Why are you fat?

I'm fat because I like to drink. In high school I played sports and could basically eat however I wanted. Once I graduated I stopped playing sports and got lazy. I also gained the 'freshman 15' in college, more due to excessive drinking than my diet and it pretty much continued from there. Lost weight a few times here and there, but was never trying to lose weight when I did it. Lost a decent amount using (illegal) drugs and didn't care about eating, then lost because I was a waitress and moving a lot. But I always gained the weight back when i quit doing whatever I did to lose it. Basically I consumed more calories then I used, most of those calories just came from absurd amounts of alcohol. And years of drug/alcohol abuse combined with hardly eating completely screwed up my metabolism.

I'm fat because I weigh 321 pounds. I like food and have not until recently coupled my love of food with self-control. And the food I love is fattening (chips, salsa, dips, snacky type foods). I have never in my life enjoyed excercise. Why? Because I was fat. I hated the idea of sweating and being short of breath and other people pointing fingers at the fat girl. I am learning to change that thinking too. I am fat because I never understood the concept of eating healthy. Don't get me wrong. I was on a thousand "diets" as a teenager, but when your options are diet orange soda, a boiled egg, and beets I'd still choose being fat. Now I'm learning that healthy doesn't have to mean it tastes bad or being so restricted that I feel deprived and hungry. Made to Crave has been an eye opener for me as have a friend who has been willing to introduce me to excercise and encourage me to move even when I still don't always like it. Yes, there are those underlying mental issues of poor self-esteem, not understanding my own worth and value, giving to everybody else and not saving time for me, and at times just not thinking I could do it. But more than all of this it's about the choices I made in food and inactivity and the desire I now how to reach my full potential as a wife, mother, and woman.

I'm fat because I have spent years eating too LITTLE. So my body was holding onto everything it could get ahold of! I think everyone who is overweight has an unhealthy perception of food, whether they eat too MUCH or too LITTLE. I used to have an eating disorder where I ate very very little everyday... I did lose weight for awhile, but then gained it all back and then some! And it's been piling back on for years. Now I understand that I need to feed my body for it to burn calories and lose weight!

I'm fat because I have spent years eating too LITTLE. So my body was holding onto everything it could get ahold of! I think everyone who is overweight has an unhealthy perception of food, whether they eat too MUCH or too LITTLE. I used to have an eating disorder where I ate very very little everyday... I did lose weight for awhile, but then gained it all back and then some! And it's been piling back on for years. Now I understand that I need to feed my body for it to burn calories and lose weight!

I have the same story as you, I starved myself in highschool to be thin, I starved myself in college! We won't even get into what I did for 6 months before my wedding, I can't beleive I lived through that! I had 3 babies in 4 years and I think that is the only time in my life that I ate somewhat healthy! Then I starved myself for the last 12 years, and somehow I ended up gaining weight while exercising every day and eating one meal a day! Learning to eat to lose weight is a whole new, and foreign idea that I struggle with every day! I have never been an emotional eater, I have never been a binger, but I have always had a weight problem!

I'm an overeater and am all about instant gratification when it comes to food. I like to eat high carb, high sugar foods and was raised that way. In my family, we have something sweet for breakfast, then dessert after lunch, and dessert again after supper. Most meals were fried, loaded in gravy, etc. Needless to say, my family and all my extended family is obese and diabetes runs rampant. At one time we were extremely poor and white bread with a heavy gravy was a typical meal for us. I just never learned to eat right. It wasn't until I developed gestational diabetes during my pregnancy in 2010 that I learned just how severe my eating habits were. I met with a wonderful dietician who taught me how and what to eat. I'm a very visual person and she did a great job of having actual packaging from many of the products I like to eat to show me the true calorie, carb, and fat content. I actually began to lose weight during the 3rd trimester after going on the diabetic diet. Instead of gaining 80 lbs has I had during my 1st pregnancy, I only gained a total of 30 lbs. My doc was thrilled because I was overweight to begin with and didn't need to gain much more. Unfortuantely, after the pregnancy I was so tired I didn't care what I ate, or in what portion size. I just wanted to eat and go to bed. Last week I took a long look in the mirror and didn't like what I saw. I wanted to go back on my diabetic diet but was a little lost because my original plan had been for a 2400 calorie diet--due to the pregnancy. I needed to eat fewer calories than that and was too fatigued to work out or even clean the house. I prayed about it and the very next day just stumbled on MFP on my droid and added the app. I've been hooked since! It's been one week today and I'm already down 7 lbs. SO THRILLED! I'm fitting back into my prepregnancy clothes and have even dropped to one pound less than I was just prior to becoming pregnant. I had just lost 5 lbs at the time because I took a physical job and was shedding pounds but only worked there for 2 months before becoming pregnant. Oops. LOL.

Now I'm aware of what is going in my mouth. Just in the last week my energy levels have gone through the roof. My kids are thrilled. I have the energy to dance and play with the baby and my 5 year old. My husband is happy because the house is getting clean and for the first time in a year I'm caught up on laundry! Slowly things are getting back in order in our household, and within my body. Praise God!

"I am fat because I ate too much - and exercised too little....... that is the reality of it - the moment I started managing my portions and got my butt of the couch I started shedding the weight!

Frankly blaming it on anything else is not being truthful about the real underlying problem that needed to be addressed...."

Ditto...

Hollycat
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i'm fat because... i was on the depo shot and my hormones were making me gain so i'd starve myself for days then binge for days it was a vicious cycle.

I feel like I'm not the weight that I want to be because I'm scared to finally reach that goal (what else would I be working towards then?) so I subconsciously sabotage my efforts.

I'm fat for a few reasons:
1) I quit smoking.
2) I got comfortable with my boyfriend who is now my husband.
3) Once I was out of college, I didn't walk everywhere or go dancing 3-4 nights a week. I went to work, and had a bag of Mini Reese's Cups stocked in my drawer at all times.
4) I wore a uniform to work, so I didn't realize that I wasn't fitting into my normal clothes.

These really aren't excuses, and it's not like I would go back to being a smoker. I knew what I was doing to myself and I just didn't care. Now I do care.

BAD BAD BAD EATING FOR ME!

Because I stopped caring about me and slowly let myself go.

Because I love to eat, duh.

I honestly don't eat alot of savory foods. I get full super quick. I'm just a SUCKER for sweet things! Cupcakes, brownies, cookies, cake, ice cream, PEPSI! Andddd I'm a lazy fat cow.

Because I got lazy and my mother's side of the family caught up with me. ;(

I am fat because I got with a man that loved me for who I was and got comfortable. I did not care what people thought of me and did not exercise. I am also and emotional eater and love to eat the sweet!

I gained my weight after getting laid off from my job. I was a creeler for almost 10 years and while I worked, I'd burn anywhere between 1500 - 2000 calories per 8 hour shift. So, I could eat anything and everything w/out worrying about weight gain. After I got laid off, I enrolled in college. My activity level went from VERY ACTIVE: standing, walking, & lifting 6-15 pounds of yarn and jute for 8 hrs a day / 5 days a week, to VERY SEDENTARY: sitting, studying, & snacking for 8 hrs day / 4-6 days a week.

So with 3 years of no work & school, I gained like 25 pounds. But, considering how often and how much I ate, I'm VERY lucky that I didn't gain more than that.

Although I was 25 pounds heavier, my BMI was still in the healthy range, so I wasn't really ever considered fat. But, I was fatter than what I had ever been before.

I'm so glad I found the MFP app on my android. In 4 months, MFP has helped me to get rid of the extra pounds I gained, & then some!! :bigsmile: