I never realized it was THAT bad! :(

Bess_74
Bess_74 Posts: 68
in Food and Nutrition
So this morning on our way to drop me off at work, my boyfriend realized we were early and decided that we "deserved" a treat in the form of a Burger King breakfast. OMG!!! Once I got to my computer and got it logged in on here I realized that I had consumed almost my entire day's worth of calories. I knew it was bad, but I didn't realize it was THAT bad! There were times (pre-MPF) that I would have a BK breakfast, then go back for a burger & fries for lunch, two or three times a week! To make matters worse, as good as it tasted, it was sooo not worth it, cause now my tummy's feeling a little funky. So I had Diet Pepsi for lunch, and I'm guessing celery sticks for dinner. Ok, deep breath, tomorrow's another day.
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  • carliekitty
    carliekitty Posts: 303 Member
    Why not go out for a nice walk and then have a salad instead of starving =)
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    Make that two of us. I can't believe how many calories I used to eat on a daily basis before I started counting calories. It's insane. No wonder I was overweight...
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Go for a run, light jog, or walk. Do a 20 min exercise dvd and earn some more calories for dinner. Or just chalk it up to a lesson learned about making wiser food decisions in the future.
  • Mpol2
    Mpol2 Posts: 442 Member
    When I started on MFP I was shocked at the calories/ nutrients of a bunch of foods... We live and learn. Really makes you adjust your thinking.
  • shastacrystal
    shastacrystal Posts: 262
    Yep I agree with this, a little extra exercise and a sensible dinner and you will be fine. Salad with some tuna on it or something!
  • Brenda_Pancakes
    Brenda_Pancakes Posts: 288 Member
    Go for a run, light jog, or walk. Do a 20 min exercise dvd and earn some more calories for dinner. Or just chalk it up to a lesson learned about making wiser food decisions in the future.

    Good call.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Tell me about it! Once just for fun I logged a hypothetical day of what I might have eaten pre-MFP. Typically I didn't eat out for 3 meals, but I logged it that way b/c it was easier. With just breakfast, lunch and dinner I was over 3,000 calories. And I would probably have had at least another 1,000 on snacks! Sick!
  • TurtleRunnerNC
    TurtleRunnerNC Posts: 751 Member
    Make that two of us. I can't believe how many calories I used to eat on a daily basis before I started counting calories. It's insane. No wonder I was overweight...

    Make that 3 of us....
  • shail1pc
    shail1pc Posts: 7 Member
    Yea I would eat a pizza and bread and not think anything of it. Now I realize that is 2-3 times my daily allotment! Also what surprised me were cheez its. I would grab handfuls of them and in fact did so when I first started MFP and was shocked at how many cals were in so little.
  • EAVA
    EAVA Posts: 31 Member
    wow! just wow!it is really bad, thank you for posting this
  • thranowski
    thranowski Posts: 16 Member
    So I had Diet Pepsi for lunch, and I'm guessing celery sticks for dinner.

    LMAO. I had the same experience when I had a dollar burger and small fries from McDonalds. I thought I was being good!! But don't worry, girl. Knowledge is power, so learn from this and move on!
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    Congratulations!!! BEING AWARE of what you're putting into your body is half the battle. So good job! A lot of people go their entire lives never knowing what you just figured out. :) So look at it as a positive educational experience and learn from it. :happy:

    And you are 100% right; tomorrow is another day, which you will ROCK.
  • mike_littlerock
    mike_littlerock Posts: 296 Member
    They must have secret labs where they TRY to cram in extra calories. I dont eat fast food except rare occasions now. i do not get that many cheat meals and hate to waste one on that, when I can have something much tastier. I have been on business trips where the only thing open when my red-eye lands is fast food, and the calorie counts just blow me away.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    Knowledge is power!!!

    Even knowing all this, after nearly three years I will still pull this kind of thing from time to time. Logging is always such a reality check!!

    Tomorrow will be a better day.
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    So this morning on our way to drop me off at work, my boyfriend realized we were early and decided that we "deserved" a treat in the form of a Burger King breakfast. OMG!!! Once I got to my computer and got it logged in on here I realized that I had consumed almost my entire day's worth of calories. I knew it was bad, but I didn't realize it was THAT bad! There were times (pre-MPF) that I would have a BK breakfast, then go back for a burger & fries for lunch, two or three times a week! To make matters worse, as good as it tasted, it was sooo not worth it, cause now my tummy's feeling a little funky. So I had Diet Pepsi for lunch, and I'm guessing celery sticks for dinner. Ok, deep breath, tomorrow's another day.

    Don't restrict dinner to punish yourself -- make good choices moving forward but don't over stress it.
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    So this morning on our way to drop me off at work, my boyfriend realized we were early and decided that we "deserved" a treat in the form of a Burger King breakfast. OMG!!! Once I got to my computer and got it logged in on here I realized that I had consumed almost my entire day's worth of calories. I knew it was bad, but I didn't realize it was THAT bad! There were times (pre-MPF) that I would have a BK breakfast, then go back for a burger & fries for lunch, two or three times a week! To make matters worse, as good as it tasted, it was sooo not worth it, cause now my tummy's feeling a little funky. So I had Diet Pepsi for lunch, and I'm guessing celery sticks for dinner. Ok, deep breath, tomorrow's another day.

