How did every 1 gain weight

eating alot of carbs and calories and being inactive

After high school and moving out of my mom's house, I was home a lot more during the day which meant I was bored a lot which meant I was eating a lot. I put on a good 10 to 15 lbs that way. And I gained approximately 40 to 50 pounds during my pregnancy and only lost about 20 of it afterwards. So now I'm hoping to lose 30 and get back down to the weight I was in high school.

A doctor told me that my baby had autism and I pretty much stopped caring about myself and the way I looked. To this day we are not sure about autism, some experts say no. But he did have apraxia and could not communicate at all until he was 4 and even then you could hardly understand him. Now he is seven now and while his speech is not perfect, I know someday it will be, someday soon. That gives me peace of mind enough to focus on myself as well as my family. When he is okay, I am okay.

bipolar meds and a pretty bad poor college student style diet for 3 years.

A combination of leaving the Air Force (and thus mandatory physical training), going to school full-time for engineering, and having a high-stress full-time job. With 40 hrs/wk spent on school and 60+ hrs/wk spent on work, I just didn't have time or energy to work out or make healthy meals. Because of the sleep loss, I was eating more and my body was out of balance. I only ended up gaining about 10 lbs over the past year and a half, but I lost a lot of muscle during that time as well.

I'm now trying to get back into healthier habits--working out regularly again, building up muscle, and eating delicious, healthy food--and so far it's going well!

A doctor told me that my baby had autism and I pretty much stopped caring about myself and the way I looked. To this day we are not sure about autism, some experts say no. But he did have apraxia and could not communicate at all until he was 4 and even then you could hardly understand him. Now he is seven now and while his speech is not perfect, I know someday it will be, someday soon. That gives me peace of mind enough to focus on myself as well as my family. When he is okay, I am okay.

((((((((((I understand what you mean about "when he is okay, I am okay" Bless your heart!))))))))))))

A doctor told me that my baby had autism and I pretty much stopped caring about myself and the way I looked. To this day we are not sure about autism, some experts say no. But he did have apraxia and could not communicate at all until he was 4 and even then you could hardly understand him. Now he is seven now and while his speech is not perfect, I know someday it will be, someday soon. That gives me peace of mind enough to focus on myself as well as my family. When he is okay, I am okay.

((((((((((I understand what you mean about "when he is okay, I am okay" Bless your heart!))))))))))))

Your story almost made me cry.(do tears in my eyes count?) (((hugs))) Its hard to be a mama sometimes.

3 babies in 4 1/2 years, with 15 leftover pounds each. Single momhood for 20 years and all those stresses. Night shift ICU RN- totally messes with your body. Inactive due to exhaustion. Now it is time for ME!

I've always been overweight even as a child. My mom bought my clothes in the chubby's department at Sears. I think it's gotten worse since the doctor put me on meds that cause weight gain. I lost 25 pounds 2 years ago and have stalled for a year. I have done everything to try to break the stall but have only gained the weight back. I am so discouraged but I can't quit because than think how big I will be. I will just keep exercising and trying to eat right and pray to God that something works. I can't get the scale to budge it only goes up but I am dropping sizes. I've gone from a 20 women's to a 16 women's so I guess with all the exercise I am toning up. But I would give anything to weigh 199 or below. I only want to get to 180 and just can't seem to get there. sigh

Hi my name is Glenbabe and I am a foodaholic :noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I was in a stressful relationship and ate myself happy:sick:

The most obvious answer would be having 3 kids. BUT...I can't put it all on that either. I just started eating what i wanted cause I was at home with babies all the time. I kind of got bored and the food was always around. Most of the time it was cookies, chips and all of that. I also think that having surgery last year didn't help much. Now to get back to how I was...or better than I was 10 years ago.

I started gaining a bit of weight after I hit puberty, then when I was 16 my family and I went to England, Italy, Ireland for six weeks and then surprise surprise I came home and needed a new school uniform lol I was so shocked at how much I gained as I really didn't notice it with the traveling :-( Then after I left high school and went to Uni, we had a mall&food court only a few minutes walk away so me and my friends always used to eat out, also because they didn't have regular breaks around proper meal times we would end up not eating anything for hours and then get hungry and binge and my weight went up again :-(

I was overweight as a child. I did the unforgivable by being a female who sucked her thumb. Was teased incessantly even by my parents. Lost weight at puberty. Did fine until married in which my husband cheated on me 2 times, was an alcoholic, and I raised 3 babies by myself. My parents were very demanding of my time and then my husband was killed in a car crash. All this to say: With each emotional trauma I packed on another 20 - 30 pounds. Now it is time for me to shine.

Metabolism got all messed up from being so sick when I was 16. I got pregnant with my daughter and was so sick from "morning sickness" that I couldn't eat or drink, I lost almost 40 pounds in less than 3 months and had to be on an iv for 3 weeks straight and then when I was all better I ate everything in sight and gained 70 pounds the last 5 months of my pregnancy and had a 10 pound baby that I almost lost in the beginning....What a blessing that girl was and still is to this very day (she is almost 11 now)
So that messed with my metabolism and also I was a crack addict for 2 years and barely ate for those 2 years. Needless to say I have messed up my body and need to get it fixed :grumble: