Your calories before vs now??

meghanp92
meghanp92 Posts: 43
in Health and Weight Loss
Just for fun! I don't know exactly what I was eating before (because I was way too scared to every count), but considering I used to drink 2-3 44 oz. Mountain Dews a day at around 600 calories each, I know it was way more than now! I was probably topping 3,000 calories! Now I'm down to about 1,900 a day. Has anybody else made a huge cut and is equally shocked at how awful they were before?
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  • lucylousmummy
    lucylousmummy Posts: 348 Member
    i've never really counted either (far to ashamed lol) but if i had to guess i'd say it would be in the 3000-4000 calorie a day range, i was portion heavy with things like pasta, rice, and potatoes, regularly had a very thick piece of homemade bread covered in butter to accompany my "healthy" homemade soup (some of them are really healthy put quite a few of them had loads of cheese in) i would eat large 250g bars of chocolate and drink sugary drinks all day long
    now i eat between 1500-2000 calories depending on how hungry i am and how much exercise i've done
    i cant say it shocked me that much because i was well aware that what i was doing wasnt healthy, i was just in a place where i didnt really care what i was doing to myself
  • ball858
    ball858 Posts: 395 Member
    I recon I used to eat about 2500 - 3000 a day :noway:

    But now I eat 1500 - and my exercise calories :smile:
  • ladybarometer
    ladybarometer Posts: 205 Member
    No clue!
    But I could polish off a bag of almost a whole bag of doritos, eat bowls 2-3 cups each of instant potatoes, popcorn with melted butter and chocolate candy bars on top... OMG!!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i was eating 4-5K a day. the 5k days were fridays and saturdays when i'd go out drinking

    now i eat around 2K total
  • jojorocksforeva
    jojorocksforeva Posts: 303 Member
    Hahah no clue.. all i can say is a lot a lot a lot a lot I was a fast food junky:(
    Know 1000 to 800 cal.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Great idea.

    Puts the whole "I couldn't possibly eat more than 1200 calories up to 1600, I'd gain on 400 extra calories" into perspective when one used to eat 1200 more in general, like 2800-3000.

    And yes, before, on some days after a workout day, of not eating enough frankly, I'd be very hungry, and go overboard on easily 3500-4000.
    Now eating 2000, and if exercise too much, more.

    Of course, TDEE now is around 2500.
  • drumprincess1
    drumprincess1 Posts: 16
    how funny! i was just thinking about that when i saw this post! im not sure what i was eating before i started counting. i was definitely not paying attention though.....that explains why i gained 15 pounds in 6 months....and im only 5 2! i remember i would drink energy drinks and soda. i also would eat fast food a lot....like almost every day!!!!!! there are some things i used to eat and i look at the calories now...and i think to myself "what the heck was i thinking?!" im just glad i can make smarter choices at a young age. some people don't figure it out until they are in their 40's!
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    Well a 2ltr bottle of coke has how many cals? I used to drink 4 bottles a day.... then add mac & cheese, pizza & other fat filled food. No wonder I put on weight. I'm guessing close to 10k a day perhaps. Yeah I SHOULD be dead.....


    then add the Jim Beam as well, oh and Vodka...... daily full size bottles
  • shanster23
    shanster23 Posts: 144 Member
    I'd guess I was eating somewhere between 2000-2500 calories a day.
    On a slow metabolism 5'0" frame doing absolutely no exercise whatsoever.
    Although even with exercise I think 2,500 would be too much for how short I am.
  • spangey13
    spangey13 Posts: 294
    Biscuits were my weakness - and lollies and chocolate!! Basically all things sweet. I could easily eat half a block of chocolate (about 700 calories) after dinner, lollies at lunch time - 250+ calories, and 5 or 6 biscuits in the afternoon... I would be around 1500 calories a day if I took out all my junk food !!

    *edit*
    I say "were" my weakness. They still are... sigh
  • apocalypsepwnie
    apocalypsepwnie Posts: 373
    From what I eat now I could go from dangerously low to VERY high so instead of the 10710 I'm allowed per week I'd easily say I'd be going easily near the 15000. With all the full fat dairy in HUGE portions (I could easily drink a litre of milk a day), chips, 2 sandwiches for lunch and huge portions of rice and wet dishes for dinner. Not to mention all the salt... and energy drinks. I'd have a large 500ml red bull every week day. Although my diet wasn't 'bad' it was just too much food and not enough education on what I was eating.
  • apocalypsepwnie
    apocalypsepwnie Posts: 373
    Well a 2ltr bottle of coke has how many cals? I used to drink 4 bottles a day.... then add mac & cheese, pizza & other fat filled food. No wonder I put on weight. I'm guessing close to 10k a day perhaps. Yeah I SHOULD be dead.....


    then add the Jim Beam as well, oh and Vodka...... daily full size bottles

    The coke has nearly 900, I think 890... ish. Ouch.
  • laurwillbelovely
    laurwillbelovely Posts: 44
    Oh goodness yes! I eat between 1200 and 1500 now and the other day I had a niece's birthday party so pretty much ate my fill (a "normal" amount) I think I worked out it was about 2000-2500 calories and I felt sick all the next day. It wasn't even particularly unhealthy.

    I used to have a huge bowl of pasta and half a block of family-sized chocolate most evenings! I think it was close to 2500-3000 calories each day. yuck.
  • tonyggd
    tonyggd Posts: 23
    I was probably on about 4000+ a day, now between 1500 & 1700
  • AmandaTWaH
    AmandaTWaH Posts: 181 Member
    My average was probably 3000-4000 calories with days with over 7000 before. I drank A LOT of mountain dew and I ate tons of potatoes with toppings, cheese, chips, pasta, and all of that. I would go out and get a large fry and 6 piece cheese sticks at Jack in the Box a few times a week as a "snack".

