What's the biggest food mistake you used to make?

queen_ana
queen_ana Posts: 35
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For example: I wouldn't eat all day long then my sister would take me to five guys. I would have a cajun fries and veggie burger (thinking you know, veggies=good) wrong; 1500 calories right there. My entire day's calories in one meal.

Never stepping foot in there ever again.
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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    Eating whole wheat pasta and brown rice
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    sugary alcoholic drinks
    too many snacks (I got fat 100 calories at a time, I think)
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    I had everything wrong. Huge portions. Unhealthy foods. Reckless use of condiments. Gluttony at its finest.

    I can think of multiple times in the past where I went to 2 different fast food places (both because of embarrassment and because who doesn't want to follow up a baconator with a double down?) followed by a trip to the corner store for dessert.

    I'm not going as far as never stepping foot in a Wendy's again, but I sure as hell won't be eating the likes of that again.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Trying to replace pasta with vegetables
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    eating 2 giant bowls of Cheerios before bed.

    and many margaritas poolside this summer.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    So, so, so much peanut butter.
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  • headofphat
    headofphat Posts: 1,597 Member
    Eating a whole bag of Doritos. My mom told me never to be a quitter. She also told me to get my fat *kitten* off the couch and mow the lawn. Mixed messages for sure.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    For example: I wouldn't eat all day long then my sister would take me to five guys. I would have a cajun fries and veggie burger (thinking you know, veggies=good) wrong; 1500 calories right there. My entire day's calories in one meal.

    Never stepping foot in there ever again.

    I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
    OMAD and IF are useful eating methods for many.
    I practice IF not OMAD since I get hungry by noon and then again later in the day.

    My biggest mistake: thinking 1200 calories & salads, salads, salads were the way to go.
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    Coffee all day long with tons of cream & sugar! :huh:
  • sydsquidlee
    sydsquidlee Posts: 51 Member
    DIet Soda. Fake sugar.. so bad for you!
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    Thinking that the key was just eating less and working out more. On one of my failed attempts to lose weight and get in shape, a lot of days I would get a biscuit for breakfast, and a sandwich and baked chips for lunch. Then save half the sandwich and that would be my dinner. A protein shake made with skim milk was my only snack, after one of my lifting sessions. Yes, one of them. I also thought that more lifting automatically meant more muscles faster. I would go to the gym sometimes twice a day on that tiny amount of food, expecting to build muscles.

    Needless to say, that plan didn't work.
  • sweetcurlz67
    sweetcurlz67 Posts: 1,168 Member
    drinking diet coke all day long thinking I was getting/staying hydrated... passed out, hospital said I was dehydrated.
  • Mexicanbigfoot
    Mexicanbigfoot Posts: 520 Member
    thinking I needed to deprive myself of all foods that were "bad" and ending up binging on them after a few weeks, instead of having small portions that fit into my calorie goals in order to satisfy my cravings

    ^ this. 100 times. I think I am finally on the path to a healthy relationship with food. :smile:
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    Counting carbs and fat like they were the devil...and having no regard to calories. Then eating as much of whatever I told myself was "healthy".
  • angelamb1970
    angelamb1970 Posts: 123 Member
    Too much sugar, too many refined carbs, too many processed foods, not enough activity.
  • nilbogger
    nilbogger Posts: 870 Member
    Simply eating too much.
  • Lifts4IceCream
    Lifts4IceCream Posts: 77 Member
    For example: I wouldn't eat all day long then my sister would take me to five guys. I would have a cajun fries and veggie burger (thinking you know, veggies=good) wrong; 1500 calories right there. My entire day's calories in one meal.

    What is wrong with this. I do this almost every Saturday. I restrict my calories that day because I know I am going to be having a calorie dense meal. You just said that you don't eat all day, and then ate your daily calories in one meal. I assume that is your last meal of the day. So what does it matter if you ate your daily calories in one meal or 3 meals that day? You could have eaten 2/3 of your calories and then eaten the burger and fries. I would not call that a mistake. IMO.
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    Ordering the salad on the restaurant menu when I really wanted the steak. Then, going home and eating everything I touched because I didn't fill the craving.

    THEN learning that the steak was the lower calorie option with the better macros when I started counting calories. That one really pissed me off.
  • Vortex_ConQueso
    Vortex_ConQueso Posts: 97
    Using "low fat" products and not realizing that the slowly digested fat was simply being replaced with quickly digested sugar.

    Oh, and eating lots of these:
    Eggless_Chocolate_Cake-1.jpg
  • linedawg
    linedawg Posts: 49 Member
    Eating too much sugar, I did not realize how many foods had large amounts in it.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    eating animals, dairy,eggs,honey,gelatin

    but its been a literal decade since ive committed such atrocities
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    When I first started, I barcode scanned an Orville Pop-Up Bowl, and it said 160 calories. I always get confused by 2tsp unpopped vs 4c popped (who eats unpopped popcorn?) so I rolled with it. Lost my weight, then someone had the balls to confront my diary about it. I took another look and selected "1 container" and ta-da! 2.5 servings, 400 calories. I still log them as 160 calories because it has had zero effect on my year-long maintenance, and I eat one pretty much every day at 1pm at work, M-F.
  • ajnb88
    ajnb88 Posts: 339 Member
    Coke and energy drinks. I was consuming ~500 calories a day from those alone.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    thinking I needed to deprive myself of all foods that were "bad" and ending up binging on them after a few weeks, instead of having small portions that fit into my calorie goals in order to satisfy my cravings

    This was definitely the dowfall of every "diet" I ever tried. Everything in moderation is much more realistic for me!

    Mostly though, just being in complete denial about portion sizes and thinking I had to keep up with Hubby at the dinner table.
  • sugarkissprincess
    sugarkissprincess Posts: 2,595 Member
    Iced Coffees.... Coffee by be a low calorie drink but umm... when it's cold and from McDonald's - loaded with Sugar!
  • irejuvenateme
    irejuvenateme Posts: 96 Member
    Binge eating processed sugar treats (cookies, ice cream etc). Using caffeine and sugar together when working late hours.
    These are ongoing challenges even though I am getting in front of it the last month or so.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    Low carb, carbohydrate addicts diet, Atkins, protein power, all of em.

    Just made me crave and rebound.
    not eating much in the day and overeating at night! and I mean! eating over my calorie needs. So I'd be miserable, jittery and sluggish all day then sleepy and sluggish after dinner. I realise now I was self medicating whilst in an unhappy situation.

    Everything's good now, good macros, good fuel supply, not under eating or overeating too much.

    Unfortunately I've just discovered CRONUTS so there is a disturbance in the force.
  • ghosthackexe
    ghosthackexe Posts: 181 Member
    Biggest food mistake I made was eating whole pizza's, whole bags of BBQ chips, and whole liters of soda. XD
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Freaking HANDFULS of chocolate chips. Although I don't know if this counts as a response since I still have a problem with it... haha

    But in the past, I would make a batch of cookies for my husband, friend and I. And we'd eat ALL of it in one night. 600-1000 calories of cookies/brownies/treats. Talk about eye opening when I started logging...

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