How did y'all gain your weight?

Funsoaps
Funsoaps Posts: 514 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I gained mine in my twenties and for years did not know what was going on because I ate good ( or at least that's what I thought) ,and worked out regularly, I a gained a massive amount of weight from thyroid issues. I had previosly went from my normal 175 to 216 during my pregnancy and down to 160 after that only to gain way more from complications due to my thyroid and eating a high carb, high soy diet...soy is my enemy apparantly.

I'm done with excuses, I know what works for me and now I'm going to be my normal, athletic, fit yet curvy self again...
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  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    Drinking mountain dew out of 2-liter bottles :)
  • SirBen81
    SirBen81 Posts: 396 Member
    I did it with purpose. 5x5 strength training program and 3,500 calories per day.
  • erby2283
    erby2283 Posts: 13
    Birth control. If I had to do it all over again, would never go on depo provera or the patch EVER!
  • Francesca3162
    Francesca3162 Posts: 520 Member
    kids, traveling for work, thyroid issues, steroids from MS relapse etc etc...

    But that is the past and no more excuses!!!!!
  • MrsAlcalde
    MrsAlcalde Posts: 261 Member
    Stuffing my face....when I got out of college, I got a really good paying job but the hours were hectic, so I would eat out ALL the time, every meal of every day was something already made from some restaurant or another. Oh and plenty of sweets
  • mayerel
    mayerel Posts: 254 Member
    Eating.
  • a2902c
    a2902c Posts: 96
    went from 120 to 200. Law school + unemployment.
  • BlessedMomX2
    BlessedMomX2 Posts: 241 Member
    In my teens. I had a very abusive life, and turned to food as a comfort
  • genablue
    genablue Posts: 52 Member
    I'm an emotional eater and was always going to "start" Monday......it would start out good and then one little mess up and I was done for the day, told myself you blew today start tomorrow, tomorrow i would blow it and then it was might as well finish out this week and then MONDAY START.....obviously my START MONDAY'S came and went for years....

    I gained and lost for so long, I finally have realized if I "mess up" or what I think is a mess up I can get right back on it...before I couldn't..........
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    I got comfortable and had 2 kids and went through depression. :<
  • janni73
    janni73 Posts: 1
    Dealing with anxiety and just sitting and not excerising....
  • Funsoaps
    Funsoaps Posts: 514 Member
    Birth control. If I had to do it all over again, would never go on depo provera or the patch EVER!


    People do not realize how important hormones are!...my thyroid and what I ate messed my hormones
  • mistymamas
    mistymamas Posts: 36 Member
    Starbucks every morning. 500 calories. No Bueno :(
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    I overate.
  • stretch0823
    stretch0823 Posts: 35 Member
    Beer chips and more Beer:drinker:
  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    Stopped playing sports after college, but still ate like I was in season.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Eating too much and being lazy....
  • laynunugawa
    laynunugawa Posts: 108 Member
    I'm 5' 5". I gained weight from having children and my thyroid as well. I went from 128lbs to 215lbs after my first kid and 145lbs to 216lbs with my second kid. I have my thyroid under control now and use it as an excuse to get healthier and more fit.

    my goal is to in between 133-138lbs and I know that I can do it!
  • jonnyb62
    jonnyb62 Posts: 426
    I ate too much.
  • SwtMelissa86
    SwtMelissa86 Posts: 165
    Genetics, eating, laziness....
  • lizzie82088
    lizzie82088 Posts: 12
    Dramatic shift in metabolism. Hit incredibly suddenly at age 22. It was traumatic.
  • angeliis02
    angeliis02 Posts: 103 Member
    I've always been big but in the past few months I:
    ~stopped taking my thyroid meds properly
    ~went on prednisone
    ~quit taking my birth control pills

    all of those along with having a fast food addiction and I put on 15 pounds in a hurry, putting me back to my highest weight in 5 years.
  • happyhaunt
    happyhaunt Posts: 180 Member
    Stress and depression led me to binge eating :(
  • jonnyman41
    jonnyman41 Posts: 1,032 Member
    well the obvious is eating more than I burned but the factors of getting older and still eating the same, (I am in my 40s and for woman there is a reduction in fat burning anyway) changing to a home based job with travel across the country (meaning no movement most days followed by eating bad food from sandwich stands) and kids growing up so no longer running all round the place after them. Even having a slightly tidier house now that they are adults means less activitiy for me.
  • crimznrose
    crimznrose Posts: 282 Member
    Had preterm labor at 5months along with my 1st child, then got put on bed rest for months. Gained 80lbs with that child. Then after my 2nd went on depo for 5 years. Could lose a pound even if I starved myself.
  • shelbynicole32
    shelbynicole32 Posts: 179 Member
    Birth control. If I had to do it all over again, would never go on depo provera or the patch EVER!

    Oh my goodness YES, I know the feeling!
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Very slowly, over fifteen years of marriage and a desk job. I gained 3-4 pounds a year over 15 years. One day, I woke up 39 years old and 50 pounds overweight! LOL

    To put it in mathematical terms... basically, I got there by overeating an average of ONLY 30-40 calories more than my TDEE each day, and doing nothing to nip the gain in the bud.

    This happened despite the fact that I was a regular exerciser and an overall healthy person.

    It's kind of scary how easily the pounds can creep up on you!
  • Funsoaps
    Funsoaps Posts: 514 Member
    Me too, it's the past...I can't make any more excuses, I am knowledgeable about how to lose wt with thyroid conditions, so there are no more excuses.

    kids, traveling for work, thyroid issues, steroids from MS relapse etc etc...

    But that is the past and no more excuses!!!!!
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    I used my 2 year old as an excuse for the shape I had gotten into. I have never in my life been overweight before, and although I look okay (normal BMI, okay BF%), I'm not okay with how I look and how unfit I've become.
  • coyoteo
    coyoteo Posts: 532 Member
    I had an eating disorder in high school, so I already sucked at eating healthy, then I started using depo provera and gained 75 terrible pounds. Then I just kinda gave up. Getting my *kitten* back together now though. :)

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