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Can A Casino Buffet be 9500 Calories

pktruckdriver

Logging a splurge like I did tonite , going back over and over, fried seafood, prime rib, steak, corn on the cob's, potatoe's, rice, crab, Mussels , salmon, fruit. And dessert's .

Could this be 9500 calories? I think easily and thus logged it so, could I be way off?

thank you

patrick

Replies

justal313

A casino buffet? 9500 calories might even be a little low, especially if you took your time, made a bunch of trips and had some adult beverages with it.

I had 1200 calories for mother's day brunch today and that seems kinda high to me, I did however get up and go for a run in anticipation but it was nearly 7 hours later before I wanted any more food...

marsgirlly

Probably easy enough to do and probably many of us have done it. Log it, remember it and move on.
Look forward never back :flowerforyou:

This is awesome to hear

I've had a tough time logging this weekend, as the family is in town and I think I went a little over yesterday. It's okay though, we are only human and we slip up, after all!

margieo1983

OP- Proud of you that you still logged. You should log splurge days too because they can be eye openers.

"Eye openers" indeed. I've never logged calories before signing up for MFP and, holy cow (literally), this is a huge shock.

iggyboo93

To the OP - it's commendable that you are working to drop the weight. Based on comments from the truck drivers I've talked to at work, trying to eat healthy and exercise while driving is insanely hard to accomplish. Anyone who has been to a truck stop will agree - virtually all the food in the display case is deep fried or swimming in grease. The few apples or bananas are to the point of rotting. The pre-fabricated sandwiches in the deli case are stale and don't even taste close to what they should. Don't even get me started on the egg salad sandwiches. Truck driving is also a lonely gig if you aren't teamed up with your spouse. I've talked to a couple drivers who avoid the truck stops except to gas up and shower. They stock their rig fridge with fresh food and cook as well as they can. It takes a big effort to do this.

9500 calories per day? Possibly. 9500 calories at a buffet meal? Could happen. Log it if you want and move forward. We just went to a brunch at an Austro-Hungarian restaurant (the only place we eat out at) - I logged all my calories and it came out just over 1000.

siqiniq

I know I'll get flamed for this seeing as it will come across as judgemental.

The mind boggles at the sheer amount of food consumed here and the fairly nonchalant replies.

I'll start on a tangent - I'm obviously here because I've overeaten a fair bit in my time, and I have had issues with accepting my body as it is, but more recently I have had increasing uneasiness about the way we eat and use resources, in a world where there is STILL so much starvation.

I grew up poor in a developing country and I spent most of my teenage years hungry and severely underweight. Probably why I packed on loads of weight when I emigrated. I used to think I hard earned the right to eat whatever crap I wanted, and I've done my fair share of bingeing once I ventured into diet land. However in the last few weeks I've begun to feel seriously disturbed at how much rubbish we overeat. The feelings of guilt I get now after overeating are less 'oh no I'll get fat' and more 'what gives me the right to consume so much?'

Yes we are lucky (and in some ways unlucky) to have so much access to good food etc; and everyone deserves a blowout every now and again but I wonder if people don't sit back and consider the difference between enjoying a good meal with loved ones just because you can (forget the calorie count) and stuffing your face to the point where you must have felt sick.

Actually my issue is less with the OP who ate 9500 or whatever calories but with all the replies going yeah, yeah whatever about it and shrugging it off as normal. I struggle to see how someone can eat close 10 000 calories without your body telling you that this is far too much and feeling extremely unwell unless you've adapted your stomach size to this sort of overeating which simply illustrates my overall point.

(By the way this post is not relevant to those who may have eating disorders as that's a different kettle of fish and one I'm not qualified to comment on).

For the most part, I agree with you. However the OP has done it, and it can't be undone, so he should log it and move on.

The point you make about the food we take for granted and ultimately waste is a good one. I too have thought about this. I have lived almost all of my life in Canada, and although my family was poor when I was growing up, we always had enough to eat. Many years ago I realized that there are two ways to waste food: one is buying food that we don't eat, and later throwing it away, and the other is eating food we don't really want or need. I have been living in a developing country for the past few years, and while I am surrounded by fresh food all year round, I see too many people who don't have access to much of it because they can't afford it. I still tend to buy too much at times, and yes, I overeat, or I wouldn't be here, but I do try to remember that food I eat and don't need is wasted. (Or "waisted".)

I try to remember something a friend said to me many years ago: "Live simply, that others may simply live."

magerum

seems right
I am 145 lbs women and I can eat 5000 in a day easily.
log it or don't move on, it was one day

yeah, one day in which you ate your whole week's worth of calories...

where do you think they go? do they just "move on" too?

