My old habits

Yep! A lot of my old habits have gone out of the window! I too was eating enormous amounts of fast food (I live in street where everything I could want - fish&chips, pizza, indian food, chinese food) is within 5 doors of my street door! One of my favouties was a half pound burger with cheese, topped with donner kebab meat and all the sauces, with a large side of fries and a 2 litre bottle of full sugar pepsi!! Or I'd get a large box of a mixture of donner meat, pakoras, tandoori chicken, chips/ fries, chicken wings and all the sauces, which was served in a 14'' pizza box and I'd eat from it for about 2 or 3 days (obviously I would put the leftovers in the fridge between 'pickings') I would eat whole multipacks of chocolate bars in one day, or perhaps they'd last two at the most!!!Admittedly I was quite poorly over the winter, but I wonder how much I could have avoided feeling so ghastly, if I had been eating better!!

My BF came to visit me about 3 weeks ago, he was very late getting here and I'd already had my dinner!! He got himself a chinese take-away, I was able to have one piece of pepper squid, and leave it at that!

I've made large changes to my eating habits everyday, can't even rememebr when I last had a takeaway, and am trying to eat as cleanly and as 'paleo' as possible! The clean and paleo is still a very new thing to me, so I've had some blips over the last few days, just purposefully trying out what foods suit me and what don't anymore! however, now I know that grains and dairy definitely don't!

I woudl never have found this out if it wasn't for the wealth of information and fantastic friends who are ALWAYS there to support me (which I think is whats made this so amazing!) on MFP. Usually by now I would be getting bored of the change and looking for the next 'big thing' to sink my teeth into, but not this time!!

I really love it here and I know its going to be for life this time, not just some faddy quick fix that I get bored of quickly, then end up being even heavier/ more unhealthy than I was to start with!!

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In my 41 years I've never knew the calorie content of any food or drink! MFP has definitely opened my eyes to what goes into my mouth these last few months! I always wondered how gained weight and kept it on even though I've always been a regular gym goer and always played football (soccer) & squash... NOW I KNOW!! One of these days I'll get around to entering a diary of what I used to eat during a regular day before MFP! I bet I'd be utterly mortified!. For instance, I've never been a 'salad dodger'.... but little did I know how many grams of fat & calories were in the old Caesar & Ranch dressings I used to drown the lettuce in!!!

Thanks for opening my eyes MFP! Reading these fantastic Success Stories are absolutely one of my favourite things on these quiet night shifts now.

Practically every meal I ate before starting this lifestyle change was fast food. I never considered calories. I would have a 400-500 calorie breakfast sandwich from Panera w/ a 600 calorie coffee drink, then grab Wendys for lunch w/ a frappucino, and lastly a double quarter pounder from McDonalds for dinner w/ a coke. I never drank water. I would easily drink a 2 liter of Mountain Dew in a day. I was so unhealthy it was absolutely ridiculous. I never worked out.

Now, I make healthy choices on my meals out. I cook so much more at home. I am always conscience of my calorie intake and I drink my water. I never drink regular sodas, rarely diet sodas, and when I get Starbucks I choose non-fat or low-fat options w/ sugar free flavors. I work out and I am a happier person.

I think back to how I ate before and it disgusts me. This is definitely a lifestyle change that I plan to keep forever!