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

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  • momie0205
    momie0205 Posts: 232
    I was thin before I got pregnant. I had 3 kids 5 and under. Never had time to lose it in between.
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    I don't blame 1 thing. I blame 3 people!
    1. John Labatts
    2. Ben
    3. Jerry

    LOL, seriously, I blame my inactivity more than anything...
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I stopped exercising.
  • Lsqueezy
    Lsqueezy Posts: 128
    heavy shoes. Seriously, being lazy and eating way too much fast food.
  • kylee_marie
    kylee_marie Posts: 299 Member
    for me it was going from a serving job where i was on my feet walking all night to a desk job where i sit for 8-12 hours a day... i got really really bad about not bringing my lunch... since i have started bringing my lunch to work again, i have started to drop the pounds and save money!! win win
  • poseidon9447
    poseidon9447 Posts: 104
    My weight gain is due to working physically active jobs and then being unemployed off and on for the last five years and not adjusting my diet for lack of physical activity.
  • catherine1979
    catherine1979 Posts: 704 Member
    Denial.
  • Nelly_J
    Nelly_J Posts: 53
    I just learned today 4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon. So a pie that's 44 grams of sugar, take a glass and put 11 teaspoons of sugar in. Doesn't take long to realize that's a LOT of SUGAR! Not healthy. A coke is about the same. When I'm nervous, I want to eat. That's crazy.

    Wow...That really put things into perspective for me; can't believe I would consume triple that amount a day!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Pregnancy, laziness, misconception of my activity level, misconception of food portioning, and tater tots (couldn't pick just one)
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    For the last 30 lbs I'm trying to get off NOW... Taco Bell for sure and Domino's pizza. But growing up, my family would get these pies every now and then and I would eat a whole one to myself. I don't think I'd dare eat a whole one NOW. I can't believe how bad these are, my parents were oblivious, and the whole thing is just pure sugar.

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    But it has real fruit filling right? :grumble: :noway:
  • jellybaby84
    jellybaby84 Posts: 583 Member
    Anorexia, in the long term.

    Obviously it made me very skinny but when it became a case of 'oh ****, need to starting eating again or else" then it was ... oh, hello 45 pounds!
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Using food as an antidote to stress....wrong method altogether! Exercise works much better. :D
    ^ ^ THIS - 100% ^ ^

    Stress will always be there in some form, I just needed to learn to process it in a better way!
  • darklord48
    darklord48 Posts: 114 Member
    Two things:
    My first job was working at Dairy Queen.
    When I worked at a car dealership, we went to the bar every night and stayed until bar close.
  • oceanbreeze22
    oceanbreeze22 Posts: 83 Member
    One thing would be......SUGAR! I like sweets everything sweet including the healthy ones like "Carrot" cake, "Dairy" Queen and "Blueberry" pie or "Peach" cobbler. LOL

    Seriously sweets are my down fall and social eating with friends. It's hard to not have the good stuff your having too.

    I am trying again to change though.
  • sisterlilbunny
    sisterlilbunny Posts: 686 Member
    Beer. Great and glorious (and ice cold) beer. Man I love beer. My weight? Not so much.

    And that 54 calorie stuff? That's not beer. *grumbles*
  • rockstarginaa
    rockstarginaa Posts: 1,529 Member
    Large portions, multiple servings and terrible food.
  • dendra7
    dendra7 Posts: 113 Member
    My favorite part of your picture is how they make sure to add the "REAL FRUIT FILLING" on there. What a joke!
  • scotslass
    scotslass Posts: 317
    Baby weight, never had a problem with my weight ever before. Oh and maybe the fact i sat on my *kitten* during pregnancy eating ten ton of crap!! lol
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Boredom eating at work. This is the first time I've ever had a full time desk job, and it gets so boring I just want to eat all day. I was having 8 mini kit kats during the day, plus all my regular meals and snacks.
  • maura5880
    maura5880 Posts: 346 Member
    Dunkin' Donuts bagels and donuts, pizza, and especially candy. I would buy candy every single afternoon so I would have it to snack on throughout the evening.
  • shannon_stallone
    shannon_stallone Posts: 136
    Fast food and dessert.....I have the worst sweet tooth and my husband is even worse which makes it hard, but I"m working on self control
  • kducky22
    kducky22 Posts: 276 Member
    The weekends. Having a boyfirend who's naturally tall and skinny (think chinese food and pizza) and a group of friends who LOVE to party (lots of beer/alcohol on the weekends) have not been a freind to my weight...

    I've been trying to cook more with the BF so he understand healthy food is just as awesome as Domino's (although it's hard to convince someone when you're not totally convinced yourself). Also, with my friends I'v tried to switch from beer to mix drinks (dies sodas) to hopefully reduce the calories...
  • kgesq
    kgesq Posts: 65 Member
    Boredom eating at work. This is the first time I've ever had a full time desk job, and it gets so boring I just want to eat all day. I was having 8 mini kit kats during the day, plus all my regular meals and snacks.

    This mainly. Snacking, accompanied by lack of exercise. Plus undue stress, and accompanying stress eating. When I gave up sugar for lent (a turning point which should have started my weight loss--but didn't) I realized that everytime an unpleasant task came up at work, I would procrastinate for 5 minutes by going to get a snack out of the vending machine. My only "reward" in my day-to-day was sweets or indulgences. I know better now. Everything in moderation is really the key--and getting in that gym!
  • PhoenixJoan
    PhoenixJoan Posts: 3
    Stress eating for sure... I am definintley an emotional eater. Growing up, my parents were more concerned with the quanitity of food they could get versus the quality of food we kids ate. I had moon pies, tter tots and corn dogs almost every day. Any processed food, soda, and chips that you could get in quantity at a warehouse wholesaler.
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