What's one thing that attributed to your weight gain?

Alcohol and hangover food, this is how I spent 21-25.

Now I am just gluttonous.

my top 3 would have to be:
- my mom's a GREAT cook & baker
- no exercise
- too lazy to cook so lots of fast food

One big problem that attributed to my weight gain was portion control. My family would always push more food onto your plate, (because it was considered good hospitality) and you would always get told to not leave anything else you won t get desert, which was always placed in the middle of the table so you could get seconds or thirds.

DENIAL

Orange juice. It sounds innocuous but it's too easy for me to drink my calories.

Chinese food, pizza, fast food.. You name it.

Pregnancies put the weight on, but my portion sizes kept it on!!
I have been eating the same size dinners as my husband for nearly 5 yrs now because "I need the energy to look after the twins' or "because I'm breastfeeding" "because running around after 4 kids takes a lot of energy!".......excuses that have kept me 10kgs heavier then I need to be.

But OP, it says it's made with REAL FRUIT... That's health food!!!

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I thin my biggest contributor was eating from boredom. I love cooking and baking, baking breads, cookies, etc. And, more to the point, eating those things! And washing them down with soda.
Like someone else said, though, gluttony & sloth.

Trying to eat what my Hubby could!!! And sugar chocolate sugar chocolate sugar chocolate.. Get it??

Eating my emotions - from happy to depressed, & everything in between. A lot of it was also being a product of my environment. My mom had eating issues & since I spent the most time with her, I picked up on that as a child. While I was overweight in high school, most of my weight gain was after I graduated. I also had the misfortune of thinking I was so fat as a child/teen that I didn't realize how fat I was getting after high school, if that makes sense. When I was 19, I got a job where I was working crazy hours all the time, & my weight really got out of control once I started 3-11 six days a week & was eating like a pig after I got off work until I went to bed, & on my only day off I would eat ALL day. I still work crazy shift-work, but I am finally getting things under control - just wish I could have done it sooner.

I had a "not so enjoyable"* fast food job right after graduating from high school, and was going through a lot of problems with depression and anxiety, and I gained like 30 or 40 lbs, eating at work a lot. After that I worked at a coffee shop, where I gained another 20 or so pounds, mostly I think from bagels every morning and sugary drinks. I got my self in to really unhealthy eating habits and still seem to be gaining weight.

I think a lot of it is stress/depression eating. The stress and depression make it really hard for me to find motivation or feel like I'm able to leave the house to get some exercise. I only gain weight when I'm unhappy.

*edited because MFP makes me realize that I'm accidentally swearing by editing my posts.

The hole that the food goes into is larger than the one it comes out of.

I gained about 40 lbs after I started brewing and having beer around all the time on tap.

PS... I stopped caring after I left Onderland and I convinced myself that I couldn't possible get bigger than that...but I didn't change my behavior and boy! Did I get bigger!

Forcing myself to stay in a relationship to "make it work" because it was the only thing I knew at the time. I was trapped, and I found other sources of "happiness" I guess.