What got you here?

So, those of us trying to lose weight are here because we love food.  Which item(s) are mostly responsible for your weight gain?

For me it is Coca Cola (leaded) and ice cream of any kind.

Lots and lots of fast food.

I'd say crescents and rich tea biscuits...those were the only things we had around, so there weren't many options :(

Eating too much of everything in sight, along with an absolutely terrible diet (cookies, cake, fast food, etc...).

For me, it was mostly being sedentary... although beer didn't help!

oh yeah...those soda pop beers like bacardi silver strawberry and Mikes hard lemonade are also a problem for me.

Inactivity, pizza, and ignorance.

Sedentary lifestyle, love of french fries, and a wicked sweet tooth.

1. Complete couch potato lifestyle.
2. A love of putting peanut butter on things that I shouldn't (cookies, chocolate bars, cheese, etc,) and using far too much of it.
3. Practicing no portion control whatsoever.
4. Being an emotional eater, which over the years, made it so I couldn't tell if I was actually hungry or emotional, and also couldn't tell when I was full until I was almost sick.

Pure ignorance.  I'm not going to try to make any excuses or assign any blame for me being overweight. 

Growing up I ate healthily, I was active, I was a bright student, but I was still fat.  Because, while I was a bright student, I wasn't bright enough to know those huge breakfasts my mom served me paired with the after school snacks and the three course dinners were way more calories than I needed to have.  I didn't know anything about portion control and grew up assuming however much cereal I put in my bowl was a single serving.  And I won't assign blame to my mother.  I didn't do ANYTHING to correct my ways until I was eighteen.

umm it wasnt really any specific food. it was more like : three years of anorexia and one year of out of control bulimia paired with working at starbucks, a horrible love/hate relationship with food, my parents and everything else in my life. i personally dont think food is the cause of unhealthy weight gain. i think there is a reason people eat too much and dont practice healthy eating habits. it could be depression or that they eat when they're stressed, or lonely or sad or whatever...but really....im fatter than i would like to be because i thought eating too much then getting sick was a valid way of dealing with my emotions. something ive heard a lot over the years is "food is just a symptom" and i firmly believe that.

Ignorance and emotional eating, plus general lack of control. It wasn't any one food's fault, I actually ate pretty healthy, just way too much. 

I am with dm84 on this one. I've always been a huuuuuuuuuuge eater whether it's healthy food or unhealthy food. My entire family is like that, and I think I was raised believed a "normal" portion is really 4 times larger than what's normal. Also very strong emphasis on "clean plate club" in my family.

And I love bad foods. I like healthy foods too but mmmmmm gimme a huge ole cheeseburger any day!!! And I am one of those people who will always like fast food. I don't eat nearly as much of it now but that's not because I think it's gross like some people. I wish I felt that way!! It just tastes sooooooo durn good.

These days it's emotional eating that is to blame. Because I know better but at times I do it anyway. Loneliness, boredom, happy, p*ssed off, whatever. Sometimes I find myself thinking "taco bell will fix this feeling!!" which is how I used to think about drinking (but I don't drink anymore).

A lifestyle change. I went from being an active college student to a sedentary adult and my diet didn't change for the better, if anything it got worse.

Cheese, peanut butter, alcohol, laziness, eating for comfort instead of dealing with emotions.

Peanut butter, cereal, and candy... 

Lack of portion control coupled with an insatiable craving for southern food, French cooking techniques and a general penchant for dairy and cured meats (I'm a German girl).  I continually gain weight and hafta put on the brakes every year for a month or two until I get back to my target weight (which I never maintain for more than 6 months).

I also love cooking and have a chef's arsenal of ingredients and equipment. I actually keep a tub of duck fat in my freezer at all times, just in case I need to confit something.  

I'm still in denial that I'm not a 15 year old who swims 5 hours a day.

French fries, potato chips, fried chicken, cheese, more cheese, even more cheese, salami, pepperoni, did I mention cheese?, fried foods, fast foods, eating out in restaurants waaaaaay tooo much.

And cheese.

=^..^= MOLLY

Inactivity combined with dating a guy (still with him, by the way) who could put away massive amounts of heavy, heavy food without gaining weight.  I would basically eat to keep up with him, and for some reason I didn't expect to gain weight from it, but the pounds started piling on.  We loved to eat out together, and would always get Japanese food, where they drown everything in oil and butter on the hibachi.  We also loved to get ice cream, cheeseburgers, pizza, etc.  There's not much to do here where I live so for us, going out to eat was a way of bonding.  Also, I had no concept of portion control and would eat massive servings of whatever my mom cooked for dinner, which usually involved pasta or rice.  I also got in the habit of getting huge muffins for breakfast every day from my college.  So really, a combination of things.

I also had a boyfriend who was an AMAZING cook, but he drowned everything in sticks and sticks of butter.  I also ate out constantly (still having trouble with that), enjoyed ranch and cheese on EVERYTHING, and just never thought that I could actually gain a lot of weight.

nutty bars and emotions got me here.