How did every 1 gain weight

I gained when I recovered from anorexia the first time. Went from 118 to 128 in the blink of an eye. Time to lose it again.

junk food addiction coupled with an inability to define hunger/fullness (apparently an unfortunate side effect of alexithymia) unless I am extremely starving or extremely full.

I got married...

I was on depo, not really being active with going to the gym, and not caring about my portion size.

I was overweight as a kid, and it just got worse the older I got.

An injury to a vein in my groin was very easily aggravated and became painful. i slowly realised that i couldn't use my core, or my legs for anything more than walking a few hundred metres at a time, and carrying less than 5kg (preferably not up stairs).

In a year I put on 12 kgs (25 pounds?).

Additionally I had a major anxiety issue and spent about 2 months not really leaving my room and eating only the most simple carbs, so I put on about 4 of those kilos during this time. Oh, also started antidepressants (for anxiety).

Mad chocolate binges are never good, but they're really not good when you can't move much, haha. Other than that my portion control was usually good, total cals (back-estimating) were okay, and the quality of the food was usually not amazing but not terrible.

I gained weight by being obsessed with my weight. Then I gained more by developing an unhealthy diet of practically alcohol alone. Then I ate.

I just love food! All of it. Healthy, junk, fried, carbs........

Well, I was born at 7 lbs and a few ounces, and I ended up doubling my weight, oh, about 5 times plus a few pounds.

Seriously, I was about 135 lbs until high school, (I'm 5'7") gained a few pounds but still was all right through college. Graduated, got married a year later, was really into weight training, looked fantastic.

Moved to an area without friends or family, long commute, jobs I hated. Got pregnant, and lost all of the excess weight post-pregnancy. I still looked good. A few years later in another job I hated, got laid off, father died, had baby, all within a year. Weight was high, but still 70 lbs less than my highest.

Eventually, life kept dishing out difficult situations: Personal issues, dissatisfaction, job loss, new job with strange hours and a lot of stress, husband lost job, etc. That led to my all time high weight of 263. I'm down to 233 now, but am looking to lose another 95 lbs.

For me it was being unhappy in my relationship and forming bad habits like drinking too much and eating snacks when I got home from work. Now I have a no alcohol during the week rule, and I have formed good habits, like walking the dog or doing a half hour circuit when I get home from work.

2 babies and left my standing and running job to sitting on my *kitten* all day. And eating way to much. Netflix. Facebook.
And this outcome should not be suprising!!

So off it goes!!

My diet is generally good. I don't drink soda and hardly eat junk food. However, I wasn't paying attention to portions. I was eating as much as my 6 ft tall hubby and I'm nowhere near his height. Portion control is the biggest reason for the 25 pound weight gain. The other reason is I cut back on exercise after recovering from surgery.

I gained weight for the same reasons. Dating and marrying a man who is much bigger than me. Unfortunately, not only was I trying to keep up with a 6 foot man, but a man who is an overeater as well. My weight just kept piling on. I wish he would now want to follow my lead and try to eat gain a healthier lifestyle by changing eating habits.

My regular diet is great I know a lot about food but binge eating made me gain weight I had always done it but in the last year or so it has been more regular now once or twice a week so that has made me gain 20 pounds

I've always struggled with my weight and always stayed around 200 pounds. But, for a woman standing just 5ft 2 inches tall, that is a lot of extra weight to carry. 8 years ago, I moved to New Zealand and moved in with my then boyfriend. The relationship was very unhealthy and abusive. He was very verbally abusive and often put me down, because of my weight. I started eating more and more...and the more abusive the relationship became, the more I ate. I then started suffering from severe depression, which only made the binge eating even worse.
I ended up gaining over 100 pounds, hitting as high as 333 pounds, back October 2010. I let myself go; I stopped caring about myself and, in some ways, I feel like all the overeating was a weird form of self sabotage.


Late last year, I finally decided I needed to take control of my life and make changes. While me and this guy are still living together, we are not a couple- but living under the same roof as he does, proves to be challenging, but now it just fuels my motivation to lose weight even more. I no longer see each day as a prison sentence, but one day closer to being free and meeting my weight loss goals. I have decided that 2012 is my year- my year to change- to lose weight and move on with my life

How I got fat?

Initially -- 2 consecutive pregnancies followed by excuses and eating whatever junk I wanted, zero exercise.

Then -- 3 more pregnancies, 2 years apart. Went to college full time so we'll say the stress of classes and being a wife & mom, no time. Had 2 of those children during college so that was fun. Graduated Magna Cum Laude though so I call that a success.

Finally -- Eating crap, too much of it honestly and zero exercise left me fat, depressed, and feeling hideous.