What made you fat?
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Eating too much and moving too little.0
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Emotions...f****** emotions...... gained 23kg in 4 months....I don't wanna even translate that number into pounds cuz it gets even higher... I might have eaten around 12,000 calories on Christmas day which is what I should eat in 7 days now...0
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The terrible trio: Stress, Boredom and Peach Pie.0
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For most of my life I was involved in sports and athletics and was a pretty good athlete. After high school I remained pretty active even though I no longer played anything competitively...pretty much all the way up until I was 30 when I graduated from college and started my desk jockey career...at that point I became way less active and put on a good 40 pounds over 8 years.
Now it's gone and I remain pretty active...back to my old self.0 -
BED (Binge Eating Disorder) I'm just now finding out I have it bad. Thankfully I've always had a pretty fast metabolism... I unfortunately took full advantage of that.... I use to probably eat 3000 + calories a day...0
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Medications for Crohn's and anxiety0
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i've been fat since i was born... plus i love to eat and i hate to move...0
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Too many calories?0
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christinev297 wrote: »Popcorn and jelly beans. I ate them all day and night.
When I stopped, the weight fell off easily.
I always see popcorn mentioned here as a healthy low calorie treat. I can't just nibble on a bit of popcorn, I eat a whole jumbo bag to myself.
So do I. I still think it's low calorie for how much food it is.0 -
arditarose wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Popcorn and jelly beans. I ate them all day and night.
When I stopped, the weight fell off easily.
I always see popcorn mentioned here as a healthy low calorie treat. I can't just nibble on a bit of popcorn, I eat a whole jumbo bag to myself.
So do I. I still think it's low calorie for how much food it is.
I ate 47g of air-popped popcorn tonight with lots of marge and shredded cheese on it. Only came up to a few hundred calories for being a HUGE bowl.0 -
My biggest was medication. I gained 50 pounds in 3 months despite not upping my calories and remaining active. I slowly packed on the additional extra 25 pounds by getting a desk job (less active in general), eating lots of junk and drinking soda like a mad woman.0
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arditarose wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Popcorn and jelly beans. I ate them all day and night.
When I stopped, the weight fell off easily.
I always see popcorn mentioned here as a healthy low calorie treat. I can't just nibble on a bit of popcorn, I eat a whole jumbo bag to myself.
So do I. I still think it's low calorie for how much food it is.
I ate 47g of air-popped popcorn tonight with lots of marge and shredded cheese on it. Only came up to a few hundred calories for being a HUGE bowl.
Yeah, I think I'm going to go the way of air popped corn soon. It seems like it shaves off like 100 calories for a similar quantity as a bag of newmans or something? And I like it too.0 -
What made me fat was eating more calories than my body needed. No particular food or drink, just too muh.0
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bad habits0
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arditarose wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Popcorn and jelly beans. I ate them all day and night.
When I stopped, the weight fell off easily.
I always see popcorn mentioned here as a healthy low calorie treat. I can't just nibble on a bit of popcorn, I eat a whole jumbo bag to myself.
So do I. I still think it's low calorie for how much food it is.
I ate 47g of air-popped popcorn tonight with lots of marge and shredded cheese on it. Only came up to a few hundred calories for being a HUGE bowl.
Not for me. I put at least 2-3 tablespoons of melted butter on it. If I eat a bowl of popcorn, that's my dinner. LOL0 -
Too much alcohol and mindless eating.0
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Not that I've ever been officially diagnosed, but I think I had Compulsive Over-Eating Disorder. I got fat at like, 6 or 7 years old, right after my baby sister died, and stayed that way until I was 22. I remember taking my mum's food one time and hiding in my room to eat it and getting in so much trouble. I was in such a trance when I did it. I guess I've just always dealt with stress through food, even at such a young age.
I am sorry about your baby sister.
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Eating to self-soothe in bad times and celebrate in good times...but mostly, I think it was using others' eating habits to gauge what I should be eating too. And too many restaurant meals. For example, a combo from a fast food place. I never really stopped to say to myself, "Am I still hungry when I eat just the sandwich? Do I need the fries and large soft drink too?" I just ate that because it seemed like a standard meal for "everyone".
For many years I was married to a man who was also morbidly obese (as I was) and I simply ate a bit less than he did. Seven or eight slices of pizza for him...then 4-5 was okay for me, right? He got the big shake so I got a medium and felt like I was being moderate by comparison. Even with girlfriends, I'd just match their pace on the chips and salsa without thinking "hmm I don't even like chips". And I didn't realize a lot of the friends who polished off an enchilada plate at girls' night out dinner had only eaten like, an apple & some cereal all day long...I'd probably had cereal, juice, a latte, and a large lunch as well. A lot of this stuff just clicked for me after joining My Fitness Pal.0
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