You have to understand everyone has cheat days in life if not with food its with sex or its with spending money they dont have or need for bills, its speeding when you shouldn't and its fidning something in your shopping carts that you didnt pay for and not going back to pay...life is full of cheaters and no one is immune to it, its not about cheating its about how much...
your mind will actually force you to eat crap just to go back to the old weight. If you don't have cheat days and just eat 1 cheeseburger instead of 3 you should be fine. Don't be like teddy eating bobs burgers every day though. Don't think about just the calories you really kicked your bodys ass from the inside.
Hey man I remember trying to lose weight. I ended up losing over 100 pounds so I could join the army. A couple tips that might help you out because it was stuff that helped me personally was drink a lot of water. At first it sucks and you can add lemon and other dumb shit to the water but after about two weeks you forget you even drank soda or beer or anything. Also when you smoke a cigar rather than sit down go for a walk around a beautiful area. Again yes it might be a little different and not what you want to do when you smoke, but you can still enjoy that cigar and explore a national park or something. You might try and argue smoking a cigar is all about relaxing but you can still enjoy it while walking around. Also look at it as your getting healthy and relaxing. Also there is no such thing as a cheat day. They just put you back down.
You consumed more in three days than I do in roughly a month... If you have food issues to the fact you binge like that, you need to avoid cheat days all together. Recovering drug addicts don't have drugs once or twice a month for a cheat day. And you are definitely addicted to food.
you are a grown up man and nothing i say may change your thinking but a cheat day is not eating until you trow up it is supposed to be a day when you enjoy some pizza and maybe some icecream, 50000 calories are the food I eat during an entire month, that much in one sitting can't be good for your body
don't let the comments get you down, Jeff. most people don't ever look at the amount of calories in food. they don't truly know how much can be in the normal foods they eat. ie eating just a moderately sized bag (think large but not party sized) of chips (which i say anyone can do just snacking while watching some tv/netflix) can be as much as 2,400 - 3,000 calories alone. ~50,000 is a lot but you knew you were doing it, had just went 3 months of strict no cheating which most these people could never do (try it folks, go sugar free for 3 months - that's not just sweet things sugar is in everything! Look at ingredients!), and man -ed up to it. You're already back on track buddy! Good luck!
Cheat days/meals/whatever reinforce the reward mechanism in your brain. We are wired to crave the reward and look forward to it, and it so happens that we have associated this mechanism with food. And the primary goal should be to think hard on how to reward yourself for perseverance with something ELSE than food. It's like with any other compulsive/addictive behavior. For example, if someone was battling alcoholism, rewarding oneself with vodka would obviously sound stupid, right? Same with food. I know, I'm a fat guy... Happy Easter and push forward :)
cutlerylover as in when you set your cheat day have a cheat meal not meals. I didn't mean it in a bad way my bad if it came off that way.. I'm honestly pretty proud of you I've been watching for a while and I notice the changes you're not looking bad..
cutlerylover I'm not hating it's good that you try but you shouldn't limit yourself by saying these next two weeks you'll be healthy.. you should continue it throughout your life. good video btw
I don't think the idea of a cheat day is to eat until you are on the verge of vomiting. most people I know who do cheat days use it as a time to enjoy the things they can't eat on their diet, in a responsible manner. for instance, when my boss is dieting, his cheat day consist of 2-3 eggs, toast and a couple pieces of bacon for breakfast. then something lighter but still not diet worthy for lunch. then for supper, a greasy cheeseburger and some fries. you are talking probably 3-4000 calories for the day. 50,000 in 3 days sounds very unhealthy, and not just because of the weight gain
"From the top of my throat to the bottom of my butt-hole" was my favorite line! Seriously, thanks for sharing your story, it was entertaining and coming from someone who tends to binge-eat, I can appreciate it even more!
I have an eating addiction/disorder, it's terrible. I've had 100 last meals the day before I intend to eat healthy but I keep saying, "I'll start tomorrow". It's like crack, people don't understand and will say, just stop eating, we'll it's not that easy when you are constantly craving or thinking about food. There's gotta be an underlying issue but I've yet found out what it is. Plus having a family history of heart disease and diabetes, you'd think I'd wise up but there's always, "I'll start tomorrow", now I'm going on 35 and have been saying the same crap all my life with a couple instances losing 70 or 100 lbs, I have to get back in that mindset. Stick with it!
My wife and I have lost a combined 150#ish (with strict keto, still having a ways to go) and the biggest lesson we've learned is don't cheat ever. We're both nearing 200# and will certainly hit that at the end of summer/fall. It's fun to think about our old relationship with food but we need to remember that reverting back to bad behavior gets us back to where we began and our relationship with family is way more important. I don't want to be greedy like that ever again. It's not just that I want to love myself but I want to live a long time and play with our children and grandchildren. We owe it to them to be healthy. Ultimately, our health is not about us.
Im only 21 years old and weight well over 300 pounds. Still trying to even START the process. Its always "tomorrow" or ill try and basically forget. Inspiration only last so long and after that it becomes willpower. I hope that one day I can start. Best of luck to you.
