What made you fat?

daneejela · February 2019

All of you who have lost weight or are losing it right now, what do you think - what made you fat in the first place?

apullum · February 2019

Eating more calories than my body burned.

pierinifitness · February 2019

Practicing gluttony, dropping my guard, being lazy and in denial. It's all been fixed and it took 173 days.

chunky_pinup · February 2019

I went from someone who did 8-12 hours a day of physical work/art and ate like it to fuel my body to someone who was sick and disabled. Added steroids and being bedridden to a mix of still eating like I did before without an understanding of how much more I was eating and bam. Massive weight/fat gain.

Cassandraw3 · February 2019

Like the poster above, eating more calories than my body burned. That is the simplicity of it. Getting to the reason why is a bit more complicated. For me, I went from a job where I was on my feet and busy all day to a job behind a desk. Decreased overall TDEE, plus increased time to be able to eat/snack/think about food out of boredom lead to my weight creeping up. I enjoy food, and one of my bad habits that I constantly struggle with is eating out of boredom. I am working to find "distractions" to change my thoughts for when I want to eat yet I am not hungry, as that is the root cause of my excess calories.

runnermom419 · February 2019

I ate like a pig and didn't exercise at all.

sardelsa · February 2019

I gained it on purpose. I wouldn't say I got fat but I had to cut back down after to reveal what I built.

Johnd2000 · February 2019

Consistently eating slightly more than I burned, for about 30 years.

frogmommy · February 2019

I was lazy and ate more calories than I burned. It all boils down to lazy for me.

bokboksi · February 2019

stress eating and being unaware that I snack A LOT.

cloverrea · February 2019

I used to be much more active but when my activity decreased I never adjusted what I ate, then add in alcohol and there you have it, an increase in weight.

kmaize123 · February 2019

I'm a binge eater. I just don't stop eating even when I feel sick!

savithny · February 2019

Too many calories. Not particularly bad ones - we don't do dessert or candy on a regular basis, but you can overeat on healthy foods as well.
Not enough exercise (particularly 1) after a job change that dropped my activity level, 2) an injury that limited my mobility for several months, and 3) changes in my social network that took away 'activity partners' for active pastimes I enjoy but need someone to do with me).

(Side note: One of those sources of calories was developing a taste for decent wine. Caloric beverages are such a tripping point).

RelCanonical · February 2019

Lots of emotional and boredom eating. Eating was my comfort and coping mechanism so I turned to it too often, and my favorite foods were very calorie-dense (cheese, ice cream, cake, etc).

MikePTY · February 2019

I don't try to dwell too much on the why of the past. A combination of laziness and emotional eating probably. Right now I am much more focused on the future and the new me than the old me.

kimny72 · February 2019

I was eating a couple hundred more calories than I needed to here and there over the course of 10-15 years, and I wasn't nearly as active as I thought I was. Logging with a food scale and wearing a Fitbit made that uncomfortably clear

neugebauer52 · February 2019

1) PTSD from early childhood. 2) wrong food, starting with breakfast: too much bread & carbs - regularly fell asleep during school by 9 a.m. 3) 15 years of deep depression after our dear son George Paul died shortly after birth. 4) All that heavy duty medication which was pushed my way, which did not treat my inner pain. 5) No idea that something called "trigger food" exists, now I know! Thank you MFP and so many members for guiding me along. 325 days down but a lot more weight needs to go.

dolliesdaughter · February 2019

Eating too much and not moving enough. I love rich food.

stricklee11 · February 2019

Stressful jobs (emotional eater here) and moving from a city with great public transport to one without. No longer burned calories daily by walking 60+ minutes a day at a brisk pace because I drive everywhere now.

Phirrgus · February 2019

Not being mindful of how much food I was really eating. I never got obese, but did get 19-25ishlbs over what I was comfortable with.

garystrickland357 · February 2019

Everyone has said it - we eat too much. What might be worth saying is that often we only eat a little too much - just 50 to 150 calories a day. Over days, and weeks, and months that turns into a lot of added weight.

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