daily "diet" before deciding to lose weight?

Generally, nothing for breakfast. When I did have breakfast it was peanut butter and toast, or a huge bowl of sugary kids' cereal.

Lunch was usually a big bowl of cheesy pasta, or jacket potato with lots of tuna and mayo, or cheese, mayo, and onion.

Dinner was sort of similar to my dinners now, just bigger portions, with more cheese, mayo, butter - that type of thing.

Snacks were chips, cake, pie, ice cream, cookies, candy bars, or peanut butter and chocolate sandwiches.

Breakfast was eggs and toast, probably some cheese in there. Lunch would probably be the biggest size sandwich I could get from anyplace near work, snacks were granola bars and fruit. Dinner was a free for all, lots of pasta with loads of cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches, blt's, veggie burgers. Anything fast and easy. That would be during the week.

The weekend was when I went on mega binge mode. Too much alcohol, an entire pizza, biscuits and gravy, a burrito and a quesadilla from Qdoba (in one sitting), a loaf of french bread....it goes on. I don't know how I ever fit that much food in me, but I did track it once and I was routinely hitting around 4000 calories a day on weekends not including alcohol consumption.

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-No breakfast or Hardee's breakfast. My favorite was sausage gravy and 2 biscuits.
-Lunch: Whatever was convenient. Either a microwave meal, a sandwich, or a big bowl of take out Indian food and rice.
-Dinner: Something huge from a restaurant. Big plate of pasta, sandwich and big plate of fries, etc.
-Snack: I ate ALL DAY LONG. Swiss cakes, chips, etc.

Womp.

Ritz crackers and peanut butter...ritz crackers and cream cheese. Childrens cereal....oh boy if I took a bite of any of those again, I think i'd be ravenous

LOL I think I am the only one who's diet looked better when they were fat than when in shape.

Mines was:

Chk breast, tilapia, yams, rice, beans, dextrose powder, pasta, peanut butter, bread, turkey, fruits, veggies, eggs. Good ole bro foods. The problem was, I was eating all that plus regular foods thrown in, and of course the weekly cheat meals (binges) where I'd eat insane amounts of food. Last major cheat meal was a whole pizza, wings, a burrito and ice cream. I stopped and took a more holistic approach upon my start here.

Ooh, fun.

I used to eat a bowl of cereal every day for breakfast. On weekends I might have eggs and toast, but I'd still have a bowl of cereal with it. I'd usually have Kashi Heart to Heart, with skim milk. I bet I'd probably have 2-3 cups, so I'm guessing morning breakfast was usually around 400 calories.

For lunch I had Smart Ones a lot. I love the rice and beans. I'd usually buy 4 boxes Monday morning and then go out for lunch Friday. I'd say my lunch varied between 300 and 500 calories.

Snacks I'd have fruit, granola bars, and chips or crackers. Probably snacking was around 300 to 500 calories.

Dinner has always been a struggle as my husband and I don't like the same things. Before him, I'd make spaghetti a lot. Or eat out. We eat lots of chicken now. I'd guess dinner was also around 300 to 500 calories.

Before I joined myfitnesspal, my daily caloric intake was probably about 1,800-2,000 calories. I am guessing my TDEE was about the same, because I didn't usually gain or lose weight. But my diet was like, 90% carbs. Very little protein or fat. Not very many vegetables. Lots of bread and cereal as staples.

I would start the day of with a cup of green tea (a healthy habit which I have always kept). Then it would start to go downhill from there. I would eat leftovers from last night's dinner on either a sandwich or in burrito form. Some hours later I would make dinner. Usually something normal like Spaghetti, Tacos, a casserole, homemade pizza, red beans and rice, whatever. Most of the time I did make things at home, but there were never very many vegetables involved. I would eat dinner and never pay attention to portion size (I would just stuff things down my gullet until I was bored). Later on in the evening I may or may not have drank a large amount of alcohol while playing MMORPG's until 2 am.

I walked my dog everyday.

This past winter I fell into a very destructive pattern.

Mcdonalds bacon/egg/cheese bagel and a coffee with TONS of cream for breakfast

For lunch usually Chipotle, but an entire burrito with double rice and beans AND a side of chips/guac/soda

Dinner was burgers or meatloaf or tacos with potatoes or tons of baked beans and usually no veggies at all.

Then a dessert of some sort.

This added up to about 3500 cals per day. I knew it was horrible and I was gaining weight at an alarming pace, but I was truly addicted to it all.