What was your main downfall when it came to packing on the pounds?

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  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
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    Ungodly portions. :( Seriously. Didn't matter what it was (though it was usually high calorie) I could eat ridiculously large amounts. Throw in totally sedentary lifestyle and I packed on those pounds. About 75 pounds over 4 or 5 yrs. I was already fat, and I became morbidly obese. I've lost those 75 pounds and am working on the rest. Feel so awesome these days.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
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    Complacency.
  • MK24551
    MK24551 Posts: 174 Member
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    Laziness, mexican food and enjoying going out to eat way to much!
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    edited June 2015
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    Food.
    Honestly, for a long time I only ate enough to maintain at about 190lbs, not put on, but then I was put on very very high doses of steroids so I got very hungry and started eating everything in sight for the last 20lbs! The 190lbs was from severe binging as a child. I would eat a whole tube of pringles, plus several big bars of chocolate, a few times a week. I was sad because I had no hair (alopecia) and thought I was ugly and got bullied, and I hoped I could be happy if I ate.
    But as for singular foods that I ate a lot of and didn't realise how many calories it was... pork pies. Even a little one is like 250 calories and I never knew! I also guzzled orange juice by the carton.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
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    Food in general. I've been over weight since middle school.
  • Daisies4Days
    Daisies4Days Posts: 76 Member
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    Night shift, fatigue, knee injury, laziness, wine... you get the idea ;)
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
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    @terrenceobrien1

    Congrats on the 6mos of sobriety!
  • hapa11
    hapa11 Posts: 182 Member
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    Anything consumed between the hours of 3-5.
  • DeannaCoersCarter
    DeannaCoersCarter Posts: 62 Member
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    Southern food and portion control!
  • cld111
    cld111 Posts: 300 Member
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    Wine, sticking my head in the sand not really wanting to think about how much I was eating, and not moving enough.

    I still have wine, but now I move a lot and I know what I'm consuming every day.
  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
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    Snacking without thinking.

    I stopped this by asking myself "am I really hungry or am I just eating for the sake of eating?"
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
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    Eating too much food in general.
  • rachael00679
    rachael00679 Posts: 186 Member
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    Wine. Lots of it.
    I had to stop completely for a time to realise fully how much it hinders every aspect of your mental, emotional and physical health.
    I have a few drinks (3-4) once a month now. No wine. Sugarfree alco pop things....1 bottle = 1 drink. Not the massive bucket red wine glasses I could fit half a wine bottle into.

    I feel 100% better.
    Birthday is even coming up and I have opted out of "drinks with friends" for a night with my kids and partner at a nice restaurant. I will probably have a mojito or mai tai whilst there though :)
  • Heydew
    Heydew Posts: 54 Member
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    Not eating and Stress. May sound odd but I was working two jobs, being a mom of 2 under 3, and the lack of sleep I still kept packing on the weight! I would end up killing a bag of candy at my evening job instead eating real food. The stress (or a better word would be anxiety) was keeping me awake at night cuz my mind would just go to awful places and I would get barely any sleep. After no sleep and constant working and trying to make time for my kids it was a crazy life for a minute.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,150 Member
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    We only get one?
  • klund13
    klund13 Posts: 98 Member
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    Too much mexican food, pizza, oreos and dr pepper. Way too much.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,721 Member
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    eating anything and everything
  • KeepRunning27
    KeepRunning27 Posts: 28 Member
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    Oh man where to begin??? Going out to dinner way to often. Enjoying way too many mixed drinks at restaurants. And definitely drinking way too much coffee and lattes because I was in school. Had no idea how much sugar and carbs was in that crap! Lack of working out. I was able to eat anything in sight without gaining weight. Then my senior year in high school I developed a terrible habit of not eating. So then when I started eating I found all this extra weight over the course of a couple years
  • alleolala
    alleolala Posts: 19 Member
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    Boredom eating and portion control. Stopped keeping anything in my desk drawer at work, and started paying attention to what a portion actually means... got me down to here. Now I'm here because I need to figure what else to change to get rid of the last few pounds!

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