what did you eat like before MFP?
newhabit
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just wondered what everyone's typical day was like eating wise before they started tracking on here? did you notice huge differences when you started tracking or have "sticker shock" at the amount of calories you were eating before? share if you don't mind...
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i used to eat huge amounts of oatmeal and fruit which were good for me but probably was about 200 calories of oatmeal with 3 tablespoons of sugar, and a banana... lunch was usually a stouffer's meal (450 cals), salad, fruit, etc... so maybe 800 for lunch... and then dinner was whatever i could grab plus sugar and chocolate... so probably 1000 plus calories... then there were weekends where i would think nothing of eating 3 donuts for breakfast 1000 calorie breakfast!, 4 pieces of pizza for lunch, huge dinners... it's amazing to think about how i used to eat0
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anyone?0
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anything and everything. Thats always been my problem, I am NOT picky! I love it all!!!
I also love to cook and bake so that made it worse.0 -
anything and everything. Thats always been my problem, I am NOT picky! I love it all!!!
I also love to cook and bake so that made it worse.
me too - there are very few things i won't eat and i get hungry all the time!0 -
I just ate candy. All the time. And if I quit MFP, I'll probably go back to it. So now I have to stay here!0
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hmmm...deep fried - loved it!! And tons of bread. Now, I still eat my bread, but not like I used to.0
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Well, I gained 4 and a half stone (over 60lbs) in little over a year (I've since lost 50lbs) and I know exactly how I packed on that weight!
I had my first job and TONS of money at my fingertips...most of which I spent on food.
For breakfast I'd get a big fry-up every morning with a pint of orange juice in my favourite cafe...it would be the works: white toast with butter, sausages, beans, black pudding, eggs, bacon etc
I'd snack on all sorts of crap right up until lunch...coke/lucozade/red bull...packets of crisps & sweets & chocolate bars or muffins/doughnuts
At lunch I'd eat in the same cafe as breakfast with one of my co-workers & I'd get a HUGE dinner-sized lunch of something like lasagne with chips, side salad (untouched) & then pancakes for dessert, drenched with syrup.
After lunch I'd continue to snack on the same things mentioned above as my mid-morning snacks!
On the bus home, I'd usually have 2 packets of crisps & a chocolate bar with a can of coke while reading gossip magazines.
Dinner about four nights a week was a MASSIVE Chinese take-away with chicken balls, satay sauce, chips, fried noodles, prawn crackers & spring rolls...other nights it might be a titanic portion of spaghetti bolognaise with garlic bread, etc.
Afterwards I'd wash down a whole tin of pringles with 2 litres of fizzy drink, usually club lemon.
I'm not exagerating any of this. I actually ate this much. I balooned very quickly...went from being a B cup to a DD within months! My body was left covered in stretch marks.
It was the worst year of my life with regard to my health and I've never ever felt so utterly sick, tired and unwell.
I still cannot believe how far I've come! Remembering all this makes me wanna hurl! Even when I occasionally 'binge' its never, ever this bad!0 -
I drank a LOT of soda during the day while working from home. Now I have a 32oz bottle that i use (for water!) and put a little Mio in it.0
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Processed foods & more fast food/eating out. Now my motto is if it comes in a can or a box it's not for me and I despise McDonald's and several other fast food eateries. I notice I spend a lot more time in the kitchen but it's so worth it!!0
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Well, I gained 4 and a half stone (over 60lbs) in little over a year (I've since lost 50lbs) and I know exactly how I packed on that weight!
I had my first job and TONS of money at my fingertips...most of which I spent on food.
For breakfast I'd get a big fry-up every morning with a pint of orange juice in my favourite cafe...it would be the works: white toast with butter, sausages, beans, black pudding, eggs, bacon etc
I'd snack on all sorts of crap right up until lunch...coke/lucozade/red bull...packets of crisps & sweets & chocolate bars or muffins/doughnuts
At lunch I'd eat in the same cafe as breakfast with one of my co-workers & I'd get a HUGE dinner-sized lunch of something like lasagne with chips, side salad (untouched) & then pancakes for dessert, drenched with syrup.
After lunch I'd continue to snack on the same things mentioned above as my mid-morning snacks!
On the bus home, I'd usually have 2 packets of crisps & a chocolate bar with a can of coke while reading gossip magazines.
Dinner about four nights a week was a MASSIVE Chinese take-away with chicken balls, satay sauce, chips, fried noodles, prawn crackers & spring rolls...other nights it might be a titanic portion of spaghetti bolognaise with garlic bread, etc.
Afterwards I'd wash down a whole tin of pringles with 2 litres of fizzy drink, usually club lemon.
I'm not exagerating any of this. I actually ate this much. I balooned very quickly...went from being a B cup to a DD within months! My body was left covered in stretch marks.
It was the worst year of my life with regard to my health and I've never ever felt so utterly sick, tired and unwell.
