I don't remember what it was like pre-MFP...

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  • Kabijots
    Kabijots Posts: 218 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I'm always a bit amazed by people who just eat the same thing, but less of it. Considering that pretty much all I remember eating was junk food, I can't imagine that it would have worked out well.

    I eat the same but less of it. Not everyone eats junk to get fat. :) My diet is balanced and healthy but just served in too big portions, plus the odd large glass of lovely red wine didn't help either! I wasn't doing enough exercise to work off the excess calories.

    Trying to learn portion control now but it's hard with so much lovely food out there to eat :D
  • faramelee
    faramelee Posts: 163 Member
    I never had breakfast or lunch. Instead I had two Grande Caramel Macchiatos (totally 724 calories) per day (I was spending over £100 per month on coffee!). My evening meals weren't necessarily unhealthy but too large and if I could incorporate home made cheese sauce onto it all the better. Having said that I don't really remember what we used to eat exactly! I never moved my *kitten* - I would leave the house an hour earlier to get to work (and hang out in Starbucks) just so that I could get a lift with my husband. Now I walk in, it takes just over twenty minutes and I don't go to Starbucks! I love red wine and good chocolate (ooops, that is still the case!), but my husband made a comment just the other day about the amount of cheese I used to snack on, I really don't remember that! Now I exercise regularly and my diet has been overhauled completely so that I'm now eating very nutritious, balanced meals.

    Weird how I can't remember some of the previous stuff - maybe I've blocked it out?!?!
  • lovematthewchristopher
    lovematthewchristopher Posts: 147 Member
    Portion control, and weighing the pros and cons of your choices.!!! I eat many of the things that i used to eat, but now it is in moderation. I put much more thought into what i put in my mouth, where as before i would just grab and go! I make sure that what i choose will fit into my calories for the day. I am much more active, and try to balance the two. I used to skip breakfast, have a huge lunch, not eat all afternoon, then overeat for dinner, because i was starving. I now eat every two hours , fruit, vegetables,whatever, just something small, so that i never get so hungry, that i overdue it.!!!
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I ate the same things I do now - I had pretty good habits, which is why I didn't try to lose until I was in my 50's. But I ate more of things. Portion size was my thing.
  • ilovesweeties
    ilovesweeties Posts: 84 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I'm always a bit amazed by people who just eat the same thing, but less of it. Considering that pretty much all I remember eating was junk food, I can't imagine that it would have worked out well.

    I had more of a think about this... I eat mostly the same foods as a I did day to day, but there are quite a few things I don't do anymore. Friday morning breakfast is no longer a 'treat' of a sausage roll and a doughnut from the baker- it's the same old breakfast cereal as every other day. I avoid the 'can't be bothered cooking take away' for the most part, my other half has been instructed not to bring me two slices of toast and nutella in bed anymore (back to the same old breakfast cereal again) and I cut right down on drinking my calories.

    It wasn't my standard eating that got me fat, it was all the exceptions that had started to become more habit than I had realised.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I tended to just mindlessly eat whatever was around me...whatever sounded good or was in front of me or close by. I was never a binger, but I could pack away a whole lotta calories without even realizing I did it.
  • cookielover_96
    cookielover_96 Posts: 177 Member
    I think my calorie intake wasn't steady. I remember some days I would barely eat and other days I crammed so much food in my mouth. I feel like MFP has helped track my calorie so that I'm not under/over eating. And estimate the nutrition goals.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Yep. No clue. Today I was thinking about what I would have eaten for lunch if I wasn't logging. I probably would have made a huge tuna melt with avocado and tons of cheese. I could still have that now but like....I don't really want a 700 calorie sandwich lol. I need dessert too.
  • __Wolf__
    __Wolf__ Posts: 137 Member
    Its a cold, dark world without the bright, warm embrace of a persistent calculator on my phone telling me how decadent my cheesecake is.

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