Why did you gain weight?

I think so many of us can relate to this!

Lots of reasons, including coming off a strong appetite suppressent (prescribed!). But mainly I got knocked down hard several times in a very short time period, and I finally just gave up. I gave up on the world and most of all on people. I said screw you guys, I'm done. And I was done. For years. Now I think I'm getting some fight back, though. I'm off the mat, anyway.

i give up smoking, and had a couple of kids. Was so busy looking after everyone else did not look after myself.

so many reasons
1. health reasons I got fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypothyroidism. The meds caused me to gain weight. I quit exercising and over time I quit moving because of the pain.
2. Due to the weight gain caused by the above I became depressed and started comfort eating
3. I was so busy trying to take care of everyone else that I let myself go and just gave up

I honestly believe most of my weight gain come from emotional wounds of some serious sexual abuse I faced growing up.(later caused me an eating disorder) It might sounds strange but I felt safe with the weight. I am still very modest with my clothes and am learning that the fat doesn't keep me safe.

i gained weight on my last pregnancy, i had a boy and was so sick the whole time, i was eating to keep from throwing up. ( weird but it worked) i gained 45 lbs. I've been exercising for 12 weeks, i got the depo shot and it's stalled my progress, that sucker will wear off in two more weeks, I've never been so excited, i can finally lose the weight!! I've been doing Jillian's ripped in 30(completed) and the 30 day shred ( 3 days left). I'm a lot stronger and can see some definition, but my belly is still there. But not for long!!

i gained weight because i forgot to put the fork down.
lol
with me it was i lost my job and a family member etc

I figure I gained a stone per year of doctorate. I've got two, which took me seven years in total of sitting at a desk too much, too often, for too long, while eating whatever got me through at the time, and very likely drinking too much, too.
I knew it at the time, but thought "whatever gets you through..."
On the whole, I think it might have been worth it, but gods, it's hard work losing even some of it *wheeze*

I started snacking from 5pm until I went to bed at night and the habit took its toll.

Hrmm, I'm kind of long winded so don't mind me.

I was overweight since I was in elementary school. I think it started as a combo of having asthma and low self esteem. I couldn't do many sports and because I couldn't run (due to breathing issues) so I was almost always the last one picked in gym class. I was sick ALL the time and missed so much school too. So, I became a loner. I just didn't have time to develop the friendships and social skills I should have. I then used food to make myself happy.

I grew out of my asthma at 11 years old but I continued to be inactive and eat too much. My mom was never around after she divorced my stepfather when I was 12. Her exact words "Its time for me to live my life" and my sister (age 14) and I were old enough to start taking care of ourselves. So, being kids, we ate whatever we wanted. When my mom was home, she felt so guilty she would buy us anything we wanted to eat. (aka food as a reward) When I was 16 I moved out on my own. I ate even worse....
I did do very well on my own though. I finished school, I held a job, I went to college...

I was a size 14 jean at 12 years old, a size 18 jean at 16 years old and a 22 jean at 20 years old. At 31 ( around 2 years ago), I was almost in a size 24 jean

1.5 years ago I decided to change my life. I ate better and I exercised

Today, I am a size 12. I have lost 10 jean sizes.

Thankfully, I married my soul mate when I was 20 and he stuck with me through everything! He has always been supportive and loving towards me no matter what I looked like. He helped me gain my self esteem, confidence and I learned to love myself. I have never been a better person then I am right now. I am so healthy inside and out and he had a major part in that. I am so grateful.

'If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." - Marilyn Monroe

Pure laziness, eating too much and then just sitting on my backside!!

I've always been a bit bigger, through school I could never seem to keep my weight down, then went to college, joined weight watchers and managed to lose about 2 stone. However, I then went to University, and absolutely hated where I lived so comfort ate my way through the first year and even when I moved somewhere else the bad habit continued and over the course of 3 years I put on 4 stone! You forget how hard it is to lose it again when you''re sat gorging.....

Well I have always been over weight, my lowest adult weight is 250 pounds. But in November of 2008, my best friend and I were in a car accident and she lost her life. And I believe that event played a big role in why I put on 65 more pounds. I was an emotional wreck and I had a badly bruised leg so I couldn't move for about 1.5 weeks. But the emotional toll was the worst, I could barely do anything for about a year.

I gained weight at first due to bullying at school. I'd come home and everynight i'd sneak up bags of crisps and chocolate and cry myself to sleep while binging on the snacks, i became chubby from an early age. I started to become very overweight when i got depression around the age of 13, and then by the time i was 15 i had shown signs of PCOS, which was confirmed. Due to that (and poor eating habits) I gained weight VERY quickly and became obese. And now, here i am fighting for a healthy life and not letting the fat beat me!

When my general health goes down, my weight goes up. I started to gain a little when my foot had a bunion on it, because I didn't want to be on my feet, and I became less active overall.

I gained some more when I got diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I just wanted to eat and take a lot of naps, because I had no energy to do anything else.

I got even bigger when I had a lot of migraines, because every movement I made caused me to feel dizzy. Working out while hallucinating just isn't safe, let alone fun. I couldn't recover from a workout, because I couldn't sleep right. I ended up taking lots of prescriptions, with lots of side effects, and one of those side effects involved weight gain.

Now that I'm off most of the meds and feeling better in general, my activity levels are going up, and the weight is coming off. It was a long struggle for a couple years just to feel ok, let alone lose weight.