Hvac103 So true. I've been plant based for a little less then a month, and feeling awesome. I don't really have cravings for shitty food past the occasional bite of a corn dog or something if my family gets it. When I've dieted before I starved myself and lived for cheat days, eating plant based foods and drinking water is totally different. Wish you the best Jeff
Hymn from Boston too be honest, I'm not sure. it tasted(most recently) like a frozen pizza compared to the hand made stuff we used to make. dough was too tough and bland, sauce was bland, and no buttered crust. cheese also tasted blended like with part skim and of lower quality.
I agree! I never got the idea of "cheat days". Putting all those calories back into your body after you took hours to burn them off is throwing all your hard work down the drain. For a few minutes of yummy food? Not me! 50k calories in the title made me cringe and curl up 😖
I was an alcoholic for a very long time. I am clean now 12 years. I tried several times before that to get sober but failed for the same reasons. The thing that probably turned me over to success the most was absolute, 100% solid, no reservations at ALL decision to STOP. The other was no cheat days. No "just one". No "I have done really well so a reward". That kind of thing guarantees failure. Diets are the same. You don't "Go on a diet" for a goal weight. You change your lifestyle permanently and make it habit for life. It is daunting at first but becomes second nature with time. That is the only way.
Binge eating disorder is a real thing. I know people on the obesity help forum with that issue. By the way, I had vsg surgery on November 10th 2016. Started at 293. I now weigh 199, and I should be at my goal of 175 by the end of the summer. Best decision I've ever made. Best of luck with your journey.
You're good, Jeff! I'm glad you said you didn't regret the experience. You enjoyed yourself (at the moment) and, yeah, maybe you indulged a bit too much, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't done the same. I'm not going to sit here and tell you things you've already realized as you said in the video - I just want to say you're definitely not alone on the over-indulging mishaps. Keep pushing forward on the journey to living a healthier lifestyle! p.s. brownies are my weakness, too. And I NEVER regret the cheat brownies!
So you live close to Scranton, and Scranton has some of the best pizza around. Don't ever actually look forward to Chucky Cheese pizza when you could go anywhere else lmao
A lot of the weight you gained is also water weight. When you eat a ton of salty junk food and pair that with alcohol rather than water, you could definitely retain 3-5 pounds of just water over the course of three days. You just have to learn from your mistakes and push on. Good luck Jeff, don't give up!
Intermittent fasting in the 16/8 pattern is the best eating pattern I've found so far. That combined with whatever diet you're doing right now would probably be awesome.
thanks, back on track no biggie, sounds more dramatic that it was, my life has changed and I will continue to fight my lifetime of bad habbits pretty much forever...just comes down to priorities and selfishness...
lol. Hence the in the car, in the dark video. Glad you realised the pitfalls of "cheat days" those pounds are just waiting to jump back on, we're not 18 anymore.
jeff...i wish u the best on ur weight loss journey...fight the good fight and get back to the good....its not how many times u fall its how many times you get back up!!!
Good video. Gotta say weight fluctuations are normal. Sometimes people think it's their fault, but you really only have power over long term trends. Just a recent personal example: I was eating super clean for several days and even noticed some visual changes. A heat wave came through, nothing changed about my eating, but I gained 5 lbs in a day. It was all water weight and soon went away. But you could see how if I had a little cheat meal, I might blame the food or myself, etc., when in reality the larger trend was lots of clean food. In any case, just like you said, people shouldn't get bogged down by the number on the scale, it's the behaviors and attitudes that really matter
On my cheat days its like I take out all the aggression I've built up against food. Like I'm punishing or getting back at all the food that laughed in my face when I wasn't able to eat it. LOL
I was drinking 6 or 7 cans of coke a day. I haven't drank any soda since august 2016, I haven't lost any weight since I haven't been working out but I have plateaued. Keep at it man.
That would have been amazing. One of those camera rigs they always use for being drunk at a party scenes or ghost hunting. And it's just a face shot of Jeff staggering and cramming more food in his mouth. Grease and sweat pouring off of him. Ring of crumbs and filth around his lips.
Addiction is a life long thing. Glad you are trying to minimize your cravings. A cheat day for a heroin addict wouldn't turn out too well either I assume. Keep up the good work!
I've done that before. Planned a cheat day on a weekend, was gonna have pizza and a burger and all kinds of stuff. Started at noon because pizza and burger places dont open early. That first meal was enough to keep me full til the next day. I'm impressed you managed to keep eating after that full feeling. Haha, I had to stop and let things digest before I could be active again. Or maybe i had to let the shame subside before I could be active, probably the same thing.
