Im still figuring out what i want to eat and maybe get on a schedule.Do you eat the same meals over and over again or do you switch it up?Right now i eat grilled chicken cesars wraps at least 2 times a day.
I eat the same meals pretty frequently. I also started keeping a list in my phone of typical breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas. I'll usually make a big batch of something that I eat all week for lunch. I eat chicken cesar salad at least twice a week. I pretty much always have cottage cheese with pineapple for breakfast. I have 3-4 different snacks I switch between. It makes it easier for me to plan, because I know how much of each thing to eat, the calories in each, how full they make me feel, etc. And once I get sick of something, I have a list of go-to meals so that I don't have to think about it too much!
For me, weight loss has been sooo much about planning ahead and being prepared for anything. If it means I eat the same thing day in and day out, so be it.
I eat almost the same breakfast daily and lunch is a variation of just a few things. Dinner is when I experiment. But, I do better with routine. Otherwise there is too much thinking which for some reason overwhelms me (when it comes to food). When I get overwhelmed I eat outside my plan so it's best for me to keep it simple during the day.
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Breakfast is normally the same thing (no sugar added hot cocoa or tea with yogurt) and I have a few options I rotate for lunch at work (frozen meal, sandwich, or veggie burger with fruit/veggies and a dairy like string cheese or yogurt...peanut butter also frequently makes an appearance because yum).
Dinner is much more varied, but only because I eat that meal with my husband who can't stand repetition. I, on the other hand, could probably subsist off of a handful of foods until the end of time. He thinks I'm a weirdo, but I've always been this way and was, until I moved in with him and adopted a lot of his eating habits, quite thin. So I've returned to my boring repetitive eating habits and the weight has been gradually coming off.
I'm sure this isn't the solution for everyone, but for me it takes a lot of the stress out of meals when I've got a plan.
Last edited by LovesToTravel; 04-14-2014 at 11:45 PM.
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I eat the same lunch every weekday: turkey sandwich on multigrain bread with lots of vegetables and some hot sauce. I really enjoy it and it saves me the danger of thinking, "hm, what am I in the mood for today?" Or "what looks good in the cafeteria today?"
For dinners I tend to cook several meals worth of a protein and eat it for a few evenings in a row, adding different vegetables to the meal each evening. This is mostly a time-saving technique - when I come home from work it is late and I am hungry and not up to preparing a whole meal; much easier to heat something up that I cooked over the weekend and maybe invest just 15 minutes in preparing an extra vegetable.
OMG No!. That would be a recipe for disaster for me.
However, I have some recipes which are formulaic and which i can get endless variations by using them.
If you want to see my recipe ideas, read through my thread but especially look for my bean salad which is also a lentil salad. Its very healthy and very tasty and can be as variable as you like.
Of course i do cook some of the same meals often but they are always slightly different. I mean even my spaghetti with tomato sauce has a lot of variation in it. Sometimes i add mushrooms, sometimes onions and mushrooms, sometimes i add smoked salmon. Sometimes i leave out the tomato sauce and put in sun dried tomato pesto instead. Anyway endless.
But like others have said, if i make a big dish of something i might have to eat for four meals before its all gone. If i can, i put some in the freezer for some other time.
More or less, yes. I have a few breakfasts I can make quickly and easily and same thing for lunch. Dinner is more creative. Some people do really well eating the same breakfast or lunch but I tend to get bored that's why I have a few ideas I can pick easily from. It helps not to have to think too much about a quick meal.
I eat the same breakfast and have a few variations on lunch and dinner. I stick with what I know is safe. I also have a few variations on snacks. If I'm craving salty carbs I air pop popcorn with some garlic salt or if I'm craving sweet I have some melon or craving ice dream I have a fruit bar and so on. It may sound a bit boring but honestly, I used to eat the same thing over and over before I was trying to eat healthy (i.e. I'd order the same extra value meal at mcdonalds or when I went out I'd usually order prime rib).
I need variety or I would quit. Plus... it's hard to get all your nutrients in if you aren't eating a variety of foods.
WIth that said, I tend to eat only one or two different things for breakfast and a few different things, but pretty routine for lunch. It's dinner that is completely varied - and very seasonal.
I eat pretty much the same lunch everyday. I rotate meats for dinner, But on Monday's we have meatballs, Tuesdays pesto chicken, Wednesdays pork loin etc...So it comes to same meal for each weekday.
I love eating the same thing everyday. Always did even when it was Nutella and 1.5 loaves of bread. Coincidentally enough, that love has helped me with my current diet because I feel happy in my "bland" routine. i still like changes - just more rarely than most people - like foods on special vacation or trip and I'm happy to taste everything, but as far my meals go - same old same old is great.
I go through phases where I eat one meal a lot for several weeks. This time it's cheese and sourdough bread. Last time it was chicken breast and vegetables. One day I just decide I'm tired of eating it and switch to something different. Meatballs sounds good, I think I'll have a go at that!
I have a few standard meals or sides that i use, it makes it easier as i know that those meals are ok for my macros etc.i do try out new things and add them in if thye work for me
Do you eat the same meals?
He thinks I'm a weirdo, but I've always been this way and was, until I moved in with him and adopted a lot of his eating habits, quite thin. So I've returned to my boring repetitive eating habits and the weight has been gradually coming off.
