chicken broccoli and rice diet
globalc00
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Chicken, broccoli and rice. Egg and oatmeal. How many people eat this on a daily basis and do you do it because you believe that it's the best diet to reach your goal or for some other reason? Just about every actor that gets interviewed on how they got fit for a role says chicken broccoli and rice, but seems like the fitness community sees that as a running joke now.
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Why restrict yourself to five things, unless you are looking to compete in a bodybuilding competition/show and are in the last weeks of prep, or are really trying to aesthetically lean out to low body fat percentages, there is no need to be so/that restrictive with food...taste, flavour, satiation are all part of eating surely? Food is fuel for sure, but some excitement and enjoyment makes it worthwhile....
I eat eggs and chicken a lot, but not every single day. Oatmeal is now part of my autumn/winter staple, great for making protein pancakes with...broccoli and other brassicas I actively avoid as they make me bloaty (IBS)...rice is nice in puddings and as a side for my curries....but there are potatoes and sweet potatoes, bread, tortillas, etc, etc....
I enjoy icecream, chocolate, biscuits, cake and other lovely food too much to write them out of my flexible eating plan.8 -
Chicken, broccoli and rice. Egg and oatmeal. How many people eat this on a daily basis and do you do it because you believe that it's the best diet to reach your goal or for some other reason? Just about every actor that gets interviewed on how they got fit for a role says chicken broccoli and rice, but seems like the fitness community sees that as a running joke now.
Chicken - about twice a week
Broccoli- maybe once a fortnight
Rice about twice a week
Eggs average 3 or 4 a week.
Oatmeal, hardly ever.1 -
I understand that the chicken breast, rice, broccoli diet became popular is that it makes it easy to monitor your macros very accurately. The chicken breast is high protein with little fat, rice is carbs no fat, broccoli is low carb. A pro bodybuilder may need to monitor his food intake that closely during a cut, the rest of us maybe not so much. I would prefer some more variety in my meals.3
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I eat chicken almost daily but definitely not broccoli or rice. I need to switch it up. For me chicken is easy to prepare, tasty, high protein, goes with most dishes.
I like variety though and I have much better results that way. I feel like eating the same exact things everyday could be unbalanced with a limited nutrient profile.1 -
i eat oats every morning in the winter but that’s cos I’m lazy and they’re quick to make. The rest of your list I probably have 2 or 3 times a week.1
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Oatmeal everyday, well Protein Oatmeal. It's so versatile. I make protein pancakes out of it everyday 😋
Broccoli most days, if not I switch it up.
Chicken probably 3-4 times a week. Different seasonings everyone to switch it up.
Rice very rare, I much prefer Sweet Potato, and beans tbh. But I like a variety of foods, not a stickler for sticking to only limited set.4 -
I tend to eat more cauliflower and chickpeas...but I really like them roasted with chipotle adobo.
Chicken rice and broccoli sound boring.1 -
I never eat chicken, rice, or eggs. Just don't like them. I eat at least 4 pounds of broccoli every week, though, and rolled oats every day.3
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Chicken, broccoli and rice. Egg and oatmeal. How many people eat this on a daily basis and do you do it because you believe that it's the best diet to reach your goal or for some other reason? Just about every actor that gets interviewed on how they got fit for a role says chicken broccoli and rice, but seems like the fitness community sees that as a running joke now.
This is something some body builders do when cutting for a competition. I know someone who does this, and it is very boring...but it's also not a long term thing. A competition cut might be a couple of weeks. I think most people who have actual weight to lose that will take a great deal of time, something that monotonous is likely not going to work.0 -
Chicken, broccoli and rice. Egg and oatmeal. How many people eat this on a daily basis and do you do it because you believe that it's the best diet to reach your goal or for some other reason? Just about every actor that gets interviewed on how they got fit for a role says chicken broccoli and rice, but seems like the fitness community sees that as a running joke now.
Starting at a place where you need to get fit for a role and starting from a place of obesity are two different things. I can survive just about any diet for a few months. It is another story if it is a year or more.4 -
My motivation for eating chicken, broccoli and rice is becuase i'm just that lazy. I'm not trying to lose weight or get fit for a role, but I do want to eat healthy. Ideally, I want to spend as little amount of time in the kitchen as possible. So I am in search for the easist meal to prep/cook with the least amount of dishes and will last the longest in the fridge without going bad. I'm not a picky eater so it doesn't bother me to eat the same thing over and over. To be clear, I also do eat some sort of fish at night, but usually have to cook that on a every other day basis, which is kind of annoying. Less time in the kitchen is valued way more than taste. The issue with chicken broccoli and rice is that it is lacking in fat, which is why I do the fish.
