Would you consider this “having stuffed yourself all day”

[ThatJolly]

I was talking to a friend and she accused me of competitive underrating, which i certainly was not doing! I referred to my eating as having stuffed my face all day and she told me to get a grip and she found what I said triggering!

What I ate:

• Scrambled eggs (2 eggs) with veggies toasted sarnie
• Beans on toast (2 slices)
• Half a carton of precut pineapple
• chicken wings and celery with hot sauce
• a child’s plate of ravioli and homemade cheese sauce (this was on top off my dinner and purely a craving, I was full so it was very much not needed)

I went to bed uncomfortably stuffed. So to me i did “stuff my face all day”

What do you think?

A day of 'stuffing' would be
Wetherspoons Big Breakfast 1334 kcal
Mcdonalds big mac meal 1120 kcal
Pizza express pollo and pancetta pizza 1119 kcal...
And now am hungry!!

NOthing wrong with carbs. I just had a sandwich. But this day's food was proportionally quite high in carbs vs fresh fruit/vegetables (but not protein). But overall, as I said, wouldn't see that as particular issue.

I'm 5 ft and only do some light stretching a couple of times a week but I eat considerably more than what you mentioned and no, that wouldn't count as "stuffing my face".
The comments from certain people in my life regarding my food intake do annoy me occasionally. "I like to eat light. I can't possibly finish that slice. It's a waste to eat all that etc.."

When was this panini ordered? The next day?

So you had the equivalent of scrambled egg on toast for breakfast
Beans on toast for lunch
Chicken, pasta and veg with a sauce for evening meal.
That's perfectly normal . I get not wanting a panini the same evening but if you met the following lunch time then I would expect you to eat something

I think you ate well not stuffed though, the main issue I think is your friendship…

That's such an incorrect generalisation.
It's possible to have bread and pasta in your diet without overeating. As an example, yesterday I had French toast and maple syrup for breakfast, bacon sandwich for lunch, carbonara and garlic bread for dinner and a protein shake in the evening. Totalling 1300kcal, 112g protein.
Is that me eating more than I need to?

If you feel stuffed on that much I would genuinely wonder if you had a bit of a gluten intolerance going on - my H struggles with gluten- he isn’t coeliac but can’t tolerate more than a tiny portion of ‘normal’ pasta or one sandwich or a very small pizza as says he feels like hes swallowed a pillow - whereas he can eat big portions if it’s the gluten free alternatives.

Yep, for me, that would be stuffing my face, particularly eating when not actually hungry.
But everyone's appetite is different and your friend needs to wind her neck in!

So you ate what you've listed before you met your friend...what time did you meet?

Sounds like your friend is the the one with a problem here! Maybe she is sub-consciously projecting about something in her own life?

I don’t understand the timing? Did you eat all this early in the day and then go to a cafe for coffee and no panini really late or was this the next day?

It doesn't sound like a lot to me. I'd think of 'stuffing my face all day' as constantly snacking on biscuits, crisps etc as well as eating meals.

I agree with you that maintenance energy intake can be a lot lower than people realise. It’s great if someone has an appetite and fullness signals that reflect the fact that they don’t actually need anything above that level. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work that way though, so just having a fairly low maintenance requirement doesn’t always mean that you will feel satisfied with that.

Sorry OP I am just curious, what veggies did you have in your toastie?

So basically you met your friend for lunch and then refused to eat lunch because you’d eaten SO MUCH the day before. I’m with your friend, you sound ridiculous.

I don’t consider that stuffing your face. To me, stuffing your face would be:

• Breakfast followed by a whole Easter egg
• lunch followed by half a tube of Pringles and 10 biscuits
• snack of cake / more crisps
• dinner followed by a large dessert
• evening snack of toast plus donuts etc

stuffing your face suggests extreme obscene amounts of food

I fancied something spicy and didn’t want to cook so dh picked me up some chicken wings from coop. And i like something fresh with it. Not for health reasons just I think it enhances the flavour. It’s quite a normal combination in America (I’m not American)

I might feel a bit stuffed if ate that but not because of volume - because it’s low fibre and I get quickly constipated if I just eat white carbs and protein. I guess the beans will help it all through. hope you drank plenty of water.

It’s not a lot of food though. If you met your friend the following day and was still going on about “stuffing your face” yesterday so you couldn’t manage lunch, I can def see why she found that annoying. “triggered” is a bit silly.

You definitely have a weird relationship with food. I'm at the lower end of a healthy weight myself so not posting with a lack of perspective. Firstly you didn't eat that much on the first day, and then you skipped a meal to make up for it, and then you made a post about it. All weird and I would be annoyed if I were your friend too.

@ThatJolly I'd feel stuffed after that too. I've not got a big appetite, and that sounds like loads of carbs which always make me feel full quickly.

It’s technically 4 meals!
for breakfast or lunch I’d have 2 slices of toast with eggs or beans, so 4 slices of toast, scrambled eggs/beans would be breakfast & lunch for me!

People with food issues should probably avoid conversations about food!

Spinach, kale, mushrooms and tomatoes.

That sounds so nice!

You’ve obviously got some issues around food that I hope you can get some help with OP.

Ya both BU (from opposite ends of the scale)
You technically had 4 Meals (plus the pineapple) so not under eating by any means. If you considered beans on toast for break fast, sandwich for lunch and then the two other "meals" combined for dinner i would think thats a pretty typical day for lots of people - as you say quite a lot of stodge but not desperately unhealthy.

However they were all small/Snacky type Meals so I would think you were being a bit ott calling that "Stuffing yourself". I'd consider Stuffing yourself to either be eating continuously (so multiple Snacks on top of those meals) or at least one really big meal like full English breakfast or a roast dinner or whatever.

Most people would still want lunch the day after eating what you did. The fact that you seem to be completely over exaggerating your calories (Google says a normal serving of cheese ravioli is about 300-400 calories so a child's one would be even smaller, not 600) does come out a bit ott.

However ultimately your friend was rude - sometimes people aren't hungry, it's none of her business why, you don't need to justify it to her.