Well its good that you learned something from the experience and decided that you dont want to repeat it again. I hope that you will succesful in meeting your weight goals. Its good that you able to admit that you did something you did wrong, honesty is something we need more in this world lol. Take care Jeff.
damn jeff, im both impressed and disappointed, but also proud that you not only admitted to doing this, but to everyone to watches this video, and thats hard for alot of people to do about anything, let alone a secret
Hey Jeff, just wanted to say that even though you went pretty overboard with your 'cheat event' (lol), it sounds like you have pretty much the right mindset and congrats on the weightloss so far! Just don't completely discount cheat days as a sanity keeping measure, if you can keep going without them, great, but if you need a little freedom from whatever your diet is, try a cheat day where instead of eating yourself sick, just eat to a healthy fullness. Don't treat the cheat day as 'time to stuff myself day' but as 'time to not have to follow my diet day'. Good luck :)
How is that even possible.... Jeff I agree with everyone else, it sounds like you've got a control problem. Just stay away from anything cheat related completely. If you can't, then your problem may be more deeply rooted then you realize.
I'm not overweight, but I'm not 5% body fat either. I've been trying to eat better lately, but since I'm not actively trying to lose weight, I eat bad fairly often. I'll tell myself "ahh I'm not fat so eating this this and this today won't hurt me" but I do that wayyy more often than I should. More so I tell myself "I can have this today no problem" and then later that day I eat something else I shouldn't because I already ate something bad. It's very easy to snowball into a binge of junk food, which is why I would suggest not cheating in general. You have done great so far though keep it up.
"Pennsylvania is not known for good pizza" All of Philadelphia - TRIGGERED LOL. Don't let the bad comments get you down. Keep up the great content. It took a lot of balls to be real like that and tell all.
cutlerylover It's a great city, although most visitors stay away from North, West, and SW Philly. If you ever do go, my personal favorite pizza ever is Franco's Pizza in Fishtown. Get the Quattro Formaggi with half pepperoni. Putana Fanabla it's good! Also, I hope you saw the last part of my post. I've been a loyal subscriber for about 7 years. Love your content. I watch your videos so much that even my wife can pick out your voice in a crowd. We'll your and Nick Shabbaz's voice. But Nick has a very very distinct voice.
Most of the weight was water from the beer. Carbs from the beer further complicate that scenario. As for gaining fat, I doubt it was more than 3lbs. Your body doesn't work like that. Cheat days or meals aren't a good idea. Eat clean 90% of the time and you will progress.
Jeff, I weigh 325. I'm down 19 pounds by using Weight Watchers Online. My question is... what kind of scale do you use? I need a new one and like the one you used in the weigh-ins. Thanks. 50K calories... dude... that's like Michael Phelps kinda range... lol. I'm glad to see you getting back on track.
Jeez guys, obviously he's not proud of this moment.. You messed up Jeff, but you've also lost a ton of weight. I binge once in a while too, just keep going strong!! be careful man, good luck
same thing happened to me but I ate 65,000 calories worth of food afterwards you feel guilty, but then that just motivates you to work harder to lose the weight
Not me I have to totally learn how to eat again. I have been eating nothing but fast foods for the last year and have gained thankfully only 30 lbs but I'm tired of feeling rotten all the time and I have health problems on top of it all that aren't food related. Anyway I don't know what I would make myself to eat because I haven't actually cooked proper meals for ten years and don't even know what a proper portion of food actually is.
13 pounds ehh no worries man! Mostly water weight. Get back to the grind and you'll be right back on track. Do refeed days instead. Look it up if you like. I'm taking a break from dieting still eating the same stuff I was eating while dieting just not tracking macros and weighing everything. Keeping it simple. Take it easy man!
Ya win some ya lose some. Live and learn. You won't do that again and that's what matters. My experience with losing weight goes as followed; if you're enjoying what you're eating you're wrong. Nothing but fruit and veggies and protein. Cut out everything else. Baked fish, baked chicken, plain salads and lots of fruits for something sweet!
I ate like half of one of the pound size skittles bags and I felt like total shit the next day and I couldn't even thibk about eating sugar for a while. I get sugared out super easily now
Cheat meal, instead of a whole day, could work but still I agree with you. Having a whole cheat day means you miss the lifestyle, not just the individual food. You could have a single cheat meal per week or month and that would do basically nothing bad to you but people with this addiction can't do that, the problem here is self discipline.
You have an eating disorder man. No joke. That type of binge eating is horrible for you. The only good thing is that your body can't produce 50,000 calories of fat that fast so after you equalize your water and sodium and take a massive shit you might gain 4-5 lbs so it's not gonna be a devastating weight gain after you get yourself straightened out
I was just thinking, 50,000 calories. Let's see now, I'm on a 1600 calories a day diet with an occasional 600 calorie day when I hit a sticking point. So that makes 50,000 calories what I eat in a month. I can see your point though, I reward myself with cheat days when I hit a goal. But it's usually something like a pizza and a non-lite beers. The thing that really matters is that you did it, didn't like it and learned from it. I'm behind ya, I'm 4 pounds from my goal of 70 pounds off and I feel certain that you can reach your goal.