How judgmental. I'm sure that will really help the OP.

it's not judgmental, it's reality. what's the point of ignoring reality? the OP should probably eat a few hundred cal less per day this week to make up for it, unless she's ok with a couple pound gain.

what's the point in sugar coating? maybe if she realizes what this does to her body, she won't do it again. a splurge is one thing, almost 10,000 calories is something else entirely.

For example on my deficit diet, losing 1+ lbs a week for the last 5 weeks, I eat 1.5+ lbs of chicken breast & 2.5 lbs of vegetables. Plus a large amount of other food...pint of ice cream, 5 cups of cereal, 17 cups of water, a few sodas...coffee...50% of my diet being consumed within 2 hours of going to bed.

yeah, we know.

as for me "associating my small frame to others", that makes zero sense given that I can eat thousands more calories daily than most on these forums. it has literally nothing to do with anything and I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

even for you, 20,000 calories in a weekend is idiotic, and the fact that you're defending it is just ... i'm literally shaking my head right now.

but sure, shrug it off, keep doing it, do whatever you want - i really don't care. but for 99.99% of people, your diet would cause ridiculous weight and fat gain. fortunately for you, you seem to be a bit of a freak metabolically speaking.

The small frame comment was in reference to volume of food one can consume as you seemed to agree to the stomach size comment in the first shamers post.

I call it delicious, not idiotic btw. My dinner on that Sunday was something like 12oz of broccoli & 4 Red Velvet cupcakes. Gotta' eat your veggies ya' know? It's calories in vs. out, that's it for weight control. You know that.

BrittanyMegan88

That is the kind of splurge I wouldn't even bother logging.

I think it's good to log those kind of splurges too, so you can go back and see how often you do it. I log mine & it helps in a way, like you have to really own up to what you did to keep yourself on track. Maybe not everyone needs this though but it definitely helps me anyways..

ldrosophila

Actually my issue is less with the OP who ate 9500 or whatever calories but with all the replies going yeah, yeah whatever about it and shrugging it off as normal. I struggle to see how someone can eat close 10 000 calories without your body telling you that this is far too much and feeling extremely unwell unless you've adapted your stomach size to this sort of overeating which simply illustrates my overall point.

(By the way this post is not relevant to those who may have eating disorders as that's a different kettle of fish and one I'm not qualified to comment on).

That ability to eat like that is both a blessing and a curse. It's what has ensured the survival of the human species, but also meant you have people who are super morbidly obese.

It's an insidious form and often times you eat just a little more each meal and it causes the stomach to stretch, hormonal changes from adipose cells and insulin, and the brain is only satisfied with a full on gorge at each meal. It's a sickness. One of the reasons food addiction and weight gain are near impossible to manage.

To the OP, good for you for logging you food. Eye opener isnt it? Keep moving foward and logging. Next time you have a buffet you'll be able to focus on some other choices.

dpollet2

Makes me feel much better about the 1600 calories I ate at Yardhouse on Friday night!

But seriously, if I were in your shoes, I would really be thinking about why I felt the urge to eat THAT much in one sitting. Was it a buffet full of your absolute favorite foods? Was it a restaurant you won't have access to for a long time? I mean, there are times to splurge, but I feel it's important that this was a conscious decision rather than you started eating and just didn't stop.

If you planned this ahead of time, that's one thing, but if you walked into that buffet intending to watch what you ate, that's a problem.

Athena53

To the OP - it's commendable that you are working to drop the weight. Based on comments from the truck drivers I've talked to at work, trying to eat healthy and exercise while driving is insanely hard to accomplish. Anyone who has been to a truck stop will agree - virtually all the food in the display case is deep fried or swimming in grease. The few apples or bananas are to the point of rotting. The pre-fabricated sandwiches in the deli case are stale and don't even taste close to what they should. Don't even get me started on the egg salad sandwiches.

Amen to that. When DH and I do road trips we shudder at the junk at the truck stops. I usually make do with beef jerky, string cheese and Diet Coke till we can get a real meal. And it must be hard to get any kind of exercise when you just park your truck at a truck stop at night. I wish you luck, combined with a healthy dose of willpower!

jofjltncb6

Based on my experience logging food, I sincerely doubt you actually ate that much in one sitting.

That said, in no way am I saying it is impossible.

To expand on my previous post....

I think people tend to overestimate calories for "epic" meals like this...

...and underestimate calories for "normal" meals.

