what made you fat/gain a lot of weight?

was it more diet or exercise related? Is it something you learned since childhood, something you feel predisposed to, or caused gradually? 

Original Post by jennmary001:

Plus.....I have adult ADD.  I had been off meds for years, because the dr told me that it was something I had "grown out of".  This is unfortunatly not true.  Very few people ever grow out of it.  Adults with ADD/ADHD have a very hard time making wise food choices....because we have poor impulse control, and no ability to plan ahead.  Now I am back on meds and seeing a huge improvement in my motivation, menu planning, eating times, food choices....and life in general.  

 I hear you! I wasn't even diagnosed until a year ago. I was always a little chunky as a kid, but not fat enough for my parents to worry, they didn't really notice or intervene. whenever i was upset when I was really young it was always attributed to low blood sugar so i was forced to eat...AND clean my plate. a hard habit to break, and like mentioned above, adhd makes wise and well thought out food choices nearly impossible. also, sticking to diets is hard. the only thing that helps is walking (with music!) and planning every detail and trying to stick to my many lists and schedules i write out every day to keep myself on track. oddly enough, since i wasn't allowed to snack as a kid (despite incredibly rich calorie laden dinners) i snuck food, and ate it quickly. to this day I have trouble slowing down when i eat, i rush everything.

lack of willpower, no athletic motivation, and weird habits as a kid. there it is. in college, the challenge is avoiding beer. also, it doesn't help that Rutgers actually has a group of food trucks a block from my house called "the grease trucks". they sell the dirtiest greasiest yummiest food inventions known to man, the fat sandwiches. mozzerella sticks, french fries and chicken fingers and mayo and ketchup and lettuce are just some of the ingredients...

i have always been somewhat "big"? for my age i guess, but never fat until now. at 16 i weighed 145, and i looked great, i would wear shorts bikinis whatever, then at 18, i got my first "real" boyfriend. we started eating horribly all the time, and i gained a liiiittle weight, but nothing that was noticeable to anyone but me. then, a year later, we broke up. the love of my life (puke) was gone, and i was miserable. within that next year, so from 19-20, i went from about 165 to 225!!!!!!!!!!!!! pretty much, i ate carls junior and taco bell everyday, and ate whenever all the time because i was bored.

now my family notices that i'm being myself again. all my childhood my nickame has been "bunny" because i LOVE vegetables and snack on carrots, like a bunny. it's back! i'm so proud of myself and so glad to get back to ME instead of some depressed blob who doesnt even like that jerk who made her fat in the first place!!

 

 

(disclaimer-i don't really blame him for my weight gain haha, i am totally responsible for my eating and exorcising habits, it just makes me fel better to vent and blame people sometimes!)

Oh yeah, plus working in Thorntons ("chocolate heaven since 1911") for almost 3 years wasn't entirely helpful!

Aztec Hot Cocoa is the devil.

And french fries :(  even though I LOVE them.

 

When i don't go to the gym for a few weeks i feel like my body's metabolism slows, i dont know if it's true, but it makes me feel like im getting fatter . . . 

Before I had my kids I was around a size 8 or 10.  I think I had one dress that was a 6.  I used to work retail so I was running around on my feet all day.   I never used to watch what I ate.   I quit about two weeks before my son was born (10 yrs ago) and haven't been back to work since.   I just stayed home all the time with him and didn't get any exercise.  I had never worked out before having him so I didn't think to do so after.   It didn't take long to balloon up to a size 24 (my worst)  Now I finally have the working out thing down.  I have been a member at the YMCA for about 5 years.  I was able to get down some on my own.  I managed to gain some of it back though.  I discovered CC in January of this year.  So now I am on my way since I am getting the food thing under control.  I have lost 23 lbs since the beginning of the year and I am down about 35 lbs from my highest weight.

my weight went up and down my entire childhood. i never really noticed when i was bigger or smaller until prolly collage.

my grandmother died of anorexia before i was born and my mother was dead set against me ever showing any signs of it that she just fed and fed me. there was always the "clean your plate" rule... and the "i don't care if you're not hungry, you're still eating dinner" rule.

i now am up and down constantly, i've lost about 50lbs in the past year and a half, although i've gained about 10 back due to moving in with my boyfriend and we are in the eat all the time phase.

one word--> COLLEGE!

A very horrible stressful job that kept me sitting for hours on end and completely depressed and unmotivated.  So I quit my job and now I am focusing on me... with hopes to find a decent job as well!!

I was always active and didn't worry about what I ate... then i moved for a school term with my aunt and uncle.. and ate the same as my cousin (6 foot tall growing boy) (not wise for a 5'5 girl.. also resulted in growing, definetly not taller, though) , and I didn't have sports to do there, resulted in about 15 pounds in 4 months.  Then university: less time to get active + alcohol + mandatory meal plan  (high cal coffee drinks, incredibly addicting scones, pizza..mmmm)= freshman 20

For me my weight gain (2x) always came with a serious relationship, lol! All of the eating out and spending 24/7 together - which resulted in more food and of course desserts - and also more time away from the gym. However, after 4 years of my current serious relationship and weight gain, loss, gain, and loss again - I'm focused now! He even does my meal plan with me (of course almost 2x the calories though).

 

I put on 40 extra kilos (yes - 40 - it makes my eyes water...) by sitting on my arse for 5 years, eating rubbish, drinking too much wine, doing no exercise, spending too much time in work, promising myself that I would start a new lifestyle on Monday....