Man you gotta change your whole lifestyle. You should maybe try and find an app to calculate your calories and make a goal of 10 or 12 thousand steps a day. My mother has done this for the last year and a half and she has lost 70 pounds. She is so happy and energetic. She is also a 47 year old cancer survivor so if she can do it so can you! She likes eating out sometimes but only on special occasions. If I try to give her some chocolate or buy her a burger she tells me that will ruin her progress You need to get into that mindset.
Your storytimes are the best video you do, got a real talent Jeff! but just one thing, please can you put the semi-colon directly after the word!! it really get under my skin :D - so like Storytime: I Consum.... not Storytime : I Consum..
wow the fucking comments in this thread are absolutely atrocious. everyone saying shit like that's more then they eat in a month and cheat days are excuses are clearly trolls and assholes. I've been in your shoes and losing weight is the easy part, maintaining your life style is the hardest thing. you experience is kinda like smokers trying to quit, then they go out and drink and end up smoking 3 packs. it happens and you just gotta move on and learn from it. keep up your hard work and don't dwell on the pieces of shit commenting rude and condescending remarks
Lol, i even reget eating some chocolate after a 10km run. What helps me is thinking about food as necessary fuel for your body, this way unhealthy food becomes a non-option, why eat bad food when it does not contribute to your energy levels, health etc?. Anyway i hope you will gradually change your view of eating healthy from being on a diet to just eating normally. This way you wont even want or need a cheatday :)
If you put him in a room full of African babies on a cheat day it would solve the over population problem. The mans toilet deserves a purple heart medal
I can't help but compare your food binge as a weight-loss strategy, to someone smoking a whole carton of cigarettes to kick the habit. Sure, in both cases one might feel sick and repulsed initially, but you are priming yourself to crave more of that substance in the long run. (Not saying that you intended on feeling sick.)
you made a mistake, you acknowledge it and now you move on. you're not dead so no big deal. I still think you need to do weekly weigh ins so you can't cheat at all. you could try to cheat and come back before the end of the month and end up losing progress.
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how does one eat 50k calories in one day. the most I've ever had was 3k in one day not a cheat day.
Just as an FYI I will be posting a video soon as a response to your comments to further explain the situation, thanks, stay tuned...
Yeah I don't believe in cheat days.
Everybody cheats while losing weight!!! Thanks for sharing!!! You're doing the best you can!! :D
You have to understand everyone has cheat days in life if not with food its with sex or its with spending money they dont have or need for bills, its speeding when you shouldn't and its fidning something in your shopping carts that you didnt pay for and not going back to pay...life is full of cheaters and no one is immune to it, its not about cheating its about how much...
Agreed!!!
your mind will actually force you to eat crap just to go back to the old weight. If you don't have cheat days and just eat 1 cheeseburger instead of 3 you should be fine. Don't be like teddy eating bobs burgers every day though. Don't think about just the calories you really kicked your bodys ass from the inside.
Hey man I remember trying to lose weight. I ended up losing over 100 pounds so I could join the army. A couple tips that might help you out because it was stuff that helped me personally was drink a lot of water. At first it sucks and you can add lemon and other dumb shit to the water but after about two weeks you forget you even drank soda or beer or anything. Also when you smoke a cigar rather than sit down go for a walk around a beautiful area. Again yes it might be a little different and not what you want to do when you smoke, but you can still enjoy that cigar and explore a national park or something. You might try and argue smoking a cigar is all about relaxing but you can still enjoy it while walking around. Also look at it as your getting healthy and relaxing. Also there is no such thing as a cheat day. They just put you back down.
Consistency is the key. There's a difference between a cheat day and binge eating.
you know Jeff I'm just gonna put this here losing over 50 lbs > fucking up pretty good. you're doing good man
I didn't even know it was possible to consume that many calories.
Snak Atak watch a Matt stoney or a furious Pete video then
You consumed more in three days than I do in roughly a month... If you have food issues to the fact you binge like that, you need to avoid cheat days all together. Recovering drug addicts don't have drugs once or twice a month for a cheat day. And you are definitely addicted to food.
AaronD that's fucked up
you are a grown up man and nothing i say may change your thinking but a cheat day is not eating until you trow up it is supposed to be a day when you enjoy some pizza and maybe some icecream, 50000 calories are the food I eat during an entire month, that much in one sitting can't be good for your body
katana24 it was over three days
i now i've watched the video, it doesn't matter doing it on one or three days, the result is the same
50,000 calories is not really as much as you think it is.. especially if you eat the recommended 3 meals a day..
It really is a lot even over 3 days it is like 8 times the recommended amount.
Ivan Lolwing 3 days for a normal human is suppose to be around 8000
don't let the comments get you down, Jeff. most people don't ever look at the amount of calories in food. they don't truly know how much can be in the normal foods they eat. ie eating just a moderately sized bag (think large but not party sized) of chips (which i say anyone can do just snacking while watching some tv/netflix) can be as much as 2,400 - 3,000 calories alone. ~50,000 is a lot but you knew you were doing it, had just went 3 months of strict no cheating which most these people could never do (try it folks, go sugar free for 3 months - that's not just sweet things sugar is in everything! Look at ingredients!), and man -ed up to it. You're already back on track buddy! Good luck!
