What's the worst thing you ever ate regularly pre-mfp?

I used to barely eat anything all day, and then eat an entire big bag of chips before crashing each night.

Sugar, sugar and lots of sugar. In cookies, soft drinks, desserts, chocolate, cola, ketchup you name it.

I would regularly down burgers, rib, chips and a few beers all at one sitting, no problem. But perhaps the worst thing was when I would decide to go for a healthy alternative, to get rid of my fat.

My super "healthy option" was two footlong fully loaded subs and a litre of orange juice (to escape beer calories!). Couldn't understand why the weight kept piling on ...

Being that me and my husband are hunters and fisherman, I would have to say fried fish with homemade french fries, coleslaw, and hushpuppies and fried deer steak with rice/gravy, fried okra, and purple hull peas.

Hmm, I was never really guilty of HUGE binges, ore eating till I got sick, but I regularly ate double portion sizes at almost every single meal. I also just love to cook so I could make something fattening out of nearly annnnyyything in my house, even "healthy" grocery shops. The kitchen would just call out to me late at night "come make a grilled cheese. Come have some pasta. Come make a batch of cookies" and I would frequently do just that, then clean it all up so my roommate never knew.


I wasn't ever a daily fast food person (too broke, and no car...) , maybe once or twice a month, but I ate twice what is recommended at those places too.


I have to say cheesy and creamy things are STILL my biggest weakness. But what I used to do at least once a week is take a box of macaroni and cheese and decide that just wasn't cheesy enough for me! I'd make it as the directions say, then add in at least a cup of grated cheddar, a handful of parmesan, an extra 2 tablespoons of butter, and a little extra milk. Taking what used to be a ~1000 calorie meal and making it into a ~1800 calorie meal. Man it was good. I still crave it. So gross though, that's over what I'm eating per day now.

Oh dear, where do I begin...

I had the worst eating habits in university, hence why I gained so much weight. My diet would worsen the more stressed I was. On any given day (when I wasn't on a crash diet), this would resemble my intake:

Breakfast:
-Large Double-Double (which is the Canadian term for a large coffee with two creams, two sugars)
-Toasted blueberry bagel with butter

Mid-morning snack:
-Chocolate chip cookie from the library cafe
-Another coffee

Lunch:
-Crispy chicken burger with fries
-Chocolate milk
-Another coffee to go (for my afternoon class)

Afternoon snack:
-Red Bull

Dinner:
-Giant bowl of pasta with veggies (perhaps my only "healthier" option that day)

Night snack:
-Chocolate bar, plus three additional coffees (you know, to fuel those study sessions)

I surprisingly only gained 30 lbs during university. If I had gone back now I would have gained so much more...

Since graduating from school I have been MUCH better with my eating, although I occasionally relapse with the fast-food and instant noodle binges

Grazing on mini peppermint patties and chewy jolly ranchers all day, and not measuring the amounts of olive oil or cheese I put in salads or in cooking.

Big bag of chips AND container of ice cream. Still wish I could once in a while.

3-4 Cherry Pepsi's a day sometimes paired that with lots of chips.

Taco Bell's Nachos Bell Grande, a steak Grilled Stuft burrito, a Mexican pizza, and a caramel apple empanada, with a large Baja Blast. :noway:

Probably one of my worst lunches I would get from a local spot:

Steak Burrito with rice, grilled veggies, cheese, sour cream and guacamole
Cup of Chicken Tortilla soup
Side of Chips with Salsa and Queso.

Easily a 2000 calorie meal....I look back and just wonder what I was thinking. I still go there but make such smarter choices now and its just as satisfying if not more.

It's crazy - you don't think of how those numbers add up. I had a steak burrito from Z-Teca last night and that was just under 800 calories. Good thing I lifted yesterday. I still came in over cals but I'm not terribly worried. 1st time in 3 weeks. I guess I'd be lying if I say I hadn't had meals with a large caloric intake prior to that . I'd have to say that when I was eating very poorly years ago, it would be fast food. I eat at Wendy's still every so often - just a small burger after training or w/e but it fits into my plan and actually helps me with protein. 6 years ago it would have been a McD's crispy chicken meal with extra mayo and tomato and mayo on the side. I loved (haven't had a drop of it in 5 years) diet Coke for the taste (not the "diet" aspect) so I would have had one of those and probably thrown a 6 pack of nuggets and a hot fudge/caramel sundae in there too. I'd probably have that once a week.

Yup, I could easily go through a box of cereal in a day. Tasted great and never seemed to fill me up so I'd want more an hour later.

2 sausage biscuits
2 Hashbrowns
1 breakfast burrito
Large frappe

2130 calories for breakfast. I'm sure I've done way worse but the thought of this one makes me queasy now.

I still eat the same crap i ate pre MFP but now i track what i eat (and usually do so in moderation). When i feel like pigging out on so-called "non-healthy food" (as opposed to just a bit of crap) i simply make sure it fits my macros for the day.

I could drink an entire 12-pack of Pepsi in one sitting if I wanted to.

I would never get that extreme, but I would drink like... up to six per day. That's over my daily limit right there.