So I guess my question is besides the 3 typical healhty fats everyone talks about, avocado, salmon and nuts, is there something else that is easy to cook/prep and will last a week? Avocado doesn't last once you cut it, and nuts are just too high in calories. Salmon/fish doesn't seem to keep as long as chicken.1 -
Mono-meals have been around for a long time and some believe they retrain the brain. It's mostly hippy dippy happy horsesheet because after all of the mono-meals are done you haven't learn much . You're right back at square one.
Eat the foods you enjoy and track your data portions. Eating this way long term can contribute to nutritional deficiencies. Try it for a week and you'll probably be bored out of your gourd. If you're not an actor or being paid what they make then let it bite the dust. Some actors required to drop it like it's hot for a role report they felt so horrible and it took months to recover.2 -
I eat very simply MOST of the time. Personally, ease of prep work, shopping, calorie control, reward aspects.... that is why. It's not chicken broccoli and rice all the time, but it is generally similar. I look at my plate and divide it into 4 parts. 1/2 is mostly non starchy veggies, atleast 1/4 to 1/3 protein, then the rest starch and healthy fats like avocados, nuts or seeds, if I am not getting enough fat from my protein. I don't really get micro nutrient issues dt the fact that I eat many types of plants and meat. Find what works for you.1
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Rice 2-3 times a day
Chicken/turkey/lean beef 2-3 times per day
Broccoli usually once per day unless dieting into single digits then several times per day0 -
Mono diets will increase the chances of some deficiencies. The reason bodybuilders did these foods was it was an easy way to calculate calories while cutting for a competition. You definitely want to incorporate more variety so you can get achieve adequate vitamin, mineral and fiber consumption (25g+ for a male)5
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I love broccoli and cauliflower seasoned with garlic and chilli..with chicken too
Roasted cauliflower is lovely, seasoned with paprika
I hardly eat rice atm but enjoy it
I eat cod, prawn, lo dough bases as wraps, crumpets...Biscoff:)
Unless you're looking to compete, you can enjoy lots of food types1 -
Chicken -- about twice per week currently
Broccoli -- usually 4-5 times per week, I eat lots of different veg per day and really like broccoli
Rice -- once every couple of weeks
Eggs -- for a while I was eating them for breakfast daily, but I've been in a no breakfast mode lately, so about once a week
Oatmeal -- another food I ate every day for breakfast for a while, but currently don't eat at all (I would if I felt like it, just haven't)
For variety I'd recast it as:
chicken = lean meat
broccoli = non starchy veg, and add that a greater variety is likely good, even if you eat broccoli often as one of the veg at a particular meal
rice = low fat complex carb
The concept -- in addition to making macro-counting easy -- was to maximize protein and complex carbs, as that was at one point considered the best way to build muscle/fuel workouts. I think now the benefits of fats are more appreciated, at least for health, but building a meal around lean protein, complex carbs, and vegetables isn't the worst thing as long as you realize some fat is desirable and you don't have to make it monotonous (or cut out everything else).
Eggs and oats -- again, just a somewhat higher protein (eggs, esp with egg whites) and complex carb source that many would consider good choices within the range of stereotypical breakfast foods. Also, I think a lot of people are fine with little variety at breakfast. I often eat the same basic thing for breakfast for weeks or months before changing it up.4 -
Chicken - Not since 1974, at least not knowingly (probably got some broth in potluck stuff by accident since)
Broccoli - Hadn't had any in a while because it's been farmers market season and there have been more tempting veg choices, but will eat it a few times a month in Winter (fresh or frozen) in various ways, but rotated with many other veg. (Some roasting in oven now).
Rice - Can't remember last time I ate some, but for sure pre-pandemic, maybe in a Chinese, Japanese or Thai restaurant? OK, but just don't love it, not generally worth the calories for home use, to me - none in pantry. One of my lowest-priority choices if I want a starchy side. I do eat chickpea "rice", but that's really orzo pasta, which I've liked for a long time.
Egg - Varies, but probably average less than one carton (12) per month, including in cooking.
Oatmeal - Pretty much every day, love love love my oatmeal (with fixins).
Personally, I like variety in my eating, except for breakfast (sometimes lunch). First thing in the AM, I need comfort food, low challenge, low complexity. 😆
Stereotype, repetitive eating patterns seem odd to me - always surprised to find anyone actually eats that way. The pattern you're describing in the OP would bore me in the extreme, unless much-supplemented with other flavor goodness for variety.4 -
My goal is not to lose weight or compete. I just want to eat healthy without spending too much time in kitchen. I eat out on weekends on regular basis. But during week, I like to make sure I’m eating healthy.