(This is supported by the holiday meal threads/wall posts where people think they ate X calories, but when pressed to actually log their meals, almost always find it's substantially lower.)

laele75

Okay, to the naysayers nitpicking about one damned meal, I need to go find my eyes because I rolled them too hard reading your self righteous drivel. Do us all a favor and get over yourselves. You are not judge and jury of how other people eat and just because this woman was honest doesn't mean you need to get up on you pedestal and build yourselves up by putting her down. You are not helping anyone here but your own tiny ego. Shoo.

To the OP, you clearly do not eat like this very often and you deserve kudos for owning up and logging it. I am inclined to think it wasn't quite 9000 calories, BUT even if it was, it was one meal.

It really is no big deal as long as this is not a habitual thing.

recipe4success

Its kind of a lot of work, but when i go to a buffet or out to dinner (to somewhere that doesn't have nutrition information) i try my best to log what i ate on here. I went to a buffet this morning, check out my food diary if you like. I felt like i didn't eat very much at all, compared to what i would have eaten before..but with my best guesses of how much of foods i ate, and taking into consideration that of course the calories are not accurate as i didn't know all ingredients or exactly how things were prepared- i got that i had 1261 calories at my brunch. Of course, that was for breakfast and lunch so i think that is fine and I still have calories left for supper.

But that being said, if I had taken pieces of cake, or lots of cheese/meats, or larger portions..it could have easily been around 3000 calories or more.

jofjltncb6

Okay, to the naysayers nitpicking about one damned meal, I need to go find my eyes because I rolled them too hard reading your self righteous drivel. Do us all a favor and get over yourselves. You are not judge and jury of how other people eat and just because this woman was honest doesn't mean you need to get up on you pedestal and build yourselves up by putting her down. You are not helping anyone here but your own tiny ego. Shoo.

To the OP, you clearly do not eat like this very often and you deserve kudos for owning up and logging it. I am inclined to think it wasn't quite 9000 calories, BUT even if it was, it was one meal.

It really is no big deal as long as this is not a habitual thing.

For someone who has such a strong opinion on the posters in this thread, I would have expected you to get the OP's gender correct.

laele75

Okay, to the naysayers nitpicking about one damned meal, I need to go find my eyes because I rolled them too hard reading your self righteous drivel. Do us all a favor and get over yourselves. You are not judge and jury of how other people eat and just because this woman was honest doesn't mean you need to get up on you pedestal and build yourselves up by putting her down. You are not helping anyone here but your own tiny ego. Shoo.

To the OP, you clearly do not eat like this very often and you deserve kudos for owning up and logging it. I am inclined to think it wasn't quite 9000 calories, BUT even if it was, it was one meal.

It really is no big deal as long as this is not a habitual thing.

For someone who has such a strong opinion on the posters in this thread, I would have expected you to get the OP's gender correct.

So that negates my whole argument. Weak.

My apologies to the OP, I meant no offense. I generally don't check people's account and in this case, I hardly see how it matters.

jofjltncb6

Okay, to the naysayers nitpicking about one damned meal, I need to go find my eyes because I rolled them too hard reading your self righteous drivel. Do us all a favor and get over yourselves. You are not judge and jury of how other people eat and just because this woman was honest doesn't mean you need to get up on you pedestal and build yourselves up by putting her down. You are not helping anyone here but your own tiny ego. Shoo.

To the OP, you clearly do not eat like this very often and you deserve kudos for owning up and logging it. I am inclined to think it wasn't quite 9000 calories, BUT even if it was, it was one meal.

It really is no big deal as long as this is not a habitual thing.

For someone who has such a strong opinion on the posters in this thread, I would have expected you to get the OP's gender correct.

So that negates my whole argument. Weak.

My apologies to the OP, I meant no offense. I generally don't check people's account and in this case, I hardly see how it matters.

You'll notice that my post was silent on what I thought of your argument. It certainly shouldn't be interpretted as an attempt to negate it.

That said, it did strike me as one of those frequent posts in the forums here that focus far more on being offended by the responses of others than in response to OP's post...almost like outrage in search of an outlet. But like I said, it happens frequently here...as if every OP needs to be defended against all perceived slights of the community.

But this is just *my* opinion. It shouldn't be considered any more (or less) valid than any other.

And for the record, you'll find *my* comments earlier in the thread in response to OP were devoid of any judgment at all...(or at least you would if you read the thread).

:flowerforyou:

Bonny619

I didn't think there was much negative judgment at all in regards to the OP.

jofjltncb6

I didn't think there was much negative judgment at all in regards to the OP.

Never underestimate the ability of some MFPers to find negativity in a thread.