    Everybody here has given you wonderful advice, so no need for me to parrot them. Whatever you do, don't go back and look at the sodium #s; you may've consumed 2-3 days worth! (Been there, done that) Keep your head up, onward and upward! (except for weight, you want that downward, yes?)
  • sarahisme18
    sarahisme18 Posts: 574 Member
    Why not go out for a nice walk and then have a salad instead of starving =)

    :happy:
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Don't feel bad, fast food places are SO deceiving, and it wouldn't even be so bad if the portion sizes weren't so freaking huge.
    Many IHOP breakfasts pack 1000 to 1,500. For breakfast alone?! They're truly trying to kill us.

    Anyway, I second whoever said do the exercise video. That could earn you like 200 calories, then you could have something light but filling like grilled chicken & broccoli for dinner.
  • prairiedawg2014
    prairiedawg2014 Posts: 367
    thats the attitude!! tomorrow is another day! we all do this from time to time. bur it really does make us stop and think about how many cals we were eating when we ate at fast food places huh? it explains why we are here lol
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    What on earth did you eat for breakfast that was 2000 calories and you can only eat something made of water with no nutritional value for dinner? And the diet Pepsi makes this whole "correct the situation" solution worse.. idgi
  • bogle34
    bogle34 Posts: 107 Member
    Same here, tomorrow is a new day and don't be so hard on yourself. Now you know what to do and go from there, don't give up :sad:
  • fishiewishes
    fishiewishes Posts: 91 Member
    Like others have said, go have a nice walk and a salad for dinner. Don't starve yourself just because of a slip this morning - you know now for future reference and we all have small slips sometimes :)

    Tomorrow is a new day!
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    Yup...it's a learning experience. Now you know and you can just keep moving forward. Just get right back on track and today will be nothing more than a minor bump in the road. Nothing debilitating at all.
  • amysaenz24
    amysaenz24 Posts: 42 Member
    Why not go out for a nice walk and then have a salad instead of starving =)


    i agree, i have totally been there.. have a nice walk , get your body moving alittle. and have a heatlhy light dinner. lessoned learned. :)
  • Bess_74
    Bess_74 Posts: 68
    Thanks for all the support & excellent advice, because I was so busy beating myself up I realized that I forgot to log my gym time this morning (490 calories burned)! Yay for dinner, & yay for kind words & great people.
  • toottoots
    toottoots Posts: 67 Member
    I did exactly the same thing with onion rings - i had about 20 on a total binge - clocked them up on mfp and theyre 56000000 calories :)

    but if you starve tonight you'll want a huge breakfast sooo bad in the morning.

    my favourite meal so far is salad and chicken fillet - and i make sure to eat vegetables first - so anything i leave will be the highest calorie food.

    It happens, you live and learn - dont beat yourself up about it x
  • NoMoreFlubbering
    NoMoreFlubbering Posts: 95 Member
    You know what totally shocked me? Tim Hortons Timbits. I thought having 3-4 was not so bad an idea! Turns out it destroys like 1/4 of my daily total, depending on what type I pick. No more commercially baked stuff for this girl!
  • JennKie1
    JennKie1 Posts: 200 Member
    I can totally sympathize / empathize. I will be enjoying lettuce for dinner this evening thanks to my impulsive stop at McDonalds at lunch followed by a Snickers bar. :sad:

    I'm not really having lettuce, but I'm definitely going to have to work a little harder and choose very carefully for my big 200 calories I have left. I'm thinking grilled Tilapia, a nice big salad, and maybe half of a whole-grain dinner roll.

    It's definitely an eye-opener. I'm just hoping that one day I'll learn from it. (probably not) Don't worry though. It's just one day. Tomorrow will be better. :smile:
  • Pnknlvr96
    Pnknlvr96 Posts: 104 Member
    I did exactly the same thing with onion rings - i had about 20 on a total binge - clocked them up on mfp and theyre 56000000 calories :)

    LOL!!! That's a lot of treadmill time.:noway:

    My biggest realization was Wendy's Frostys...I got a large thinking, "Oh it's just chocolate fluffy stuff..." and then I logged it and it was 640 calories. HOLY CRAP!! So, no more large Frostys for me. :cry:
  • kel665
    kel665 Posts: 401 Member
    Yes I got a rude awakening when I began logging my calories and realised how much calorie wise I was eating, it didn't seem like a lot of food but was all the wrong food. Now when I go out for coffee and cake with a friend I make it my breakfast or lunch, I don't have it between breakfast and lunch (like I used to) because it has the calories of them both put together! And I do a bit of exercise too to keep within my calories for the day.

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