one of the reasons I got fat was because I believed I was meant to be. I was always the "fat one" in the family, my sister would tease me mercilessly, she still does at times even though she has put on weigth too. When I look back at myself growing up, I was always bigger than her, we were 3 years apart but I was taller. When I was 21 I wore a Size 8 dress, the smallest adult size you could get then, when she was 21 she was still wearing childrens sizes. I actually believed I was fat, because of the comparism.

Marriage and babies also helped out, contentment is a great fatter upperer.