Why are you fat???

I eat too much and exercise too little!

This really is the bottom line in most cases, including mine. That's why eating less and moving more is so damn effective.

A couple reasons I guess. Depression, sleep and anxiety medication (Seroquel makes you less of a human and more of a zombie) I had a sit down job and didn't realize how much I was eating and how big i was getting. I gained 40 pounds during that stage. Lost about 25 of it and gained back almost half of that when I dated my ex cause we sat around and ate alot. Never letting that happen again.

After my hubby got cancer I focused on him Nd then having a family. Forgot to take care of myself and realized I can't help others if I don't care for myself!

Plus I hate veggies and meat. Love sweets and junk food!

I have always been overweight since I was a child as I'm a comfort food eater but when I weighed myself in November what I saw gave me the shock of my life. I hadn't realized just how much I had let myself go when I saw that I weighed 209 pounds so I got on the Wii and tried to dance to Just Dance 3. I have very little or no coordination so it did look very comical to anyone watching me. Anyway after a couple of weeks I weighed myself on the Wii which I know isn't very accurate and I had lost 4 pounds!! Yippee I thought to myself and that was when I joined MFP at the end of November and have lost a further 5 pounds so far since joining.

The slimmest I have ever been was for my wedding 22 years ago when I weighed 126 pounds and that is what I am aiming to get to again and I'm getting there slowly but surely but it is very hard work.

Guess because I lack self-control! Working on it...

The reason I'm fat. I gave up on myself. Pure and simple. I didn't think I was good enough to really put any effort into my health. Depression, mood swings and all that didn't help. I felt sick all the time, even when I would hit the gym for two months, I didn't loose weight. Then I found out I had Celiacs Disease (gluten/wheat allergy), and a candida infestation in my intestines(craving sugar like no other). I've taken way too many antibiotics in the last four years, so I needed the healthy stuff back in.

Then to my surprise weight started falling off as soon as I stopped eating wheat, sulfides, stopped using floride (which can cause hypothyroid) went on the candida diet, followed by the paleo diet. I felt like I broke a curse. I started believing in myself again. That was two months ago. Now I'm 20 lbs lighter and still losing.

My history went like this: ALways struggled with wieght and gained more from emotional/stress eating..Got very healthy in college..went on Birth control right before I got married(screwed up my hormones!!!!!)...which led to weight gain-got depressed about the said weight gain...got pregnant--lost weight went through some traumatic events-emotional eating again--another baby--went back to work--had little time to workout--went through financial crisis---got pregnant again thinking our security of a job was there--job loss in the middle of the thrd pregnancy--emotional and stress eating..well, eating high carb meals bc they could be bought in bulk....now Im here..on this web site and I joined a gym and have a handful of obtainable goals: )

- Got married. I don't eat alone, so when I am in a relation, I eat more. My husband likes to cook and won't give up "bad" cooking habits as frying food and the like.

- Moved to the US. In Germany I only had access to a limited amount of fast food. The US is fast food paradise and on every corner is another one, and of course I had to try them all!

- Quit smoking. Did not change my eating habits, but it seemed that the pounds came flying.

- Went from a job were I had to stand 4 to 5 hours a day to being unemployed enjoying the TV program for 4 to 5 hours a day *lol*

- Enjoy food way too much! I have too many foods I can't leave alone when they are around, and my husband tends to "spoil" me with a cupcake here, an empanada there, going out to eat several nights a week.

After all, not enough self discipline and lacking the motivation to lose. But after reaching size 12 I told myself this is the end of the upslope and something has to give . In this case, my butt needs to get off the couch more.

Never had to watch what I ate as a teen, but then I got married and had four babies.

You mean "large framed" a nicer terminology..... or i should say politically correct way to say it... oh whatever it is.....hahhahahaha

Eating too much sweeeetttiiiieeeessssss....

I was just curious about the different reasons some of us are fat...ahem...excuse me...I mean overweight or in my case OBESE (according to BMI).
My reasons are as follow: Over the last 4 years I started a relationship, quit smoking (HOORAY FOR ME but here comes the fat), planned a wedding, went on a honeymoon cruise (they feed you SOOO much), got married, then pregnant (actually the pregnancy came just before the wedding, but who's counting), finished everything my pregnant wife couldn't eat (morning sickness), stop working out altogether (but continued to pay them :huh: ), finished everything my toddler wouldn't eat, and bing eating. WOW!!! So that's why I'm fat. What's your deal???

My health which has seemed to deteriorate since having my daughter, snapped out of it some what then I had my son which made things worse. Had a nervous breakdown, found out I have fibromyalgia and M.E. which then I turned to food to make me feel better. now I have high Cholesterol... so it's really time to kick the bad habits.

I quit smoking (YEAH for me) and I like rum. I am going to give that up.

I've been overweight my whole life. I was first aware of it when I was 12. My mom cooked healthy foods but I was prone to sneaking food and snacking, and the moment I was able to cook for myself it was usually in huge - really huge - quantities. I ate too fast and wanted the good feeling from tasting food to last, so I would eat a LOT.

I lost a lot of weight after going away for a month-long acting seminar, where meals were cooked for me - but even then I would run away on quiet nights, get boxes of cookies and chips, and binge. Despite that, I lost seven pounds that month, thanks to the activity and the healthy food I was eating otherwise. After that I started paying attention to what I was eating - I wrote everything down, I paid attention to portions, and I lost forty pounds.

Then I slowly gained it all back and then some after my girlfriend moved in with me. It's not her fault, but we were going through a life change. First we were excited to be together so we'd go out to eat all the time, then we were unemployed and depressed so we'd eat crap, then we were both employed for the worst paper-delivery company in the world (under investigation now for abuse of employees and illegal business practices) and not only did we have to get our meals at 2AM at gas stations, we ate to try and escape from our truly miserable lives. We were poor, we were stressed, and we were worked seven days a week with no days off and no way to call out sick - and despite being treated badly, we convinced ourselves to stay there because we were so desperate for the paycheck and we thought we had no other options. And when we came home, we were so miserable and exhausted that exercise was the LAST thing we wanted.

Food is absolutely an indulgence for me - and when I'm stressed or upset or feeling like I need to "let loose", I will eat and eat and not stop until I'm sick. And even once I'm sick, I'll even eat some more. Sometimes if I don't binge I get twitchy and whiny and obsessive about food. It's definitely compulsive overeating, right down to grabbing a snack at the CVS next door and shoving it in my mouth before I get home so my girlfriend doesn't know I ate it (even though it's not like she would care). These cravings and feelings go away when I exercise and calm down in other ways - like not procrastinating.

I also have PCOS, and with that comes insulin resistance and ... yeah. There are a lot of reasons for my being fat, but most of it has to do with eating obscenely large quantities of food and eating when I'm not hungry. Keeping a food diary is the ONLY thing that helps me realize what I'm eating and the only thing that helps me lose weight.

I just am....children, divorce, laziness, etc contributed but it's my fault overall.

I became fat after I had my daughter and fell into a depression due to undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder and because of a boyfriend who was abusive and neglectful. I have since gotten out of that relationship and am happily married, with a job, and going to school for psychology. I'm not in a toxic environment anymore and it has motivated to make myself a better person.