Who eats the same thing every day?

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  • sandra80
    sandra80 Posts: 308 Member
    i do. i do. every morning....cheerios, banana and milk. lunch....salad with a can of tuna. dinner....grilled veggies and garbanzo beans. my snacks vary but not by much. that's monday-most of friday. friday night i am with my bf and we tend to go out to eat. the weekends are different because i don't focus on what i'm eating as much so i can't plan like i do during the week. feel free to check out my diary....pretty sure it's public. if not add me and you can see it.
  • Fredderfy
    Fredderfy Posts: 30 Member
    Generally for a weekday breakfast I will have 45g of Malt Wheats with 100ml of whole milk (baby in the house, that's why we don't have semi skimmed). Weekends I might have beans/hoops on toast.

    For lunch I try to stick to the same thing. Usually I will either have a ham pitta bread (sometimes 2) and I pick and choose from the following:

    - Cheese oatcakes
    - Yeo Valley strawberry yoghurt pot
    - Tangarine
    - Go ahead chocolate thins
    - Special K biscuit moments

    And for tea we usually have a variety of things.
  • stines72
    stines72 Posts: 853 Member
    i usually will eat the same thing for about 5 days in a row or so and then switch it up. lately i havent been doing that, but that is my habit.
  • abbylg1983
    abbylg1983 Posts: 177 Member
    Yes, I just find it easier. Plus, I'm a picky eater.

    Things I eat every day:
    Breakfast sandwich from Kellogs, ham and egg flatbread
    Raw snap peas, carrots, cherry tomatoes
    A small amount of dark chocolate

    Things I eat most days:
    sweet potato
    strawberries, apples, peaches, pineapple (I vary these a bit, but I have at least two of these every day)
    broccoli or brussel sprouts (eating both every day causes some serious bloating issues for me, so I switch off)
    scrambled eggs (usually for dinner)

    Lunch is usually kale/spinach salad with shrimp, or chicken breasts with flavoring, or a turkey patty (no bun)
    Dinner probably 4 nights a week is scrambled eggs with one piece of toast
    Breakfast on weekends is usually scrambled eggs, weekdays is always the sandwich

    I just find it easier to stay on track if I make the same things. Before I was on a mission to eat healthier, I also ate the same things every day (only instead of fruit, veggies, eggs, turkey, shrimp and chicken, it was cereal, weight watchers meals, crackers, granola bars, sandwiches, and fruit). I'm a creature of habit I guess.
  • LilithNoor
    LilithNoor Posts: 42
    Workday meals are pretty samey for me - cereal (special K, shreddies, bran flakes etc) with skimmed milk, carrot and hummus or popcorn at 11, fruit to graze on, then a box of protein, grains and veg for lunch (eg chicken, spelt and green salad), and a yoghurt in the afternoon. Having a set routine keeps me away from the canteen and the vending machine.

    I love to cook, so I mix it up for weekday dinners and weekend meals. Anything goes, so long as it fits my daily allowance. Tonight was jerk pork, wholegrain rice and roast veg (and a cheeky mini cheesecake).

    Eating good food is something I really enjoy, and so far this balance seems to be working for me.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I eat the same meals most days of the week. It's easier for me to plan and the results are predictable. I have been deviating a more lately, but I went about 18 months with the same thing day in and day out with only a couple exceptions (holidays etc).
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    I have had the same lunch every day for five months. It consists of an egg on a wheat English muffin with a tbsp of cream cheese, a greek yogurt and a piece of fruit, usually a gala apple. I find this lunch has just the right amounts of fat and protein to keep me full until dinner. Why change what works! I dont eat breakfast. Dinner is always something different since I cook for my family and I rotate my evening snack. I take a multi vitamin to cover anything I am missing from the lack of variety.
  • shadus
    shadus Posts: 424 Member
    You'll find staple food items and use them frequently I think... pretty much everyone does.

    I usually eat two eggs for breakfest, sometimes I mix it up by adding an ounce of ham or bacon bits or a bit of butter or cheese or whatever.

    I usually eat a protein bar sometime during the day as well... just laziness there. 200-250 cals, tastes ok, dont have to cook, etc.

    etc... dinner is my big 'mixup' meal of the day, it tends to be fairly different fairly frequently.
  • JisatsuHoshi
    JisatsuHoshi Posts: 421 Member
    I usually do because I cook in bulk. If I didnt plan something a day before hand I dont eat it...
  • lenatilde
    lenatilde Posts: 18
    At the moment I'm eating pretty much the same thing, twice a day:
    Miso paste
    Boiling water
    Half a packet of udon noodles
    Bok choy
    Fresh ginger root
    Mung bean sprouts
    Tofu, or white fish finely sliced (poached in the broth).

    I have a constant pot of genmai cha on the go, too. I have some sort of weird gastro thing going on and this is all I can handle... But it's so delicious I don't mind - and my husband is eating it for dinner, too, but just adds chilli etc to make it more exciting for him :)
  • ms_leanne
    ms_leanne Posts: 523 Member
    Breakfast: Porridge and semi skimmed milk

    Snacks: Babybel, banana, nectarine, 0% greek yoghurt

    Lunch: Pitta bread with either ham and laughing cow or perhaps almond butter instead

    Dinner: This is the one meal I do different things for as I cook for my fiancé too.
  • callieboom
    callieboom Posts: 30
    I will always, always (always) have greek yoghurt mixed up with a banana, apple and berries for breakfast. It's so filling and means I can have a small lunch, so I'm not too full when I hit the gym after work but I'm still full of energy!

    Lunch can change but it's usually either salad/a wrap/rye crackers with some raw veggies (I love carrot sticks) and some form of protein (today I have smoked salmon and cottage cheese).

    I do different dinners, BUT, at the beginning of the week I will make either one or two HUGE big pots of things like a bean stew, curry, soup etc. and then freeze them in portions. At the moment my freezer is full of all sorts of different home made meals which I can take out in the morning and heat up when I get home from work/the gym, so I get to eat different things during the week without having to worry about the prep because I've already done it! Also I have the recipes saved to MFP so it's really easy to log too.

    Snacks are usually fruit, carrot sticks and (if I'm working out) homemade protein bars (yesterday I made peanut butter, banana and chocolate chip ones, sooooo gooooood).
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    For the most part the same foods all day every day.
  • sirduckbutt
    sirduckbutt Posts: 23 Member
    I eat the same breakfast everyday. A bowl of all bran with milk and banana/apple pieces. I know, I should try something else but, man... it's just so good *__*
  • Allyice
    Allyice Posts: 122 Member
    I usually eat similar things for breakfast, like eggs, and some oatmeal... separately of course, lol. But have variety for lunch and dinner. Snacks are usually the same, rye crispbread with peanut butter and banana.
  • Labouffecestbon
    Labouffecestbon Posts: 182 Member
    For breakfast, I tend to eat the same things. But if I eat the same things, it's not for convenience, it's because I really like the food/dish. Otherwise I like variety in my diet.
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    70-80% of my food is the same. I find that leaves me little
    wiggle Room to make room for jiggle food. lol Seriously,
    I don't,t burn out too often because I make little changes
    on certain days (35 cals worth or so) and get my
    cheat times to help with burnout and reset my metabolism.
  • firecat918
    firecat918 Posts: 9
    I do and it does get old after a while but I'm fine with that. I eat plain no-fat greek yogurt every morning, salad for lunch every day, usually with cheese in it. Dinner varies only slightly with seasoning and veggies, but it's always tofu and veggies. Food is boring on the diet train, but there will be plenty of opportunities to switch things up after I reach my goal.

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