How did I get so big (not necessarily in that order of importance):
1 - Not moving enough (I don't even mean exercise, just never going out even for a short walk at some point in my life).
2 - Bad food habits gained during my childhood and teen years: we had lots of money problems, and my parents often used quick fixes like "let's have bread & Nutella for dinner, it's cheaper than meat and veggies". T_T
3 - Living in denial. I would often nag under my breath at "that skinny b*tch, she's whining because she's gained 1 lb and must now diet a little, what could *I* say, huh"... until I realized that if I, too, would whine at that 1 lb and nip it in the bud, then I wouldn't gain 10, 20, 30 extra lbs!
4 - Not using the right coping strategies: when putting on enough weight to gain one clothing size, the right thing to do is to take the weight off, not to buy new (bigger!) clothes until three or more extra sizes end up piling up.
5 - Persuading myself that "I don't know that vegetable, therefore I don't like it". Solution: going in reverse psychology and Pavloving myself into thinking "I don't know that vegetable, therefore I may very well like its taste".
6 - Corollary of point 5: before, the basis of every meal was, for me, starches. (Now the basis of my dier for every meal, including breakfast, is veggies/fruits.)
7 - Living for years with a BF who was way taller and especially way more physically active than I: I unconsciously scaled my meals on his, eating just as much as he'd do. The result wasn't pretty. (It wasn't his fault, of course, only mine. ^_^; )
8 - Not weighing myself, not paying attention. (Goes hand in hand with points 3 and 4.)
9 - Having no awareness of nutrition whatsoever, and believing that pizza every two days was okay.
...Gee, this list stinks. XD
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