweight all my life. It just started getting worse after I had my sons. That coupled with an emotionally abusive baby daddy, depression, and laziness, I got fatter. It was horrible.
  • siqiniq
    siqiniq Posts: 237 Member
    Weekends full of binge drinking, eating, fornication, and various other debauchery

    Fornication only causes weight gain if you become pregnant.
  • easternNCchick
    easternNCchick Posts: 198 Member
    My obsession with Mt Dew, carbs and the fact that hanging with my best friend always included us going and eating the fattiest thing there could be.
  • MayaSPapaya
    MayaSPapaya Posts: 735 Member
    not exercising, having way to much junk food/enormous serving sizes.
    Then I get to college and someone emotionally beat me to the ground, where I then proceeded to eat my feelings with all the yummy, fattening food college has to offer.
    Bam. 30 pounds gained in a few months.
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    Loved food.
    Loved the act of eating.
    Disliked exercise.
    Mid-life hormonal changes.
    Gave up.

    Still love food. Have learned to moderate. Have learned to love and appreciate exercise. Have decided that hormones do make changes but do NOT control everything. Decided to put in that bit of extra effort and take charge of my own health.
  • sangeyvang
    sangeyvang Posts: 182
    I started working at McDonald's. haha. worked there for 2 years. never thought i would get fat. :sad:
  • d9123
    d9123 Posts: 531 Member
    alcohol