Question - fat people
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There is certainly a lot of reasons people gain weight. I think one of the contributing factors is sweat pants. People wear them everywhere and they allow the expanding waistline/pounds. If you wear clothes that have a set waistline and you overeat - you feel it (indigestion etc), and try to avoid that feeling again, not so with the sweat pants.
I wish I knew what made me get as obese as I am. It snuck up on me over the years. I was chunky as a child... and yet I played sports, went to gymnastics..etc. I only really ate what was served to me which was a home cooked meal at dinner time. I ate cereal before school and ate a school lunch. There was never any junk food in the house. We didn't drink sodas back then. So, I really can't say why I was chunky and yet my brother and sister were a stick.
My mom was a stick until she got pregnant with me. Then she blew up like a balloon. She's been overweight ever since then. Now it's definately her eating habits that keep her as big as she is.
I slimmed down in high school. Thin enough I could wear a bikini and have people whistle at me.. boy do I miss those days..lol. I only lost those 20 pounds because I starved myself and hardly ate anything and was still active in some sports through most of my high school years.
I kept that 20 pounds off right up until I got pregnant with Arielle. I gained 105 pounds with my pregnancy. That is where my phobia of the gyn doctors started to develop because they'd have me in tears everytime I'd have to go for a visit. He'd say things like "I'm going to sew your mouth shut so you'll stop eating" He had me so self conscious that I willingly moved back home with my parents so they could "observe" what I was eating. I ate very reasonable and splurged on wednesday nights for an ice cream sundae after lamaze classes. I didn't eat any different than I had been eating prior to my pregnancy and I was just as active in the beginning stages of my pregnancy.
Something changed in my body. I don't know what it was.. but something definately changed. I went to appointment after appointment at New England Medical Center in Boston for numerous consults... they all tried to figure out what was wrong with me and why I kept gaining weight. I had been poked and prodded more than I want to remember. I was seeing a nutritionist, eating what I was suppose to.. yet I'd still slowly gain weight. I finally got diagnosed with syndrome "x".. which is polycystic ovarian syndrome. Not sure what degree of involvement it played in my weight gain if any at all. I just know they told me that my body makes too much insulin because of the syndrome and whatever your body doesn't utilize.. it stores it as fat.
I got to a point where I said the heck with it and just ate what I wanted and before I knew it... I gained more and more weight until it spiraled out of control. So.. not everyone has a reason why they gain weight. I wasn't depressed back then, I wasn't sexually abused or physically abused. I can't think of a single emotional reason that could be the root of my weight gain.
I can say now that my obesity is definately my lifestyle. It evolved into a horrible eating pattern and lack of activity. I'm sure my metabolism has gotten to a snails pace which makes it difficult for me to lose weight when I try. But it's not going to stop me from trying.
As far as those people that are bed ridden... they absolutely have people that enable them to be dangerously obese. And shame on them for letting the cycle continue. I know if I had a family member in that situation.. I would NOT enable them to consume a bunch of crap and worthless calories. It's so sad to see this over and over again. I fear I will end up like that one day if I can't do something about it now while I'm still able to be mobile without too much difficulty.
Speaking of obesity... did anyone catch the oprah show yesterday? I wanna be the blonde girl that came out in the royal blue dress and the royal blue high heels. Those were very inspiring stories for me.
My mom was a stick until she got pregnant with me. Then she blew up like a balloon. She's been overweight ever since then. Now it's definately her eating habits that keep her as big as she is.
I slimmed down in high school. Thin enough I could wear a bikini and have people whistle at me.. boy do I miss those days..lol. I only lost those 20 pounds because I starved myself and hardly ate anything and was still active in some sports through most of my high school years.
I kept that 20 pounds off right up until I got pregnant with Arielle. I gained 105 pounds with my pregnancy. That is where my phobia of the gyn doctors started to develop because they'd have me in tears everytime I'd have to go for a visit. He'd say things like "I'm going to sew your mouth shut so you'll stop eating" He had me so self conscious that I willingly moved back home with my parents so they could "observe" what I was eating. I ate very reasonable and splurged on wednesday nights for an ice cream sundae after lamaze classes. I didn't eat any different than I had been eating prior to my pregnancy and I was just as active in the beginning stages of my pregnancy.
