How did you gain your weight?

I noticed when i hit the big 30, weight started to stick. My diet/lifestyle had not changed from what it was in my 20s so I am convinced it is age on my part. I believe when you reach a certain age, maintaining requires some work....

The short answer is

As a child -=terrible parenting + poor teachers at school + sedentary
As a teenager = terrible parenting + poor teaching + depression + sedentary
20's = depression + sedentary
30's & 40's = depression + sedentary + disability

Mostly I ate too much and moved too little.

I could probably find some way to blame it on something else if I tried hard enough.

Hi all.....I gained my weight by:

1. Not realizing how much our metabolism changed when we reach 40.
2. 10year battle with excruciating painful endometriosis. Life-threatening.
3. Good old-fashioned over eating.
4. Hormone medicine called Depo-Lupron which made me gain 40 pounds in 6 weeks. But saved my life.
5. Sedentary, never felt up to exercising for above reasons.
6. My husband is a chef. Went to a fancy culinary school.

I was a skinny kid. Then when my parents split up they would "treat" me to meals out, sweets after school. etc..So I became the fat girl. When I was about 12 my family joined a gym and I started going to Badminton, aerobics, swimming and circuit training classes. Lost the weight. When I was 14 my mum left and I started eating to fill the gap. Then while I was in sixth form I barely had to time to eat - but found an hour for the gym and 2 hours for walking every day so I lost alot of weight. Then I met my boyfriend and started the cosy nights in, takeaways, etc. And in 3 years have gained about 5 stone. I never really noticed my weight til about 2 years ago - it was never important. But I am battling with my willpower to lose this extra weight - and losing.

Type 1 Diabetes, lack of exercise, binge eating disorder.

Pregnancy! I am working on losing the post-baby weight so I can get pregnant again. I'm not willing to carry the weight into the next pregnancy. People in my family have done that and could never lose it. I'm tracking my calories so I can get out of the "pregnancy eating" mindset.

i was my heaviest when i graduated highschool (school even i am not that heavy.) my last 2 years where hell. i hated it. i didn't fit it. between that and my parents not cooking the healthiest i was in a bad place. then i went to college and that started a whole new chapter in my life. i dropped 72 lbs in 3 years there. instead of the freshman 15 i lost 20 my first year.

now i have had 2 kids in 3 years. so i have some baby weight i am trying to lose (but even 9 months prego i was not as heavy as i was when i graduated). i was doing really good was 9 lbs away from my goal and my son started to nurse less but i did not adjust my diet to account for not needing so many cals and gained back so weight.

I've always had a healthy diet just far too much of it

I'm pretty sure it those Italian subs from Safeway.

My husband.

Yeah that's right, I blame my husband. I do take responsibility for not doing anything to combat it.

My husband (or rather EX husband) has always been itty bitty (didn't hit 100 pounds until more than half way through high school). It was a very abusive relationship including him not eating anything I made at home (I went to culinary school and I made some darn good stuff) so we ate out a lot. He kept me isolated. He told me I could never join the Navy (he's active duty) because of my weight. I was 155 at our wedding, so already not my healthy weight but I looked good and I felt good. I had a miscarriage a year later and I was at just around 170. My stress levels were through the roof between him and working a job with 10-12 hour shifts. I was so unhappy. We separated 6 months later and I gained an extra 10 pounds in that 6 months. partly depression and partly depression meds (doc told me to stop eating so much, I was barely eating at all. side effect of meds? weight gain. caused more depression) Since our separation I've lost 15 pounds. No continuous work out (my self discipline is not what you would call helpful) but not for lack of trying. I got my control back. My power back, if you will. I stopped seeing the idiot doctor and found someone who took me switched my meds. I cooked at home more. I moved back in with my parents, and between us we cooked at home almost every night.

They say the best revenge is making yourself better. My husband stopped me from going to college. I'm about to finish my degree. I gained 30 pounds and stopped taking care of my self. I've lost 15 pounds and I'm the lightest I've been since before I found out I was pregnant. I've relearned how to stand up for myself, including my health.

So beyond my rant: stress and letting myself go.

Edit: We were married for less than 2 years)

I'd say a combination of things really...

Growing up I was always very tiny, I ate whatever I wanted, mostly junk food, but I guess my metabolism was just really good, I weighed about 90-95lbs in my senior year of highschool (no ED or anything, I was just one of THOSE people). I stayed this size until I was about 22 when my doctor decided to try to get some weight on me, after several months of working with a dietician and having "ensures" for snacks, I got up to 105 and stayed there until about two years ago when I

1) switched to a higher dose BC to treat endometriosis
2) settled into a relationship (more dinners out etc.)
3) took a desk job (as opposed to my previously pretty active retail job)

I'm now 31, i'm 5'2 and am up to about 130lbs, it's not a trend I would like to continue so here I am getting into better habits!

Freshman 30 - living in a dorm and the "cafeteria food" isn't all that great for you. And stress of course didn't help with my binge eating! Making healthier choices now that I live off campus!

pregnancies and being sedentary (hard to go out and do things with little ones so I stayed behind the tv or computer)