Ok, so here’s the deal…..I went to K-Mart tonight. I was STARVING!!!! Wrong thing to do! I was looking for something to eat while I was there. I went down the potato chip aisle. WRONG IDEA #2! But, it was funny because I was talking myself out of every bad decision I made. That worked! I ended up just getting some pistachios and calling it a day.

Ok, so I left K-Mart. I started eating the pistachios. I LOOOOOOOOOOVE ME SOME ‘TACHIOS! I ate half the bag. It was not a big bag, so I was still ok. Anyway, I THOUGHT I was still hungry. So, I said to myself…I said…”Self, we have not had a “free” day in a while, so let’s get something naughty!” I did. I went by Popeye’s and got 10 whole wings. Now, keep in mind that those wings come with a biscuit for EACH!! That means that I had 10 Popeye’s biscuits. Now, I could NOT go to Popeye’s without getting some Cajun mashed potatoes and gravy. Who does that?!!!!!!! So, I got a small one. And, on top of that…I got a small order of onion rings….there were 6 rings. So, I had 10 wings, 10 biscuits, a small mashed potato and gravy and 6 onion rings sitting in front of me….and keep in mind that I JUST had a half of bag of ’stachios! And, a half of a bag of ’stachios is 1 1/2 cups (with the shell on). So, that was a LOT!!! Now, it was no where near what I used to binge on…..let’s break this down……

Old binge
2 Filet ‘o Fish (with extra tarter sauce) – 800 calories
1 Super Size Fry – 570 calories
20 Nuggets – 420 calories
4 Sweet & Sour dipping sauce – 200 calories
1 Double cheeseburger – 440 calories
1 Super Size Orange drink – 350 calories
1 Oreo McFlurry with extra oreos – 580 calories

And, yes….I used to sit and eat all of that in ONE sitting! That’s 3360 calories for ONE meal!!!! And, don’t let me have a bad day….I’d go and get that 2 more times! Needless to say, I had stock in McDonalds! But, the thing was…it worked! It made me stop feeling….it made me pass out….it made me forget why I was hurting so bad. So, it worked for me….that was my payoff.

But, here was my new “binge”
10 whole wings (that I could not eat at one time) – 700 calories
4 biscuits (that I could not eat at one time and I threw the others away) 950 calories
1 small mashed potatoes and gravy – 130 calories
1 small onion rings – 310 calories
1 1/2 c. of pistachios – 700 calories (but the good kind)

That’s what…..2790 calories? Now, that was not technically not a binge meal….not because it was not a lot of food/calories…but I consider my binges to be “because of pain”. I was not feeling pain. I just let myself get too hungry and then I pigged out because of it. I honestly would not have even tried to eat it if I was not that hungry.

But, here’s the thing….I tried to eat it all in one sitting. I TRIED!!!! But, it did not work. I ate the ’stachios, onion rings, ‘taters and gravy, 2 biscuits and 4 wings over a 1 1/2 hour period…and I was STUFFED!!!! I mean….STUFFED!!!!!! I mean MISERABLE!!!!!!! I could not move…and the bad part is…it was not good. I mean the pistachios were good…as usual…and the mashed potatoes were good….as usual….but the other stuff was just….eh!!! I could have stopped eating it when I first started, but then my “gotta finish what’s on my plate” bullshit kicked in and I just had to finish it…..or at least try my hardest! Over the next 5 hours….I ate the other 6 wings, 2 biscuits and the other 1 1/2 cup of ’stachios. I just HAD to finish them! Or, at least that’s what I told myself at that time. So, I did.

I woke up the next morning like “Why did you even do that?!!! It wasn’t good…..you don’t feel good….your stomach is cramping….and to top it off…now you’re out that money that could have went to something else!” So, needless to say, I won’t be doing that again any time soon!

Moral of the story…..don’t waste time, effort, feelings, energy…and most of all MONEY that will, literally, be in the toilet the next day! Save yourself a step and just flush the money down the toilet! See how you feel then!

Until later….

Tags: binge, mcdonald’s