Why did you get fat?
Gozergirl
Posts: 36 Member
Sometimes it happens, but usually there is some kind of reason.
I was never a small adult, I was not raised to take care of my body and eat right. But when I lost my daughter due to early onset Preeclamspia, I really let it go. I gained about 40 lbs!
What is your story?
I was never a small adult, I was not raised to take care of my body and eat right. But when I lost my daughter due to early onset Preeclamspia, I really let it go. I gained about 40 lbs!
What is your story?
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My condolences to you for losing your daughter. I too gained weight after loosing a family member. About 50 pounds.0
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I'm sorry for your losses.
Loss is never easy.
I was already fat due to metabolic issues. It got worse when I had a nasty slip and fall and gained close to 100 pounds from immobility.0 -
Sorry about your daughter. That's very traumatic. Sorry for your loss.
I over ate because I didn't care. I just ate and ate and ate because it made me feel better. Finally one day I realized I needed to deal with my problems in a better way.0 -
all I know since day one, is how to be fat/overweight/obese/morbidly obese, I don't blame my parents but I was raised with the worst eating habits, and is not so much about the food per ser cause this body got so big on home made food, but the serving size were hugeeee! and it doesn't help that mom cooks so good
so NO I didn't just 'gain'. for me was the natural evolution of always eating an excessive amount of calories.
and again did not help that my thing were always book and not so much sports and that sort of activities.
PD: sorry about your daughter!0 -
Can't imagine losing a child....It's something no one should ever have to endure. I'm about 20 pounds overweight, just got lazy and complacent. Guess becoming a grandmother made me feel like it was okay to be chubby but I'm not happy with it. Ready to get back into shape and healthy.0
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Yikes, sorry about your situation.
That's rough
My story involves being physically injured, and I could not train but kept eating like an athlete in training.
I bloated up like an inflatable walrus.
In 6 months I gained 100 pounds. It took me 2 years to lose the lard, and I have maintained my results going on 3 years now.
Best of luck to you!
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I'm sorry for your loss. I could never imagine losing someone like that.
I was always a chubby kid, raised in a southern family where taking care of your kid meant feeding her til she stopped asking for food, which for me was rarely. I was spoiled by grandparents and not monitored by my parents and so I was fat.
Through middle school I remained fat, due to depression, and having the kind of mom that constantly told me I didn't need to lose weight at my age and that I should love my body no matter what. I yoyo dieted all through middle school and gained a lot of weight.
Once I reached high school, I was better. Not weight-wise, but I had friends, I was doing well, people thought I was funny and I finally started to like myself, despite being overweight. During my depression, I always told myself to make me happy first, and the rest would follow. I rammed that mantra into my head in a really unhealthy way, to the point where I thought "eating this slice of cake is probably bad for me, but it will make me happy, so who cares? Happiness first."
Turns out, my mantra was slightly wrong, and now I'm smack dab in the middle of an "obese" BMI.
Happiness should come first, before anything, but permanent happiness comes before temporary happiness. That is what I take from this. u.u0 -
Thank you all for your kind words, and for sharing your stories!
I personally aim to be under 200 (30 lbs away now) By new year. Don't know if Ill make it, But i am sure going to try!0 -
Good luck!! Under 200 by new year is my goal too!0
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Stressful job, difficult home life, not feeling like I had a proper outlet to express my frustration.0
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I'm soooo sorry for your loss. I could not begin to fathom the loss of a child.
I am young to be so worried about my weight but it's really not my weight I am worried about its my health! I don't want some of the health problems that come with not eating right and exercising. I also am going through a major transition in my life. I have never had my faith this strong and am doing good in school and wanted to lose some weight to tie it all together!0 -
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13? Food addiction, bullying, low self esteem. Weight didn't get high until early 20's, hit 330lb and at 25 started losing weight. Down to 204 lbs at 6 feet tall, would like to get down 25-30 more.0
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I got fat because I ate too much.0
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illness0
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I got fat because I ate too much.
^This.
I've been fat since I was a kid. I was fed a pretty poor diet and was never taught decent nutrition for my body. The weight always seemed to stay at around the same though when I hit 16 years old. I'm not gonna blame other people though. I mean... I'm big because I let myself get this way and never did anything about it.
It was only a few months ago that I got a very active job in a warehouse which has really helped me with staying active and start losing weight. Which led me to come back to MFP 0 -
Very sorry to hear about your daughter. I was a small person my whole life until mid 40's. I got a bit of an empty nest syndrome when my children grew up and moved away. But most of all, living alone, I got lazy, rarely cooked and spent way too much time on the sofa with my nose in a book. When I realized that I could no longer count myself as a slim person and started to feel unwell a good part of the time, I reorganized my life. Turning 60 made me even more aware of wanting to feel energetic and able to live a full life.
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I got fat when i quit smoking and over the years I developed a binging on sweets habit. But i was always going to struggle with my weight. My sister is the opposite. For me really healthy whole food eating is the cure.0
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In my case there are a few reasons. 1. I am comfort eating. If other people drink or smoke, I do eat. 2. I love to eat and taste all the flavours. I would eat and eat and sometimes even don't realise that it all add up. 3. I can't stop. Since I was little I was told to clear my plate and often if I feel full I still clear the plate and then feel sick. 4 I was in a car accident and had a poor back and neck for nearly 2 years so I couldn't be as active as before so kgs just piled up. Now i feel better, I am happier and have a willpower to change myself and this app is very helpful.0
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I achieved critical mass and food could no longer escape my gravitational pull.0
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My dislike of veggies and sport combined with a love of food, mostly anything sweet is what got me fat.... and a million excuses too... sigh0
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i got fat un intended.. i did not know anything about calories in out or how much i was suppose to eat .
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First, I'm sorry to hear about your losses.
I packed on a bit of weight with each kid that came along with two back to back pregnancies recently, and one a twin pregnancy. But I also lost my dad unexpectedly and then like others mentioned, I became complacent and was just overeating and making excuses. I also struggled with obesity as a teen/ young adult. I'm on a mission to get my body back though and I've promised myself to not let it happen again.0 -
Sorry for ur loss
I gained with my pregnancy, I had a mcflurry or 2 almost everyday, and my husband just wanted me to enjoy the pregnancy to the fullest that he would spoil me with anything I would crave, and I did enjoy hahaha, I gained around 50lbs
luckily loosing it was shortened by breastfeeding and had to do the rest myself. 0 -
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I was living a lie, a complete lie ,trying to fit in,for 2 years,and I gained 25 kilos, I know now I was punishing myself for allowing me to stay in a situation that really really really made me feel like.. it wasn't me, I wasn't living at all. Too long to explain hehe0
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Wow, my trigger seems puny compared to your losses. I quit smoking and then quit the nicotine replacements and then started gaining about 10 pounds per year for 4 years. I finally wanted to be more "myself" again.0
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I had an accident and I went from boxing/ weight training 5/6 times a week, to being in a wheel chair for 8 month, I still had the calorie intake with out the exercise. I learned how to walk again when I was 21. I have went from 21 stone to 17.4 stone I am still powering on, although I am not interested in weight loss now. I just want to gain muscle and fitness levels again. Weight loss will happen along side of my goals.0
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Hmmm...was a "big" kid starting at age 9 or so. Was fairly heavy into sports at a young age and needed those cals for fuel, I guess. Was never lean as a teen, but big and sports-y healthy. Went straight to a desk job at 19. High stress, high goals, very long hours that come along with a start-up...yet, calorie intake stayed the same. The added stress of being a very young, single father. Was very obese in short order.
WHEW! That was much better than paying someone $275/hr to sit on a couch and divulge! Thanks!
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