Blaming weight on something else...

Accountability. Many people lack it, especially those with addictive behaviors. It is so much easier to blame anything else, then to admit it is our own lack of self control that puts us in the position that we are. I take several meds that have contibuted some to my weight gain. But I am not fooling myself, my love of ice cream and bread is the bigger factor. ::indifferent:

My doctor and nutritionist full out blame my constantly changing thyroid condition for my weight gain. Considering I eat pretty much the exact same now that I did when I was gaining weight. I admit I ate a bit more fattening food that I don't eat as much now. But I don't think that this website is for getting into arguments or for where the blame goes. And I'm honestly sick and tired of reading forums on this website about stuff like this.

Mind your own business if you don't like it.

THANK YOU. I've been overweight and on diets since I was 2. When I was 2 I looked like I was five. Highly doubt I was shoving the chocolate and bad food down my throat then.

I blame it on aliens.

As A Child I was put on predisone for 1-2 weeks atleast once a month, then my asthma got so bad I had to take it every day for about 2 years. I was never a thin child,but it was during that 2 years that I gained a lot of weight that perpetuated an unhealthy eating pattern. Do I blame the medication, you bet your *kitten* I do. However now as an adult, I realize that while the medication my have started the root cause of my weight gain, there IS something I can do do fix it. I fully believe that medications can cause weight gain, however I am learning that we can curb that weight gain by watching the things we eat.

ok ok ok ..i blame 90% on mysef for being lazy not watching what i ate and not going to the gym

the other 10% i blame on my sister bec she makes the best macaroni and cheese in the world, I AM NOT TAKING ALL THE BLAME, that girl can cook!

Might get flamed for this but oh well..

Why do so many people try to blame their weight gain on something else? I mean over half the overweight people I know say it's because of their medication or a condition that they have.

I am in the medical field and I do know that there are some medications & conditions that make it easier for you to pack on a few pounds, but I think people are too quick to put ALL the blame on them. Unhealthy eating habits are usually the largest culprit.

Love this article here:

You Are Not Different

All over the internet, on forums dedicated to everything from weight loss to muscle gain, people will loudly argue that they are different. “My metabolism is different.”, “My nervous system is different”, “My muscles are different”, things of that sort. Everyone is a unique and delicate flower, just like their mom told them.

This usually follows them explaining why the good advice that others have used can’t possibly work for them. They are also usually the ones making no progress who won’t even consider trying something else. THEY. ARE. DIFFERENT.

Individuals who have a lot of fat to lose either think that they can magically gain weight eating only a few hundred calories per day, or that they can lose weight just by rearranging their food in some special way. Because their metabolism is different.

Diets play on this of course, hiding the simple fact that they are causing you to eat less in a complicated pseudoscience of macronutrient ratios and such. But there is never any magic to be had when you look at these books critically: it all comes down to making the person eat less, exercise more, or both. It’s just hidden in complex schemes and pseudo-physiology.

Before you think I’m just coming down on overweight individuals, let me say that bodybuilders and athletes want to magically gain muscle and lose fat with a similar rearrangement of nutrients. That by adding some magical nutrient (usually an overpriced supplement) will make them start gaining muscle (or losing fat) without changing the dynamics of the energy balance equation. In the same way diet books play on the frailties of overweight individuals, supplement companies play on the frailties of the athletes telling them to “Use this product if you aren’t gaining” when the real problem lies with the diet or training program.

In short: you can’t beat thermodynamics anymore than anything else in the universe. You. Are. Not. Different. You can’t gain bodymass unless your energy intake exceeds your energy output because you can’t make something out of nothing (muscle or fat). And you can’t lose bodymass unless your energy intake is less than your energy ouput. These are rules that every system in the universe has to follow, including the human body. Nature’s rules, not mine to quote the all-knowing Mr. Miyagi. We may not like them, but we have to live by them anyway.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html

I think we can all agree that our weight is our weight and our responsibility.

But lets be honest, its not always eating that makes you fat. Sometimes its a medical condition, sometimes its the meds for those conditions, sometimes its the fact that you aren't working out, and the rest of the time, maybe its what you eat. But usually its not our eating habits that change so much when we go from a normal weight to over weight, its something else. And for those that have always been big, well, kids quit eating when they're full. They actually have to be taught to overeat unless they have a medical issue.