Cheat days/meals/whatever reinforce the reward mechanism in your brain. We are wired to crave the reward and look forward to it, and it so happens that we have associated this mechanism with food. And the primary goal should be to think hard on how to reward yourself for perseverance with something ELSE than food. It's like with any other compulsive/addictive behavior. For example, if someone was battling alcoholism, rewarding oneself with vodka would obviously sound stupid, right? Same with food. I know, I'm a fat guy... Happy Easter and push forward :)
cheat days are a bad excuse
Noah lol yeah and usually when I hear cheat day I think of a cheat meal not multiple unhealthy meals
If you spent your entire life having one unhealthy meal after another whats considered a cheat meal?
cutlerylover as in when you set your cheat day have a cheat meal not meals. I didn't mean it in a bad way my bad if it came off that way.. I'm honestly pretty proud of you I've been watching for a while and I notice the changes you're not looking bad..
I consider fast food a cheat meal. Greasy food. Pizza or ice cream. it's very easy to distinguish between what is and is not a cheat meal.
It's just like smoking or any other addiction. I quit smoking when I got tired of feeling like shit.
yes I agree, people, stay addicted until they want something else more...that something else can be good and positive though like better health...
You screwed up, it happens. You can undo what you did. Buckle down and Don't do it again.
actually I didnt screw up it was a planned event, all it means is that the next 2 weeks are catch up so I can continue like it never happened
cutlerylover I'm not hating it's good that you try but you shouldn't limit yourself by saying these next two weeks you'll be healthy.. you should continue it throughout your life. good video btw
Every two weeks I like to have a cheat meal and I like to have it on a heavy training day, this will kind of reboot your metabolism
I don't think the idea of a cheat day is to eat until you are on the verge of vomiting. most people I know who do cheat days use it as a time to enjoy the things they can't eat on their diet, in a responsible manner. for instance, when my boss is dieting, his cheat day consist of 2-3 eggs, toast and a couple pieces of bacon for breakfast. then something lighter but still not diet worthy for lunch. then for supper, a greasy cheeseburger and some fries. you are talking probably 3-4000 calories for the day. 50,000 in 3 days sounds very unhealthy, and not just because of the weight gain
That's as much as I eat in about 38 days lol
"From the top of my throat to the bottom of my butt-hole" was my favorite line! Seriously, thanks for sharing your story, it was entertaining and coming from someone who tends to binge-eat, I can appreciate it even more!
Everyone can have a setback...don't let it own you....your still ahead of the game....keep on truckin' brother!
I have an eating addiction/disorder, it's terrible. I've had 100 last meals the day before I intend to eat healthy but I keep saying, "I'll start tomorrow". It's like crack, people don't understand and will say, just stop eating, we'll it's not that easy when you are constantly craving or thinking about food.
There's gotta be an underlying issue but I've yet found out what it is. Plus having a family history of heart disease and diabetes, you'd think I'd wise up but there's always, "I'll start tomorrow", now I'm going on 35 and have been saying the same crap all my life with a couple instances losing 70 or 100 lbs, I have to get back in that mindset. Stick with it!
My wife and I have lost a combined 150#ish (with strict keto, still having a ways to go) and the biggest lesson we've learned is don't cheat ever. We're both nearing 200# and will certainly hit that at the end of summer/fall. It's fun to think about our old relationship with food but we need to remember that reverting back to bad behavior gets us back to where we began and our relationship with family is way more important. I don't want to be greedy like that ever again. It's not just that I want to love myself but I want to live a long time and play with our children and grandchildren. We owe it to them to be healthy. Ultimately, our health is not about us.
Im only 21 years old and weight well over 300 pounds. Still trying to even START the process. Its always "tomorrow" or ill try and basically forget. Inspiration only last so long and after that it becomes willpower. I hope that one day I can start. Best of luck to you.
Typically when you eat healthy food for a substantial period of time, you loose cravings for junk food.
Hvac103 So true. I've been plant based for a little less then a month, and feeling awesome. I don't really have cravings for shitty food past the occasional bite of a corn dog or something if my family gets it. When I've dieted before I starved myself and lived for cheat days, eating plant based foods and drinking water is totally different. Wish you the best Jeff
Chucky cheese pizza is absolute garbage
Hymn from Boston used to. I worked there and it was awesome 16 years ago. it's horrible now.
Hymn from Boston too be honest, I'm not sure. it tasted(most recently) like a frozen pizza compared to the hand made stuff we used to make. dough was too tough and bland, sauce was bland, and no buttered crust. cheese also tasted blended like with part skim and of lower quality.
hypervigilance1 Lmao
stop using food as a reward. rewarding yourself with food when you're trying to lose weight doesn't make any sense.
