what did you eat like before MFP?

Good healthy meals, moderate portions.
Only trouble is I tended to have "a meal" every two hours.
My feeding schedule resembled that of a newborn.
7:00 A.M. High fibre cereal, berries and skim milk.
9:00 A.M. Poached egg and one slice of toast
10:30 A.M. crackers and cheese
12:00 Soup and crackers, half a sandwich, grapes.....

You get the picture. I recommend this eating pattern if you want to gain weight at the rate that a newborn does.

Since I had already lost weight, I ate pretty much the same. This just helps me make sure I'm staying within my caloric range. The only big difference was the reduction of fruit.

Before MFP I had NO CLUE how many calories I was consuming a day. The first week I tried MFP and stayed in my calorie range, I lost 5 lbs right away. I would read about healthy eating all the time and incorporated some of those foods into my daily diet, but it was all of the other junk that was causing me to gain weight, plus lack of activity and stress. MFP helps me see exactly what I am putting into my body and it helps me think twice about what I eat now.

was a fast food addict

Breakfast pizza and or a donut/s for breakfast...IF I ATE Breakfast.

Fast food always... Burger King, McDonald, OR something healthy like a Pub food with some work buddies Plate full of fries and a Fried tenderloin or Fish and Chips and the English pub...

Home from work snack? Handful of cookies and or half a bag of chips

Something horrible...Pizza if we were hard up for time. 3 Larges would cover the whole family of 5

Otherwise some frozen meals or frozen something with some Mac and Cheese I cant even remember

I ate healthy foods, but WAY TOO MUCH! And when I didn't eat healthy, I thought they were healthy, but of course, just b/c something says low carb/low fat/low cal/vegan, doesn't mean it's good for you or you could eat the whole thing lol.

One of my BIGGEST issues was Ramen Noodles. On a good day I'd eat one pack (2 servings), but mostly I would eat 2 (4 SERVINGS!) I knew it was wrong b/c I read the labels, but I excused it by only using 1 seasoning packet instead of both (SMH).

I've now decided to let go of Ramen noodles. I use Kelp noodles instead when I want something like Ramen.

Honestly, MFP was a total eye opener. I used it just to see what it was like, now it's part of my life and I love it!

Thu 08/23/12 04:41 PM
I ate.......very healthy though not necessarily what y'all call "clean". Being diabetic I knew to avoid pure sugar and of course I tried to limit the sinful foods (LOL) like pastas, breads and potatoes.

However when the mood would strike I would do 3 of my favorites (not all in the same week!!)
One was velveeta shells and cheese with diced tomatoes added--OMG I love this stuff but refuse to even taste it now because I KNOW I cant behave with it
Two..boiled potatoes with brown gravy w/meat added to it. Again.......I refuse to keep the ingredients in the house because I wont behave and eat SOME.............I'll binge on it
Three....gut bombs.......OMG I love a gut bomb with every thing possible on it...toasted buns, cheese, onions, pickles, ketchup and mustard.

Most chubby people claim to not each much and Im no different. For the most part.........Im a lite eater though Id have my moments (ouch) My chubbiness came about over 2 things...total inactivity.....and the bigget reason for that inactivity was being busted up so badly so many times....especially growing up. Im loaded with titanium from my neck to my ankles.

My parents were extremely abusive and owing to that Ive had a broken back twice, my ankles have been broken 3 times each, I've had knees replaced and shoulders reconstructed and most recently a fractured neck from an accident with a loaded semi truck hitting me almost broadside pushing me down an exit ramp some 1000 feet.

Now Ive had surgeries to fix most of those things and the fact that I can still get around and work full time IS nothing shy of a miracle. So to workout for me is a huge thing. I feel like the QUEEN just being able to. Its absolutely nothing compared to what some of you people do. OMG I am in absolute awe when I see what you people do for workouts. I can only be envious.

