How much did you eat before MFP?

I don't even remember anymore but I do like the bottle of red wine. Red wine is my favorite.

this is an awesome topic. Well my breakfast would include a big omelet with 4 eggs. 4 slice of white bread. 2 glasses of orange juice. 3 hotdogs and about 3 caprisun juices. I now see how I got the way I got by eating too much junk

I haven't actually counted up the calories but I started every day with crispy creme donut holes and cappucino from speedway. Then Burger King or worse for lunch (can you say Izzy's?) and since I'm single, supper might be a bag of chips or cookies & ice cream (unless my neighbor invites me to dinner) Wash it all down with coca cola - not diet and I only drank water for ... well hell, I didn't drink any water unless I could help it.
Horrible

Oh gosh.

In high school...

Breakfast - bacon cheese melt on a bagel
Lunch - sandwich, cookies, juice (reasonable)
Afternoon "snack"/second lunch - Chinese takeout or fries or a DQ Blizzard or an Iced Capp.
Dinner - 2-3 servings of spaghetti, or a burger with all the trimmings, etc... lots of sauces, not a lot of nutrition!

This could be a typical Friday for me:

Breakfast - Cheese and mushroom croissant with a medium cappuccino.
Lunch - Chicken burrito with all the trimmings.
Snack - Snickers bar, Wotsits and full-far Coke.
Dinner - Indian takeaway - poppadums with dip, onion bhajis, meat samosas, chicken curry, pilau rice, tarka dhal.
Drink - Bottle of red wine.

Rough estimate - 3600+ calories!

The wonder is not that I got so fat but that I didn't realise WHY I got so fat!

i think i ate prettymuch the same as i do now , except now some stuff is now low fat, or quron etc. so
pretty much the same stuff, just a bit healthier! ha

Like others it wasn't so much the quantity of food more the huge calories in the food I was eating that was my downfall...I still eat as much now I just eat better choices

Before? I found a food diary from about 2 years ago...

Breakfast: 1 Sandwich (2 slices of white bread with butter and vegemite) and a pack of crisps.
Lunch: Big bowl of pasta with grated cheese and a chocolate fudge cake, plus another slice of white bread with butter.
Dinner: A whole cheesey garlic pizza bread.
Snacks: A couple of packets of crisps, 5-6 biscuits, chocolate.

Ouch.

Wow. SO much... and all at night. I would skip breakfast, have a sandwich or full meal for lunch, and then just mindlessly snack in front of the TV. Pints of Ben and Jerry's in a sitting, an entire bowl of popcorn in peanut oil... peanut butter from the jar... you name it. It was mostly boredom. Once I started portion control and counting calories, things just started to make sense!

Breakfast - cup of tea

Mid morning - cup of tea and an apple

Lunch - peppermint tea and an apple or pizza if out (maybe twice a week)

4pm - toast with butter, tea.

Supper - big cooked meal, fajitas or pasta or risotto

Evening - bag of chips or a couple of chocolates, a yoghurt and 2 apples

Basically I'd not eat all day then over eat in the evenings. I also did very little exercise. I have never been a huge drinker day to day, more of a binge drinker when I go out, but since joining MFP I think I drink more wine over all, but a glass or 2 a couple of nights a week, not nothing for a month, then 2 bottles in one night.

Better question, what didn't I eat?

Gosh, my college eating habits aren't as bad, but in high-school I could down several packs a candy, pizza, fried catfish, bread, several drinks, my school lunch, and my breakfast at home. I was a secret eater, I got so big because I liked to eat and didn't really get full easily, but I hid it because it was shameful.

Rough estimate I'd say about 2000 on average per day with mental binge days thrown into the mix. Booze and eating out was my downfall. Pints of real ale and pub grub is not a friend of the waistline.

Breakfast - Vending machine food. Best guess a Butterfingers and a Mountain Dew (560)
Lunch - Usually ate out. One example Philly Cheesesteak and Fries and Mountain Dew (1290)
Dinner - Macaroni and Cheese (whole box) or whole frozen pizza w/ add'l cheese and Mountain Dew (1490)
Evening snacking - endless. Good example half a container of Grasshopper cookies (700)

Total between 3500-5000 calories/day. Honestly I'm lucky I didn't weight more.

Lol - just read that and thought wow - she can eat that and still lose? I think I missed the point...hahaha ok typical day for me pre MFP:

No breakfast
Mid-morning - 2 full fat lattes, service station muffin
No lunch
Mid-afternoon - egg and bacon triple sandwich, chocolate bar
Evening meal - fish and chips, entire family chocolate cake
Last thing - half a packet of biscuits

....and that was every single day. To go with that I had exhaustion, IBS, regular stomach bugs and colds, and various aches and pains...wonder why? Hahaha. Good luck everyone, and what a great post to remind you how quickly things change...

I'd have double helpings at least of everything and it usually worked out to what, 1800-2800 depending? probably on the lower side most days because i was generally maintaining at 65-67kgs.

I think about this every time somebody asks me how I've lost weight. Before my fitness pal this could be a typical day:

Breakfast: Left overs from last night (dinner food, heaping amounts of it) or a stop at Wawa (I think these are only in South Jersey and Philly area? Midwest think a cheaper version of Sheets) for a breakfast sub, pretty much a cheese steak.
Lunch: Taco Bell, McDonalds, or whatever other fast food restaurant were in the vicinity of my store.
Dinner: All-you-can-eat sushi and a BOTTLE of wine, then go over my friend's house and drink more. If it wasn't sushi night it was two or three helping of dinner at my house.

Snacks: Throughout the day I'd eat chips, candy bars, whatever Best Buy sells in the checkout line.
Drinks: Energy drinks, flavored coffees with cream and sugar (Wawa Mocha Mint 16oz is 800 cals by itself!!!)
Late night: After drinking we would go to a late night pizza joint, Wawa to get a 10 inch sub or the 24-hour McDonalds, or Taco Bell

I think I estimated I was on average ingesting about 3600-sometimes 5000 cals a day easy.

I dropped down to 1700 cals and dropped weight very quickly, it's like my body went into shock. I was horrified when I started searching for foods in the data base and saw what the hell I was actually eating.

So thanks MFP