How did y'all gain your weight?

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  • bigpopsonswole
    bigpopsonswole Posts: 12
    1 pound at a time
  • jackieatx
    jackieatx Posts: 578 Member
    For me, it was hormone issues. I gained from implanon, the birth control. I was 155 after giving birth to my son, and then after having implanon put in two months later, I started to feel awful. In three months I shot up to 170. I also lost a ton of hair. I had it removed almost a month ago, and ill tell ya, I've never felt better. The weight is finally coming off and i have energy again.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I stopped exercising but continued to eat as if I were still exercising regularly.
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    You know how people feel full and stop eating? Yeah, I didn't do that.
  • tweetybaby69
    tweetybaby69 Posts: 258 Member
    I ate CRAP instead of FOOD :ohwell:.....

    EatmoreFOODeatlessCRAP.jpg

    ^^this
  • jackieatx
    jackieatx Posts: 578 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!


    This makes me nervous! I'm about to switch birth control and I don't wanna gain weight. But I kinda heard that that's a myth. Are the hormones just giving you cravings to eat more or is it just the birth control itself that makes your weight go up?

    Depo and implanon are both progestin based birth control. Depending on your estrogen and progestrone levels, this might throw your hormones out of whack in a bad way. I don't even want to go into some of the gross side effects I had on implanon. There are low hormone options available, like seasonique, or non hormonal, like paraguard. Talk to your OB about your options
  • blackhawkgirl91
    blackhawkgirl91 Posts: 223 Member
    Bad choices and complete lack of exercise starting at a very young age, Kindergarten-ish, and I ballooned from there. I was 150 by 4th/5th grade, 250 by 8th grade, and 310 by the start of my freshman year in college (fall 2010). Between depression, anxiety, food addiction, low self-esteem, a bad break-up, and pure laziness, that's what happened. Doing much better now and am back to my 8th grade weight and feeling awesome :smile:
  • naswegan
    naswegan Posts: 9
    Um, I got lazy and ate...and did both a little too well.

    I always was an overachiever :o)
  • Ssicaaa
    Ssicaaa Posts: 15
    Not being an active (enough) child, junk food, milk and soda instead of water and the list goes on.
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    I got big due to lots of bored snacking. And huuuge portions of my meals. I always wanted to till I was super stuffed. Of course I mainly sat around and rarely moved.
  • tinanorris123
    tinanorris123 Posts: 1 Member
    Same here...So happy I quit smoking but still hard to find that happy place.
  • tnqnt
    tnqnt Posts: 397 Member
    Eating out 4-5 times a week... its a killer....
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    I was 28 and weighed 112 lbs. I quit smoking and had a partial hysterectomy.......................blew up like a fixed cat...........lol~
  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    After highschool since there was no more pressure to impress, HAHA. Plus I was bulimic and when I started eating again, my body went YAY. But I gained purely on dessert and dessert alone. I dont eat much savory foods, its the dessert and sugary drinks that caught up with me.
  • RobynDCrossman
    RobynDCrossman Posts: 252
    Eating food. ;p
  • Yunnieh
    Yunnieh Posts: 89 Member
    In my teens. I had a very abusive life, and turned to food as a comfort
  • tweetybaby69
    tweetybaby69 Posts: 258 Member
    Stress, depression, happy, sad, I would just eat especially sweets. There was one time that I age a whole 2 pound bag of skittles in one day and I yelled at the kids for eating them. Was skinny in my 20's and weighed less pregnant than I do now. Really wanted to make a change and start liking myself so here I am.
  • iamMaLisa
    iamMaLisa Posts: 278 Member
    COOKIES.... and being lazy !
  • jacque1129
    jacque1129 Posts: 113 Member
    I was a chunky kid, ate really fast and ate a lot. Then I started losing weight got to 142 and in 2 months time I gained 20 lbs comforting myself with junk food.
  • Jenncoc86
    Jenncoc86 Posts: 203 Member
    Food was a reward for everything, I mean everything.
  • nas24
    nas24 Posts: 880 Member
    Mostly emotional eating. I had years of messed up emotions that i should have got medical help for but instead i turned to weed to help me "disappear" and while i did that i ate and ate and ate, even when i wasn't stoned, i just ate for every emotion you could dream of. Im happy, lets eat, im sad, lets eat, and so on....
  • Hernandeak11
    Hernandeak11 Posts: 351 Member
    Drinking mountain dew out of 2-liter bottles :)

    This, but with Dr. Pepper.
  • SwimTheButterfly
    SwimTheButterfly Posts: 265 Member
    I gained 5 & 10 pounds a month for 7 years. Then had a miscarriage at 3months and gained more.. Then took care of my 85 year old mother before she died and got no sleep and felt trapped...then gained the rest. Now it is coming off. I feel free to recreate myself. I also quit smoking...in 2003. I started smoking when i lived in Spain for awhile. Also, desk job with long commute. Shoulder injury, I stopped working out.
  • nicolemarie0131
    nicolemarie0131 Posts: 7 Member
    The Depo Birth control is also what helped do me in!!
  • charm_quark
    charm_quark Posts: 304 Member
    I love food!
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    A lifetime of poor eating
  • Farrell76
    Farrell76 Posts: 6 Member
    Pregnancy
  • stacymama5
    stacymama5 Posts: 391 Member
    I was 112 pound until I get married for the 2nd time. I also went on birth control and in one year I went from 112 to 165. Oops!!
  • Pink_Tina
    Pink_Tina Posts: 164
    I got out of the military (Air Force) and it steadily started packing on over the years.
  • shbretired
    shbretired Posts: 320 Member
    I was walking 5-6 miles per day, when feet got injured from over use.

    Doctors said I had to quit the walking, instead of doing something else, I fell in a depressed slump for 10 years and let myself go.
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