I can't believe I used to eat that!!
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Two for one (after 2pm) krispy kremes. I don't even like donuts.0
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Oh boy, where to start....
A huge portion of chicken parm with spaghetti (plenty for two people) 10 inch roll of bread with butter to dip in the sauce, and twelve hotwings doused in blue cheese. This happened two or three times a month.
A dozen or more large cookies from the bakery....as a snack, maybe once a week
Gigantic bowls of ice cream with toppings, followed by bowls of popcorn bigger than what they give you in a movie theatre with melted butter...this was three or four times a week as an evening "snack"
Two dinners more than once. I'd stop at a restaurant and have a full restaurant-sized italian dinner, then go home and eat dinner not even two hours later.
Mountains of cheese....there was always so much cheese.....and pasta....so much pasta....way more than any human needs.
Sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive...
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Chef Boyardee0
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queenliz99 wrote: »
As, it seems, do many people on this thread.0 -
KameHameHaaaa wrote: »I still eat everything I used to, just not in abundance.
I have no idea how I made it to 410 lbs without any peers (parents, doctors etc) mentioning it. I was bullied throughout childhood and most of young adulthood but I really, honestly didn't know WHY I was because I didn't view my eating habits as abnormal. Funny thing is no one of importance called me out on my weight until I started losing it.
87 lbs down so far and it's nice to know I can control my future.
I often wonder why my mom never stopped me. She didn't have the best eating habits either, but she KNEW better, even if she didn't lead by example. Now that I'm a mom, I can't imagine letting my kid just eat whatever. I guess one of the reasons I'm on here is that I'm trying to be the example my mom wasn't.0 -
Entire chocolate bars, whole baguettes with cheese (and I'm talking probably close to one pound of cheese), 3 ice cream cones, box of cookies... We'd go out to eat and I'd have ribs and fries then a 1200 calorie dessert a couple times a week. When I had hormonal cravings I would eat a whole box of pasta with a jar of sauce.
Yeah, I still wonder how I only got to 213 pounds.0 -
Taco John's for breakfast everyday - equalling 1200 calories, then McDonalds for lunch - about 1000 calories, Perkins or IHOP or Applebees or Fast Food for Dinner - 1000-1500 calories. Sometimes a full box of raspberry filled donuts to myself or 13 McDonald's chocolate chip cookies, to myself,0
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Taco John's for breakfast everyday - equalling 1200 calories, then McDonalds for lunch - about 1000 calories, Perkins or IHOP or Applebees or Fast Food for Dinner - 1000-1500 calories. Sometimes a full box of raspberry filled donuts to myself or 13 McDonald's chocolate chip cookies, to myself,
Wow. I'd bet there are millions of folks out there who still eat this way, and don't correlate it with their weight/health. Glad you did! cheers0 -
queenliz99 wrote: »I used to put sugar on everything (grapefruit, strawberries, and even Capn' Crunch) That is the way my parents taught me to eat it. I didn't know any different. Though I still love sugar I just don't crazy anymore. Strawberries taste awesome in their natural state.
My grandmother taught me eat watermelon with a lot of salt. When I started focusing on my health. I was amazed how I was presumed to be taught to eat healthy.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »
As, it seems, do many people on this thread.
I was trying for sarcasm. That is hard to type.0 -
queenliz99 wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »
As, it seems, do many people on this thread.
I was trying for sarcasm. That is hard to type.
we need a sarcasm emoticon.0 -
An entire bowl of California onion dip, with an entire bag of Ruffles to go with, all at one sitting. Yikes.
^^This. The "Party" size bag, too. After I had a huge dinner (and lunch, and breakfast). Now, I still eat whatever I want, just not "everything" I want, and certainly not everyday in that quantity.
But my singular "past ghost" is those dang Ruffles and French Onion dip. I just do not buy party bags (and ABSOLUTELY no onion dip! LOL). I'm definitely in the "everything in moderation" camp, but NO Ruffles for me. Ever. (Did you know they're delicious dipped in BBQ sauce and ranch, too? OMG, heaven...
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Well, everything I used to eat I STILL eat. So... nothing.
Kind of this. Fish stick are a lot nicer fried. Fries are a lot nicer fried. I just eat less and within my calories these days as I want to protect my deficit and get to target. The food would taste as nice as it ever did. All the time im on the cardio I keep thinking if only human beings were twice as efficient at burning calories.....
Chips am sure I could eat ten small bags.
Whole cheescake/trifle
A lot of chocolate
Between 15-20 spare ribs, which was very nice. Lot of protein.
I do miss not having massive plates of fried rice , chilli beef or sweet and sours that I cook. Its too much hassle in cooking for the size of portion id get at the moment.
Such a shame I cant eat without consequence. I'll be back....0 -
Half a Little Caesars's pizza, McChickens for a snack, half a box of pasta ( for a 5'2" girl)...0
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My two low points: One eating so much junk until I felt my stomach "tear" and it hurt for about 1-2 years after that. And the second was a more recent one: 2 medium pizzas in one sitting (yep...I'm pathetic....)0
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baconslave wrote: »A whole bag of Doritos, a six pack of beer, AND a half bag of the jumbo Hershey's kisses. In addition to whatever the meal was.
Mostly I'm just in awe of how many calories I used to eat in one day. The sheer volume of food. I couldn't eat that much food now. You never really realize how much you are packing away until you start to track it. I personally was like, "Good Lord, woman. Pig much?"
Just a question. Did the beer work or did the food soak up all the alcohol making it just, as one might put it, empty calories?