I agree! I never got the idea of "cheat days". Putting all those calories back into your body after you took hours to burn them off is throwing all your hard work down the drain. For a few minutes of yummy food? Not me! 50k calories in the title made me cringe and curl up 😖
listening to jeff talk about junk food is like listening to a junkie talk about bags of dope
Hey Jeff, been a fan for years. I just hit over 300 and I need to make a change. It's all good man, we all have our ups and downs, moderation is key.
I was an alcoholic for a very long time. I am clean now 12 years. I tried several times before that to get sober but failed for the same reasons. The thing that probably turned me over to success the most was absolute, 100% solid, no reservations at ALL decision to STOP. The other was no cheat days. No "just one". No "I have done really well so a reward". That kind of thing guarantees failure. Diets are the same. You don't "Go on a diet" for a goal weight. You change your lifestyle permanently and make it habit for life. It is daunting at first but becomes second nature with time. That is the only way.
Binge eating disorder is a real thing. I know people on the obesity help forum with that issue. By the way, I had vsg surgery on November 10th 2016. Started at 293. I now weigh 199, and I should be at my goal of 175 by the end of the summer. Best decision I've ever made. Best of luck with your journey.
You're good, Jeff! I'm glad you said you didn't regret the experience. You enjoyed yourself (at the moment) and, yeah, maybe you indulged a bit too much, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't done the same. I'm not going to sit here and tell you things you've already realized as you said in the video - I just want to say you're definitely not alone on the over-indulging mishaps. Keep pushing forward on the journey to living a healthier lifestyle!
p.s. brownies are my weakness, too. And I NEVER regret the cheat brownies!
Sooooo glad you are doing storytime videos!
So you live close to Scranton, and Scranton has some of the best pizza around. Don't ever actually look forward to Chucky Cheese pizza when you could go anywhere else lmao
A lot of the weight you gained is also water weight. When you eat a ton of salty junk food and pair that with alcohol rather than water, you could definitely retain 3-5 pounds of just water over the course of three days. You just have to learn from your mistakes and push on. Good luck Jeff, don't give up!
yes thats why I already lost half the weight in 2 days...its ok people are making it a bigger deal than it is...
cutlerylover people are making this much more of a deal. Don't worry dude just push on brother
There is only one way to have a healthy diet, don't keep any unhealthy food in the home. Always have fresh fruit and vegtables. I believe in you Jeff
Very proud of you Jeff, please keep up the good work! looking forward to seeing you sub 200 :)
I appreciate you keeping it real... good bad or indifferent
Intermittent fasting in the 16/8 pattern is the best eating pattern I've found so far. That combined with whatever diet you're doing right now would probably be awesome.
I second that. It's definitely good for someone who's accustomed to eating larger meals, or anyone for that matter.
i fast about 18 hours a day on keto diet and lost over 215lbs and eat 2 meals a day, it works
Prayers to you man, good luck recovering from this.
Great story time Colonel!! I know that the struggle is very real!
thanks, back on track no biggie, sounds more dramatic that it was, my life has changed and I will continue to fight my lifetime of bad habbits pretty much forever...just comes down to priorities and selfishness...
You might have a food issue man...
Lol look at the video "World's Strongest Man - Full Day of Eating" he ate more then that guy
Jeff hang in there man you have been a inspiration to many !!
Keep going, you can do it! Don't listen do this guy's dragging you down.💪💪💪
lol. Hence the in the car, in the dark video. Glad you realised the pitfalls of "cheat days" those pounds are just waiting to jump back on, we're not 18 anymore.
You ate more than what my cat weighs.
Patrio Pep im not sure why i'm laughing so hard at this
Patrio Pep 😂😂😂
how much does your cat weigh?
that is a FAT cat..that's like 4 cats..must be a llort involved somewhere
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Your cat would have been healthier to eat.
jeff...i wish u the best on ur weight loss journey...fight the good fight and get back to the good....its not how many times u fall its how many times you get back up!!!
Change to a vegetarian diet no animal products and you will drop the weight without being hungry brother
Good video. Gotta say weight fluctuations are normal. Sometimes people think it's their fault, but you really only have power over long term trends. Just a recent personal example: I was eating super clean for several days and even noticed some visual changes. A heat wave came through, nothing changed about my eating, but I gained 5 lbs in a day. It was all water weight and soon went away. But you could see how if I had a little cheat meal, I might blame the food or myself, etc., when in reality the larger trend was lots of clean food. In any case, just like you said, people shouldn't get bogged down by the number on the scale, it's the behaviors and attitudes that really matter
On my cheat days its like I take out all the aggression I've built up against food. Like I'm punishing or getting back at all the food that laughed in my face when I wasn't able to eat it. LOL
Did anyone see the Alien ship pass by in the upper right @1:30? 😱
At least you learned something from this experience, that's always a good thing.
I was drinking 6 or 7 cans of coke a day. I haven't drank any soda since august 2016, I haven't lost any weight since I haven't been working out but I have plateaued. Keep at it man.
Holy crap Jeff!!!!!! im glad youve learned from that mistake but as someone who struggles to eat 3k calories a day i can not imagine 50,000k!
