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 Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:46 pm
C urrently in the thread, we've come up with a list of all the contributing factors (that we can imagine--there may be more) that influence weight.
So I want to know what your factors are.
If you're willing to share.
Not only a way to get to know more about each other, but about the fat experience in general--how no two people are alike.
the list Lifestyle (type of food typically eaten, activity level) can lead to weight gain/fatness, true. Genetics can lead to weight gain/fatness, true. Other contributing factors? Try any combination of the following: medications (so many of them!) medical conditions (thyroid, glandular, hormonal--like PCOS--PLEASE RESEARCH PCOS BEFORE TRYING TO DISPUTE IT) long term injury disability!! And not just wheelchair-bound; there are thousands of different kinds of disabilities, and not all are visible!! available finances and time, which often depends on one's socio-economic status environment--does one live in a "food desert" (where there is only cheap, fast food-esque, canned, pre-packaged food available and little to no fresh fruits/veggies)? ALL these things can lead to being fat. They EACH have an affect on the human body, and not ONE can be ignored.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:48 pm
My factors are fairly obvious. I am very admittedly inactive. I walk across campus and into town (whereas my colleagues prefer to drive...), but I'm no athlete or avid worker-outer. My food choices here at college are limited, never fresh, usually fried, and always disgusting. I actually eat very little here. When I go home, I eat lots of fresh, yummy stuff. And lots of ice cream. I also have PCOS which caused most of the initial weight gain and makes it much harder to lose weight; and the traditional treatment for PCOS is birth control pills, which also cause weight gain. Evil, huh? And I say PCOS caused most of the initial weight gain because:
1) I was pretty darn active when I was younger. When I got fat (and before I was diagnosed), I got ashamed of being seen all jiggly, red, and sweaty in public and left activity behind.
2) My sisters are both lousy eaters and not active enough. They're both thin. Thus, because of genetics, there's a pretty big chance I should have been thin, too, if it had not been for PCOS.
So: inactivity (lack of time, lack of desire, PCOS-inspired shame)
lack of good food choices, poor diet
PCOS
birth control pills
Those are my factors.
[cross-posted to the thread for a discussion with a curious/concerned visitor]
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:16 pm
I totally missed this. Sorry, Nayva!
For me, my fatness comes partially from genetics and partially because I'm not active *enough*. Thankfully my back-injuries don't prevent me from doing most of the activities I love so I wont count that. If I look at my family photos, I obviously favour one side of the family over the other; shortish and fat. My mom's side is mostly thinner and tall. Daily activity is very minimal, and yet with all the junk I eat (heh, yes I eat a fair bit of 'junk food' a couple of times a week) my weight hasn't changed much since Gabe was born over 3 years ago. I'm not even 100% sure what I currently weigh and I don't really want too.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:31 pm
LadyEladrin is apparently part of my family. Like her, I've got a tall, thin mom's side that looks nothing like me, and a short, fat dad's side that I take after in nearly every way. It's easy for me to gain weight, particularly in the legs, while my arms remain fairly skinny. They're strong, though, the legs, which is another thing I get from that family. Big, meaty, and some of that meat is fat.
I exercise quite a lot, and I think that keeps me from being fatter, so inactivity could be one of my factors if i was inactive. But it's only meaningful for some of my fat - some of it doesn't care how much or how little I exercise, and clings to me for dear life anyway.
I eat sporadically. Sometimes when I eat it's good-for-you stuff, sometimes it's bad-for-you stuff, and unless I really gorge or starve myself, I don't really notice it making more than a pound or two's difference. You can lose weight if all you eat is M&Ms... if that's really all you eat, is what I'm saying.
I'm fortunate enough not to have any chronic diseases that impact my body's shape. I have a circulatory disorder but the only way that alters my appearance is that I have dead people toes and blue fingernails a lot.
So yeah - my factors are primarily genetic, and exercise and diet have a small part to play as well.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:23 pm
Mine mostly comes from inactivity and not eating right. Genetically, I'm pretty pre-dispositioned to have a larger frame and build. But I know for a fact that if I actually ate better and really did a lot of working out constantly, I could end up losing a lot of it. The last factor comes from not having a good enough job to be able to afford better food.
For example, when I was 15 (I stopped growing around 13 or so), I managed to get down to 135 lbs and I wore size 10/11 pants. OMG! But size 10 is HUGE apparently. That's probably the thinnest I've ever been, and I actually was. I proudly sported a bikini until my boob fell out of it in public. XD But since I was 13, I've averaged anywhere between sizes 14-16 generally speaking. So I am shorter and larger. I take after my dad's side of the family, where everyone is built really hefty but most of the women are larger sized, much larger than me. I have a few relatives on my mom's side who are larger as well. Though my mom and one aunt were stick figures.
