How did you get fat?

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This is a really weird question, and I'm not being judgmental or anything, I'm just genuinely curious how some people put on weight.

Was it birth control?

Was it having children?

Poor diet?

Lack of exercise?

Thyroid disease?

Being a big lady is totally fine, body positivity and all that.

I just want to hear people's stories!

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Being skinny and lazy all of life, eating what I wanted and then turning 30 and all of them bad habits caughting up to me.

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PCOS!

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Growing up with overnight parents who taught me nothing about health or nutrition. I was allowed to eat as much as I wanted. I would eat 5 slices of pizza or 10 cookies at a time cause they tasted good and my parents never said anything. I didn't even try vegetables like broccoli or cauliflower until I was an adult. Now even at 27 it's hard to break out of those habits I have from my entire life.

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I was 130 when I got pregnant with my daughter gave birth to her at 231🙈 she's now 7 lol and I'm still big I mean I have another child but she did it it's all her fault😂😂😂

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Anti depressants

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I always fluctuated between 122-140lbs (5'9") throughout life until I turned 35. That year I was 150, and by the time I turned 36, I weighed 175. I was never someone who exercised vigorously, just leisurely walks a couple times a week and light yoga. I was a strict vegetarian from age 19-30 and never ate junk or fast food during that time. Then I gave that up and started eating chicken, fish, and all sorts of junk food. I had a sugar addiction. At age 33 I became severely depressed due to some realizations about mychildhood and just started packing on the pounds. By age 36, 175lbs, I got pregnant. I gained 55lbs during my pregnancy. I ate healthy at first, but I was just always hungry and in my third trimester, I stopped watching what I eat and just ate everything. I couldn't do much exercise during pregnancy due to severe edema in my legs and feet which was extremely painful. After giving birth I weighed damn near 230lbs. 3 yrs later, I'm down to 183, but just this month finally started putting in real effort and changing my diet and stopping my sugar addiction. On March 3 I was 189 pounds… So I am seeing some results and don't plan on giving up anytime soon… Proud of myself!

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I'm about 20lbs overweight. I have PCOS which causes hormonal imbalance and weight gain among a million other things. I work out daily but I'm stuck firm at the 20lbs overweight. I still try to lose it but chances are I'll be stuck with it. Just another downside of PCOS. What sucks is people judge me for the extra weight I carry and give me diets that they claim will work and fix it and tell me I'm just not working hard enough. Before I got pregnant, with help, a few weeks ago I was running several miles a day and lifting weights. I also ate a super clean mostly veggie diet. I don't have the weight for lack of trying, my body just doesn't let the weight go.

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I was 11 when I started having side effects to a medication I was taking (I started hallucinating) instead of taking me off the medication my doctor put me on 5 new ones, anti pschycotics, anti depressants, anti anxiety meds and some other stuff. Most of these Ned's are known to cause rapid weight gain from an extreme increase in appetite and a lack of exercise to the the sedating effects. I've also developed an eating disorder which BELIEVE IT OR NOT did not help me out in the long run. I was 11 and in 3 months I went from 90lb  to 125lb all because my doctor didn't want to take me off of one med

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Depo shot 6 years ago. Just found out 3 months ago that I have a thyroid problem. So that's why I haven't been able to get the last 6 years off.

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Was 110 lbs when I got pregnant and had her at 150 lbs. I'm now stuck at 130 lbs at 5'1. :/

How did you get fat?

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