What made you fat?

Bullying since primary school, which left me with a very low self esteem and a 'I'm fat anyway' mentality which made my teens a blur of carbs and sugar.

Also, reaching the age where I didn't have to ask permission to put my hands in the biscuit tin.

I was eating too much. For a few years, I was matching portion size with my husband who is nearly a foot taller and with an overweight BMI himself. Yeah, that didn't work out too well for me.

I got fat because I moved in with my boyfriend in our own home for the first time so going shopping on our own we just used to put so many bad food and buy it and because the snacks were there we would just eat them, using fitness pal is helping me track what I'm really eating and we have now reduced the snacks we buy and try to eat more veg, my tip would be to replace potato with sweet potato and eat kale as it hardly has any taste and is so good for you

I suppose numerous things made me fat. Most of all, myself. To be fair, I used to have really bad depression and low self-esteem, so I just didn't care about myself. Now I do care and I'm trying to reverse it.

A lot of my issues with food stem from my family's unhealthy relationship with it though. Its always eat, eat, eat and they get offended if you don't. Even worse, the foods my family likes to eat are all unhealthy. From a young age, I was taught to eat everything on my plate and go back for more to be polite. My parents used to give me a plate of chips, cheese and pepperoni every night before bed as a "snack." That kind of thinking has been really damaging to me.

Depression (so much guilt, after a terrible accident), feeling a loss of control over what was happening in my life. I was in a very bad place, mentally, and I tried getting help. I felt so defeated when the doctors/psychiatrists/psychologists couldn't help me find the root of my problems and instead just pushed pills at me. Then I realized that I had to be the one to change me. I took hold of my emotions and I'm happier than I've ever been, but my emotional eating (binging) turned into a nasty habit that I'm still trying to kick. But having a better outlook on life is making it easier to get healthier. I have more motivation to live - and definitely more motivation to work out, which in turn makes me even happier.

I ate healthy foods, but too much of them while doing pretty much no exercise.

What made me fat was, being attacked in a random act of violence 7 years ago, in which my back & neck were injured... over the course of the last 7 years, it has progressively gotten worse to the point I had a cervical arthroplasty (total disc replacement with an artificial disc) at the c5-c6 on Jan 5th of this yr & I'm supposed to have lower back surgery, but I'm trying to hold out for as long as I can.... But, prior to having surgery, I met my husband & had a little girl who is now 3... I do everything for everyone (I have a 17 yr old son who graduates high school this yr, two step-sons we have joint custody of, and my 3 yr old. My husband is in law enforcement, so he works a lot of hours.) & put myself last. I'm in college as well. I have no support system. So, I am here....

struggle with binge eating disorder, i was never pretty enough for my mom. A few comments to a young girl is all it takes

I ate whatever I liked when I liked and stayed slim. Marriage break up, depression and I started putting weight on.
Started exercising again and getting back in control and then I broke my ankle in 3 places. Couldn't do anything for months and months except eat crap and drink wine. Now paying the price and desperately trying to get it back under control

An accident led to several surgeries. Pain and immobility = inactivity. No exercise + bad diet = weight gain. I packed on 60 pounds.