I'm so jealous of these people on here who can eat the same thing, every day, for YEARS and never get tired of it.
I am NOT like that at all!!!!
I was eating veggies and low-cal dip as a way to get my veggie intake up... at this several days a week for a couple weeks and now I won't go NEAR it anymore.
We've been eating healthy tacos at least once a week and now I'm all "Taco-d out" as I put it.
Does anyone else have the same problem?
It makes it extra tough b/c I have a limited menu of healthy meals in my repetiore (sp?) that fit my husband's picky tastes and are things I like to eat....
Yeah - I would absolutely LOVE to be happy eating the same thing everyday. I can do some things often (like breakfast or nighttime snack), but I can't do lunch or dinner repeatedly. I have a hard enough time eating leftovers until they run out. Eh.
I do get bored with eating the same foods all the time and I'm glad! Eating a variety of foods is healthier for you anyway. You have a better chance of getting all the vitamins you need if you eat different foods vs the same thing day in day out.
I love to cook and am always experimenting and finding new finding new healthy recipes.
Funny, I eat vegetables by the pound and even I can't do veggies and dip everyday... BOR-ING.
LittleMoonRabbit- I'm the same way! You would have to pry my breakfast smoothie from my cold dead fingers, but a single lunch or dinner menu is only good for a week before I have to rotate it out.
Zenor- I'm on your page. Variety is key. If I'm burned out on carrot sticks I'll pack some edamame or add a side salad to my lunch (if I'm not having my tub-o-salad).
I think it's normal to want variety. I am jealous, too, of those who have had such success by eating the same things all the time--I wish it were that easy for all of us (well, I know it's NEVER easy, but you know what I mean!). Rather than being able to stick with the same few things all the time, I have to continually search for new ways to prepare my chicken or new salad ressings to make or new ways to try my veggies, etc. I actually hate cooking, so it's really not fun for me to have to change things up all the time
I will say lately I've been eating a lot of the same foods, but I prepare them diferent ways. I'm on South Beach, so for right now, all grains (pastas, rice, breads), breads, and most fruits are out for me. I eat a lot of eggs, but I got sick of omlettes and scrambled eggs very quickly, so now I eat egg salad instead. Or I cook my eggs over easy and eat them over Canadian bacon with some cheese melted on top, sort of like a wannabe Eggs Benedict. I eat chicken almost daily. I actually have chicken both for lunch and dinner today. But it's different each time. I like baked chicken with bbq sauce, avocado, and melted Swiss cheese; or baked chicken with bbq sauce, bacon, and melted cheddar cheese; or grilled chicken chopped up for salads; or chicken and broccoli stiry-fry; or chicken in an Asian marinade with edamame; or grilled chicken with honey mustard and mashed cauliflower; or cold chicken salad...even with the same basic food, there are lots of possibilities
I think I get tired on a monthly basis. I moved out from home April and am still adjusting to cooking a variety of meals. It's easier to make a big batch and make it last I eat a lot of different foods through the day, and though its usually the same things every day, I feel I still have variety. As long as I get all my vitamins.
I'm kind of halfway between the 'tired easily' and 'never tires' camps. I really dislike a lot of repetition (lunch- and dinner-wise) within weeks, but from week to week I could repeat my meals exactly and be happy. So I won't have the same meal twice in a week for dinner -- but I'll have it for dinner once and lunch the next day, and then not again until at least a week later.
That being said, I have probably 2 weeks' worth of easy dinner recipes in my short-term memory, and that allows me a great deal of flexibility when making dinner. Lunches get very repetitive (soup...salad... sammich), but I try to force some variety in there with the kinds of things I put on my salad... the things I put in my wrap... etc.
I get burned out on raw non-leafy veg very easily. I'll never get tired of spinach or romaine lettuce, but you hand me a carrot three days in a row and I'll end up chucking it at you. Don't get me wrong, I love almost all veggies, but... cooked.