After high school, I became super-inactive due to my internet addiction... And due to the fact that I didn't live in an area that was safe. So walking miles and miles alone (heaven forbid Jogging) just wasn't smart. So I sat inside, snacked and binged while at my computer and didn't do much. Because of that, I ballooned up to 210 lbs over the course of about 7 years.
I have managed to lose 20 of that due to eating better and being a little more active (I'm at 180 now). But my economic status keeps me from buying tons of fresh veggies and better foods, as well as getting a gym membership so that I can work out in the winter or on rainy days.
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:55 am
I'm not active enough anymore. I'm in a long distance relationship, so I need to be able to sit still for long periods of time if I want to talk to my boyfriend (on MSN messenger). We can't go for a walk or a bike ride or something while we talk, the way I can with my other friends... D=
Another reason for my weight is the fact that I'm not motivated to lose it! I'm actually happy with the way I look, so it's hard for me to try to lose weight when I don't actually... want to... ._. Usually the people I consider good looking tend to be... bigger individuals... I wouldn't mind being healthier, but that would be my only reason for losing weight, and apparently it's not enough motivation for me... sweatdrop
Oh, and my love for ice cream probably has something to do with it, too blaugh
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:24 am
Mine is due to no motivation to want to lose weight; Although I'm extremely unhappy with myself of not doing so. I have to take a certain anti-depressant which makes it that much harder, as well as having a hypothyroid problem that is undiagnosed. I want to lose weight, as well as feel a bit better. I did lose so much weight at one point two years ago due to being on the diabetic diet. (I at the type was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I had lost so much weight; I felt so great and my confidence boosted. But then, My insurance got denied, and, Thus the health food disappeared..then my stress came, then came antidepressant, which cause me to spiral into a complete mess. Now I'm wishing to rewind time 90% of the time, and should have stayed back on the right track. But I'm back off the track tenfold, and hating it. sad
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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:44 am
 It's interesting to see everyone's different thoughts on where their fat comes from. I see a lot of us think we're not getting enough excersize (which is def. true in my case!) and eating the 'wrong' kind of food, and genetics. Britt, it's ok that you dont' want to lose weight. It wont help your physical health, though I can see why it might help boost your confidence. That's the way our culture works, right? Thin is in! Thin is beautiful! Lose weight, feel great! Blah blah blah. It might be very difficult, but you'll have to learn to accept that the body you have now is the one you're going to have for a long time; between the meds, the thyroid problem and inability to eat well and diabetes, your body will have to do what it does. *hug* Not easy to hear but there it is.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:05 am
Lady- You're right, I will have to face that; The fact is, it comes of eating healthier- comes time and money, Which i don't have at the moment, but I do exercise when I can, and, eat less than usual- Have been trying the last few days, and I can feel the difference. Although things are still hectic..Going on 20 years old- Still living with my Mom, who's currently going through divorce AND still raising 2 younger kids, which I'm helping a lot with as well.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 7:56 pm
Me, I'll never get to relax unfortunately crying where I am, my ''friends'' often treat me as their slave. My genetic structure causes me to be short and everyone makes fun of the size of my height, hands or whatever. crying And when at the hospital, my doctor keeps telling me my percentile is really low, which is a bad thing. stare And I have to keep drinking this stupid sludge people call '' a protien shake'', it's very disgusting and I hate it. So... I just make it harder by just pushing myself to wear my heart is about to be ripped out of my chest. sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:56 pm
1. Laziness.
Point blank, I just don't like exercise. It's never been something I could commit to. And, well, I figure running up and down several flights of stairs every day at school and at home takes care of my cardio well enough, I don't need to tack on fifty crunches or an hour on the treadmill.
2. The people I look up to are overweight.
That's not to say that I strive to be fat so I can be just like them, it means that they're proof that people can be incredibly, well, amazing, regardless of what the scale says. While that's obvious
and automatic, it still boosts my self esteem regarding my 27.7 BMI. Which brings me to my next point,
3. I don't care about my weight in the first place.
I used to worry about it constantly, but because I hate exercising and never really did anything to lose it, I decided that worrying would get me nowhere and was a waste of my brainpower. I never felt the need to follow trends, or to make everyone love me, or to have boys crawling all over my 16-inch waist or whatever that measurement is supposed to be. Why put myself through all of that psychological torture for something that isn't important to me?
So, my weight is absolutely my doing, and I'm fine with that. heart
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