What did you used to eat in the big days

cici1028

Oh... and FAST FOOD was a dinner option several times a week. A breakfast at McD's would consist of two sausage egg mcmuffins and a hashbrown. NOW we have McBreakfast maybe once a month (if that) and I have an egg and cheese mcmuffin (that's it!) How times have changed. I can't even eat the way I used to anymore.

SueD66

I was just thinking about this the other day. When i started my getting fatter days i use to get out of work at 2am and hit the gasstation and pick up one of those burritos in a bag with a quart of chocolate milk. have that on the drive home and when getting home if there were chips snarf them down. Mac and cheese with buger is a big one too. Any pasta. I could eat an entiere 12 inch pizza in a sitting, i love pizza. oh here was a go to for me chocolate chips mixed in with peanutbutter. that actually was the last indulgent that i had before starting on my new life journey here.

kolakross

Constant snacking.
And I ate pretty much everything too - nachos were my favorite for a while, chocolate and ice cream, I even made double cake batters to make a cake and eat the other batter...

RollinDawg

Whatever couldn't outrun me.

_LilPowerHouse

Back when I used to eat ****ty foods, I used to:
- Head to the fridge during every commercial break on television (I don't even watch TV anymore)
- Eat a bowl of chips every day
- Eat buttered popcorn almost every day
- Eat french fries
- I ate whenever I was bored. I'd eat things like pop tarts, chips, and LOTS of ice cream and chocolate

This was me all the way.. except I would have a ton more French fries.. KING size at Mcdonalds and then any left over fries that my family didnt eat.. and a double quarter pounder to go with it.. the funny thing... I always had a bottle of water because soda was bad for diabetics>>> LOL. what a dumb *kitten*...

perrytyra

I guess i ate some of the same stuff i do now, just more of it. I have only illiminated a few things from my diet. I don't get McGriddles anymore. I and I usually don't do McDonalds hamburgers, mostly because their hamburgers taste like grease to me now. I used to eat a bunch of chocolate chip cookies when i made them, now I count the calories and only eat about 2. Also, I don't dip anything in ranch now unless it is a vegatable. With one exception, if I have a rare night out at BWW with my hubby, i will still dip the wings in ranch. There is nothing healthy their that I want to eat, and I do like spending time with my hubby. Just careful eating the rest of the weekend.

monharri

I was a big EMOTIONAL EATER. If anything went wrong in my life, which tended to be everyday, I would have crazy cravings for sweets; my favorites were anything made by the infamous Little Debbie: honey buns, chocolate rolls, oatmeal cookies, etc. I also ordered pizza once every two weeks, and ate Sonic burgers and jalapeno peppers. Just thinking about what I was putting in my body gives me a headache. I felt sluggish and sick everyday, always had a headache, always had interrupted sleep, and was as irritable as they come (which isn't like me because I tend to be very goofy and cheerful! :0)

It wasn't until I went to see a holistic doctor that I realized how acidic my body was. It was like it was fighting to keep up. The doctor said something to me that really gave me hope: He said just apply my success with other areas in my life to my success in getting healthy. He said this because I had been going on and on about not being able to lose weight, how hopeless it was. His words seem so simple to me now but I know they made a big impact on my outlook on weight loss and getting healthy and I now feel encouraged to give it my all!

So glad I've found a likeminded community on MFP.

I'M NEVER GOING BACK TO EATING LITTLE DEBBIES! :drinker:

Faeriegirl74

I was so very bad!
Breakfast was usually a Venti 3 sugar Cafe Mocha and an apple fritter from Starbucks....talk about a horrible way to start the day. Lunch - I always ate out...and my favorite was to run to Jack In The Box and get 4 tacos (the 2@99 cent special) with a side of the sampler trio.
Dinner - we also ate out a lot...Buffalo Wild Wings, Cheesecake Factory, TGI Fridays... you name it, we ate it. If I "cooked" at home...it was hamburger helper....my oh my. We also sat around in front of the computer...hubby on his, me on mine... in the same room mind you - playing World of Warcraft and munching on chips and salsa or twix bars.

