no wonder i was/am fat...

hncary

Pasta. I have no portion control with pasta. I would make a pan of baked ziti (one box of noodles, a 4 cup bag of mozz cheese, 1lb of spicy ground sausage or hamburger meat, and red sauce) and could eat at least half of the pan in one sitting. I'm pretty sure I would have eaten it all if I was single and didn't have to share.

Portion control and eating out contributed a lot. Instead of eating until I was no longer hungry, I would eat until I was in pain.

Lounmoun

My weight gain was really too many second helpings and no exercise. Not getting enough sleep and eating more to compensate for several years.

cheshirecatastrophe

If McDonald's soft serve is reduced fat and surprisingly low-calorie for an entire ice cream cone, clearly their milkshakes must be, too!

Then there was that time I was convinced that because butter is a dairy product, it has lots of protein and calcium. Ergo, cookies are a health food.

And once upon a time, I was a foreign exchange student. Which is all you need to know about that.

haysavam

Letting my eating habits be run by stress. Resulted in most dinners looking something like this- Yogurt, strawberries, ice cream, and an entire row of Girl Scout cookies.

Also, I too have eaten an entire little caesars pizza.

NO MORE!!!

ewhip17

I used to drive through the Wendy's on my way home at night and get a large double combo with a large dr pepper, eat it while driving home, hide the trash in the trash can in the back yard, then go in and eat a full dinner with the family. Ugh...... I told my wife about that recently and it made her sad. I now refer to that Wendy's as "The Biggest Loser Wendy's"

PeachyCarol

I left the really bad behavior behind when I was still relatively thin. That was all when I was in high school... sleeves of Saltines with butter after school mainly.

My main problem as an adult was being a 5'1" woman and eating like a 6'4" man.

anask4

I used to make a triple decker pb&j sandwhich. 3 slices of bread. PB and Jelly on every side. and im talking like half a jar of peanut butter. It used to be huge...and I would down it in literally 2 minutes. and then i would proceed to eat lunch like an hour later.

jnv7594

megsta91 wrote: »

i was just thinking of the ridiculous habits i had before starting this weight loss journey..

like eating an entire stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut in one sitting.. two times a week!

lol can't believe admitted that. obviously that wasn't the only thing i did wrong (hello 100 pounds overweight).

does anyone else have any funny recollections about bad eating habits they would like to share?

I used to do the same with pizza. I would eat a whole stuffed crust, and that would be my dinner, and then I would have dessert, lol. Ah yes, dessert. I could easily eat a whole pan of brownies in one night. Ya, it's no surprise I was almost 300 pounds at one point. Go figure. I still have my brownies and pizza, but just in regular portions.

tomatoey

Round one of weight gain: going out to restaurants 4/7 nights - Indian, Thai, Italian, French, Moroccan, fusion, whatever, fatty fat fat fat stuff, lotsa lots lots lots of all of it - and having 2-3 glasses of wine every time, and dessert sometimes. And, huge bacon and egg sandwiches (on something the size and density of a ciabbatta) and a full-fat latte with lots of sugar for breakfast, every day.

Round two (mild regain after injury): just relying on fast / convenience food way too often. McD's, pizza, poutine, something like that either every day or every other day, plus no exercise.

Commonality: lazy as fk.

Blueseraphchaos

segacs wrote: »

Oh, and who could forget, I'd buy the store-bought icing meant for cakes (Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker, whatever) and eat the ENTIRE THING with a spoon.

Yes, really.

I still do this. Ahem.

SamBski

Ugh, I just read the past 4 pages and I thought 'I didn't have very many bad habits... Hang on fatty yes you did.'
I'm a firm believer in honesty so here it goes.

Ben and Jerry's Phish Food Ice cream, 1 container in 2 days.
Chocolate chip cookies, whole package 2 days.
Cheese. Never enough cheese. (From Wisconsin, ya'know)
Fruit Smiles Fruit snacks, jumbo value size box in 4-5 days.
Buffalo Wings, so many buffalo wings.
Fried Chicken, mine or KFC.
McDonalds food! Jalapeno doubles, McChickens, Big Macs, Habenero Ranch Quarter Pounders, Medium Fries, Buffalo Ranch McChickens, Caramel Frappes and omg Shamrock Shakes
Fritos Flamin' Hot cheetos, 1 bag in 1 sitting
Pasta dishes with alfredo sauce especially. Never enough pasta.
Fried Pickles.

I think that's it. That's at least stuff I did regularly or went through cycles with.

