How did I get to be this big?

msleah88 · January 2012

Just a question I'm sure most people ask.

dmclifford91 · January 2012

I got this big from a love for food and a lessened care for myself, it's no longer okay to me and I am trying to break free of being stuck in this outter shell I have for myself and find the one best suited for me!

ggus64 · January 2012

Don't stress and obsess over how you got that big....what's done is done...you can't change the past but you CAN control the future. Look forward not behind...you can do it!!!!

shanahan_09 · January 2012

Don't stress and obsess over how you got that big....what's done is done...you can't change the past but you CAN control the future. Look forward not behind...you can do it!!!!

Well said!! This should be a mantra we all say to ourselves every morning!!

msleah88 · January 2012

its so easy to get caught up with everything else in life, but we tend to forget about number 1..which is YOU. Losing weight has became an emotional rollercoaster for me. When I'm stressed and worried..I lose weight easily. But when I "put my mind to it" ..I lose Nothing. Some kind of way I can tie that energy together and have better results.

Muffypuffy26 · January 2012

I love desserts!! Plus my husband is a great cook which actually turned out to be downfall, since I can't control myself.

msleah88 · January 2012

Thanks. We all can do this!:)

msleah88 · January 2012

Relationships seems to be a culprit of weight gain in some cases. Just saying

onedayillbamilf · January 2012

I can honestly say I have never asked myself this! I have, however, asked WHY I let myself get this big. I'm weird!

MSPINKDESIRE · January 2012

I used to ask myself the same question all the time. Before having my daughter at age 18, I was within the normal BMI range. When she was about 3 years old, my boyfriend and I moved in together. He was very fit and healthy before we moved in together. It seems as if we exploded overnight. He cooked a lot. We didn't go out to eat much, but we loved to eat. I guess once I reached a certain weight it was just too hard to lose it. 5 years after moving in together, we were both obese. It's definitely easier to lose weight when you don't have so much to lose. We shouldn't wait until we get to the point of (almost) no return.

kykykenna · January 2012

No one to blame but me! Not meds, not stress, not a condition.........just plain old hand to face.

sexycheesemonkey · January 2012

I know exactly how I got this big, and the only person I can blame is myself. Because I got lazy, even before I met my husband, and I was the one eating the foods I knew would eventually lead me to this. I dont ask how...but I do ask why I let myself do this. And yes it did get worse with my hubby, not because of him, but because I became accepting of the fact that he was somewhat excepting of the way I was. But dwelling on it wont make it better, which is why I'm here, trying to fix it. Undoing a lifetimes worth of damage is hard...but not impossible

NoAdditives · January 2012

I got this big because I had no understanding of my caloric/nutritional needs or of the importance of physical activity. I ate whatever I wanted and got lazy. My mom introduced me to foods like fried quesadillas, my grandma never regulated the amount of cheese I ate, everyone bought me Doritos and soda. The only nutritional advice I ever got was to "stop eating candy". While that was definitely a big part of the problem it wasn't the only thing wrong with my diet.

Now that I know better I limit my "bad" choices and I'm getting healthy so that I can be a good example for my children. My husband and I want to teach them the things we were never taught so that they can be healthy for their entire lives.

lori4013 · January 2012

I know I can only blame myself.....being unemployed for over a year and being lazy and eating more did it to me. UGH

Destinie589 · January 2012

Yea I have and decided that I ate way too much, never worked out, and in my own head I didn't think I was as big as I actually was. It wasn't until I started losing weight that I finally could see how big I was. I am still stunned to this day that I couldnt actually see that I was a heavy girl (5'6" 200lbs).

msleah88 · January 2012

lol..

chachita7 · January 2012

Depression and not knowing how valuable I really am.

AdrienneKaren · January 2012

I got big because I had a pituitary tumor. The severe hormonal imbalances made me gain weight (partially due to extreme fatigue) and impossible to lose the weight without starving myself. Now, my tumor is gone and I don't have so much of a problem...except when I see cookies.