Bad, bad, bad

Yes! Mainly the portion sizes.

that is all

Try eating a 5 topping large pizza all by yourself and still being hungry afterwards.
Or making a tower out of 4 McDoubles with a McChicken patty in the middle and calling that "lunch".
Glad those days are over and long gone. Good riddance!

late night runs to Denny's for the loaded cheese fries

I remember a time when I could eat a whole box of Kraft Mac n Cheese. Loved the stuff! Now, not even a spoonful will pass my lips. Nothing in it is good for me!

^ Thanks for this! Before MFP, I used to be very, very rigid about what kinds of foods I ate, and I wouldn't let certain things in my life at all. Now, I let myself enjoy all things in moderation, and the only foods I demonize are coconut (allergy) and iceberg lettuce (A WASTE OF SPACE).

ETA: And raisins. Because they suck.

I want a grilled cheese. I want one really bad. I want it right effing now.

that is all

Not enough Bacon for me!

Pizza grilled cheese on garlic toast with marinara for dipping.

Drinking a Pepsi for breakfast. Ugh. Come to think of it, that wasn't so long ago.

On my worst days, I'd eat cookies for breakfast (not just a couple, 1/3rd-1/2 a box), have a huge deli sandwich with chips and soda for lunch, snack on more candy or cookies in the afternoon, stop for snack cakes and milk or an ice cream sundae on my way home, eat a calorie laden dinner and follow it up with one or two big glaasses (like 3-4 cup size) of coffee brandy and milk.

Eating 3600 calories in a day without thinking twice!

I honestly don't think I was THAT crazy with my eating habits before consciously trying to improve them. For me it was more a matter of ignorance and poor choices rather than binges or huge portions.

The biggest thing is probably drinks like Starbucks, I thought of a grande white mocha as being just a bit more sugar and calories than a regular cup of coffee from home. So wrong! Or milk...I still like milk, but in the past a serving of milk for me was about 16 oz or maybe even more. I never thought of 1% or 2% milk as being high in calories or something to watch out for.

I also used too much cheese on stuff I made. I always aimed for it to look like restaurant lasagna or restaurant Mexican food...which meant dumping like 2 cups of cheese on whatever I made to split with my ex-husband. Not even realizing I was consuming about a CUP of cheese on my alfredo pasta which already has a lot of fat.

Yesterday for lunch I had a beef & bean frozen burrito from Aldi, not the healthiest thing but they are tasty from time to time. I topped it with a ton of shredded lettuce, 1/2 chopped avocado, and a TBSP of salsa. It was delicious and around 470 calories total for a very filling lunch. About 4 years ago I used to have those a lot...I would have had 2 of the same burritos and topped with shredded cheddar, light sour cream, sliced black olives, and 1/2 cup of Spanish rice. EASILY 1,000 calories. That blows my mind.

I really didn't have a weight problem until I was in my late 30s because most of my jobs before then were very active, so eating an entire Red Baron pizza or a Big Mac and a chocolate shake wasn't an issue. It became an issue when I stopped moving so much (thanks to an 8-5 desk job) and quit smoking. So I don't tend to eat that stuff anymore. But I still eat a lot of foods I enjoy, just in moderation. I don't think I could use moderation with a Big Mac. I think I would eat the whole thing. Immediately. So I don't buy them anymore. Sigh

The girls and I used to go out for "Fatty's" on Monday nights. Nachos, extra cheese, (no meat), extra sour cream, extra guacamole. And then after that the White Chocolate Brownie... it's probably about 4 servings in one, and had ice cream and chocolate sauce and whipped cream. All washed down with several cokes. At about 10pm.

Now I am sawing logs at 9pm because I'm up to go to the gym @ 4:30am!!! Still occasionally do the nachos, regular cheese and salsa... but I rarely see the same girls I used to do that with... because I went and got all crazy n' stuff. :bigsmile: