Daily Menu

I eat the same thing for Lunch M-f. And I eat the same breakfast everyday of the week. Lunch consists of a homemade Turkey and vegetable soup that I make big batches of and freeze. For breakfast I eat oatmeal, blueberries, egg whites and coffee. It does help me stick with my healthy eating my doing this. Hope this helps!

I tend to eat similar things for a few days in a row, and then switch it up depending on what I am in the mood for and what is in the fridge I would suggest against having the same set meal every day. Variety is the spice of life. Having to eat the same things might get boring and you might fall off the band wagon. I like to plan my food on MFP the night before so the following day I have my game plan set and am less likely to pick up extra snacks. I am also on 1,200 cal. Best of luck on your journey!

I agree with "poedunk65." Everything in moderation is the key for me. Otherwise, eventually I think you'll binge on the foods you've been skipping. My advice would be to make your food diary public so you can consider whether or not your want your fitness pal peeps to see what you are eating. I've passed on a whoopie pie for that reason because since I already ate a cookie, I didn't want to have to log a whoopie pie too. So I wrapped it up and ate it the next day as my everything in moderation junk food snack. I didn't want my fitness pals to see that I had eaten a cookie AND a whoopie pie in the same day's food diary, but the old me would have eaten both and not looked back. That's why I was in the high end of my weight chart, and now I'm in the low end, thanks to MFP.

MFP is aimed at not being a "diet," but a change in your lifestyle, so unless you plan to eat the same thing for the rest of your life (which is impossible), I would switch things up, Plus, you pretty well have to change it up to give your body the nutrients it needs. Since you are starting out, why not sit down with pen and paper and make a list of all the "good for you" foods that you enjoy for your next shopping excursion. I do like the one of the above posters and usually if not the night before at least the morning of post EVERY morsel that is going in my body, that way if I'm over in something, I can switch it up and make it work for that day since I've added an increased fiber intake and reduced my sodium intake. You will be amazed at how short a time it will take for you to fine-tune this and make it part of your daily life. I could never restrict myself to eating the same thing, I would never stay committed. BEST OF LUCK!

Here are some breakfast ideas that I use regularly:
1. Oatmeal (1 cup water, add 1/2 cup regular oatmeal--not the quick-cooking or "packet" kind, microwave on high 3 minutes.) Add skim or 2% milk (2% organic milk tastes like whole milk) and some strawberries or blueberries and some Splenda.
2. 100% whole wheat toast, poached or soft boiled egg--the yolk becomes the sauce so I don't need butter. If I am extra hungry, I split the egg between 2 pieces of toast.
3. Grapes Nuts Flakes, 2% or skim milk, fruit.

Lunch/supper ideas:
1. Turkey sandwich with low-fat cheese on whole wheat, mustard, not mayo, pile on lettuce or fresh spinach, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, whatever you like. Can add 15 baked potato chips or piece of fruit.
2. Salad: loads of your favorite salad ingredients, add grilled chicken or ham, stir in 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil to coat, then 2 tablespoons seasoned rice wine vinegar (yummy!), add salt/pepper or Mrs. Dash seasoning to taste.
3. Any Lean Cuisine Meal
4. Brisling sardines in olive oil, well drained on whole wheat bread, with mustard.
5. Grilled or baked chicken or fish, non-starchy veggies, serve with small baked potato topped with 2 tbsp fat-free or low-fat ranch dressing.

Good snack: fresh carrot sticks, squirt with lime juice, sprinkle on seasoning salt or Mrs. Dash.

When I crave something sweet, I use sugar free hot chocolate or jello. Your tastes may be different from mine, but maybe one or 2 of these ideas will appeal. Good luck!

Not the same thing everyday but the I have my favorites, I think most people, if their dieting or not, eat the same thing all the time. So I do stick to the same things. Sometime I'll go to a different supermarket just to get out of the rut of grabbing the same thing off the shelf. It forces me to search for things and in doing that I find new things to try. It takes a little while to read the new lables or find a new recipe, but sometimes it's theraputic.

I agree with most of the posters...I need to switch it up every day. If I ate the same thing every day I would get bored and I know I would start to cheat.

check out recipe websites and try new things. There are lots of great recipes out there.

For breakfast I change it up between cereal, oatmeal, egg beaters/egg whites, protein pancakes, jimmy dean turkey delights. etc. Once you have everything in your food diary it makes it very easy to just check off what you have had.

Good luck.