Do you eat the same things over and over?

I do. My food diary is pretty boring, lol. I rotate just a few breakfasts. I'll get on a kick where I"ll eat the same breakfast for six weeks or so, and then move onto something else. I usually eat leftovers from dinner for lunch, or I'll make a pot of soup at the beginning of the week and eat it all week. We do vary up our dinners, but most of the food we have is from scratch and uses simple ingredients, and I always serve a veggie with dinner.

I never eat the same things. Maybe I'll try this. I think it would make you crave things less if you already knew what you were eating.

I eat the same thing every day for breakfast... I eat leftovers from dinner the night before for lunch and dinner always consists of chicken or ground turkey for the meat... and the side dish and vegetable varies between potato's or rice and carrots, broccoli and fresh green beans

i eat the same breakfast every single day. fruit, yogurt, and half of a whole wheat english muffin. i like that i know what im going to eat in the morning. it makes my mornings run smoothly. the only down side is I kind of freak out if i run out of something and it throws off my whole day. lol

I've had oatmeal for breakfast for months now.. I think its been 7 months now. I don't get bored because I always switch up the fruit I eat with it.. lol. :]

I can't do that. I get tired of things too easily. I buy a couple things and plan a couple things for each meal and rotate. Like... one day I'll have scrambled eggs for breakfast with fruit. Another day I'll have cereal with fruit. For lunch, I alternate between hot meals and cold...sandwiches, microwaved (frozen) chicken patties with veggies, etc. and dinner is usually just chicken or ground beef with a veggie or something.

:flowerforyou: I've been using the Isagenix cleansing and fat burning system since March----two shakes a day and a midday meal that's 4-6 oz of lean protein, a fresh or frozen veggie, and salad, along with cereal or a shake at bedtime. Eating almost the same stuff every day has been a fabulous experience. Now that I'm maintaining my goal weight, I've added peanut butter, fruit, and Isalean bars to my day........I gave up recreational eating and now entertain myself with activities that don't involve food.

Another reason to add to my "Dr. Oz is a moron" list.

Hi.. I eat the same breakfast and lunch for the week but change the items as and when I get bored. Dinner menus vary from week to week and from season to season.
I try, always, to cook fresh every day. Thats not to say I don't use frozen food but for example. I buy wet fish and it goes in the freezer for when I need to use it. Then it comes out and I will make a fish pie or a kedgery/paella style main course.
I get bored with the same menu all the time and its hard sometimes finding inspiration to invent new dishes but (and I know htere is so much rubbish) some of the cookery programs and or cook books are a great way to start. Follow them to the letter or do as I do and tweek them to your own pallets desires.
The most important thing, I think, is to remember that this is not a punishment its a change in attiude so don't give up on the foods/snacks/treats but moderate the amount and frequency, substitute thin bread for the thick or a banana instead of the daily crisps (but have a packet every third day), be creative and try to change gradually.
I have lost about 9-10 pounds in a month purely by cutting down on portion size, lowering the amount of bread I eat and substituting fruit and veg for snacks and rather than watch telly or sit for hours in front of the computer I go for a fourty minute bike ride and a thirty minute walk/run.

I am fairly fussy, not through choice, as it's the bain of my life. But I have a textural issue with lots of food and I grew up eating a very limited diet of mainly Heinz beans on toast or tomato soup! I tend to have a slim-fast shake for breakfast and lunch during the week as it really fills me up, gives me everything I need as it's got all the vitamins and minerals etc, and then I snack on fresh fruit and in the evening have a meal that usually is focused around chicken (I mainly eat chicken or turkey as I don't like red meat as a rule) and I also eat a lot more veggie food and mediterranean based food, lots of pasta meals with roasted veg and different sauces, soups too. Now the weather is nicer, I will start to have more salads and things like that.

I think eating the same foods over and over can help to take the guess work out of deciding what to eat - you already know the calorie content in these foods and it makes deciding meals like breakfast much easier. A great help when time is short in the morning.

It's important to get some variety though. Don't you think you owe it to yourself to give yourself choices? You're also more likely to get a better mix of vitamins and minerals if you change your foods regularly.

Having said all of that I have Sultana bran every morning during the week and muesli at the weekends. You have to do what works for you ultimately.

To me it did feel very time consuming and left me frantic trying to get things done I needed to do and walk too. I almost felt like giving up on the calorie counting.