While a healthy diet is good for you and all of your body systems, it doesn't guarantee a thin exterior. Sure it helps, but I think exercise actually has more to do with the equation.

Your right....I shouldn't have blamed my weight gain on anyone but myself....I should have gotten out of bed and figured my **** out I mean really how hard is it to deal with finally facing up to 8 years of serious sexual abuse, your best friend dying of cancer and a near fatal car accident!

I should have popped those anti-depressants and got on with it right....oh wait I tried! I tried through a subsequent Divorce and Major family crisis. I tried through 3 suicide attempts.

And then once everything was looking okay and life was getting better I am diagnosed with another disorder that basically makes it hard for me to work out with any intensity and can leave me with migraines that last anywhere from 2 to 15 days. Sometimes it not about shoveling crap in your face cuz we all make bad choices....sometimes its about being unable to eat, or workout or exist!

Oh and that disorder likely caused by that near fatal car crash all those many years ago and part of what made the depression and working out so tough then too!

Now I get to try and work out while we play with dosages, sometimes it works...and sometimes it doesn't! Its pretty individual my dear and your callous post just goes to show the attitudes against people who are heavy. Like those people who stare at a fat person who is eating a sandwich on the metro making them feel like she doesn't have the right to eat, even though its her lunch hour and she is trying to squeeze that sandwich in after being at the gym on her break.

Thanks for the encouragement!!

I definitely blamed my antidepressant for my weight gain...until I saw how easy it was to lose the weight with better diet and exercise. I'm still on the medication, and am maintaining just fine, so now I know it wasn't that.

In many ways, it's good to stop the blame game, because then you know you have control over your body instead of willing it away to this condition or that medication.

Therapy was super helpful for me, but I cycled through 4 differnt meds trying to find what would work for me! Its a slow climb up the hill....I am happy to have the support of most people on this site to walk with me!

Coming to the realization that my weight, health, and fitness are within my control is what start me on this journey and what motivates me on a daily basis. I think if others realized this it would really help with the mental battle that comes along with losing weight.

YES!!

I blame it on food...for tasting so delicious and giving me warm fuzzies.

Might get flamed for this but oh well..

Why do so many people try to blame their weight gain on something else? I mean over half the overweight people I know say it's because of their medication or a condition that they have.

I am in the medical field and I do know that there are some medications & conditions that make it easier for you to pack on a few pounds, but I think people are too quick to put ALL the blame on them. Unhealthy eating habits are usually the largest culprit.

I wrote a really angry response to this. Then I deleted it.

There are some conditions that the nature of the condition forces them to either pack on pounds (like I did) or they are rail thin. Celiac is real, it causes the body to starve for nutrients causes the GF person's body to require more food which it will store and never use. I blame my weight on my celiac, not only did it have the whole not being able to absorb/use any nutrients but it caused joint pain, headaches/migraines, debilitating stomach pain, depression and ADD, I couldn't exercise because my knees were so shot, I couldn't exercise because there were days I couldn't get out of bed because of the pain in my intestines. I once lived on a "meal" (ie water/piece of fruit) a day because it was easier to starve than to live with the pain food caused me. I just ask that next time acknowledge more than, "makes it easier for you to pack on a few pounds...unhealthy eating habits are usually the largest culprit" that whole grain healthy eating destroyed my GI tract.

As soon as I went gluten free I started dropping weight like crazy. I have no joint pain, I run daily, I eat incredibly well and figured out what other allergies I have. Its not that I wasn't motivated, I hated my size, I hated how I felt, but my celiac made it impossible for me to lose weight as long I was ingesting gluten.

I am sensitive about it, I'm sensitive and I'm angry, especially with those in the medical field who continue to underdiagnose for celiac/gluten intolerance (possibly bc there isn't a pill for it that would make them a bundle of money like there is for IBS hmmmm?).

I also want to know that should my body ever take me by surprise again (a bout with cancer four years ago) that I am positioned to be as healthy as possible mentally and physically to help my body heal.

THIS is awesome. I lost my mom to breast cancer a few years ago and it's always in the back of my mind that I could possibly be diagnosed one day. THIS is exactly how I feel! Thank you for finding the words for me!