Should have filmed the day!
That would have been amazing. One of those camera rigs they always use for being drunk at a party scenes or ghost hunting. And it's just a face shot of Jeff staggering and cramming more food in his mouth. Grease and sweat pouring off of him. Ring of crumbs and filth around his lips.
He probably would've held himself back, knowing the whole thing would be uploaded to youtube.
Jared Tyra don't give him any ideas. He may do it again and use it as an excuse to show us and get a bunch of views
Addiction is a life long thing. Glad you are trying to minimize your cravings. A cheat day for a heroin addict wouldn't turn out too well either I assume. Keep up the good work!
I've done that before. Planned a cheat day on a weekend, was gonna have pizza and a burger and all kinds of stuff. Started at noon because pizza and burger places dont open early. That first meal was enough to keep me full til the next day. I'm impressed you managed to keep eating after that full feeling. Haha, I had to stop and let things digest before I could be active again. Or maybe i had to let the shame subside before I could be active, probably the same thing.
Well its good that you learned something from the experience and decided that you dont want to repeat it again. I hope that you will succesful in meeting your weight goals. Its good that you able to admit that you did something you did wrong, honesty is something we need more in this world lol. Take care Jeff.
Dang Jeff. You have to not have a cheat day or cheat moment at all.
damn jeff, im both impressed and disappointed, but also proud that you not only admitted to doing this, but to everyone to watches this video, and thats hard for alot of people to do about anything, let alone a secret
Hey Jeff, just wanted to say that even though you went pretty overboard with your 'cheat event' (lol), it sounds like you have pretty much the right mindset and congrats on the weightloss so far! Just don't completely discount cheat days as a sanity keeping measure, if you can keep going without them, great, but if you need a little freedom from whatever your diet is, try a cheat day where instead of eating yourself sick, just eat to a healthy fullness. Don't treat the cheat day as 'time to stuff myself day' but as 'time to not have to follow my diet day'. Good luck :)
How is that even possible.... Jeff I agree with everyone else, it sounds like you've got a control problem. Just stay away from anything cheat related completely. If you can't, then your problem may be more deeply rooted then you realize.
yeah man life is about mistakes, just push forward
Jeff that's disgusting.
I'm not overweight, but I'm not 5% body fat either. I've been trying to eat better lately, but since I'm not actively trying to lose weight, I eat bad fairly often. I'll tell myself "ahh I'm not fat so eating this this and this today won't hurt me" but I do that wayyy more often than I should. More so I tell myself "I can have this today no problem" and then later that day I eat something else I shouldn't because I already ate something bad. It's very easy to snowball into a binge of junk food, which is why I would suggest not cheating in general. You have done great so far though keep it up.
"Pennsylvania is not known for good pizza"
All of Philadelphia - TRIGGERED
LOL. Don't let the bad comments get you down. Keep up the great content. It took a lot of balls to be real like that and tell all.
let me clarify where I live in PA is not known for good food at all...Ive never been to Philly...
cutlerylover It's a great city, although most visitors stay away from North, West, and SW Philly. If you ever do go, my personal favorite pizza ever is Franco's Pizza in Fishtown. Get the Quattro Formaggi with half pepperoni. Putana Fanabla it's good!
Also, I hope you saw the last part of my post. I've been a loyal subscriber for about 7 years. Love your content. I watch your videos so much that even my wife can pick out your voice in a crowd. We'll your and Nick Shabbaz's voice. But Nick has a very very distinct voice.
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How could you have not been to Philly? You live relatively close to there. I find that really strange.
Kudos to you man. People on diets don't eat that in a month!
You might want to consider counseling or support groups or something.
Man that's crazy, great story
that's life bro sometime u need celebrate ur self but hope u get back in track
take a lesson from the rock one cheat day a year on your birthday
Most of the weight was water from the beer. Carbs from the beer further complicate that scenario.
As for gaining fat, I doubt it was more than 3lbs. Your body doesn't work like that.
Cheat days or meals aren't a good idea. Eat clean 90% of the time and you will progress.
i would say he needs to add more fats and proteins and less carbs to be satiated, you will not feel the need for that stuff
brother, you gotta laugh... cause "we so weak!" But we do our best.
Jeff, I weigh 325. I'm down 19 pounds by using Weight Watchers Online. My question is... what kind of scale do you use? I need a new one and like the one you used in the weigh-ins. Thanks. 50K calories... dude... that's like Michael Phelps kinda range... lol. I'm glad to see you getting back on track.
no.don't do any cheat stuff anymore, you'll lie to yourself and make the same mistake again
I would do a cheat meal at the breaking point of all the dieting. Once I got beyond tired of the health food, I'd treat myself. Then get back to work.
Jeez guys, obviously he's not proud of this moment.. You messed up Jeff, but you've also lost a ton of weight. I binge once in a while too, just keep going strong!! be careful man, good luck
cheat days do not ly on the path to success
A pound is about 3,500 calories. 50,000/3500= 14 pounds
same thing happened to me but I ate 65,000 calories worth of food afterwards you feel guilty, but then that just motivates you to work harder to lose the weight
Good man, thanks for sharing!
