Does anyone eat the same breakfast and lunch?

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  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    Monday to saturday I eat the same breeakfast and usually the same lunch. Lunch is prepared the night before and breakfast is simple. Lunch may vary on days that I am away for work, but I know my limit now, at least most of the time.
    Sundays have a pattern of food too, but is quite different from the rest of the week. It has to do with how we spend our sunday and also ensure a little variation to not have boredom with the food
  • stevwil41
    stevwil41 Posts: 608 Member
    alyssawentland wrote: »
    On Sundays I make and prepare all my breakfasts and lunches for the work week. So Monday through Friday I have the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day. It doesn't bother me at all and it's so convenient. It also keeps me from going out and spending money at lunch. I cook different dinners every night.

    This is basically what I do as well except I don't prepare my breakfasts ahead of time. This week I had 2 scrambled eggs with a little cheese and a sliced tomato for breakfast and chili that I made last Sunday for lunch. When it's cool I make a pot of soup and have it throughout the week and when it's warmer I usually have salads of some sort (chicken, tuna and chef's are my go to). I don't eat bread so that factors into my choices.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I don't usually cook breakfast or lunch. I don't always have the same thing but maybe 5 choices.
    Breakfast- Greek yogurt, granola bars, cereal with milk, sandwich, dinner leftovers, fruit (about 200-300 calories)
    Lunch- sandwich, salad, or dinner leftovers (about 300-500 calories) I have dinner leftovers often so that varies from week to week. A sandwich requires little effort and has nutrients.
    Dinner- something different every night of the month. (about 500-600 calories) I have soup once a week usually which is great for leftovers.
    Snacks- things like fruit, chips, popcorn, pretzels, chocolate, cookies, granola bar, carrots, celery, broccoli, trail mix, deviled eggs, pickles (about 100-300 calories)

    Today I'm having cottage cheese and an orange for breakfast. Yesterday I had a granola bar and an orange.
    I don't consider pizza unhealthy unless it is spoiled, contaminated or has a food I am allergic to on it. It has nutrients and can fit my calorie goal- paired with a salad it is a satisfying balanced meal.
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  • Troutrouter1968
    Troutrouter1968 Posts: 122 Member
    I eat basically the same lunch every day. A tuna salad sandwich, soup, and fruit. The soups and fruit may vary.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
    I almost always have oatmeal for breakfast. I put spices in it, and each day it just depends what I'm in the mood for. It may sound crazy but I put cinnamon, cayenne, turmeric and/or garlic powder in my breakfast. Sometimes I add 2T PB2 and/or apples or bananas. This morning, I had oatmeal with all of the above spices and PB2.

    For lunches, I've been eating huge green salads that I make at home. I can eat a massive amount of vegetables for very few calories. Sometimes I add higher-calorie stuff (cheese, olives, dressing, nuts, seeds) it just depends on how hungry I am and what my plans are for dinner. I usually eat salads without dressing, or with just red wine vinegar, spices and herbs.

    Dinner is whatever I want, as long as it fits my calories for the day - and I stay mindful of macros, but I'm not confined by them.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I generally have a smoothie for breakfast and a sandwich for lunch. I cook dinner three nights a week, have leftovers three nights a week, and have takeout on Sundays, otherwise known as Walking Dead Night.

    Here's breakfast. It also has 1.5 C of tea for liquid and a pinch of salt.

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  • FindingAmy77
    FindingAmy77 Posts: 1,268 Member
    canadacatman wrote: »
    I find it hard staying on track if I don't have anything healthy premade i for some reason eat bad. It's easier to put something in the microwave like pizza then to cook a healthy meal. I was thinking if I ate the same breakfast and lunch I can maybe precook a bit of food every few day. Are there any members who eat the same breakfast and lunch for this reason they find it easier to stay on track.

    Thanks

    yes I do that. I been finding low cal soup recipes online then making a batch that will last me all week. Last week was chicken taco soup and this week is a low cal broccoli cauliflower soup. I pair it with a meat,cheese and lettuce "wrap": or I have a flat out with lettuce and meat or just have the soup only for that day's lunch. Depends how hungry I feel or if I am saving up for a bigger dinner meal. If you loot my diary, it doesnt change up too much but I try to plan and get creative occasionally. Most of my meals are super quick to heat up/prepare and are not that many calories.
  • Btheodore138
    Btheodore138 Posts: 182 Member
    edited April 2016
    I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch. Every once in awhile I will change it up, like if I'm out of town or my husband wants to treat us to Starbucks, but that's about it. It just makes things easier for me. I sometimes have the same dinner a couple times a week, too. Is it boring? Yeah, but I don't want to make food my life anymore. I want to eat to live, not live to eat.

