Do you stick to the same go-to meals or variety

The_Pace · February 2016

I know I will get bored and fall off if I stick to the same easy, safe, know how the calories by heart meals everyday so I have been trying to add variety. How do you manage and have any ideas to share?

Instead of a protein shake this morning I sautéed 1/2 of a ham steak with mini red and orange peppers and added one egg+one egg white over a slice of toasted light bread with a 1/4 avocado. Delicious and satisfying.

Share your ideas!
Btw, this is my first time starting a thread so please don't leave me hanging ;-)

smantha32 · February 2016

I tend to stick to the same meals, and yeah it gets boring.

suruda · February 2016

I tend to eat the same thing over and over again....I'm that person who would never change my order at Starbucks! I always think we are two different types...those who can repeat, repeat, and repeat and those who need more variety!

I also love to wear my favorite clothes every freakin day!

besaro · February 2016

both. i stick to the same and mix it up.

Panda_brat · February 2016

90% it's the same stuff, but i have a large enough reservoir of meals that I do not get bored of them. Plus when i do chicken i have at least 5 different ways of spicing, or marinating it, so it is never the same 2 weeks in a row.

Triticum · February 2016

Breakfast/Lunch tends to be quite similar, trying to work on 6-700 Cals for them both, before going mad on dinner!

Toast for breakfast, and possibly lunch too, but usually a sandwich with something along the lines of chicken, lettuce, tomato.

Dinner is whatever I fancy, pizza, burger, curry, salad, roast dinner. Just portion adjusted to make it sit right. Since MFP i've started eating a lot more things like carrot and tomato to bulk out the meals without adding calories.

mandikaysmom · February 2016

Panda_brat wrote: »

90% it's the same stuff, but i have a large enough reservoir of meals that I do not get bored of them. Plus when i do chicken i have at least 5 different ways of spicing, or marinating it, so it is never the same 2 weeks in a row.

What are your five different sources/marinades? I'm teed of the same chicken recipes.

michaela4910 · February 2016

My breakfast is almost always the same. I know how many calories are in it and I'm rushing. Lunch if I'm at work varies slightly but I choose between a few things I know the calories and macros for. (I work in a restaurant) Dinner, I could a wide variety of things.

Need2Exerc1se · February 2016

Variety. Even when I have the same dish, it's rarely the same as the last time I made it. I don't use recipes and tend to just add whatever is on hand or is closest to expiration to any dish I make. Eating this way makes me happy, but I did find it too much hassle to manage a diet like this and log all my food.

Francl27 · February 2016

I hate eating the same thing more than 3 days in a row. Then typically I don't have it again for weeks.

Carlos_421 · February 2016

I have "pillars" that make a big portion of the rotation but I also bring in different stuff here and there to mix it up.

eileen0515 · February 2016

I have my short list of regular meals for breakfast and lunch. Dinner is where I get creative. I will say it's time consuming, seeking out delicious lower cal, recipes. I have several "healthy" cook books I draw from, also Skinnytaste and Cooking light blogs. Pinterest is also a good resource.

misty589 · February 2016

I usually stick to the same things for breakfast and lunch but mix it up at supper with the family

berescga · February 2016

I have the exact same thing for breakfast every morning. I have a few different things I have for lunch. Dinner can be almost anything, and this is where I get my variety. More variety as they say goes on. Except my afternoon snack is always the same.

toe1226 · February 2016

I cycle. I have the same thing for breakfast every day for a week, then move on to the next thing every day for a week. I try to have similar calorie and protein goals for breakfast. Its kind of the same thing for all my meals- I eat one thing for like, a week, then I mix it up, cycle through. A lot of it for me comes down to affordability/efficiency/reducing food waste.

brb_2013 · February 2016

I have two work lunches I vary week to week. I do an egg casserole that is usually simple to start then I can have it with toast/ketchup or a tortilla with salsa to change it up. I also have a basic protein+veg+sauce lunch. Proteins are usually pork or chicken left overs, then peas broccoli or brussle sprouts (my favs), and I experiment with basic sauces. I like alfredo, I recently tried a tandoori sauce that is to die for and I am craving it even right now (but today is an egg lunch day). Other sauces could be marinara or sriracha with lemon juice. This gives easy to "guesstimate" calories so I can build my menu for the day, but there's still some room for variety.

beemerphile1 · February 2016

You have probably been eating the same meals over and over again your entire life, most people do.

Ignore all the so-called "diet" foods and just eat what you like. If trying to lose weight, you need to eat less than you have been, not eat different foods.

callsitlikeiseeit · February 2016

i eat what i always have. just less of it.

my breakfast is the same 90%of the time but everything else differs depending on what im in the mood for...

erinc5 · February 2016

I tend to stick to the same meals and snacks for breakfast and lunch. Dinner usually varies.

Part of the reason is to make sticking to calorie goals easy and part is to make grocery shopping easy and less expensive. Once I started eating lots of similar things, my grocery bill got a lot smaller and I started throwing out less food waste.

Do you stick to the same go-to meals or variety

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