You know what they say eat 50,000 ,go straight in the mountain and live there for a week.
Cheat days are honestly not healthy, I'd recommend intermittent snacks or desserts a few times a month on your diet
Not me I have to totally learn how to eat again. I have been eating nothing but fast foods for the last year and have gained thankfully only 30 lbs but I'm tired of feeling rotten all the time and I have health problems on top of it all that aren't food related. Anyway I don't know what I would make myself to eat because I haven't actually cooked proper meals for ten years and don't even know what a proper portion of food actually is.
13 pounds ehh no worries man! Mostly water weight. Get back to the grind and you'll be right back on track. Do refeed days instead. Look it up if you like. I'm taking a break from dieting still eating the same stuff I was eating while dieting just not tracking macros and weighing everything. Keeping it simple. Take it easy man!
Ya win some ya lose some. Live and learn. You won't do that again and that's what matters. My experience with losing weight goes as followed; if you're enjoying what you're eating you're wrong. Nothing but fruit and veggies and protein. Cut out everything else. Baked fish, baked chicken, plain salads and lots of fruits for something sweet!
I ate like half of one of the pound size skittles bags and I felt like total shit the next day and I couldn't even thibk about eating sugar for a while. I get sugared out super easily now
if you reward yourself dont do it with food amd dont do another cheat day
Cheat meal, instead of a whole day, could work but still I agree with you. Having a whole cheat day means you miss the lifestyle, not just the individual food. You could have a single cheat meal per week or month and that would do basically nothing bad to you but people with this addiction can't do that, the problem here is self discipline.
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I need to see this
...and so it goes.
You have an eating disorder man. No joke. That type of binge eating is horrible for you. The only good thing is that your body can't produce 50,000 calories of fat that fast so after you equalize your water and sodium and take a massive shit you might gain 4-5 lbs so it's not gonna be a devastating weight gain after you get yourself straightened out
I was just thinking, 50,000 calories. Let's see now, I'm on a 1600 calories a day diet with an occasional 600 calorie day when I hit a sticking point.
So that makes 50,000 calories what I eat in a month.
I can see your point though, I reward myself with cheat days when I hit a goal. But it's usually something like a pizza and a non-lite beers.
The thing that really matters is that you did it, didn't like it and learned from it.
I'm behind ya, I'm 4 pounds from my goal of 70 pounds off and I feel certain that you can reach your goal.
Man you gotta change your whole lifestyle. You should maybe try and find an app to calculate your calories and make a goal of 10 or 12 thousand steps a day. My mother has done this for the last year and a half and she has lost 70 pounds. She is so happy and energetic. She is also a 47 year old cancer survivor so if she can do it so can you! She likes eating out sometimes but only on special occasions. If I try to give her some chocolate or buy her a burger she tells me that will ruin her progress You need to get into that mindset.
did it taste good?
Your storytimes are the best video you do, got a real talent Jeff! but just one thing, please can you put the semi-colon directly after the word!! it really get under my skin :D - so like Storytime: I Consum.... not Storytime : I Consum..
Do 60k The next time
wow the fucking comments in this thread are absolutely atrocious. everyone saying shit like that's more then they eat in a month and cheat days are excuses are clearly trolls and assholes. I've been in your shoes and losing weight is the easy part, maintaining your life style is the hardest thing. you experience is kinda like smokers trying to quit, then they go out and drink and end up smoking 3 packs. it happens and you just gotta move on and learn from it. keep up your hard work and don't dwell on the pieces of shit commenting rude and condescending remarks
the fat does not make you fat, sugar does.
Lol, i even reget eating some chocolate after a 10km run. What helps me is thinking about food as necessary fuel for your body, this way unhealthy food becomes a non-option, why eat bad food when it does not contribute to your energy levels, health etc?. Anyway i hope you will gradually change your view of eating healthy from being on a diet to just eating normally. This way you wont even want or need a cheatday :)
damn that's more than a poor african gets in a year. thanks for reminding me not to eat 50,000 calories
Anthony lol
If you put him in a room full of African babies on a cheat day it would solve the over population problem. The mans toilet deserves a purple heart medal
I can't help but compare your food binge as a weight-loss strategy, to someone smoking a whole carton of cigarettes to kick the habit. Sure, in both cases one might feel sick and repulsed initially, but you are priming yourself to crave more of that substance in the long run. (Not saying that you intended on feeling sick.)
CAN I JUST SAY I KNEW IT WAS 13 POUNDS OFF OF A GUESS
you made a mistake, you acknowledge it and now you move on. you're not dead so no big deal. I still think you need to do weekly weigh ins so you can't cheat at all. you could try to cheat and come back before the end of the month and end up losing progress.
how does one eat 50k calories in one day. the most I've ever had was 3k in one day not a cheat day.