To preface, being as big as I am, the amount I need to eat to maintain weight would shock most of you. I had a cheat meal this morning which is perfectly allowed... The thing I need to make sure I don't do is turn it into a cheat day, or a cheat week. So I'm going to post back here tomorrow night and verify that I did in fact eat the way I was supposed to eat.

For your entertainment, I had:

4 buttery pancakes w/ syrup
a t-bone steak
3 fried eggs
2 orders of hashbrowns
a huge omlette w/ steak cheese and veggies.
a tall glass of 2% milk

...and yes, it was delicious and I don't feel bad about it.

ahem... i hate you, that is all

Hey, you know what. I can eat the same as you if I want to. I don't want to because I want to lose weight and I couldn't eat all that and get to be a svelte chick. But if you can, I am happy for you and not jealous. I know what works for each one of us is different. I am happy I can eat a skinny cow ice cream sandwich and still ose a couple of pounds! Yeeehaaa!

Glad to have you posting. Stick around and make sure you stay on plan. YOUR plan, not mine!

Barb

I understand that you are very tall and your body weight requires a lot of calories. But, are you sure this is still not calorie over kill for one meal? It looks like well over 3,000 calories for just one meal.

Heck yeah it is... but its just one meal. The point is that it's only 1 meal and it's the only meal I'll eat like that for a long time.

Alright, makes sense

I would be physically ill if I tried consuming even a quarter of that... actually probably if I tried eating only a quarter of a quarter hehe :P

My boyfriend however probably wouldn't have a problem but then he's 6'9 and an athlete lol. Hateful person can eat what he wants though not that he does since it affects training/performance!

angelskeep - Skinny cow ice cream sandwiches are the best! i used to always reward myself with one (and sometimes two!) at the end of a good day!

reagensquad- WOW! that's a big breakfast! I guess the only good thing about going all out on breakfast is that you can burn it off during the day. Sometimes i'll let myself have a big breakfast (but not quite that big!!) and cut down on the other meals.

Good for you, I guess. Not jealous at all because I hate the taste of everything on your cheat meal menu.

I don't see why you titled this a disaster? Because you say you said you didn't feel bad about it, and said it was delicious...?

Am I the only one that's curious as to whether you stuck with it or not? I hope you did... I'm in your corner rooting for you!!!!!

So let us know!

I'm not really so concerned with the calories (well, I am still am), but that is also the fat and cholesterol in that meal is enough for an entire week. I can imagine that consuming that much would put a lot of stress on one's body to try and process it all.

What's the point of posting that on a diet forum, if you're happy you ate it? I'm not saying you should feel super guilty about it, but it almost seems like you're rubbing it in?

I'm going to play Devil's advocate here.

What's the problem that he DOESN'T feel bad about eating it? For him it was what I call a "planned diversion." He knew he was going off plan and he ate what he wanted... and he didn't feel bad about it.

I speak for myself and after posting on here for a few years the MAJORITY of us have horrible guilt after eating poorly and can't seem to let that go... which in turn causes shame and guilt which further perpetuates the problem.

I think it's great that he didn't feel bad. He allowed himself to enjoy it and now (hopefully) he's back on track.

Why is that such a bad thing?

EDIT: (please note - still playing devil's advocate) Why is it that he's rubbing it in? Because he can eat a lot more food than the majority of us could? He posted for ACCOUNTABILITY. How is that any different than someone posting on here what they ate during a binge or an off plan weekend? Granted, our weekend would probably be the whole meal he ate, but how is it different?

Food porn. I couldn't imagine eating all that for breakfast. At my highest weight I think I could eat it all, but it would have been breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You can eat some very delicious healthy food. You don't have to resort to "cheating" because you feel like healthy food isn't good. I also hope that you are trying to research healthy foods some and the results of eating healthier.

I also hope that you got back on your plan, I see that you have lost some weight so it must be working. Good luck.

OK, thanks for clarifying. I see your point.