Something changed in my body. I don't know what it was.. but something definately changed. I went to appointment after appointment at New England Medical Center in Boston for numerous consults... they all tried to figure out what was wrong with me and why I kept gaining weight. I had been poked and prodded more than I want to remember. I was seeing a nutritionist, eating what I was suppose to.. yet I'd still slowly gain weight. I finally got diagnosed with syndrome "x".. which is polycystic ovarian syndrome. Not sure what degree of involvement it played in my weight gain if any at all. I just know they told me that my body makes too much insulin because of the syndrome and whatever your body doesn't utilize.. it stores it as fat.
I got to a point where I said the heck with it and just ate what I wanted and before I knew it... I gained more and more weight until it spiraled out of control. So.. not everyone has a reason why they gain weight. I wasn't depressed back then, I wasn't sexually abused or physically abused. I can't think of a single emotional reason that could be the root of my weight gain.
I can say now that my obesity is definately my lifestyle. It evolved into a horrible eating pattern and lack of activity. I'm sure my metabolism has gotten to a snails pace which makes it difficult for me to lose weight when I try. But it's not going to stop me from trying.
As far as those people that are bed ridden... they absolutely have people that enable them to be dangerously obese. And shame on them for letting the cycle continue. I know if I had a family member in that situation.. I would NOT enable them to consume a bunch of crap and worthless calories. It's so sad to see this over and over again. I fear I will end up like that one day if I can't do something about it now while I'm still able to be mobile without too much difficulty.
Speaking of obesity... did anyone catch the oprah show yesterday? I wanna be the blonde girl that came out in the royal blue dress and the royal blue high heels. Those were very inspiring stories for me.
The PCOS is what gave you the weight gain! You have to do some research on it google Insulin Resistance also go here http://www.soulcysters.com/ You can have PCOS and be as thin as a rail or gain weight especially in the face and abdomen. When I was younger I was soooo skinny I actually got called into the counselors office at school and my parents got called because they thought I was an anorexic but in my late teens I blew up. I have an extremely thin sister and my brother is on the thin side. PCOS is a total nightmare disease usually doctors blow it off as not a big deal but it can create havoc in your body. You have to get with a good endocrinologist and gynecologist to get it under control. I am being treated with Glucophage and when I first got on it I dropped 33 lbs :yikes: right off the bat but as you go on you will see that you can not have sugar and carbs. I do NOT eat ANY candy, no more cokes, and no white bread certain things I allow like cereal (raisin bran) because I do not eat anything else that is bad. I pretty much live on string beans and salad. I love string beans and they are very filling I dump a ton of hot sauce on them 
but you may not want to do that if you have issues with sodium.
In 1999 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor that is really close to my Pituitary gland so the doctors think that may be playing a role in the PCOS also. You really should get thoroughly checked out and if that means going to twenty different doctors do it. The most important thing is to get with an Endocrinologist.
but you may not want to do that if you have issues with sodium.In 1999 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor that is really close to my Pituitary gland so the doctors think that may be playing a role in the PCOS also. You really should get thoroughly checked out and if that means going to twenty different doctors do it. The most important thing is to get with an Endocrinologist.
Ghrelin does have a lot to do with it. After my Gastric Bypass I was NEVER hungry. I literally could go all day and the only reason I would remember to eat was that my blood sugar got low. When I got pregnant (twice)the amount of ghrelin increased (obviously) and I think I stretched my stomach out to a point so that I still release more than I did pre-babies. However, most of my problem now is just cutting out those things that are bad for me. I used to only put quality things in my mouth, but I have since fallen back into bad habits.
The surgeon that performed my surgery told me during the initial interview that only approximately 3% of the morbidly obese are able to loose the weight on their own. It may have been his way to get me to have the surgery, but if you look at the number or morbidly obese people in the US alone it kinda makes sense.