As you suspected, it didn't even do that much for me. I wasn't even buzzed how I wanted and so I was just wasting my calories. It was a bummer.0 -
purplemystra wrote: »The worse thing I would eat was a potato chip sandwich. 2 slices of white bread with lots of mayo and a bunch of sour cream and onion pringle chips. I also ate way to much sweets. I was once proud of eating and drinking nothing but chocolate for one day. Don't understand why I was proud of that. smh
i thought the melted cheeseplate guy was wining but this sandwich took gumption, you are now in the lead.-1 -
Gotta go people, I just heard kiddo scream "PANCAAKES!" like "TIMBERRR!"-1
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now I hear hubs saying..."mm. MM!"
me: Extra butter please!
I eat what I want within my cal goals. Nothing I used to eat is off limits, but then again I did not have the creativity of chip sandwich lady or the devotion of melted cheese plate man.-1 -
The thing thats really made me wary is pizza, because unless I have a whole one its not that filling. One slice is underwhelming. I am always in for the extra toppings as well, so when you look at the calories its thousands, especially if it was at home. Cheese, meat and flour all go towards making it calorie heavy.0
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For me it was full bags of chips, sometimes with dips (entire containers of dip) all in one sitting.
Rice, white rice. Oh my god I ate loads of that. With butter and soya sauce.
Full bags/bars of chocolate and/or candies.
SODA! as a Canadian I go shopping in the states a few times a year and I get soda that we can't get around here and the calorie count.. I can't even! -I'm going again soon I must limit myself this time around.![:\](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
I should say I still do enjoy these things just in smaller quantities. I may slip now and then but I'm human. I just start over.0 -
Whole gallon of ice cream in a day. Whole box of Little Debbie snack cakes in one sitting. Large bags of chips and jar of queso at one sitting. Entire box of mac & cheese with a can of tuna added plus hot sauce and lots of ranch dressing added (this was my dinner almost every night for years). 4 hot dogs with mayo for breakfast, then 3 bologna/cheese sandwiches with mayo for lunch. Large Papa Johns pizzas. I once ate the whole Mcdonald's Big Box Meal (2 Big Macs, 2 Cheeseburgers, 4 sm. fries, and 10 chicken nuggets) 25 hot wings and a large fry from my favorite wing place. (I still eat wings on my "reward day"-just now I have 5 and a side salad
) 4 or 5 trips to the Chinese buffet or Golden Corral buffet. And haven't done this one in about 8 years since I was diagnosed with diabetes-but drink a 12 pk of Pepsi a day. Now I may only drink 3 diet Pepsi's in a week. Yea, I can plainly see how my fat *kitten* got to 548 lbs. But I started my diet Oct 13 this year and at last weigh in on Nov 10 (4 weeks) I was at 496 (52 lbs lost) 
It's amazing how we didn't really see it when we were doing it. Or maybe we did, and just didn't care anymore. Either way, I thank God for MFP and everyone here that has supported me and encouraged me. 0 -
One large pizza...loaded with cheese and triple meat, then a half gallon of ice cream with a jar of hot fudge sauce. Now I'm down to three slices of pizza and no ice cream.0
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Is it sad that I still eat some of the things people mention here as a "low point"? I still eat the whole 100 g chocolate bar in one setting every now and then. I still eat a whole can of pringles, or fried things (heck, I ate 600 calorie worth of fried eggplant today).
What I can't believe I used to eat is the things that I don't really care for but ate "just because they're lying around". I don't like salt and vinegar flavored chips for example, but used to eat a family pack just because it was in the pantry. Now instead of grabbing random things "just because" I make sure I really like and want whatever I'm eating. Calories are a precious currency to me now, and only the worthiest and tastiest of foods get to have a big chunk of them.0 -
Gosh there's a few I used to overdue it with.
-Takis Fuego chips. I'd eat a whole bag at a time.
-Ice Cream (and I'm lactose intolerant).
-Pizza, I'd dip it in ranch dressing.
-Buffalo wings with blue cheese dressing.
I used to eat this on a regular basis. Now I have them once in a blue moon.0 -
Whole gallon of ice cream in a day. Whole box of Little Debbie snack cakes in one sitting. Large bags of chips and jar of queso at one sitting. Entire box of mac & cheese with a can of tuna added plus hot sauce and lots of ranch dressing added (this was my dinner almost every night for years). 4 hot dogs with mayo for breakfast, then 3 bologna/cheese sandwiches with mayo for lunch. Large Papa Johns pizzas. I once ate the whole Mcdonald's Big Box Meal (2 Big Macs, 2 Cheeseburgers, 4 sm. fries, and 10 chicken nuggets) 25 hot wings and a large fry from my favorite wing place. (I still eat wings on my "reward day"-just now I have 5 and a side salad ) 4 or 5 trips to the Chinese buffet or Golden Corral buffet. And haven't done this one in about 8 years since I was diagnosed with diabetes-but drink a 12 pk of Pepsi a day. Now I may only drink 3 diet Pepsi's in a week. Yea, I can plainly see how my fat *kitten* got to 548 lbs. But I started my diet Oct 13 this year and at last weigh in on Nov 10 (4 weeks) I was at 496 (52 lbs lost) It's amazing how we didn't really see it when we were doing it. Or maybe we did, and just didn't care anymore. Either way, I thank God for MFP and everyone here that has supported me and encouraged me.
So happy to hear of your 52 pound loss.
I'm wishing you the best.
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-half a Tombstone pizza. Last time I did it it tasted like cardboard
-I would sometimes get a fresh mozzarella ball and eat it as a meal. Yeah, the calories on that weren't that great.
Ice cream remains in my life, but no more than two servings at once (and it depends on how many calories I have remaining)0 -
Chocolate binges. Wow.0
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