Also no portion control whatsoever. Boyfriend is 6'3 and eats like a moose because he moves/works more/harder than I do and I'm like "Well, if he can I can too!' Uh.. No, you can't, Sam.

Now I have a food scale and a fridge full of veggies which I love. I'm sorry veggies I didn't mean to leave you! I also have portion control now for my favorite things. Feels good man, feels good.

k2mexox

Normal McDonald's meals was 10 piece nugget meal large drunk and a mcdouble. On more than one occasion I upped it to 20 piece.

Dunkin donuts was big and toasted, donut, and medium iced coffee.

A few times a week. Ugh. Makes me sick just thinking about it. Over a thousand calories for each meal.

softballmonkey45

Half a pan of brownies... in less than 2 hours. No wonder I have the gut I do. And a whole half gallon of ice cream in a different afternoon. Chocolate is my addiction.

amandaiams

Hmm...well, where to begin. I could drink a liter of wine a night, every night for about a year (alcoholic much?) I can eat a pizza myself, a box of cookies, a tub of ice cream etc etc. I've had terrible eating habits and I think it's because I reach for food when I'm stressed, mad, upset, bored etc. Now I'm counting my calories quite carefully using MFP and have lost about 17 lbs.

cmsu64113

Two mcdoubles and a large fry

Liftng4Lis

Just too much. Yep

Captain_Wobbles

by using this logic for everything...
Hungry for plate of fries
Make plate of fries
Accidentally put too much ketchup on fries
Make more fries to offset ketchup fry ratio
Not enough ketchup now
Add more ketchup
Accidentally add too much ketchup
Make more fries
repeat until no ketchup remains

segacs

softballmonkey45 wrote: »

Half a pan of brownies... in less than 2 hours. No wonder I have the gut I do. And a whole half gallon of ice cream in a different afternoon. Chocolate is my addiction.

Me too.

soccerkon26

Going to a restaurant and eating a family-size dessert (all to myself) instead of getting an actual meal

jellybeanpumba

I can eat an entire bag,box,jar, of about anything you give me! When I have bad days now I still force myself to log so I can see the numbers for myself, it makes me think twice about stuff I eat

mom2ava07

I blamed the additional 25 lbs on baby weight, until my baby turned 3 and I realized that ship had long since sailed.

I look back and think no wonder I kept putting on weight. I did good during the day. I drank plenty of water, and never ate out for lunch, always bringing fruit, a sandwich, other sensible foods. When I got home it was an eating and soda drinking fest from about 530 pm til 10 pm. I would literally snack the entire time I made dinner (usually chips), eat two full plates of whatever I had cooked, and right before bed have a huge glass of chocolate milk and a sweet such as 6 cookies, huge brownie, sometimes both. Looking back, I can't believe I ate that much and wondered where the weight was coming from every morning that I weighed and saw the number creep up.

megsta91

My weakness is both pizza and ice cream and always has been. I try to just stay clear of both because it's very hard for me to limit myself.

MysticRealm

When I lived at home I would go to the convenience store and pick up several chocolate bars, fundip, and nerds. Sneak them into the house, and pig out on them down in the basement where no one would see.
After moving out there were times where I ate out for every meal. My subway lunches alone would probably be 1100+ calories.

VailCat13

A full box of angel hair or thin speghtti pasta. Raw. Ate it right out of the box, like chips.

And booze. Microbrews and Malbec for days.

ogmomma2012

10 beers and super nachos 3-4Xs per week. Yeah....

xotaaay

Getting a small Coffee Coolatta with 2 glazed donuts every morning or a grande Caramel Frappucino with 2 birthday cake pops. And sometimes I would get 2 Coolattas a day. Dunkin' Donuts/Starbucks used to be an addiction

xotaaay

I could still eat a whole pint of Ben & Jerry's if I REALLY wanted to ;-)

Broaders1977

I thought the metabolism I had at 18 would be with me forever!

tomatoey

Broaders1977 wrote: »

I thought the metabolism I had at 18 would be with me forever!

It's crazy how much young people burn. When I was 12-20, I'd eat a medium pizza to myself, no problem. Or two poutines from Harvey's for lunch, no problem. My weight was dead-centre normal the whole time. I only started gaining - and massively at that - in my mid-20s, after a bout of a medication. I lost that weight. Then, I gained again (less this time) when I started my restaurant tour. (Then I regained a little bit again after I was injured). the end

janiceclark08

Large portions of everything for supper, fast food lunches, and lots of beer and the many dips I would make and eat with chips, I use to say I was a dip addict.