So why are you fat??

Um.... because I like food!!! :noway:

as I got older and less active... it became an issue :sad: But, totally dealing with that now :bigsmile:

while growing up, we NEVER had food in the house. When I started working, I would eat out at the Chinese buffet. I felt I was getting my money's worth. Unfortunately, the Chinese buffets are highly addicting. Regular food buffets... could care less about. Eventually, they made me fat and sick and I HAD to stop going. The few times a year that I do slip up, it makes me sweat and belch all day, and wreaks havoc on my digestive system. Not worth it.

I still have problems with eating "regular foods" just by eating too much... I am a work in progress and 90% of my problem is I don't drink enough water.

I got fat because apparently as you get older you can't eat the same way you did when you were younger! Pfft... who knew!? :noway:

But yea, I'm on the right track now so yaay me!

Went from a high stress, always on my feet running around job in retail to a desk job. I was stuffing junk food and eating like crap when I had the time to, but was losing weight while eating said crap because 1) couldn't eat as often due to work, 2) was burning calories like crazy being on my feet 9-10 hours a day running around, plus the occosional lifting of heavy boxes.

I quit and got a desk job at a call center and you could tell how many years the other people had been there by how big they had gotten. There was always cake, or chili dog or taco parties! That on top of the stress of taking calls for people on medicaid made it so easy for people to gain weight.

Then I got a low stress receptionist job and have a lot more time & energy on my hands. What did I do? Certainly didn't start working out! Started cooking!!! Good delicious cooking, but not very low-fat. Honey-Dijon Almond Chicken, Parmesan Herb Crusted Tilipia, Ribeye marinated in Rum or Scotch.

well, just in case the Mayans were right, i wanted to be prepared and have storage in my body

bad eating habits; instant noodles and bubble teas are my weakness. I used to eat a lot of fried chicken. And I used to hate exercising. And I was lazy... still am but.. not THAT lazy. :P

My weight came on gradually over about a ten year period. When I graduated from high school I weighed about 160 and was 5'10, probably a size 10 or 12. I went from being active (basketball, track, band practice) to nothing. I gained 25 lbs over a few years. Then I got married, worked a desk job after college full time, and had a kid a few years later. I didn't gain pregnancy weight, but when I stopped breastfeeding I put on 25 lbs between Kid #1 and Kid #2. Then I did the same between Kid #2 and Kid #3......I was at 235 lbs for awhile then somehow sneaked all the way up to 262. That was my highest weight. My body stabilized at about 240 lbs - seemed to like that weight. And I just didn't do anything about it until I decided to join karate and got frustrated with not being able to do what everyone else could do. My husband was fit and healthy and a black belt and I was a lump of lard, and I was mad and felt like I just wasn't living to my full potential. I don't know why it took my fifteen years to do something about it. My biggest regret is living that way for so long.

I suffered 5 miscarriages, became extremely depressed. Began eating to make me happy and gained 60 pounds. When I finally got to a point in my life where I was ok and became happy, I continued to eat, just because it had become my way of life. This is why I am fat.
P.S. I dont like to exercise, so that doesn't help either!

Food is delicious and exercise is hard work. Gluttony and sloth, two of my favorite sins.

Oh who am I kidding. "I'm a fan of all seven."

Wait? Is that the van from LOST on your weight loss ticker???

Food is delicious and exercise is hard work. Gluttony and sloth, two of my favorite sins.

Oh who am I kidding. "I'm a fan of all seven."

^^^^ Could have written this myself^^^^

i was a competing gymnast util the age of 18. i did kick boxing, swimming and dancing for fun and then when i tore my ACL it all stopped. only i carried on eating like an athlete! steadily over the past few years the weight crept on and i got much less fit and completely out of shape. So now i am determined to get back somewhere near i used to be and not freak out every time i need to find an outfit to fit me nicley

My ex fiance always fed me BK or McD's knowing I hated eating them, and I worked at a desk job with little time to exercise

what do you mean he fed you? were you his child or his fiance?

because my hips dont lie.

Why am I fat?

I was a lazy sloth for a long time with a desire for high calorie foods. Working out took too much time and effort. Eating bad food was fun.

The rest is history.

I was thin in high school and played sports. Joined the army. Was a professional wrestler. Stopped all that and ate like I was still involved in athletics. Gained 50 lbs in two months. The stretch marks will forever remind me of that. Got up to 272 lbs at my biggest. After my divorce dropped to 240 lbs. Am at 220 right now. (Need to be 205)

I'm not.

lol