To wonder why people let themselves get fat?

[Judgeywedgiepants]

I am frequently amazed at the number of women at 15/17/20 stone who suddenly realise how fat they are and want to do something about it.
Why do people let themselves get so fat? It's unhealthy, unsightly and very life limiting.
Why not just keep an eye on your weight and keep it nice and steady?

I'm fat 19 stone because once apon a time I was thin, obsessed about the way I looked, self conscious, had no confidence, depressed and very unhappy just like a lot of people obsessed with their weight and now I'm big I'm the happiest most confident fat person you could meet surely why would somebody want to be obsessed with their weight what a boring life

Oh OP, I bet you are absolutely perfect in every way aren't you :) of course.

In my case I think I was too busy trying to raise my kids and not kill myself when I had pnd but I was never small before hand,as others have said you are a knob

Yes, as a PPP has pointed out, this is a zombie thread. Blingblingbling's motive's in ressurecting it are a little...err...suspect.

Society has hanged a lot in the 20- 30 years.
When iwas a school there was only 2 girls who were 'fat' I can remember them distinctly because it was so unusual. In ds2 year the pupils seem to be two groups - very slim or very large, especially with the girls.

Looking at people my age bracket ( late 40s- early 50s the same applies.

I remember my mothers friends and work colleagues and neighbours and nobody was obese ( I have rang up my mum and chattered to her this evening.

Personally I think there are several factors involved. I think there is more availability of junk foods and snacks. Nearly every high street is packed with cheap takeaways. It is easy to pile on the calories without really noticing.
Also back in the day there was usually only one car if it all for the family so people were getting more exercise without realising it was exercise IYSWIM.. My mum and friends were cycling to work, walking to the shops carrying shopping home etc. now people (certainly where I live) who don't have cars jump into taxis to town instead of walking. (Two mates share a taxi and it's cheaper than the bus)
The more weight everyone puts on the more normal it seems. You suddenly don't look out of place because you are the same as everyone around you. Fat is the new normal.

A lot of people that I know that have been quite fat and have slimmed down have done so because they have had a wake up call from their doctor.
I'm sorry if I have repeated any points that other posters have made. I started this post ages ago and only got round to finishing it so things have probably moved on.

Sorry about typos! Society has changed a lot!

They did cansu-3 years ago.

Because it tastes nice. I'm fat. Fuck off.

Seen any good Zombie films lately Sparkling?

There was a classic 70s subversion of the genre I've been trying to remember the name of......

Judgey In 1991 I had a car accident that broke a spine in my neck and knackered my thyroid gland.

I put on 10 stone, and had all the symptoms of an underactive gland but was told there wasn't any problem as my blood test results were normal.

Eventually in 2002, my blood test results matched the physical symptoms and my underactive thyroid was diagnosed.

Yes, people like you would have judged me as "letting myself get like that", and in 2012, I spent 3 weeks in an obesity centre, leaving at the same weight I entered.

I've since discovered, working with my endocrinologist, that my body cannot convert thyroxine to iodothyronine, so all the thyroxine I was taking wasn't doing any good.

Apart from being offered a gastric sleeve, which for me I'm totally against that is the only weight-loss advice/help I've been offered.

I've lost 25kg by using a vlcd diet, but it's not easy - constipation is a problem with an underactive thyroid as your whole body slows down.

However, were you to see me, at about 17stone, you'd doubtless wonder how on earth "I let myself get like that".

Piss off!

DENIAL IT BURNS INTO YOUR SOUL

Whatever you say christmas, have another tablet and a nice lie down dear.

Hello good evening
PLEASE be advised this is an oLD thread.
Thanks
MNHQ

Can we not turn this into a bun fight please?

Let's have a pie fight instead and throw them in my direction.

mmmmm pies....

I think if you read my posts much ^^ I am indeed 'fat' I cant claim to have a disorder I am simply fat because ate more calories than I needed. I now need to eat less to get rid of fat - about 3 stone.

ffs - if you are fat you need to get rid for health reasons. Whether you need to do it on your own, as some do, or need more help - whateve that maybe. But to live in denial is just stupid.

We have problems in western cultures with lifestyles and food choices which have led to weight realted heath issues. Its undeniable.

Harumph - there's no gin here Olivia - you a bit late to the part anyhow

party - sorry you'll have to excuse my fat fingers

Fgs, just lock it Olivia.

It shouldn't have been revived.

There is nothing new to say.

But why Minty - I never posted on the original thread - it's still relevant issue today, arguably apparently. But does it matter when the thread was starte if a fresh wave of posters come along?

I am fat due to a combination of a medication I have to take and the fact I have addiction problems.

I am 4 years clean and sober (apart from a caffeine blip) and in that 4 years I have got addicted to carbs instead of the illicits. I swapped one addiction for another.

I am now ready to get fit and deal with the carb addiction and I am looking forward to proving to myself I can do it. It was a massive achievement getting off drugs and it will be another massive achievement sorting my food out.

Oh I forgot - you can only talk aout what has never ever been talked about on MN because newbies can't ever start their own convos, must do a search - i dont know how some people cope in real life.