    My breakfast is 3 egg whites scrambled with 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, in a whole wheat tortilla and salsa. Lunch is garbanzo beans mashed with 1/2 avocado, seasoned with lime and Tajin, and served in a whole wheat tortilla. I eat greek yogurt as a snack every day as well, usually a few hours before bed.
  • jaeisla
    jaeisla Posts: 56 Member
    I normally eat a variation of the same foods. For example, breakfast is usually oatmeal or eggs and bacon. Lunch is usually chicken breast with veggies or fish and veggies. I'm a little more lax on dinner but for the most part it's chicken or ground turkey. I may make fajitas, tacos, burgers or spaghetti. I don't like too many options and I don't like being unprepared when I'm hungry. It's definitely a recipe for disaster.
  • thenewkayla
    thenewkayla Posts: 313 Member
    Lunch. Monday thru Wednesday i have chicken or tuna salads thursday thru sunday i make pita pockets every now and then i ll have left overs
    My breakfast is usually eggs chesse nuts or Oatmeal
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
    I don't eat the same things everyday. But in general i eat the same (couple) meals everyday.

    I'm not a big breakfast person. At most i'll eat two eggs. But other than that i either have fruit or a breakfast fruit bar, maybe even cereal. I for whatever reason can't eat big meals, it just hurts my stomach in the morning.

    Lunch can be anywhere from a hard boiled egg, to a sandwich, soup or even a salad. I do try to pair it with a vegetable of some kind though. (carrots with ranch)
  • coolfry
    coolfry Posts: 48 Member
    I eat the same thing for lunch 4 days a week, a pre prepped meal (this week is tacos) with a can of seltzer and a fruit. I either have a breakfast burrito or oatmeal everyday. I find it easy to eat this same thing most days because I don't have time to think about food on work days. On off days I mostly just snack through the day.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    Yes. I've been eating the same two breakfasts for the past year and a half (either cottage cheese or greek yogurt with PB/PB2, nuts/seeds, jelly, and an apple or a whole wheat bagel thin sandwich if I'm eating breakfast on-the-go), and I prep my weekday lunches and snacks over the weekend. It works great for me, especially when keeping things consistent helps a ton in managing my blood sugars (I know exactly how I need to approach taking insulin for a meal with very higher amounts of accuracy).
  • racheljonel
    racheljonel Posts: 400 Member
    I eat avocado toast with poached eggs almost every morning.
  • unawind
    unawind Posts: 46 Member
    canadacatman wrote: »
    I find it hard staying on track if I don't have anything healthy premade i for some reason eat bad. It's easier to put something in the microwave like pizza then to cook a healthy meal. I was thinking if I ate the same breakfast and lunch I can maybe precook a bit of food every few day. Are there any members who eat the same breakfast and lunch for this reason they find it easier to stay on track.

    Thanks

    I don't eat breakfast but I do make a big batch of lunches for the week. I've been on a curry kick(using tins of curry paste with canned chickpeas, frozen spinach, canned new potatoes, some sort of fresh veg like butternut squash and canned coconut milk), so I have flavorful easy lunches all week. It tastes better the next day!
  • kthompson601
    kthompson601 Posts: 174 Member
    I eat pretty much the same thing every day.

    Breakfast: Homemade smoothie; everything in it is the same except the kind of frozen fruit I use (pineapples, mangoes, peaches, berries, whatever), so I do get different flavors. In the winter I sometimes will have a baked oatmeal instead, alternating that with smoothies.

    Lunch: Big salad, piece of fruit, fiber cookie. The latter two vary--sometimes apples, sometimes pears, sometimes grapes, sometimes oranges; for the cookie, sometimes chocolate chip, sometimes sugar, sometimes peanut butter.

    Dinner: I tend to make a big meal on Sundays and eat leftovers throughout the week (I'm single and it's difficult to make a one-serving soup or casserole!). I have several favorite recipes, and I just change them out--I have some stews, several pasta dishes, a few casseroles, a couple of fantastic beans and rice meals. I make a big batch of one thing on Sunday and eat leftovers. Same with veggie side dishes--I'll cook a big batch of green beans, or roasted root veggies, or smoky sweet potatoes, or succotash, or what have you, and eat them throughout the week. I might vary up the fruit from day to day, as I do at lunch.

    Some people might find that really boring, and if that's you, it's okay to vary. But if you like having the same thing, then do it!
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    Work day breakfast is usually cereal and soy yogurt, fruit and coffee. Sometimes I get crazy-exciting and have a protein shake or a takeaway sandwich/bagel.

    Work day lunch is either a salad, a sandwich, a jacket potato or last night's leftovers. I vary the protein/filling but if this week I bought a big pack of chicken, it's chicken all week, so if Monday was chicken salad, Tuesday is a chicken sandwich, Wednesday is chicken and leftover egg fried rice from Tuesday night's tea, etc.
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    CrabNebula wrote: »
    alyssawentland wrote: »
    On Sundays I make and prepare all my breakfasts and lunches for the work week. So Monday through Friday I have the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day. It doesn't bother me at all and it's so convenient. It also keeps me from going out and spending money at lunch. I cook different dinners every night.

    Pretty much this.

    Same here. Sometimes, I'll do breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. But I change them each week. Even small changes like different flavors of yogurt or preparing my eggs differently keeps things from getting too stagnant.

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