For those who weigh 300 pounds and up

I only have 30 lbs to loose.I am fortunate that I never got that big

I'vebeen way overweight before. It just slowly kept coming on! I had to work hard and stop the stupid eating and it was hard work. It can be done!!!!!! I've been at the same weight for several years now and am much happier.

I only have 30 lbs to loose.I am fortunate that I never got that big

Then why comment?

how did you get that big in first place? I am not trying to offend anyone ,I am just curious.for me,i am naturally curvy so whenever I stop working out and not watch my diet I gain weight until I reach a certain weight or look. probably around 160`s and I am 5`3 but I never gain more even if I don't go back to the gym. So I was wondering with people who end up gaining up to 300 pounds, do they eat at least 5000 calories day to put on that much weight. This is just out of curiosity and I am sorry I offended anyone

I was like you, weight never went above 160. That is until I reach age 45 and started going through peri-menopause. The weight just kept adding on. I will be completely honest and tell you, I am probably one of the healthiest eaters I know, don't each much meat, NEVER beef, and I don't do FAST FOOD, mainly a vegetarian diet. Don't do dairy because I have health issues, so no cheese. You'll never find cookies or snacks in my house unless I'm entertaining guests and then I send it home with them. I haven't had a soda, diet or otherwise in say 20 years. I drink water infused with slices of orange.
So you asked, how did I get this big? My metabolism started to slow down, as my weight increased my exercise decreased and I developed a habit of drinking wine at night. And so my weight crept up to 257 at its highest and now I'm working damn hard to bring it back to where it should be.
I pray you never have to deal with such an issue but don't expect your weight will sit at 160 forever.

i have been as high as 240. i'm a 6" male so my ideal weight is around 160-180

people say not to blame genetics but i was always a toothpick in school weighing no more than 130 soaking wet, once i hit my 20's i just blew up...yes some is because of bad eating/drinking habits and i will admit that but my body was genetically designed to slow my metabolism at a certain point, same thing happened to my father and my twin brother.

i have always eaten horribly and never weighed more than 250, im sure as the years go on if i continued on with my terrible eating habits and sitting on my lazy *kitten* all day i would prob hit that 300 lb mark by the time i hit 35 ( im 30 now)

some people just dont metabolize like others, thus they put on weight much faster than others. its really difficult for someone who is facing severe obesity to start eating right and exercising since they are ALWAYS hungry when on a diet, and not the normal feeling a lil hungry could go for a snack hungry....its more like a gut wrenching pain that never goes away...just moving around is a feat for some people so do you think the feel like they can exercise? no of course not they are depressed and with depression comes lack of motivation and lack of caring.

so i guess to answer your question....there is alot of different things that can contribute to weighing 300 lbs, everyone im sure will have the're own unique story..

you want to know how to avoid it? well first you need to learn how you metabolise food and how your body reacts to junk food. i know some people who can eat anything they want and not gain a pound...learn about yourself and what causes YOU to gain weight and then you can avoid those situations.

I really wish people would stop blaming genetics and past abuse for their size.

A lot of people in my family suffer from obesity, and I was also abused to an extreme extent as a child, but my obesity is MY FAULT. No one elses.

I was lazy, the rest of my family is lazy.

OP, want to know how you can get over 300 lbs? Eat without regard for your own personal health. Have a large enough bank account to bank roll endless amounts of take outs. And just not care.

I reached 428 lbs by doing just this, and trying to put all the blame on my father, or on my mother, or on being bullied as a young child. It's all BS.

People need to take responsibility for themselves, and make the choice to change!

I don't think people are saying my Parents made me fat, the bullies made me fat, the Priest that touched me in bad places made me fat, I think a better way of stating this is saying, I turned to food as a coping mechanism and got FAT. Get your head fixed first, develop some healthy coping mechanisms that teach you how to be a productive, active person and everything else will fall into place.

I really wish people would stop blaming genetics and past abuse for their size.

A lot of people in my family suffer from obesity, and I was also abused to an extreme extent as a child, but my obesity is MY FAULT. No one elses.

I was lazy, the rest of my family is lazy.

OP, want to know how you can get over 300 lbs? Eat without regard for your own personal health. Have a large enough bank account to bank roll endless amounts of take outs. And just not care.

I reached 428 lbs by doing just this, and trying to put all the blame on my father, or on my mother, or on being bullied as a young child. It's all BS.

People need to take responsibility for themselves, and make the choice to change!

I don't think people are saying my Parents made me fat, the bullies made me fat, the Priest that touched me in bad places made me fat, I think a better way of stating this is saying, I turned to food as a coping mechanism and got FAT. Get your head fixed first, develop some healthy coping mechanisms that teach you how to be a productive, active person and everything else will fall into place.

This +1^^^

Before i started MFP i was 353, heaviest was 384. To get that big im not going to blame genetics or anyone/thing but myself. I ate like crap i.e. 15-20$ worth of fast food almost everyday during the week (enough to feed 3 people sometimes), i would throw back an entire large pizza myself and sometimes crazy bread with it and, drink a lot of pop, didnt do any type of exercise outside of just going to work, I could eat ice cream by the 1/2 gallon, or any other treat i had in the house.

^This. I could eat a couple of pizzas no problem, then kill a tub of ice cream no problem. Oh and wash it all down with a 2 liter of Mountain Dew. Just did. not. care.

oh, no. Not this thread again.

For me it was overwork. Skip lunch, miss meals got through drive-thru STARVING and doing a mad cram of 2-3 sandwiches before dinner. Diet, lose that weight, gain back what I lost plus 5 more. Getting seriously ill, getting so fat it was hard to move. Giving up on dieting because it's too hard and doesn't do any good. Once you have officially given up, gaining is all you have left. Finally my "Fat Dr." forced me to join MFP to calorie count, and put me in aqua therapy for my bad knees. Once I could move without pain, and saw I could eat LOTS, be happy and still lose weight I had the proper tools to begin this journey. But without the proper tools and support simply hearing people say "You need to lose weight" is an impossible and frustrating dilemma. Fat people do know they're fat. It's finding the workable solution that is so hard.