Ugh. Now that I look back on it...kinda nasty.

I'm so glad I switched my computer for running shoes!

NewLIFEstyle4ME

The S.A.D. diet ( standard American diet)

monstrous amount Greasy fried foods
piggish amounts Greasy cheesy fatty foods
sicking amoun ts of fast foods-- and eating out at restaurant a LOT--far more than home cooking
awful huge amounts of soda pops
cr@p loads of coffee ladened with chemical flavored coffee creams and powders
terrible amount of store bought prepackaged/processed juices and sugary-fatty empty calorie drinks
heart stopping amounts of chicken, beef, pork, lamb
hoards of dairy products like cheese, butter, sour cream, chemical laden Greek yogurts and eggs from chickens that were factory farm raised and only God knows what those poor things ate or how they lived/died before getting on my plate--yuck!
globs of pastries and sweets
wicked giant amount of candies and expensive chocolates almost every day or at least every chance I could get
chemical, fat, sugary, empty calories everything really--ugh! I'm so GLAD those days are behind me forever.

I rarely if ever ate veggies and the kids would eat all of the fruit up before I got a chance to get it--but I didn't care then, it's different now and I'm GLAD!

I ate like the typical America obese person eats...those days are forever GONE and GOOD RIDDANCE to BAD RUBBISH (to and for ME, if this is not rubbish to you, more power to you--not judging you...judging MYSELF--that's all)

Alsha1999

I have always eaten fairly healthy, but used to go to more quick easy foods such as:

Lunch meats Now I use REAL meat and never buy precooked meats
Frozen cuisines: Lean cuisine, Smart ones, Healthy Choice Now I freeze my own
Protein bars Now I make my own
Rice cakes with hydrogenated fats peanut butter, now make my own peanut butter
white chocolate mocha at starbucks-skinny, but not really skinny
Dairy products with high sugar like Yoplait yogurt, now use almond, rice or coconut milk
Canned fruits and veggies, soups Now buy fresh or frozen only

Now I eat clean and do the work myself! My husband says I eat a garden a day, but I feel so much better. Before my food was A, but now IT IS AN A++

hope516

3 meals at fast food restaurants...I use to laugh at th idea of cooking my own meals :blushing:

Di3012

Hi Guys,

Not sure if this has been done before but anyway would anyone like to mention some of the things they used to eat before they lost weight.

I'll start sometimes on my way to work id stop and grab:

Bacon & Egg Roll - Eat on the way there
2 Croissants 1 to eat after bacon and egg roll 1 to have at work once I arrived.

Also I still see this at the supermarket and I have stayed away from it for over 12 months now the 2 family blocks of chocolate for $6 I can still remember my favorite combination was:

Nestle - Smartie & Crunch block
Cadbury - Fruit & Nut & Crunchie or Peppermint

I would buy 2 blocks and go through them in a couple of hours easy

I won't mention anymore maybe later

Anyone else want to share ?

Mine went something along the lines of cake, chocolate, sweets, chocolate, cake. I might have something properly to eat for dinner, more often than not, I would skip it. I rarely ate fruit.

I am not kidding either.

maryjay51

wow there were days id eat nonstop.. always breakfast sandwiches chock full of bacon and cheese, butter.. then off to the road where id stop at drive thrus all day.. them dollar burgers are such a deal lol..double cheeseburgers at mcdonalds and then through the burger king for their onion rings .. sometimes id go through a few fattening donuts with my cup of coffee with diet sugar lol and being from buffalo we are home of the chicken wings .. cant beat the local deal on wednesday night with five dollars for all you can eat chicken wings and tons of bleu cheese dressing ...and of course most folks here have chicken wings AND pizza .. then there was dairy queen where id get a pecan mudslide ice cream sundae... omg i cant believe i ate like that...

