Who do you blame for your weight gain?

I blame owhataday.

Goron - why didn't I think of that! That's exactly it! LOL

It's all my kids fault or maybe my husband for getting me pregnant so many times .. no wait my mother..it's always the mother's fault right.. lol
when it comes down to it ..for most of us it many factors are involved.. eating the wrong stuff and too much of it, , not being active,stress , heredity, illness on and on.. Blame is useless really.. you just have to be honest with yourself and what got you where are.. whatever that may be , make changes and move forward.

ME! Better late than never! So glad all of the info is really out there now! God Bless the internet! If the answers are out there you can find them. You only need to be interested enough to ask the question.

I blame the government and all of their nutritional "experts" for pushing the wrong macronutrient on us. I mean c'mon they are telling us to eat more whole grains than fruits and vegetables!! Something is wrong there.

I track carbs (get them from veggies, berries and some nuts). I track protein - sort of - and I eat unlimited fat. Had 54g of fat already today (was just curious about my typical breakfast this morning so I logged it - I usually don't).

We see calories. The body sees fuel, not calories.

I agree with this. Americans have been brainwashed into valuing and demonizing the wrong food for the sake of agricultural subsidies. I do also believe that the individual is also to blame, we can all be free thinkers regardless of what we are continuously told.

I've never limited my carbs. I wasn't even overweight (and was quite tiny) until a few years ago. No matter how many carbs I eat, if my calories are low enough, I lose weight, and usually around 2 pounds per week (though this go-round has been a little less, but I blame that on yo-yoing).

Yes, you'll lose weight eating fewer carbs, but that's because it usually results in fewer calories.

Originally I lost weight the same way, then I stalled for two months. After I switched to a paleo lifestyle the fat began to melt off. My calories are exactly the same, I just reduced my carbs and replaced them with fat. Will carbs effect everyone the same way, no. But the fact is, that overconsumption of carbs has lead to an insulin resistance in many people, which will promote fat storage and inhibit fat loss.

No one is making the blanket statement that everyone should follow a paleo lifestyle, yet the government is making the blanket statement that everyone should follow the Food Pyrmid/MyPlate, which in terms of insulin resistance, is not healthy. This is my complaint and my rationale as to why the government is partially (not fully) to blame.

My fault.

that works Enforcer25, I blame you as well. :noway:

To an extent, I blame my mother. First of all, she taught me poor eating habits. I grew up on soda, fast food, and boxed/frozen meals. I also went through many years of emotional abuse from her, and food was my only comfort. I blame her for calling me fat for as long as I remember, for telling me I looked pregnant when I was 10 years old, and for teaching me such an unhealthy relationship with food.

But I do also have to take some blame myself. I'm 21 years old--I'm an adult. It has been my responsibility to get the therapy I desperately needed, as well as learn a better relationship with food. I should have done it sooner, but I think it takes a lot of soul searching to get to that point.

Thankfully I have finally gotten my head in the right place and I have mostly overcome my issues. I am happy to say that I have an infinitely better relationship with food now. I will never forget the emotional damage from my childhood, but at least I have moved past it.

Well Duh we can all take the high road and blame ourselves. I ate the food. GOt it

But im blaming my Mother-in-law. Kept me stressed out for the past 3 years with constant drama....and so I ate. A LOT.

I shouldnt have ate the food. but the woman almost drove me to insanity lol

Well I don't think that is the high road. I'm pretty sure in most cases when we were packing down the food it wasn't like we wanted to get fatter. I certainly didn't.

I prefer to take responsibility, because I also now have to take responsibility for getting out of it. By accepting responsibility for my weight I can choose to make it positive or negative.

That said, I also have an axe to grind with successive (UK) governments for constantly peddling arbitrary dietary guidelines based on out-of-date studies, guesswork, and catchy taglines. They have admitted the popular "five-a-day" guideline for portions of fruit and veg was wholly chosen because it sounded good and has no basis other than an attempt to make people eat more, but it persists nonetheless.

Wait. We can BLAME SOMEONE ELSE? Why wasn't I told this a long time ago? I would have stopped beating myself up for over eating. Sheesh.

In that case I blame my evil scale ...im sure it's lying.
I blame clothing manufacturers for using cheap cloth that shrinks when it hits my dryer.
I blame chocolate for being so damn tasty....

I could go on for a long time, this is so liberating :-)

It is totally 100% my fault. I am the one who bought crappy foods and put them in my mouth, no one else to blame but myself.

That little voice inside me who I kept listening to when it urged me into eating a whole packet of biscuits, or a whole multipack of crisps, or 4 slices of buttered white toast, or two courses instead of one, or 3 courses instead of two, or 2 bars of chocolate and two bags of crisps when watching a film. I dont listen to that voice much now:happy:

I blame...Budd Chjari Syndrome. :grumble:

I know I have no one to blame but myself but I'd rather blame it on menopause and those stupid fast food restaurants. :bigsmile:

Edited to also blame my son because he always buys snacks. :devil:

Everyone except myself.

Oh wait, you want me to blame myself, don't you?

I'm not going to play this game.

I'm going to go with Gene Roddenberry.

I blame the government and all of their nutritional "experts" for pushing the wrong macronutrient on us. I mean c'mon they are telling us to eat more whole grains than fruits and vegetables!! Something is wrong there.

I track carbs (get them from veggies, berries and some nuts). I track protein - sort of - and I eat unlimited fat. Had 54g of fat already today (was just curious about my typical breakfast this morning so I logged it - I usually don't).

We see calories. The body sees fuel, not calories.

I can't lay the entire blame on the government. Thank you fellow Paleo Group member!

I blame menopause, it started about 4 years ago. I weighed 140-145 always stayed at that weight comfortably.. then slowly started gaining over the last 4 years. Up to 174 my highest. I've always been active and a healthy eater. Now it is just a struggle to lose it but I won't give up!!