Why are you overweight??
You hear so much on T.V. that people who are overweight have “emotional issues” that they have to deal with before they can be successful at weight loss. I wonder if this is true! I would think some are overweight because of the lifestyle they live. I don’t think I have figured out WHY I am overweight. I wonder WHY people seem to loose weight so much faster then me. I wonder WHY I loose a couple pounds and then gain a few back. If I keep putting my self back where I started, why even bother in the first place.
So I am asking all of you buddies, why do you think you are/were overweight?
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I think I was overweight because my relationship with food was taking precendence over my real relationships. Things werte not going well in my relationship with my ex and food and my appearance fell by the wayside. Plus, food tastes so good. When one is not feeling so great about themselves, the yummy taste of food seems to be more important than our health and appearance. Temporary satisfaction versus longterm feels good for a little while, doesnt it? Until u gain weight and become unhealthy. I am not going to allow myself to be in a toxic relationship again cause I know that is where my weight problems stemmed from. Whe I got him out of my house, I was able to focus on me and happy thoughts and form a goal for what I truly want out of life and where I want to be. I dont blame him, but I def dont think I could have done this if he were still here. You can do it girl !
BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I CAN CONTROL NOTHING BUT EATING NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT OR HOW MUCH TO EAT. I AM WORKING ON THIS I EAT OVER STRESS TOO I GUESS I AM AN EMOTIONAL EATER
I know exactly when and how I started gaining weight. I was a tiny little thing up until I was about 9 years old. My mom and dad split up and my dad moved in with his mom, my grammy.
I would have a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, then come lunch time, me and my sister would watch my gram or dad cook our lunch from the goodie counter. We would literally look to either side and see piles of junk food. So we would snack on Little Debbies or chips while watching our lunch get made.
Same thing at dinner time. And they didnt care because my mom would ask how our weekend was, and we didnt complain. So my dad figured it was making us happy, so why not?
My mom took me and my sister out of gymnastics. My metabolism was SHOT TO HELL!!! So… Im working on reversing that now. I just got too comfortable with food and having it make me feel good. I dont do that anymore. I should post some pix from junior year. When I was 225lbs.
Hope that gives you a little insight!!! =]
great question! the reason i became overweight was moving in with some buddies during college. i lived in the heart of the city and for three years that meant steps from bars and fast food joints that literally never closed. so senior year in high school i was bout 180 tops, and by the time i moved out i had gained probably more than 75 pounds.
the reason i kept it on for 18 more months after that is that im incredibly neurotic when it comes to getting work done. food was my reward, and i never let myself eat until i got all my work done, and finished all my errands. but when i did finish i rewarded myself big time and just ate everything in sight.
i finally found success by joining a bball league. if i didnt finish my work and i had to go to practice or a game, i still had to eat regardless of not finishing my tasks. i wouldnt have energy for the game if i didnt. so i finally learned to not treat food as a reward and instead as delicous fuel to my day, and so far its been working.
i think emotional eating for sure, and also having the all or nothing mind-set. if i have one bite of a cookie i feel the whole day is ruined and end of eating the rest of the box–which had always canceled out my success of losing weight. So one day binge would ruin my whole week of dieting and working out. I’ve realized i have to have control when I eat and stay on track, otherwise I end up depressed, and back to where I started.
Don’t think ‘why do I bother in the first place.’–i used to think that way too. But its great you are trying to lose weight and show effort-just stay motivated and you’ll get there–I promise!=D