    Now I eat around 1700-2000 calories a day depending on exercise and am steadily losing 1.5-2 pounds a week and I feel more full than I ever did before because I'm sticking to healthier and more filling choices! I also enjoy those days I eat out a lot more because they are more of a treat.
  • MikesterAZ
    MikesterAZ Posts: 67 Member
    Yes, I've been on here about a week so far and the first couple of days I was absolutely shocked at what I was eating!! After a week I've gotten it down to the goal amount and even went under a couple of times. I hope that trend continues. I got a lot of exercise today and that has helped too. Like you, I drink a lot of soda and sugar in my coffee, but I switched to diet soda and cut out the sugar. That made a big difference. Luckily I don't have to break the fast food habit as I'm basically on a food-box budget right now. I do have trouble when my gifts of food are unhealthy ones. Like the other day I was given a bunch of deli sandwiches, when I went to record them I found out they were like 800 calories each. Two of them was my whole day's allotment!!! But I couldn't let them spoil ... I'd have nothing else to eat. So I'm doing my best with what I have to work with.
  • EmilyTwist1
    EmilyTwist1 Posts: 206 Member
    I used to eat between 1500 and 2000 a day. I'm 5'6" and back then I weighed less than 100 pounds.

    Now I eat between 2500 and 3000 a day, and I weigh a healthy 130 pounds.
  • MikesterAZ
    MikesterAZ Posts: 67 Member
    Mountain Dew is my absolute favorite and I'd think nothing of drinking several 44oz'rs a day. Yum on the cheese sticks!! I had some Tacos the other day from JITB and they were sooooo good. I rarely get fast food anymore so it's an absolute joy.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    Well a 2ltr bottle of coke has how many cals? I used to drink 4 bottles a day.... then add mac & cheese, pizza & other fat filled food. No wonder I put on weight. I'm guessing close to 10k a day perhaps. Yeah I SHOULD be dead.....


    then add the Jim Beam as well, oh and Vodka...... daily full size bottles

    The coke has nearly 900, I think 890... ish. Ouch.

    Yeah sounds about right. Yeah I was kinda killing myself with it. That's and not one shred of exercise.... yep.
  • Dragonnade
    Dragonnade Posts: 218 Member
    When I was working, I think I was eating about what I am eating now - 16-1800.

    Plus doughnuts, half a pack of biscuits could be mainlined, chocolate, brownies (half a tub from Sainsbury's), plus the odd chocolate bar. In roughly a week.

    And though I did have a gym membership, I found the place to be intimidating and I just didn't have the energy after a stressful day at work to do anything but go home and open the wine/beer/port/brandy.

    Thinking about it, I clearly have a naturally fast metabolism as that's a ridiculous amount of calories!
  • Joannie30
    Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
    3343 calories
    519 carbs (ALL refined!!!!!!!!!!!)
    30g saturated fat
    336g SUGAR!!!

    The scary thing is, i really didn't think i was doing anything wrong!!! I had no sense of what i was putting in my body and the effects that it was all having on my health. I used to wonder why i got headaches and heartburn all the time!!!!!!!!!!! Back then, if anyone had asked me how well i ate, i'd probably say "i probably have a wee bit more sugar than i should but, on the whole, i think i eat relatively ok". Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!
  • phonypony
    phonypony Posts: 42
    I don't know but I remember eating WHOLE BLOCKS of chocolate by myself on lonely nights and polishing off a tub of nutella or whole packet of tim tams sometimes when I was feeling particularly self loathing. My god. No wonder I got so fat.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Right before I started MFP: 6500+ cals/day
    Now: typically around 2000 cals/day
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
    I had to be eating at least 5 or 6K calories a day....easily. I think about the amount of food I would binge on and it astonishes me.

    Now I've just lowered from 1200 to 1136 and I'm fine on that amount(unless I do a huge calorie burn).
  • meghanp92
    meghanp92 Posts: 43
    i cant say it shocked me that much because i was well aware that what i was doing wasnt healthy, i was just in a place where i didnt really care what i was doing to myself

    True. :( I knew what I was doing was awful and I knew I was eating a ton of calories, I can't lie and say it blindsided me. I just didn't care, either. I had my lap band taken out and didn't care anymore.
  • debsclio
    debsclio Posts: 24
    My weakness was chocolate. I used to eat about 4 or 5 bars a day which racked up about 1300 calories alone, then I used to snack on mini cheddars and crisps and then eat a large stodgy meal each evening, I must have been over 3000!!
  • MikesterAZ
    MikesterAZ Posts: 67 Member
    Yum ... Another big weakness is cookie dough, I would get those raw toll house cookie kits with 24 squares of dough and eat them all. Total tummy ache and love it!!
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
    To be honest, I don't really know how much I'd be eating, but I'd estimate it at around 5k - 6k a day.

    It was quite scary when I started on here and realised that all the things I used to eat when I thought I wasn't being too bad were actually awful! Like supermarket sandwiches, pasta bakes, etc.
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    Wow! I was curious to see how bad my eating habits used to be so i filled in tomorrows food diary as if it is was what i would have eaten on an average day to see how bad i was. Take a look if you dare! :)


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  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Before:
    breakfast: bagel from mcdonalds, with 2 hash browns and a large frappe
    lunch: large quarter pounder meal with 2 dbl cheeseburgers, a large coke and a large choc sundae.
    arvo tea: a whole roll of cookie dough
    dinner: 6 nugget kids meal with a large frappe
    desert: packet of snacks plus 1-2 bottles of rum

    Easily 5000+ :(

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