What keeps you overweight?

[MrsK]

A killer sweet tooth and the good/poor fortune of having it easy for so long. I used to be a size 2. All I had to do to loose weight was skip dessert and drive thru. Now, I'm hungry all the time and it is so much harder to loose weight. Also, I stress eat now. Never used to do that.

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[Michele]

I'm not overweight by most standards. But what I struggle with is keeping my portions under control. If I consistently count calories, I'm fine. But if I stay to think I can do it without logging? I gain. I can't eat when I'm hungry. I have to wait until I'm really really hungry....ravenous. And then I have to stick to the alloted amount based on the calorie log. Then I wait and wait and wait until I can eat again. Eventually it gets easier. But I can't do it without logging daily.

[Ladybug]

Easy, my kids, moving and working full time last year. Sitter for 2 hours to cover 20 minute drives and classes runs $45 per class total. A bottle of wine costs $10, but 600 calories. This summer I have used no sitters to save for closing. My ass is screaming this fact. I can't wear any of my clothes from last summer. I also munch and eat the kids left overs instead of making myself a plate that is portioned. I'm cutting myself some slack until this move is over and the kids are back in school. Come on September!!!

[WolfpackWife]

The fact that I do not eat. When I do, I am starving and end up overeating my poor (yet convenient) good choice. I can lose if I just plan and eat those f-ing 5 mini meals a day.

This is me, usually. The weight struggle is fairly new for me, as I gained weight when we moved here and I fell into a depression. It's not much, but it's still extra weight and because I'm short, 15lbs on me is horrible and immediately noticeable. I hate exercising alone, and DH is never available. When stressed, I can't eat/avoid eating. When I'm sad or emotional, I eat. I've been sad more than I've been stressed in the past couple of years, then I'll rebound and lose it...then it cycles back.

[Mrs. MD, Esq.]

I can't indulge a little...for me, it's feast or famine so I have to stay away from trigger foods if I want to lose or maintain, otherwise I binge. I love eating, especially when bored, stressed, etc.

[Curegirl]

When I first met SO, I was 25-30 lbs heavier because I was always eating out with people who couldn't stop eating. When I'm stressed, my appetite is the first thing to go but that also triggers migraines so I have to force myself to eat and it's usually something like rich desserts.