If you've ever been chubby or overweight, what caused it?

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Lliam · Accepted Answer

I had always been super active and I didn't think about food much. I surfed, skateboarded, snow skiid, backpacked, was in good shape and thin.

Then, when I was 26 1/2, I got handed a corporate job with a great salary and benefits. I had to cut my rock star hand and wear a suit. I didn't recognize myself in a mirror. I no longer fit in with my usual crowd an I felt like an imposter walking around in a suit. So I felt kind of lost.

The job forced me to be sedentary. It was hard and stressful for the first few years. And people started taking me to lunch at really great restaurants every day,. I discovered great food for the first time in my life.

So, as a result of stress, depression, being way less physically active, and eating a lot, I gradually gained almost 60 lbs.

From age 28 or 29 to age 34, I didn't have a girlfriend because IS didn't want the kind of girlfriend who would want someone like me. I was vey unhappy, but I was making good money.

When I was 34, my company offered Weight Menberships, so i I decided to join.
I followed their diet plan and started working out a lot.
It took me 6 months to loose the weight and get back into great shape.

By then, I had money and assets and was comfortable with my grown-up persona.
I got a gorgeous girlfriend and was happy again.

The rest is history.

Finchie40 · Accepted Answer

It could stem down from a lot of things , your genetics mainly , or your mental health , if you are depressed and a binge eater , lack of exercise , failure to thrive , aging , the older you get the slower your metabolism becomes , Eating nothing but junk food and not watching your portions , not drinking enough water , eating and drinking to much sugar. Sugar is your enemy , if you want lose weight , so watch your sugar intake , and move around more , have more sex , sex is actually the best way to lose weight if you don’t like to exercise much.

sage2021 · Accepted Answer

Actually none of these selections fit me.

I was very sick for a very long time. I went to a wellness center for intense physical, occupational and speech therapy. The speech therapy was because I wasn't eating and I didn't want food in my mouth.
I was at the wellness center for 6 months. They made sure that I started eating!! They also had me drink 2 nutritional shakes a day for 6 months!! Plus three hot meals a day.
I was 113 pounds when I was admitted, and gained 10 pounds a month for 6 months equals 60 pounds!!
I had been kinda skinny my entire life weighing around between 100-115 pounds.
I wasn't used to being a fat girl all of a sudden, but I was and I had to deal with it. Psychologically becoming a fat woman was hard on me physically and emotionally.
I was wearing size 18 regular like girls jeans even though my 50's. And size 16 little girl sundresses in my 40's. I just never gained weight no matter how much I ate, so this was something very new to me.

I had to buy all new clothes which was expensive. I went from a size 34B bra to a size 44DDD bra. I had big boobies for the first time in my life at age 61!!

Potteplante · Accepted Answer

As a kid I was being molested, I started overeating, thinking that if I became fat - he'd not like me anymore, later I started using food as an emotional blanket and later on the shit tons of alcohol I drank + the shit eating habits I've gathered growing up and lack of movement are all factors that led to me being formerly obese.

Sonorous · Answer

I have been in the past. It ultimately came from eating calories at a faster rate than my body could burn them/utilize them.

Sure, other factors are important. I was eating fat more high calorie low volume & low density foods when I was overweight, was moving less, ate more at night, etc.

But I could eat the same types of foods now as I did then & still be slim. I would just be more hungry, inflamed, would have poor gut health, would start to get other health issues, etc.

Which is why CICO trumps all of the other examples you gave.

art84 · Answer

For me it was my dad's baking like cakes and cookies. Definitely had a sweet tooth when I was a teenager and in my 20's. Ended up with diabetes and been around 190 pounds and 200 pounds. I now watch what I eat and eliminate bad foods and keep them to a minimum during special occasions. I exercise now though wish I did in my 20's to keep my health perfect.

Staximus · Answer

Being fat and eating too much. Cars made me fat. I used to ride a bicycle everywhere. When I got a car, I still ate like I was riding a everywhere and got fat.

Gwendoline · Answer

There's no doubt that the majority of overweight and obese are eating not just the wrong foods but over eating. Portion control is key. If you are eating twice what your body needs then you will put on weight very easily.