Miss_dannii

I was never a massive eater, I just ate the wrong things. I would skip breakfast (well I would have a skinny latte for breakfast if that counts) and not eat food at all until about 3pm, blamed being too busy. Then I'd have a ham and cheese sandwich with butter and mayo, and a packet of crisps. Maybe a couple of choc biscuits and another skinny latte. Then at home I would put on a pizza and wedges between the 2 of us, and monch on crisps a packet or 2. That'd be my day. It's mad because I acually technically eat more now, and more frequently. I still snack in the evening, but it's WW crisps or mini babybel light, or a cheestring x

AndiJ2011

When I was pregnant I looovvvveed botan sticky rice, veggie & pork potstickers that my mom in law would make, kimchee & seaweed. I am drooling just thinking about it.

smantha32

Pizza and chicken wings are my two best friends and worst enemies!

^^THIS

myopus

Homemade tacos every 3-5 days; full container of Ben & Jerry's half baked or Dove ice cream w/choc ganache.

needtolose50lbs

Everything put in my face, especially Mcdonald's

Saxmis

Well, considering I'd got money today, I would usually celebrate in the evening with:

14" cheese and mushroom garlic bread pizza
portion of fries
2 onion bhajis

I may just celebrate by doing some exercise instead!

I1ahunt

Philadelphia Cheese Steak with Sauce Mushrooms and Fried onions on a 32" roll with Fries and a six pack of beer

delilah47

Typical day:

Sausage and egg McMuffin for breakfast
Sandwich or a Stouffer's entree for lunch
Gourmet cooking for dinner
Ice cream or cake with coffee for bedtime snack

Some snacking between meals, but not much. Really miss the gourmet cooking, but I save a lot of time keeping it simple for dinner. I guess for me it was richness, not volume, that packed on the pounds. That and not being able to exercise for the past 11 (or so) years.

greasygriddle_wechnage

Whatever couldn't outrun me.
thjat's funny! so true....

katkins3

Most Fridays, my husband and I used to order:
Hot wings, Large loaded pizza and cheese bread.
This was for the two of us! We often had some pizza left over for the next day, but Wow! No wonder we were both well over 200 pounds.
Thanks to MFP, in part, he has lost over 100 pounds and I have lost 54 pounds, (so far).

SewerUrchin

Breakfast:
Large can of Relentless, Monster, whatever.
Bacon, sausage, egg and cheese toasted sandwich

Lunch:
I was working at McDonalds at the time, so fries, cheeseburger or nuggets, and a full-fat coke

Dinner:
It's not that I cooked horribly unhealthy food (well, occasionally), but I had such big portions because my boyfriend is such a big eater, and he'd nag me to eat more so he felt less fat. So I'd have an enormous portion of pasta with tonnes of melted cheese (cheese is my downfall), mountains of sausages and mashed potato, huge platefuls of curry or stir fry, and occasionally we'd order pizza or Chinese food. I also was rather partial to fish and chips. Then I'd have a massive piece of cake and bowl of icecream.

Snacks: Throughout the day, I'd constantly drink energy drinks, milky coffee with loads of sugar, and full-fat coke. Come the evening time, I'd also drink a litre of vodka mixed with two litres of energy drink. That's a LOT of calories. I was probably getting an extra thousand a day just from drinking. While drinking, I'd get through a family-sized bag of crisps, or two bags of pork scratchings. Then I'd fix myself a couple of hot dogs, two crumpets with loads of butter, maybe some chicken strips, and an entire packet of cookies with a big glass of chocolate milk.

Quite revolting, really. Plus, I never did any exercise. So naturally, I ballooned to nearly 16st. I've since cut down on drinking (leaving it for the weekends), have much smaller portion sizes, try to cook more vegetables, switched to diet coke if I need a fizzy drink and caffiene (or maybe a sugar-free red bull), drink more water, do more exercise, and try to snack on more low calorie stuff like sugar snaps or a small lean chicken wrap or something.

spatters77

Great topic and the first time I looked at what I was eating was a shock. Getting my portions under control and convincing myself that I DO NOT need to clean my plate has helped me the most. I was raised that you had to clean your plate.

