Before mindful eating SHOCKER!!!!!

Joannie30
Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This morning, just for the sake of curiosity i entered into my diary what i would have eaten and drank on a typical day before i knew how to eat properly....

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!!!!!!!!!

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  • NanoBear
    NanoBear Posts: 67
    I did that a while back and came up with about 9500 calories, and more sugar than that. Explains why I was 320lbs. It's scary to look back at that, knowing what i do now.
  • Joannie30
    Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
    I did that a while back and came up with about 9500 calories, and more sugar than that. Explains why I was 320lbs. It's scary to look back at that, knowing what i do now.

    Exactly!! I can't believe i went for so long thinking that i wasn't doing anything wrong and that i even actually thought my diet was not that bad!!!!!!! Major reality check!!!!
  • kimothy38
    kimothy38 Posts: 840 Member
    Denial is amazing isn't it. You can pretend what you are consuming isn't that bad until you get honest with yourself. MFP is great for keeping us honest.
  • Joannie30
    Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
    Denial is amazing isn't it. You can pretend what you are consuming isn't that bad until you get honest with yourself. MFP is great for keeping us honest.

    So true! At the time though, i wasn't even pretending to myself- i genuinely BELIEVED i was eating ok!!
  • Merc71
    Merc71 Posts: 412 Member
    Love this thread. I did the exact same thing once....came out to around 4100 calories per day. Just thinking about that makes me sick.
  • wifealiciousness
    wifealiciousness Posts: 179 Member
    This is really interesting. I thought I ate very well, but when I did the same, it was constantly 2-300 cals over. Hence the slooow creep!
  • Joannie30
    Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
    I know! Its quite a good way to get some perspective...

    That diary entry i did was a normal day for me- when i THOUGHT i was eating pretty healthy!!!!! That wasn't one of the many days in the week when we would have takeaways etc!!!!

    Most of my calories and sugar came from what i was DRINKING!! I thought "fruit juices" were healthy and i used to drink them by the pint, thinking i was being really healthy. :noway:

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