HighValue · Answer

I am often thirsty so I drink a lot. 5 gallons of milk per week (6 glasses per day) and 5 or 6 sodas per day, plus a little Gatorade and water too. 3,000 calories per day just from liquids. With regular exercise I am fine, but without it, I would gain fat. I usually only eat dinner each day and lunch once per week. Sometimes I snack on cashews, pistachios, beef jerky, Graham crackers, or something like that.

DJB72 · Answer

I put on weight when I left home because I had a car so the convenience meant I drove a mile to shop instead of walking and then carrying the stuff home.

Finances mean I'm eating the wrong stuff for my best health - I'm diabetic so I'd be better on a carnivore diet with low to zero carbs. It's slow, but I'm moving back in that direction, and as I eat less carbohydrates the excess weight comes off and I get healthier.

Account · Answer

I ate normal amounts of sweets instead of mini snacks. I also didn't move that much. Now I eat unhealthy shit but small amounts and I make sure to exercise.

Jessica405 · Answer

Never been chubby. Have a job keeping to 95 lbs. I pig out on pizza, curries, gin, ice cream etc. Never go above 95 to96 lbs.

danielle872024 · Answer

Mine started out due to medication I was placed on and from there changed up my diet and made myself start exercising it off. You stick with a regime and have patience you start to see results.

LeatherDame · Answer

Eating food that was inflammatory for me/my autoimmune condition. As soon as I cut it out calories didn’t matter anymore (unless I overdo it on cheese).

Paris13 · Answer

I have Never Been Chubby But have Gone on a few Diets to Lose Maybe 20 Pounds or Less in my Life. Perhaps a few Extra sweets. xxoo

Nikki1989 · Answer

I ate too much as a teenager. The funny thing is now just the sight or smell of most food can make me feel nauseous.

AviatorTom · Answer

Let's just say I have a few more pounds than I would like. Why? Because I'm less active than I used to be, yet I still eat about the same amount of food.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't know. I ate healthy, I got plenty of exercise, but the weight didn't go away until I developed an eating disorder. I'm recovered now, but honestly think I would have been better off just staying chubby & healthy...

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

At 5'81/2",200 lb., I'm built like a muscular, beefy rodeo steer wrestler or "bull-dogger"(one of my nicknames is "Cowboy") because I gobble down cakes, pies, ice cream, etc.

EmmaMary · Answer

Only on the two occasions that I was pregnant!

love_conquers_lust · Answer

Food and lack of exercise brought me close to being outside my ideal BMI, but I’ve never been overweight.

TheStaleMarshmellow · Answer

Mine is a mixture of eating high calories late at night. Icecream is awesome at midnight hour

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

Having a baby and diabetes, my weight fluctuates but I have never been as fat as I was pregnant

exitseven · Answer

I was a fat kid growing up. I ate a lot of snack food and was not very active.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

For me it was caused by a bit of a slow metabolism combined with compulsive eating.

Anonymous · Answer

Taking more calories in than I was burning off in the average day.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Opposite. I have hypermetabolism and I have to eat like a hog to keep weight on.

Queenofhypotheticals · Answer

Depression and living the same life on repeat knowing I could change it but didn't have the energy to do it

Guanfei · Answer

A and B. But what can you do against the power of Pringles?

Chase_1234 · Answer

My dad introducing me too the world of junk food in 2nd grade

Jerre · Answer

Drinking too much beer. 4 months after I stopped, I had lost 40 lbs

nawtee_me · Answer

Mine is more a part of getting old. I don’t burn the calories like I used to.

Kungfupanda13 · Answer

Trying to bulk up for me and it went too far.

Apple1996 · Answer

Having babies, hormones and genetics

hotman5 · Answer

eatig junk food and a lot of it

animesenpai · Answer

Depression and lifestyle and work

krin_m · Answer

Thankfully I have corrected my habits now.

Anonymous · Answer

Definitely my lack of physical activities.

Politikaa · Answer

I eat too much and never exercise.

Nurse-Sarah70 · Answer

Currently expecting

elizamichale1 · Answer

Nops never

Anonymous · Answer

H) Lack of physical activity.

serafin · Answer

dirty bulking

eagle1951 · Answer

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