Before habits :)

crosbylee

Looking back at my old diaries, I didn't log days when I ate really badly. I see a few days that were about 2200, but if I had really logged a few days with no changes, I am sure I would probably hit 3000 a few days a week. I never logged my alcohol either. I don't drink often, but when I do, I usually have quite a bit. Think cook off weekends.

IAmTheGlue

I drank most of my calories. I don't know the amount but a 40 oz. fountain drink is around 550 calories! I would be ashamed to admit the amount of Mountain Dew and alcohol that I've had. I'm trying to limit my alcohol intake and I only drink zero calorie beverages otherwise.

I think it would be insane to bury my head in the sand and claim that I have no idea how I got morbidly obese. I ate too much. I drank more. I'm one of those people who start drinking and then all common sense goes out the window. H*** yes, I'll have some pizza and nachos! SMH

I'm not currently abstaining from liquor but I'm definitely staying under my calorie goal each day. I got this.

B00kw0rm09

I've always considered myself a fairly healthy eater. I did weight watchers a few years ago and know the importance of fruits, veggies, whole grains, and lean proteins. I rarely eat fast food, and I've always worked out regularly. I started a new job about a year ago and packed on about 20 pounds. I think the problem was mindless eating at my desk and not weighing my food. I would eat fairly healthy, just too much of it. Sure, almonds are a good choice, but regularly eating two servings at a time adds up. I was probably eating multiple servings of a lot of things. I think I will probably always have to weigh and portion my food or else I risk over eating. A serving of cereal is not much...left to my own devices I easily eyeball a portion as way larger than it should be. Logging, for me, makes all the difference.

I have no idea how much I was eating before. 2500? Even healthy-ish food can lead to a gain.

LAWoman72

B00kw0rm09 wrote: »

Even healthy-ish food can lead to a gain.

Oh for sure. Lots of people feel they "eat healthy" foods but the simple fact is that you could eat organic Brazil nuts grown and nurtured in home-processed compost and sprinkled with the tears of vegan mermaids but still gain weight...if you're eating more calories of them than your body needs for maintenance.

janegalt37

1200 calories a night, 4-5 nights a week of just chardonnay. Exactly 2 bottles worth. F***ing INSANE. This is how I gained ALL of my extra 50lbs over 5 years. Very slowly, lazily and with great apathy toward myself and my wellbeing. On the days I would drink, I also almost always skipped dinner. So the only food I'd get that day would be a 3-400 cal breakfast and a healthy lunch of 4-500 calories.

Leana088

Not sure, never counted. But I do know I drank soda and fruit juice instead of water. So that's about 1200 extra a day if you count 8 glasses. I also snacked on lots of sweets in between, so I assume my snacks alone would also be about 1000-1500.

Funny, my actual meal sizes were not too bad at all. They were normal sized. All I had to do was quit snacking and drink water instead of soda/juice, and I lost most of my weight that way. Oh, and walking.

NRSPAM

Bump for later.

sijomial

Maintenance calories but impossible to put a number on it - just happened to be maintaining for about 20 years as a chubster!

I probably maintain now on more calories than I did before I lost weight despite being lighter. I'm more healthy, much fitter and do a lot more exercise.

Liftng4Lis

Not sure, except for obviously, too many.

sk1nnyb1tchm0dee

kandell wrote: »

Probably between 2000-2500 daily, with the occasional mega-binge.

That doesn't seem like that much

TimothyFish

My average would've been around 3100. It might have been as high as 4000. But I didn't track it.

paulbearss

New here and this post caught my eye. I checked an average day of mine on here before I started trying to change my eating habits and was shocked to see I was easily eating between 4k to 7k calories a day. I knew I was overeating but just didn't realize the extent or maybe just didn't want to see it. I am going to really try my hardest to eat healthier or at least start out eating less for now. I really like seeing other peoples success stories here and I think it helps me to try harder. Now I am going to try to become more involved with posts and such to help myself and hopefully others at some point. Thank you to everyone here!

Laughter_Girl

I'm not sure how many calories I was eating exactly(As soon as I signed up for MFP I stopped overeating), but I do know that what I ordered from McDonald's was 1200, and that was just ONE meal. On average, I imagine I was eating anywhere between 2000 to 3000 calories, and I was not exercising.

I'm so glad I decided to get healthy. I looked and felt like a stuffed chicken before, and my stomach was upset often after eating all that greasy food. Heck, it was upset from all that overeating too.

onyxgirl17

Well I gained 45 pounds over 4 years, so that works out to about 100 calories a day over maintenance average per day.

didda1

Right around 1600 a day. If I was on prednisone, easily 4k.

LauraHasABabyJack

AmandaRose884 wrote: »

It all depends really, I can only guess as I started logging after my doctor recommended it. As a general rule, I pick healthier items anyway, but I have days where I want to stuff my face with anything I can. On those days, it's like I'M STARVING and NOTHING will satisfy me. So on a typical normal day I'm happy in 1.5k to 2k calories, but on those bad days I say I could easily shoot over 5k+ calories in a single day.
I've noticed it has to do with my menstrual cycles, which makes me think it's hormone related. I also get really sleepy and tired, no energy, short tempered... it's not pretty and I'm not proud of those moments.

I am the same way! Fine, fine, fine...then the monster is unleashed! I've been reading about PPD and it seems to be something along those lines.

LauraHasABabyJack

PMDD not PPD. I can't edit on my kindle.

vfit10

Around 3000c/day

ogmomma2012

Ummm probably 4k. I'm talking 10 beers 4 times a week, and loooooots of mexican food. I was eating the same amount as my 6"4 300lbs husband. o.o Scary, now that I think about it.