My goal is to be able to plate up all my meals for next day and have them ready to go each night. Avoid as much cooking as possible during the week day.1 -
^^^^ Would also seem quite possible to meet all of your aims with a much more varied diet.
But if those are things you like eating and your overall macro spread is reasonable and you eat different things on the weekends - sure, go for it.0 -
As said above, it was an easy way (especially pre-calorie/macro counting software like this) to carefully control macros while majorly cutting calories (something that was done short term only to prepare for competitions like body building or a sport with weight classes).
If eating repetitively and wanting minimal work, you might be better served batch cooking something with more ingredients to make sure you check off more vitamins/minerals/etc. And also, depending on the cut of the chicken and how many eggs, that diet might be lower in fat than is healthy long term.
If you have an electric pressure cooker, you can make something like stew/soup/chili with pretty tailored macros and calorie density, and a wider variety of vegetables that can be microwaved all week. Or bags of various other frozen vegetables or vegetable blends that just need microwaving. If you are using boneless/skinless chicken breasts out of ease for your cooking method, then should probably add in something with higher fat in some of those meals (if you are not getting enough elsewhere). I've made soup batches, where I specifically added in turkey sausage in addition to the chicken, because the fat content was otherwise too low. Or carve up a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket and add some of that in to some of the meals.2 -
For maintenance and the beginning of a cut, I am flexible with my food choices as long as it fits my macros. But, as I get leaner, I switch to more of a "broscience" diet.
For me, it's about how my brain is wired. I don't go to the "broscience" diet of chicken, rice, broccoli, etc because I think it's superior, but flexibility with your diet requires discipline and I find that I overeat MORE when I'm flexible. I simply have better adherence to a boring diet because I force myself to shut off even considering a food that I'd be tempted to overeat. I can say "no" to the first french fry, but not the 2nd.
Not the right approach for everyone, but I've found it's the best approach for me.6 -
My motivation for eating chicken, broccoli and rice is becuase i'm just that lazy. I'm not trying to lose weight or get fit for a role, but I do want to eat healthy. Ideally, I want to spend as little amount of time in the kitchen as possible. So I am in search for the easist meal to prep/cook with the least amount of dishes and will last the longest in the fridge without going bad. I'm not a picky eater so it doesn't bother me to eat the same thing over and over. To be clear, I also do eat some sort of fish at night, but usually have to cook that on a every other day basis, which is kind of annoying. Less time in the kitchen is valued way more than taste. The issue with chicken broccoli and rice is that it is lacking in fat, which is why I do the fish.
So I guess my question is besides the 3 typical healhty fats everyone talks about, avocado, salmon and nuts, is there something else that is easy to cook/prep and will last a week? Avocado doesn't last once you cut it, and nuts are just too high in calories. Salmon/fish doesn't seem to keep as long as chicken.
For me, a giant batch of stew/soup/chili is my I-don't-want-to-be-bothered-doing-any-cooking/dishes/etc-the-rest-of-the-week option. And I usually will put a few mason jars of it in the freezer - which slowly builds up a bit of a variety to choose from as an alternate to whatever I cooked up during some week in the future. (As I put earlier, if I'm unlikely to get much fat elsewhere, I'll use something fattier than chicken breast for at least a portion of the meat). I've also done frozen pre-cooked chicken, " " shrimp, lunch meat, ham steak over salad greens or nuked frozen veg if a really, really hectic week.
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For the most part I don't pay attention to what I eat, especially during the day while I'm working. I just eat to function. So eating repetitively is easy and preferred. I generally eat the same things 5 times a day, 6 days a week. Those 5 meals are all different, but the same day to day. This makes it dead easy to track macros and calories. I'm sure my nutrition isn't top notch with such a lack of variety in my diet but I do take a daily multi-vitamin to try and make up for some of that lack of variety.0
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Oh.. And my breakfast on gym days, and dinner on many days, tends to be a Clif mini bar in the car followed by a yogurt at some point (at work after the gym or in the parking lot immediately after ride /run). (on the "dinner"... This would be before a ride or run; and will later have a 'supper' post cardio).0
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The joke is that when celebrities say chicken, broccoli, and rice diet what it actually means is that they used steroids to get into shape quickly for a role. They use tons of juice in Hollywood and I don't mean orange bruh.0
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