What was your worse Pre-Atkins day?

[Chicklady]

Re: What was your worse Pre-Atkins day?

They inject sugar into meat cause the way they raise critters now doesn't allow them to develop any flavor

[Brook]

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Reading through this and all I can do is shake my head- because was me too, only not. Here's the day right before I started Atkins looked like for me- without exaggeration. I wrote it down so I'd always remember. I've *never* shared this before. *gulp*


Breakfast: 2 bowls of grape nuts w/ probably 1/2 cup of sugar on each and a pot of coffee w/ cream and sugar (3 tsp per cup)

Lunch: I went to BK and got a chicken sandwhich (the big, deep fried one) w/ extra cheese, king size onion rings and king size diet coke.

I ran to the gas station shortly after that and I bought a king sized Almond Joy and 3 for a $1 chocolate chip cookies. - I ate them and then threw up.

Mom had the kids that night and Corky was working. I went to Bakers Square and ordered take-out. I ate a turkey foccacia w/ fries and mayo, then brought a pecan pie home. I ate the *entire pie*. I couldn't eat the whole thing in one sitting because I had eaten dinner, so I threw up, then sat down and ate the rest of it, then threw up again.

I was hungry before bedtime, so I had 3 english muffins. 2 of them with peanut butter and one with butter and jelly. I washed them down with 1/2 a pot of coffee, cream and sugar. Threw up. Went to bed.

The next day was the day at the park that was my wake up call. It was coming and other things were building up to it...but the next day was *THE* day. - And I'm forever grateful for it.

[ttdriver]

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The many days when I would eat an entire bag of oreos at one sitting.

Wolfing down 2 boxes of Peeps at once.

Killing off an entire box of Thin Mint GS cookies in an afternoon at work.

Being in complete denial that I was getting fat.

Admitting that I was too tired to exercise.

ALL I CAN SAY IS:

THANK GOD FOR DR. ATKINS!

Betty

[DigitalMocking]

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I found my office trash bag down in the garage, I cleaned my office the day I started atkins. What I found just blew my mind. I can't believe I ate like this.

All wrappers/empty packages: 5 oreo packages (the big package), at least 6 dozen coke cans, more than half a dozen 'hoho' boxes, 4 krispy kreme dozen donut boxes, a dozen plus doritos bags, and candy wrappers and 'snack cake' wrappers than I can count.

I'd like to say that's probably a year's worth of junk... but I'd be lying right through my teeth.

Thank you again ADBB.

[ceecee29]

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ooh this is a good thread
a typical pre-atkins day for me:

up, have 2-3 cups of coffee to try to overcome my hypoglycemic drowsiness and wine from the night before.
fruit and nut scone for breakfast
then I'd immediately be hungry again, and have to get some kind of snack at school - pirate's bootie or something like that
lunch usually a big sandwich or salad
more coffee
and then, when i got home from school I would be ravenous! I would begin snacking and drinking wine the moment I got in the door, sometimes I would make a big pasta and eat a 2-3 bowls of it, other times i would just keep snacking on crackers, fruit, bread and cheese, olives, chocolate...anything in the fridge, but late into the night, usually while polishing off a good portion of a bottle of wine.
And ugh, not to mention that all day long I would be worrying worrying about what I had eaten, what I was going to eat, if I was gaining weight, promising myself I would exercise but being too pre-occupied with food to do anything, and so depressed about being fat that all I wanted to do was lie on the couch. And now my life is nothing like that. I hardly ever worry about food.
ceecee
29 5"4
ST 167 (6/15/07)
RSW 157 (11/28/07)
RRSW 154 (2/20/0
CW 148 (end of week two of induction)
MGW 146
GW 125

[APanthesilia]

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This is a fantastic thread- it makes me feel better to know that it's not just me and that so many of you have overcome eating so much garbage!!

Here is a typical day off from work, no one at home so I could eat how I wanted to all day!

Wake up, go directly to the kitchen to see what I can make, usually grab a bag of crisps or put oven chips in to bake. If I didn't have anything I wanted in the kitchen (and sometimes even if I did) I would go to the little grocer on the corner to buy a frozen pepperoni pizza. Of course the pizzas didn't have enough cheese for me so I would also buy a block of mozzarella to put on top. And just pizza wouldn't be a nutritious meal so I also bought several BIG EAT sized cheese and onion crisps, a couple of chocolate bars or m&m's, and tons and tons of diet coke. Sometimes I exchanged the pizza for chinese takeaway fried rice and chicken dumplings with loads of soy sauce. Then I would be SO full from the day that I didn't want dinner but when my boyfriend got home I would have it anyway so that he wouldn't know that I had been eating constantly all day. Then later after dinner either some olives or chocolate, but always had to have a bedtime snack!

Days when I was working were better but not much, generally a muffin for breakfast (of course the chocolate kind!) and then for lunch a sandwich with a side of at least 2 or 3 packets of crisps and a diet coke. Sometimes a muffin or piece of cake after that. Then whatever dinner I made but always topped off with potatoes or garlic bread. And then of course the snack before bed!

So, so bad! It makes me really smile to compare what I used to eat with what I eat now. I feel healthy and I am really making myself healthy! The thing about eating all the junk was that it never made me feel good, mostly it made me feel lousy but I kept coming back for more. Not because I enjoyed it- I could barely taste it before I shoved the next thing in my mouth- but because it was just what I did and how I ate. I hope I'm never there again. Thanks for this thread! A real eye-opener!

[Hudson]

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Worst day ever - something like this.

1. 4 chocolate covered donuts, 32 oz Dr. Pepper

2. 3 more donuts

3. Cheeseburger, large fries, Chocolate shake

4. Chocolate chip muffin (large 600 calories), 32 oz Dr. Pepper

5. 8 pieces of Pizza, 20 oz Dr. Pepper.

6. Two large bowls of BlueBell Ice Cream with chocolate sauce.

Probally closing in on 1000 grams of carbs.