Chocolate, whatever form, whatever kind, I LOVE chocolate. I'm actually quite proud of the fact that I've managed to stay away from it for the most part over the last month. Right now I have some sugar free mini hershey bars and I only have one maybe every other day or every three days.
I loved homemade cookies cakes etc. Not that I was opposed to good bakery doughnuts coffee breads and the like. I had a long commute in the morning (1 1/2 hours) I would stop at a grocery store and buy three large sweet rolls or large muffins, eat two on the way and one for lunch or an afternoon snack. I would eat maybe four frozen waffles for meals slathered with butter and dark karo syrup. I could go on and on. Anyone else ever do that thing where you would eat so much sweets that you would have to balance it by eating something salty like tortilla chips and melted cheese or half a bag of ruffles and 1/2 a carton of chip dip.
I think about this topic and I really know I was sick. No wonder I gained so much weight. I'm doing high protein, no sugar, low carb now now as I'm not good at moderation. Also protein has always been my least favorite food group so it's hard to overeat on a food I don't really like.
Most of my fat was potato chips, sweets, pizza, and fast food. I could eat huge amounts of food. It was routine for me to eat a 6-ounce bag of potato chips or an entire 15-ounce box of mini-eclairs in one sitting.
I can remember one time in my twenties when I went to McDonalds for breakfast and had three breakfast sandwiches and two hash browns. While I didn't do that very often, I don't think that was the only time, either.
pizza, anything from a fast food joint, donuts, cookies, candy, chips, cheese.... pretty much anything unhealthy. The worst part is that the portion control was also not there either so there have been times when I have almost eaten a whole large pizza from pizza hut.... AND breadsticks.... so unhealthy. It's embarassing how badly I use to treat my body. Oh, and don't forget the sodas.... that was a big one!
My fat was the result of drinking too many heavy beers (300 calories each!!! and some nights I'd have 3 or 4 of them) followed by half a pizza or spicy Chinese take-out, Vortman's sugar wafers by the box, whole bags of m&ms, sixteen ounce steaks with all the sides, portions too big in general, and not paying attention to what and when I was eating.
Reading that I'm surprised I wasn't over 200 pounds. I think the high calorie burning physical work I've done over the years is the only thing that saved me from that fate.
It's been fascinating to read these responses and see the common ground in so many (including my own).
Most of my fat is from fast food. I didn't allow myself a fast-food breakfast often, but when I had one, it was two breakfast sandwiches, hash browns, a cinnamon roll, and a large orange juice. I had a favorite "number" at every fast food joint: #2 at Mickey D's, #1 at the BK Lounge, and so forth.
If I wasn't eating fast food, I was eating salty, crunchy stuff from bags and boxes. Chee-tos, Cheez-its, chips (both potato and tortilla), I loved all of it. Invariably I had to have a few bites of something sweet after the salted-fat binges, so that meant saving room for a candy bar.
Ironically, I live in New Orleans, home of some of the most delectable and fattening food in the country--yet I doubt if more than a few pounds are the result of gravy-laden roast beef po'boys, pecan-crusted fried catfish, buttery grits and grillades, or beignets because those foods have always been special treats--stuff I knew was super-rich. I ate all that good stuff, but I savored it; it was an occasion, not an everyday thing.
Funny how all the rich, fatty foods that people travel here to eat weren't the ones that got me in trouble--the crappy pre-fab stuff is what did it to me, for the most part.
Desserts, fast food, and side dishes full of processed carbs! I am the sort of person who could be happy with potatoes or stuffing or pasta for every meal, and those were my meals way too often.
Mine was from fast food and junk around the house. My parents raised me on it- Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, KFC, or a pizza was what my mom brought home for dinner every night. When I was a baby, my father actually fed me Pepsi in my baby bottle, of course I grew up choosing the sweet stuff over water. There was always a steady supply of garbage in my house... packaged snack cakes, potato chips, donuts, etc. and fresh fruits or vegetables were nowhere to be found. That's what I ate for the first 12-13 years of my life and so that's what my fat was.
Honestly, I KNEW that the ice cream container "said" that a serving was 1/2 cup, but I thought that was just silly. I mean, who really eats just half a cup of ice cream? Turns out, skinny people eat half a cup of ice cream. Overweight people serve it in a big cereal bowl.
I do still eat ice cream but I measure it and eat a serving. (Sometimes 2/3 or 3/4 of a cup but only when the calorie budget allows. ) I actually serve it in some vintage, smallish coffee cups that only hold about 8 ounces so a scoop doesn't look all lonely in there.
) I actually serve it in some vintage, smallish coffee cups that only hold about 8 ounces so a scoop doesn't look all lonely in there.
