How do People Gain Weight? ?

Question

How do people gain large amounts of weight? I mean, for example, someone who gains 20 lbs (not counting pregnancies), after the first 5 pounds, why don't they stop and fix things? Let alone a few hundred pounds. I am not trying to be a jerk or anything, I'm honestly curious.

Answer 1

the bigger you are, the more calories your body needs so they continually overeat, and overeat and the fatter they get the more food they consume and its difficult going back to the amount of food they used to be comfortable eating

Answer 2

because many people get lazy and eat large amounts of calories that their bodies don't need. they also eat foods that are very unhealthy and they don't exercise. also as they get older their metabolism slows down and they just keep eating like they used to, but that causes weight gain cause they don't need those calories. simply they eat more than they burn off. they probably don't stop and try to fix it cause they don't think its that big of a deal. they probably think that they'll go on a diet "when they have time", but that time never seems to come. they could also be emotional eaters, eating high-fat, high-calorie foods when they're feeling crappy

Answer 3

THEY EAT ALOT YOU r****d

Answer 4

some people have eating disorders and can't control themselves. and some don't even notice it or it just gets out of control. or they tell themselfves that they will never change.... so they dont'  

Answer 5

i've heard overweight people say they didn't even realize they were gaining weight. they're like one day i was 140 pounds and the next i was 300

Answer 6

sitting and eating all day every day

Answer 7

Because they're fvucking stupid.

At least thats what I think.

Answer 8

By taking in significantly more Calories- than they are burning off through exercise. And THIS happens- because many of Us enjoy EATING - alot more than we do, exercising!  :(

Answer 9

they have different kind of appetite. They just can't resist eating, just like smokers, they know it's going to kill them but they still smoke.

Answer 10

I think that people that get that heavy don't really realize it. I think that the weight creeps up on them slowly over a span of years. Fifteen or ten pounds a year adds up. I don't understand why they don't do anything about it, some of them do, but perhaps others feel like they would fail?

Answer 11

Each case is different. You can't generalize it by saying things like some have said about over eating or laziness.

Most people who are overweight have tried to loose the weight and some are sucessful and others are not.  The body reacts differently to weight loss and many people get tired of trying and trying.

I was overweight for many years and I tried multiple times to "just do something about it" it wasn't until I went to the doctor and found out I had a thyroid problem that I was able to fix it. I actually ate less than anyone else in my family they used to call me the "birdy" because of how small my portions were. I still gained weight even eating so little.

There are some people who are lazy and don't care but there are many people who have underlying illnesses that contribute to the problem. You even have the opposite when someone is underweight and can't gain weight no matter how hard they try.  

Answer 12

even though ppl say i am not overwieght i think i am and i think i got overweitgh by only tens pounds coz i was depressed i just moved to austria and started at a new school and i went biking in canada coz it was flat but now ilive on a hill. so coz i was dpressed and didn't have anything to do coz tv was in german and hills no flat land to do handstands or anything but now i am loosing the weigth i have gained

Answer 13

they eat when they are not hungrey

Answer 14

My cousin had a kidney disease.  Other people are depressed.  Others have to take steroids for their health.  There are numerous reasons than just eating and being lazy.  Ignorant people should stop worrying about how others look and maybe focus on their own flaws like being so d**n judgmental!  

Answer 15

if the person gained the weight in the first place, that probably means they're too lazy to fix the problem once they realize it.

Answer 16

They must be smoking pot and getting the munchies