Look harder...and perhaps you too can find it...

...and when you do, reference it as the collective opinion of "everyone on MFP", because even if it's only one or two people, you can safely assume it's what "everyone" was actually saying.

arcticfox04

I had a 9300 calorie meal before. It was quite interesting. Just log 9500 and move along. Its a vacation for a reason its a good time to do stupid stuff like that and just get back to business when you get back home.

NormInv

I know I'll get flamed for this seeing as it will come across as judgemental.

The mind boggles at the sheer amount of food consumed here and the fairly nonchalant replies.

I'll start on a tangent - I'm obviously here because I've overeaten a fair bit in my time, and I have had issues with accepting my body as it is, but more recently I have had increasing uneasiness about the way we eat and use resources, in a world where there is STILL so much starvation.

I grew up poor in a developing country and I spent most of my teenage years hungry and severely underweight. Probably why I packed on loads of weight when I emigrated. I used to think I hard earned the right to eat whatever crap I wanted, and I've done my fair share of bingeing once I ventured into diet land. However in the last few weeks I've begun to feel seriously disturbed at how much rubbish we overeat. The feelings of guilt I get now after overeating are less 'oh no I'll get fat' and more 'what gives me the right to consume so much?'

Yes we are lucky (and in some ways unlucky) to have so much access to good food etc; and everyone deserves a blowout every now and again but I wonder if people don't sit back and consider the difference between enjoying a good meal with loved ones just because you can (forget the calorie count) and stuffing your face to the point where you must have felt sick.

Actually my issue is less with the OP who ate 9500 or whatever calories but with all the replies going yeah, yeah whatever about it and shrugging it off as normal. I struggle to see how someone can eat close 10 000 calories without your body telling you that this is far too much and feeling extremely unwell unless you've adapted your stomach size to this sort of overeating which simply illustrates my overall point.

(By the way this post is not relevant to those who may have eating disorders as that's a different kettle of fish and one I'm not qualified to comment on).

Do not agree with this. If you are in Vegas having fun drinking all night, gambling and you hit the breakfast buffet you can easily get to thousands of calories, and yeah sure poor people do not have food but that is no reason for someone to hold back at a buffet.

EjaneK11

That is the kind of splurge I wouldn't even bother logging.

zorbaru

there is no issue if you do have a binge like that. the issue is when you binge like that regularly.

i would probably do a buffet at most once in 6 months. and when i do , im gonna go for it or its not worth it.

im not going to sacrifice everything i love for the sake of iit.

thepezzle

Well personally I would log it, as I have a history of binge eating disorder and find that holding myself accountable for everything with documented data is good for me right now. Mind you that doesn't mean feeling bad or shaming or anything like that, because that too can be a negative mental poison.. just holding yourself accountable.

Like, I just ran one of my old binges through the nifty MFP calorie counter and I was shocked at just how much food I put down in 25 minutes - a whopping 5,800 calories of fast food and soda. That's just one binge. I did that constantly. To see the data stare me in the face is tremendously helpful.

Only time and experience will say what is best for the OP and their own personal habits and history in regards to logging a day like that.

By the way I'm new 'round these parts, nice to meet you all.

jofjltncb6

That is the kind of splurge I wouldn't even bother logging.

Just my opinion, of course, but I completely disagree with this approach. It makes a later objective evaluation of your efforts/approach/plan/etc. totally bogus. I also believe that it would make most people more likely to do it again in the future as it takes away some of the accountability.

But I'm of the (admittedly minority) opinion that people should log their holiday meals too (for these same reasons).

ohmscheeks

Wow, 9,500 seems crazy high. There could be some inaccuracies in the food database. If you did, your stomach must be killing you, lol. I say kudos for logging it. Great to see someone interested in keeping track of what he eats; even when it isn't an pat-on-the-back opportunity.

Charlottesometimes23

seems right
I am 145 lbs women and I can eat 5000 in a day easily.
log it or don't move on, it was one day

yeah, one day in which you ate your whole week's worth of calories...

where do you think they go? do they just "move on" too?

How judgmental. I'm sure that will really help the OP.

it's not judgmental, it's reality. what's the point of ignoring reality? the OP should probably eat a few hundred cal less per day this week to make up for it, unless she's ok with a couple pound gain.

what's the point in sugar coating? maybe if she realizes what this does to her body, she won't do it again. a splurge is one thing, almost 10,000 calories is something else entirely.

I doubt that the OP, Patrick (he), was trying to ignore reality. You just seemed to jump in with a snarky, judgmental comment which is seldom helpful to anyone.

Fortunately Patrick ignored you.