Did anyone else grow up with obese parents or family members?
imanibelle
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Just curious.
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Yes, my Mom was but she lost it all.0
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My father tended to be overweight but due to his work he had to watch his weight and be weighed every year.
My mother was a little under weight perhaps and had weird eating and exercise routines.0 -
My mom has been obese my entire life. Both of my grandmothers were also obese, as were all four of my great-grandmothers. Their mothers were also obese (two of them can accurately be described "as big around as they are tall"). Every single female in my parents' generation, on both sides of the family, has struggled with weight since puberty. In our family the men tend to be slim, but also very muscular, until around age 40 at which time they too start packing on the pounds. This is not quite as universal as with the women, and is more readily countered by very high activity levels.
My sister is obese. Half my 1st cousins are overweight or obese, and half are of healthy weights. But many of the people who are healthy weights in all generations have to work to maintain that.
Given that I've discovered the difficult way that I need a statistically improbably low number of calories to maintain my weight at a given activity level (MFP thinks I could maintain on 2,600 calories/day, but I maintain on a very meticulously logged 2,000 with an average step count of over 14,000), as does my sister, I'm not surprised that weight issues run in the family.9 -
Yep. My mum is morbidly obese - she's always been overweight but gained a lot when she stopped smoking aged 40 and never lost it.
My dad was overweight but not massively so.
My mum has a load of health problems, which is why I want to be healthy now so I don't end up like her.1 -
Both my parents and my older brother were overweight/obese. My brother lost the weight in his 20's and my dad also lost a ton of weight. My mom and I hung on to it but we're both trying to lose now.
My parents treated food as a reward and we would eat out often and have really savory foods which caused massive weight gain. That has followed me into adulthood and I have to really work on not rewarding myself after a long day with food.1 -
My dad was overweight/obese (not sure of his exact classification) and was forever on some sort of fad diet imposed on him by my mum.
(none of them worked.. Surprise surprise)
My mum was tiny, and ate like a sparrow. She was in to the low fat thing.
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My entire family (all aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc. roughly 30 people) with the exception of my mother and myself. Growing up my mother put me on a strict vegan diet from age 1-5 and then just vegetarian from 6-onwards. I wasn't allowed candy, "junk food", fried foods, cake, ice cream, sodas, etc.
As a matter of fact because we were the only non-obese individuals in my family there was a serious expectation to eat "healthy". I believe this factored into my eating disorder in my early teens.6 -
My dad wasn't obese. He had what he called a winter weight and a summer weight though! Apparently when he was much younger he was overweight until joining RAF and then lost it all and kept it off. Mum has always struggled with her weight for as long as i can remember. She lost so much after dad died. I'd estimate at least 4st/50-60lbs and has yoyo'd since then.0
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Some of my earliest memories of my mother was her trying the latest weight-loss fad. Master Cleanse anyone?
She wasn't obese at the time, but every year a few more kg more landed on her hips and she tried yet another fad to lose it and is obese now.2 -
My mum was always overweight when I was growing up. It was difficult for her because she had four children in very short succession. I remember her being large in my early childhood but I don't know if that was body fat or pregnancy! I have seen pictures of her before children and she was probably a similar size then to what I am now. She has now lost weight and is pretty tiny. My sister and I definitely take after her in body shape. Slim legs, large bust and waist, short stature and petite bone structure. So I imagine I will probably look like her when I am older.
My dad on the other hand was always ridiculously skinny. He played (field) hockey and was always very active but with very little muscle mass. He still enjoyed his food and beer and never had to worry about what he ate. Then suddenly he hit 50 and a beer belly appeared overnight! My Grampy (his dad) is the same, skinny everywhere apart from his stomach. One of my brothers takes after them and is currently very skinny whereas my other brother was chubby as a teenager but is now pretty muscular. He takes much more after my maternal grandfather who was always stocky before he became frail.
I think that genetics definitely play a part in where you store your fat but when it comes to weight gain that is far more environmental.3 -
Yes. Obesity is fairly common in my area, though many people who are obese would say that they just have a few pounds to lose. For most women, there's only 30 pounds between healthy and obese but people think that the spread is bigger than that.2
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my mom was always on a diet...not that she was fat...she wasn't.
My father would go up and down (he died at 30 so there is that) depending on his job...aka working in the woods vs driving truck.
I have extended family however that were always big...aunts cousins etc and some died due to their issues.
I was overweight almost my son's entire life...not obese but fat for sure.
I have a step sister who is obese
my brothers currently all need to lose weight.
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All of my immediate family is/was overweight/obese at one time or another.0
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My mom was off and on weight watchers from as long as I can remember. Dad was always slim. Lost them both at a relatively young age. Mom's was not a condition that is typically weight-related, but Dad's was.0
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Everyone except for one aunt0
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Yep, everyone was overweight too. Except my freakish brother who was one of those 'can eat everything he wants and doesn't gain weight' type (now he's 41 though and does have to watch what he eats).0
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My mom has always been tiny. I guess you could say she eats what she likes, just smaller portions, if you consider that to be no breakfast, lunch of snacking on chips and a few raw veggies and then minimal evening eating, just wine. She has made comments about everyone’s weight as long as I can remember.
My dad has had some periods of being overweight, mostly in the 80s when eating business lunches out every day was a thing. He’s mostly been normal weight.
My sister and I have mostly been normal weight, with a few overweight periods, no obesity. My brother has always been thin but is now overweight in his 30s, though not obese.
Extended family is the same. Mostly normal, a few who are/have been overweight. No obesity. We are all in the Midwest.0 -
Yes. My mom and the majority of her side of the family are overweight or obese. My grandparents were overweight. I think there's a genetic component- either predisposition to obesity or predisposition to anxiety which leads to obesity (stress eating). My dad is overweight, but that's due to poor diet. Back in the 90s he lost a bunch of weight from going running. But he eventually gained some of it back. He's very active. My mom almost died from diabetes a few years ago. I don't wanna take after her.2
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No. My dad is thin, always has been. My mom has fluctuated between somewhat overweight (maybe 20 lbs?) and normal.0
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All the adults in my family were morbidly obese...... as a child I was actually underweight and the doctors were constantly on at my mother to feed me more, give me extra treats etc
My mum couldn't cook. Every meal either came out a box in the freezer to be served with chips or was a takeaway/restaurant meal
I started packing on weight at puberty despite attending dance classes, gymnastics and swimming every day of the week
I would be accused of secretly eating food despite being constantly monitored, turned out I have pcos
I then purposefully gained several stone age 18 after being attacked
My parents are still obese thou not as big as before. My mum has vascular alzhimers, in a home since late 50's where they calorie control anything given to her due to her needing to be lifted for all cares as she's immobile
My dad lost weight due to I'll health too and he needed knee replacements0
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