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    I went back to look at how much I used to eat…


    I’ve always taken pictures of food I eat before I eat it, so I went back to look at some of them from before I know about nutrition and calculate the calories of what I was eating…
    This is one of the pictures I found and the total calories for this is… 1,490 calories! And I had this for breakfast 😭

    Sorry, I know this post is random, but I just wanted to share how surprised I am by how little knowledge I had about calories and food 😭

    by _-RedRosesInJuly-_

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    2. BootyMcSqueak on

      My god. Just thinking about how hard I would crash after this meal. All sugar and no nutritional value. I bet you feel better physically after changing things up!

    3. xevaviona on

      crazy how you can have one average sized meal and it’s MORE than the entire calories per day.

    5. DonTot on

      I feel this so hard. I’d have eaten the same thing, but with a cookie and a diet coke “on the side”.

    7. ausername_8 on

      That used to be me, can of pop, Sunchips, a couple of snacks cakes, and I end up going back for more chips and snacks cakes because while it satiated me with dopamine, it did nothing that satiated me to feel full. I often look back and wish our educational system had done more to teach us about health and nutrition. I had to learn about a calorie deficit from Reddit (not a doctor).

    8. Real-Acanthisitta-56 on

      This was me when I looked back at my DoorDash orders 😭 1100 calories just for lunch and I was snacking and drinking sugary drinks in between

    9. vulgarandgorgeous on

      My teeth hurt looking at this 😭 thats so much sugar. I cant imagine the sugar withdrawls you had coming off this diet. I used to drink 6 cans of soda a day and mine were horrible

    10. Harder_than_calculus on

      I remember when I first started trying to count calories — I was struggling so hard and I’d get a slice of pound cake for lunch like daily and think it wasn’t a big deal. Oh to be naive and now I’m a knower — maybe too much of a knower because I feel like I can’t enjoy sweets without thinking about the calories density of em. Fun stuff 🥴

    11. marimosa on

      I look back at how much grubhub I used to order and it’s like omfggg 😩 no wonder I gained 40lbs!

    12. ASideKick on

      The sad part for me is this doesn’t even look like tooooo much to me but the amount of calories is probably outrageous

    13. AdChemical1663 on

      I’m truly curious…

      You said this was breakfast before you “know about nutrition.”

      Even without a health or nutrition background, a large soda, a king sized candy bar, and two pastries seems like an odd choice for breakfast. 

      What was going through your mind as you decided what you were going to have for breakfast?

    14. pks_0104 on

      It’s very inspiring. You’ve gone from eating this to presumably a much healthier diet. How did you first get into counting calories, reading nutritional labels etc?

    15. Honest_Truck2851 on

      You’re so real for this! I work in retail and I see people eat this every single day. It blows my mind! Good job for learning about your body and health and taking steps to making it better!

    16. ThrowDirtonMe on

      Ugh this looks so good though. I still eat like this when I get the urge sometimes for a day or so.

    17. Curious-Duck on

      😱 but it’s nice that you have a video log of foods, and that you now have the awareness to see how that breakfast didn’t set you up very well for the day.

      So interesting! I also recall eating SO MUCH dumplings and sushi… oh god. And pizza. And butter chicken…

      You’ve inspired me to go and look at pictures of those massive feasts. Off I go!

    18. Paperbirds89 on

      You’ve come a long way! I hope you’re proud of yourself because I’m proud of you. I don’t feel that the amount here is bad, it’s the quality of food. It’s very hard to change our ways but you did it!

    19. tiptoeandson on

      Honestly it’s mad isn’t it because this is such a nothing meal (no shade, I used to be the same not too long ago). Since counting calories it’s mad how quickly these things add up.

    20. Practical-Dealer2379 on

      Similar to me. I was addicted to sugar. I would eat an entire pint of ice cream in one sitting and wash it down with 2 Dr peppers 🥲 Haven’t had a full sugar soda in almost 2 months now and cut out 80%(if I had go guess) of added sugar from my diet! I feel LOADS better and I’m sure you do too!

    21. Lexiiboo97 on

      I relate, I used to drink so much soda and candy that sometimes I would faint, because I was severely dehydrated 😭

    22. perpetual_hunger on

      I remember standing on the scale at my heaviest, completely shocked and confused on how I got there. Thinking back, my daily breakfast was a grande Cafe mocha with either a Starbucks grilled cheese sandwich or a cinnamon coffee cake. Easily 750-890 calories just on breakfast….

      Calorie blindness is real, lol

    23. not_now_reddit on

      Man… looking at that makes my stomach hurt. Too much sugar just doesn’t sit right with me more than any other food

    25. WantSomeSkank on

      A couple of years ago, my ass would frequently go to Mcdonald’s and eat 4 large fries and a large caramel frappe all in one sitting. That’s literally 2151 calories I consumed JUST IN ONE FUCKING SITTING.

    28. lynnlovestea on

      Taking those first few pics were crucial! It made me think “Why do I feel off about logging this meal? Then that must mean something …” I think my first meal pic was 3 hash browns + 3 eggs with a load of ketchup as a midnight snack 🥹

    30. Fit-Ad985 on

      chocolate and deserts with sprite for breakfast is such a funny combo. like i feel like i would have to take the fattest nap after eating this lmao

    32. BoogerSugarSovereign on

      Am I the only one that hates drinking soda with sweets? Feels like it really mutes the taste of the soda for me. That’s one thing I don’t indulge in even if it’s cheat day

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