Why are you fat???

It is a combination of things. I never lost all the baby weight I gaines. I think I held on to the last 10 lbs and stayed there for about 10 years. I then got a mirena and at the same time stoped smoking. I gained another 45 lbs.
I went to the gym 5 days a week and ate only 1500 cals a day for 2 years. I recently forund out that the Mirena is a major contributor to my weight gain and it makes it almost impossible to lose the weight once it comes on. I am having it removed next month and once my body is back on a regular cycle, I should see some loss.
I also have a naturaly slow matabelism(?) so my doctor wants to run a complete blood panel 6 months after removal. For thoes who don't know, Mirena is the IUD version of Deppo, and Deppo is famous for weight gain. Wish I knew that before I got it.

Well it started when I was 16. Mom got sick. I got stuck in a forgin land (Germany), depresion, and then went to high school for the first time.

Everything combined was well, the way I gained weight.

I also quit riding.

I'm fat for many reasons..I honestly don't ever remember being anything but fat. I know when I was three I had heart surgery and since then just keep getting bigger. Growing up I was always made fun of so I'd turn to food I also ended up being molested for awhile and again turned to food to help fill my void. For me its always been something, it use to be food than self harm than smoking, drinking, drugs than back to food. I lost some weight around the time I got married that was mainly due to constantly being on the go and not remembering to eat (school, work etc) after getting married I got an extremely sedatary job. I literally sit in one spot all day long that I'm not allowed to leave unless someone relieves me, I hate this job because of my management but I need it so being depressed and bored I began eating and eating a LOT. I've been better about eating healthier and not as much except when it comes to sweets they are my weakness. I only drink water and milk so sweet drinks are not a problem its more ice cream, cookie dough that kind of thing. That's why I'm fat

Pretty sure my problem isn't what I eat, but how much. I'm pretty greedy. Also it's been hard to work out with a back injury. But I'm going to begin the 30 Day Shred hopefully Tuesday. Kinda tired of looking like this

I am fat for a lot of reasons. I have a hormonal imbalance caused by PCOS that I have been dealing with since I was in my teens. Carry all my weight in the middle part of my body. Never was a skinny kid but didn't really eat a lot of junk because my family had a garden. So I learned to love veggies and other foods..just never had much portion control. Snuck food constantly when I was a kid at my grandparents because she always complained that I ate too much..and then she would get made when we didn't clean our plates. Kind of a double edged sword either way. As I became older, I dealt with emotional eating after my parents divorce and not as much exercise. I was the indoor - I will clean house kind of girl as opposed to lets go outside kind of girl. And laziness too I am sure has a lot to do with it.

It is a combination of things. I never lost all the baby weight I gaines. I think I held on to the last 10 lbs and stayed there for about 10 years. I then got a mirena and at the same time stoped smoking. I gained another 45 lbs.
I went to the gym 5 days a week and ate only 1500 cals a day for 2 years. I recently forund out that the Mirena is a major contributor to my weight gain and it makes it almost impossible to lose the weight once it comes on. I am having it removed next month and once my body is back on a regular cycle, I should see some loss.
I also have a naturaly slow matabelism(?) so my doctor wants to run a complete blood panel 6 months after removal. For thoes who don't know, Mirena is the IUD version of Deppo, and Deppo is famous for weight gain. Wish I knew that before I got it.

I'm so afraid of this. I've had BC problems for years - they either cause migraines or cause stomach cramping or uncontrollable weight gain, etc. But I have hormonal issues, and my fiance and I are not ready to have children...so after talking with my OB we decided to go with Mirena and see if it works. I'm MORE afraid of chronic migraines than I am of weight gain, but I am TERRIFIED that I'm going to start gaining weight or just not be able to move the fat that's already on there.

I know I'm fat because I don't eat right - too much bad food, not enough good food. Plus last year I was in a car accident and I ended up with a back injury that took a few months to get better. By the time I was able to work out more regularly I'd put on about 20 lbs +, and I went into a really stressful semester of school. Between eating too much, not working out enough, and eating all the bad stuff I've managed to pack on about 30 lbs since this time last year. ACK!

I know what I need to do, but I'm weak. I lack self control and motivation some days. I want to feel good about myself, but keep self sabotaging. I'm hoping that I can overcome it and really get on track again! With 30 lbs to lose it's much more daunting than it has been in the past!

This time around I am fat because of graduate (nursing) school.... I lost 75lbs and was so HAPPY. I met the man who I am currently married to got super comfortable with diet and exercise and next thing I know I have gained back 90lbs and became and emotional eater. Some people smoke...others drink...I EAT when stressed. So that is why I am fat for now.

I eat too much and I don't exercise near enough...

Yeah, that about sums it up.

all my excuses are on my profile but a few of them include
- fat family
- desk job
- hypothyroidism
- pregnancy.

And yet here I am, succeeding at being healthy. Those excuses mean NOTHING to me anymore!

I've been overweight my whole life. Grew up in a household where healthy food was never an option. It was take out, canned, processed, sugary crap. I learned early that this is how you eat. Once I hit my late teens i had a significant event happen in my life that caused me to be depressed. I self soothed by eating crap. I saw a pic when i was 21 (2001) and realized i needed to lose weight. Lost 100lbs. Got pregnant (twice) and am now needing to lose around 20. I really don't have an excuse now. I ate too much when i was expecting and exercised too little. But I'm on my way now.

I've been fat since my daughter was about a year old. She's 16 now.

When she was 16 months old, I started taking an antidepressant and gained over 30 lbs in a year. I'm not kidding. That put me at around 180.

I switched to a different anti depressant and lost 20, putting me around 160.

Got engaged, moved across country, relationship imploded and I was again a single parent.

Did ok for a couple of years, staying at around 160.

Then got depressed again. Started taking different meds. Gained, sat on my @ss, stopped working out, stopped walking, stopped almost everything.

A couple of times, I started working out, and would do ok for a few weeks, maybe a couple of months, but didn't make much progress and would quit. Also, I never really addressed the food side of the equation. I'd try to eat "cleaner" but I'd never really count calories.

My highest ever recorded weight was 199.6 at the doctor's office last June.

In October, I started having near-constant gallbladder attacks, and had it removed in November. In the course of all the pre-surgery tests, I found out I am insulin-resistant. Last month, my mother was diagnosed diabetic.

I talked to my doctor and got into a weight loss program through the V.A. and actually started counting calories for the first time ever.

So far, so good.

it started when i meet my husben he was a juckfood eatter so he got me hooked so put on 10lbs +, then we got married put 10lbs + more. year later got pregnant with my first gain 60lbs then had my little boy dropped 25lbs he turn one found out i pregnant again with my daughter gain 45lbs and went up 210. my eatting happens never change once i became pregnant so that why gain so much with both my kids i did a little better with my daughter because i was broader line preeclampsia. being 5'2" at 210 my body killed me!so after i had her and i was lease at 6 weeks afterward i start on my weight lost journey and end up here i think feb this year... 65lbs lighter!

cheese, ice cream, chocolate, huge portions and lots of it...that's it

don't really have a reason...I was just too lazy to cook my own food & exercise! Thank God those days are behind me though :-)

I'm super lazy and I love food.