Depends on the which week it was. If my daughter was with me I would cook enough to feed about 6 people and eat 2 helpings, then take what ever was left for lunch the next day. If I was on my own, it was what ever was easy to get my hands on. Fast food or order out. Now I cook most of the time and eat proper portions, or if I order out/eat out, I will eat only half a meal or check the calories on my MFP App.

Typical Fast food meal at Wendy's - Spicy Chicken large combo w/pop, with either a Jr cheeseburger deluxe or a 5 piece nugget
Taco Bell was usually 5 layer burrito, nacho bell-grande, and a couple of tacos w/large pop - or anything that sounded good, my bill was usually $8 to $10.

On most Friday nights I would order a large pizza and eat all but a couple of slices. If I cooked breakfast on Saturday I would make 4 - 6 eggs and either 4 slices of toast or English muffins. Eggs were either fried in butter or poached depending on my mood.

If I went out to eat I would order an appetizer and a meal eat it all and then either get dessert or go home and snack on chips or have a plate of cheese and crackers.

CannibalisticVegetarian

It starts off not so bad, but boy did it get worse throughout the day

Breakfast: Go-gurt (on my way to class)

Lunch: (I used to eat in the caf on campus and it was All you can eat.. usually it went like this)
> 1 burger (eat half of it but devour ALL of the fries along with a bowl of chili, cheese, and ranch for dipping)
> A salad loaded with NOTHING in moderation: Shredded cheese in heaps, ceasar dressing coating it..few veggies, but that made no difference
>1 slice of pizza with three cheese sticks on the side.. and side marinara for dipping and cinnamon sticks for dessert. To drink? A soda that was made using a little bit of every soda that they had to offer (except root beer). Sometimes I'd treat myself to an iced coffee also, and on the way out I'd have an ice cream cone

Dinner: Sometimes my friends would want to go out to eat. Usually it was Mexican and that being said, I'd have a large taco salad (to go with the initial chips and salsa we'd been eating), and 2 magaritas... giant magaritas mind you.
If not fast food crap, I'd just go to walmart, get a subway footlong--tuna with all the veggies and heavy mayo.. and proceed to eat that. Also I'd snack on gummy bears while riding the bus back to campus and could snack on wheat thins once back to the dorm.

ButterflyRaven

Chips are my weakness

Rosbrook1985

bump

glassyo

Mostly for me it was fast food. Not the places but what I chose to eat. Carl's Jr had this bacon swiss chicken (not even grilled) sandwich which was to die for and it was 800ish calories. That along with a small fries and diet coke (don't hate on the diet coke with all those other calories...I never liked the taste of full sugar coke) would be lunch. When I had Burger King, it was the normal size whopper with mayo (only time I ever really liked mayo actually), fries and a diet coke. Things like that.

That would be for lunch. For dinner I would eat a whole medium cheese pizza (sometimes finishing off the outer crust...sometimes not). Or a full order of chicken fried rice or some kind of noodle dish.

Then there was the half a bag of fun size snickers or milky way or whatever candy bar in one go. Or polishing off half to a full bag of Doritos.

But worse than the food was I never exercised and was way lazier than I am now.

Darn, I kinda miss those days.

mexicangardengnome

I used to just sit and eat nutella. Every now and then I still do that but Ive almost completely broken that habit I also used to sit in front of the TV and eat ceral or crakcers w/ cheese. At lunch I would aslo have bosco sticks (they like these wierd pizza sticks haha but they are soo yummy!) and I'd also have several sugar cookies. Dinner was healthy for the most part. Now I eat yogurt for breakfast, carrots and a hard boiled egg for lunch, cuties and a grham crakcer cheet as snacks at 3:00 pm and !0:00 am and whatever delicious healthy food my mom makes for dinner