What do you think is the main culprit of you gaining weight?
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jonni82014 wrote: »Question: Am I feeding my body or an emotion? 90% of the time. Unplanned foods that I eat are triggered by emotions. This is a struggle. Awareness is the 1st step.
I agree with awareness.
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I know what it was. 1st 15 lbs was marriage/moving to a new state and not working out/eating 5-10 cookies every night with new husband. The rest of the weight was growing a small human inside of me and then providing it's only sustenance for the next year causing me overwhelming and constant hunger.0
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Insulin resistance. When I was growing up we were told fat was the culprit. Remember snackwell cookies? A muffin or a bagel and a glass of juice was a "healthy breakfast". Now it seems absurd that we thought that, but that's what we were told. Those habits are hard to change. I was undisciplined and uneducated about food. Glad I got the wake up call I needed.1
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Too many "just a little treat because I deserve it" moments.
And portion size creep - making meals for DH who needs nearly 3000 Cals when I only need half that, I lost sight of how different out dinner sizes should be.1 -
Lack of confidence that I could slim down
Wondering about it instead of just getting started1 -
Laziness, complacency, fear of failing and feeling even worse about myself.1
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Eating too much and sitting on my butt all day1
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poor eating habits2
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overeating, love the pasta0
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Eating too much.
I used to blame my weight gain on medical conditions, medications, what others were cooking and food types, but that's all *kitten*. I've seen many here with all sorts of medical conditions lose weight and maintain it.1 -
Eating mindlessly.1
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Stress, first and foremost. It becomes a vicious cycle, too... if I'm stressed, I eat, and then I'm stressed about how much I eat, and so on.0
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I knew better, but I didn't KNOW better.0
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I was really active in high school and when I went to college I wasn't so much but still ate whatever I wanted. And then I turned 21 and going to the bars didn't help either...1
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Mindlessly eating salty snacks while reading. Never much for sweets, but give me a book and a giant bag of chips and they were gone without me noticing.0
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The desire for flavor. We like things that taste good and when they taste good, we eat more of it. The other thing I have a problem with is having been raised to eat everything on my plate and going to restaurants where they serve too much. I am trying to start to cook at home more, but it is tough with my schedule.1
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