But remember my new motto:

"Im not a Princess damnit...I dont need saving............Im a QUEEN.....I got this *kitten* handled"

.....and here's My Diva

I hardly ever got up for breakfast, I had to leave for work at 5:30 and didn't want to get up at 4 to have breakfast
Then lunch would usually be a couple sandwiches, with extra mayo and cheese, some full fat cottage cheese and chips.
Dinner was mostly something heavy say 16 oz steak, 16 oz potato, plenty of sour cream, butter and cheese, maybe vegetables maybe...never any fruit and I'd usually drink a 2 liter of regular soda a day. I'd then snack the night away with cookies, candies, cup cakes, maybe another sandwich....and I'd get hungry about 2 a.m. wanting a cheese burger...not one but two...with lettuce, mayo, onion and the bun toasted with butter...and start the next days 2 liter.
My worst habits were:
Biscuits and Gravy, Tenderloins, french fries, onion rings, chips of every kind, dips, cheeses, anything fried..anything...., the worst though was my three big cravings, 1: Cheeseburgers, 2: Reese's Peanut butter cups, 3: Chocolate chip cookies.
I still have the occasional cheeseburger(no bun) but the other two have gone by by...

I ate a lot of processed foods, a lot of fast food, a lot of soda, a lot of cheese, a lot of fried foods, and a lot of sweets. My husband says I was a vegetarian who didn't eat vegetables.

Now we eat a lot more vegetables, I cook 90% of our food from scratch, and it's very healthy. I drink mostly water, with maybe one glass of homemade, lightly sweetened tea a day. I broke my sugar addiction and now I can have a cupcake or a little candy and not go completely crazy eating it all. I have some when I want some, but usually I don't want it. It doesn't taste the same to me anymore. A fruit smoothie or homemade ice cream is far more delicious and satisfying than a bag of Skittles or m&ms.

I actually had the dietary habits of a college frat boy. Takeout, processed foods, zero vegetables. Junk food, all the way. Now, I'd rather have a bowl of fruit, yogurt, and granola, rather than chips...although, I do let myself have some of those here and there.

White Castle!

oh my godddddd before MFP, the amount of calories i consumed was absolutely disgusssstingggg.

not only did i love to eat fattening foods and drinks all day, i had no portion control what-so-ever.

i did a 10 week biggest loser contest in my house with both of my parents, and i ended up loosing 7 pounds.. since i started tracking my calories on MFP about a month ago, i have lost almost 10 pounds.

MFP has really opened my eyes to just how much food i should be intaking daily, and it has really done wonders for me & am so thankful I came across this site! I was literally eating thousands of calories before dinner would even start before this site! & that didn't include all of the night eating i did.

Ugh, once in a while i have a binge day where i have to log it on here and witness the calories, and every time i see it i literally never want to go back to permanently eating the way that i once used to.

Everything's pretty much the same except now I know what a serving size is! I never ate a lot of greasy, processed crap to begin with, so no loss there... :laugh:

I would eat healthy foods, but way too little for most of the week. I was overly restrictive on the foods I would allow myself to eat, and ended up not eating much of anything. Then my SO would come home and then I would binge on horrible things. My body was so desperate I would eat everything in site. A major component of my new healthier regime involves eating proper portions at regular intervals, haha.

I ate salads and chicken or fish. I shared desserts with my husband and often when we went out we shared a meal. If I drank soda it was diet. I never put dressing on my salads, I used just vinegar or lemon juice and or pico de gallo. I did not use mayo on sandwiches, I ate very little red meat. I experienced guilt when I ate sweets.

My shocker came when I started actually checking calorie count and realized some of my "healthier" choices were much higher in calorie count than some of the stuff I would have liked. Now I am just more aware and actually look things up BEFORE I buy it if I don't already know approximate calorie count.

I find I have much more freedom and more variety in my menus now and I am able to eat sweets without guilt because I plan them into my day. I am loving this life! :drinker: