What made you fat and how are you overcoming it?

pjsdj
pjsdj Posts: 90 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
For me it was definitely my job. I sit a ton, I can't get up and move when I want and on days when it's slow it's SUPER SLOW so I get bored and I'm a HUGE bored eater. I'm trying to bring more snacks that cabe munched over a period of time like low cal popcorn and things like that.
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  • ssami_89
    ssami_89 Posts: 79
    My job and my husband - eating healthier and HATE. lol OK maybe I don't hate my husband.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    In for all the excuses, for me it was over consumption of calories
  • rassha01
    rassha01 Posts: 534 Member
    That damn fork!!! I now strictly eat with my fingers. :wink:
  • Vain_Witch
    Vain_Witch Posts: 476 Member
    Food and laziness made me fat. Now I eat less of it and I workout. Boom! Done! :laugh:
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Comfort eating and lack of emotional support. I have a good therapist, good friends, and I'm learning to put the Swiss Cake Rolls down in a crisis.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I ate too much while moving too little. I now eat less while moving more.
  • BigBrunette
    BigBrunette Posts: 1,543 Member
    Mindless eating and no exercise.
  • heatherloveslifting
    heatherloveslifting Posts: 1,428 Member
    I think it was trying to be all things to all people, doing everything for my husband and kids every moment. Trying to keep everyone "happy". I now believe in the long run it is better for them to be more independent and for me to take some time for myself- and I want my kids to learn this too. Being a grown up should be something to look forward to, not to dread. :drinker:
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    Peer pressure.

    I'm a very short/petite person and being encouraged to eat the portions of all my normal to large sized friends and family members has packed on the pounds.

    I still fight against it.

    "You only ate half of what I made for you!"

    "I'm only a third your size, I don't need to eat as much as you do every day!"
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    In for all the excuses, for me it was over consumption of calories

    ^ This + pure laziness.

    I overcame it by eating less calories and moving more.
  • HealthWoke0ish
    HealthWoke0ish Posts: 2,078 Member
    Basically?
    Laziness made me fat. My laziness. :sad:
    Hardwork is overcoming it. My hardwork.:happy:

    Stay thirsty my friends. Haha. #goteammfp!

    ETA: Actually, tips and encouragement from MFP peeps, and others, is making the "overcoming" part easier. Thanks errbody! :)
  • GURLEY_GIRL3
    GURLEY_GIRL3 Posts: 347 Member
    pregnancy made me gain a ton of weight. Eating to much, lazy, having to sit at a desk all day at work. Didnt exercise and eat right! bottom line
  • AmyZ46
    AmyZ46 Posts: 694 Member
    Well , I'm originally from Louisiana , so there's that delicious food. I love to eat late in front of the tv . Too much Tv ,not enough exercise . Oh ya, and Coca-Cola

    No more late night tv buffets ! I am gradually increasing my exercises. No more soda at all
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    I had babies, worked in an office and hung out with girls who were bigger than me ("Oh you don't need to lose anything/chocolate is the answer to all questions/you're smaller than I am so what's the big deal").

    Last baby is 2, I walk around the office and do squats/planking in down time, clean the office to get up and move, and don't hang out with the bigger girls as much anymore. Certainly not in foodie situations.

    ETA: Obviously I made the decision to eat the whatever/listen to people who said I was "fine" but eliminating the peer pressure in my life DEFINITELY helped with my lifestyle.
  • ssami_89
    ssami_89 Posts: 79
    That damn fork!!! I now strictly eat with my fingers. :wink:

    Thats the reason! I never realized it its that damn fork he is there everytime. We have to eliminate the common denominator!
  • redhead1910
    redhead1910 Posts: 304 Member
    CARBS. Also I didn't even know what a calorie was or that they existed. I thought you could only get fat if you were eating burgers and milkshakes all the time. I was eating pretty healthy just in MASSIVE quantities. I didn't believe that you could get heavy that way. Boy was I wrong....
  • DancingDreams1234
    DancingDreams1234 Posts: 165
    junkfood brought into the house
  • NoeHead
    NoeHead Posts: 516 Member
    In for all the excuses, for me it was over consumption of calories

    i was too selfconcsious at the gym so i quit going. I log what I eat, exercise and take fitness classes. I overcame the selfconscious thing because I got older and cared less lol. I also started dating a guy that lived a healthy lifestyle, after about 2 years it finally started rubbing off on me.
  • pippywillow
    pippywillow Posts: 253 Member
    I did it all myself, there's no one else to blame. I made bad choices.

    Now I make better choices, and no one's going to get me in shape but me.
  • Patovader
    Patovader Posts: 439 Member
    I ate too much while moving too little. I now eat less while moving more.

    This :)
  • RiverMelSong
    RiverMelSong Posts: 456 Member
    Boredom- and emotional eating (depression).
    I have beaten the depression (I hope/think) so now I just have to keep myself busy so there's no time to snack :smile:
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    Who you calling fat?
  • sabinecbauer
    sabinecbauer Posts: 250 Member
    Food. Still working on overcoming that one :laugh:
  • Reecebullet
    Reecebullet Posts: 141 Member
    I ate too much while moving too little. I now eat less while moving more.

    Exactly this. Everyone has things going on in their lives, excuses or not, it falls down to that. I just ate rubbish while doing nothing to burn that rubbish off.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    my friends made me eat too much.

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    also, in for all the excuses.
    im already seeing some real doozies.

    keep it up guize!
  • stepplax
    stepplax Posts: 26
    Being married. Not being married. :)
  • ms1978
    ms1978 Posts: 26 Member
    Overindulging and being lazy!! Now, I pay attention to what (and how much of it) I shove in my mouth, and I exercise as often as possible! No excuses, no boo-hoo story, just owning up and being responsible =)
  • littlelaura
    littlelaura Posts: 1,028 Member
    Eating out. I truly had no clue that eating a cheeseburger out wouldn't be the same calories as eating one at home, why would you think it would be any different? Now I know better. I skip going out, the calories are not worth it and I learned to cook to make my meals taste better anyway!
  • _Countryboy_
    _Countryboy_ Posts: 71
    Starvation mode from not eating back my exercise calories made me fat. Now, I eat all the food and lift all the things.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I stopped working-out but kept eating like I was training; my solution...started training again and eat a little less. Now I'm actually eating more and training my *kitten* off.

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