I still cannot believe how far I've come! Remembering all this makes me wanna hurl! Even when I occasionally 'binge' its never, ever this bad!
yeah i was like that too! because right before i went on MFP i was breastfeeding and i thought i had to eat tons of food. i gained about 10 lb while breastfeeding... then when i stopped another 10 lb. also i ate really badly when i was in graduate school too. I think it was because i worked 8-5 then had classes and didnt' get home until 10. no time to exercise with a schedule "that busy" was my excuse...0 -
Processed foods & more fast food/eating out. Now my motto is if it comes in a can or a box it's not for me and I despise McDonald's and several other fast food eateries. I notice I spend a lot more time in the kitchen but it's so worth it!!
yes it is! i need to do this more!0 -
alcohol and lots of after dinner snacking!!!! i was always pretty good about making wise choices during the day. but after a beer or a glass of wine (or 3) it was munchie-city.
and as we all know, you can ruin a perfect day after 7 pm. 0 -
Cooking is my passion, I didn't eat fast food but boy did I cook big! I would make my own pasta, ravioli and cheesecakes. I baked batches of fresh bread every other day and all my sauces we made with heavy cream. Now I poach, grill and roast, no more bread, pasta or cream sauces.0
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Just yesterday I played with the food logger to get a good idea of what i was eating on a typical day.
I was drinking over 1200 cals a day in sugary drinks (and about 220 carbs).
I was eating about another 1200 cals, heavy on chips, fries, and snack type foods. I rarely would make a real meal. I did eat fruit quite a bit before.
I kind of knew I was going way overboard with the drinks (mostly coffee-type drinks or coffee laced with flavored creamers) but it is funny how often I used to think, "I know I don't eat that much, why does my weight stay exactly the same, no matter what?" And truthfully, I wasn't really eating that much it's just I was doubling my calories via drinks.
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A lot more coffee with creamer. A lot more processed food. And i was a grazer. If anyone would bring a snack into the office (cupcakes, cookies, candy) i NEVER said no. And a ton more pasta. That's a big one for me, I ate pasta, white potatoes, and white bread like it was going out of style 0
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A lot more coffee with creamer. A lot more processed food. And i was a grazer. If anyone would bring a snack into the office (cupcakes, cookies, candy) i NEVER said no. And a ton more pasta. That's a big one for me, I ate pasta, white potatoes, and white bread like it was going out of style
me too with the snacks at work. whenever people brought that stuff in before, i had a very hard time saying no. it is getting easier now!0 -
I just ate A LOT. I have a degree in nutrition, so I ate a lot of healthy things.. but that was exactly the problem, I ate A LOT of them (like 3 servings of salmon, not just 1). I was never really concerned with portion size but that makes a huge difference! MFP and my food scale have definitely helped me with that! 0
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I just ate A LOT. I have a degree in nutrition, so I ate a lot of healthy things.. but that was exactly the problem, I ate A LOT of them (like 3 servings of salmon, not just 1). I was never really concerned with portion size but that makes a huge difference! MFP and my food scale have definitely helped me with that!
me too, portion size just wasn't on my mind back then!0 -
Let's see...breakfast was a bagel sandwich, or eggs with bacon and toast, lunch was footlong subway usually with processed meat, but dinner/nighttime was when I really binged. I'd get a huge takeaway of sushi (probably for 2 people) eat the whole thing, buy a pack of cookies or a pint of gelato, eat the whole thing, snack on chips, soda, juice, anything but water, and was allergic to exercise and sweating!
Looking back, I cannot believe I would eat a whole container of cookies or hazelnut gelato in one sitting.0 -
ever see lions catch and eat in the wild .... not far of me with every sort of food , but I ate faster lol0
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My biggest vice was too much cheese. I had no idea sandwich cheese had so many calories. Then, of course, there is my wine habit. Can't say I've conquered that, but I'm much more aware of calories per glass.0
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I ate pretty much the same as now (excpet for the protein powder)...just in much, much greater quantities. LOL0
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I would order two drinks at a drive thru to try and make the person handing the order to me think it wasn't all for me - even though it was.0
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20 piece chicken nuggets and a lot of juice.0
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Chips and soda...all the time!!! Then it was a lot of fast food, with co workers...running to Jack in the box and having a few tacos, and fries, and burgers. It was bad!! Oh and then there's alcohol...I would drink a lot of fruity, mixed drinks a couple times a week, margaritas by the pitchers.0
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I had horrible eating habits before MFP. I ate a lot of take out, processed food, simple carbs, and high calorie drinks (you can read that as a Grande White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks). I think finding out I have diabetes actually saved my life!0
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I cringe/drool when I think of how I used to eat... I just didn't know any better and ate what I wanted. I had a high metabolism until I hit 24.. Then I started packing on the pounds... Then got pregnant...0
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I really eat the same foods now as I did before, just smaller portions and less throughout the day.0
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Processed foods & more fast food/eating out. Now my motto is if it comes in a can or a box it's not for me and I despise McDonald's and several other fast food eateries. I notice I spend a lot more time in the kitchen but it's so worth it!!
Same here!!!! I spend at least 10-12 hours a week cooking now! I love it!0 -
I ate the same then as I do now. MFP has helped me stay motivated to increase my exercising habits/frequency. I started with 2-3 days max of exercise, and am now active every day.0
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