Is your diet boring?

I am currently maintaining, but counting calories still.

I eat different things all the time because I love to try new things and I can be easily bored by repeating meals over long periods of time. I just make sure to log the calories. I know there are some studies that show that thinner people do tend to repeat meals, but I think you can lose/maintain weight while eating different things as long as you continue to monitor your calorie intake.

Are you limiting your idea of "healthy foods" too much and trying to cut too much from your diet. Sometimes I want some pasta (or whatever) and I just plan for it and log the calories. Any way of eating that you can only sustain for a little while is probably too limited for your tastes and your life.

I used to have issues like this. I had to expand my palate and constantly rotate. Instead of eating hardboiled eggs every morning forever and ever and ever..., I mix it up now with overnight oats, or a homemade mcmuffin. I then accommodate the extra breakfast calories by switching up dinner for a salad instead of something calorie heavy.

I don't substitute spaghetti with zucchini noodles or anything like that. If anything, I now enjoy going to the store and picking out new fancy cheeses or looking for new ways to dress up vegetables either by seasoning or dressing. If you stick with the same food every day, you'll get bored, and you'll want to quit. I'm a former quitter (lol) and it took looking at food a lot differently to finally "get it".

the problem is not the spaghetti - the problem is '3x the size it should be'

toppings sound yummy, but maybe control portion size?

You could have that meal for dinner, breakfast, and lunch if you only ate 1/3 each time - love cold spaghetti for breakfast, yum

I eat pretty much everything I enjoy, I just don't eat too much of it. And I exercise a lot more than I used to. It's all about calories in vs calories out. No magic shopping lists.

I do eat a variety of food and so I don't find it boring.I find eating to be more of a chore all the time. I feel it has become work with weighing, measuring, and logging everything all the time. This is what is usually my ruin I admit. I try to minimize this if I can. For example when I make something and I know I will be having it again the next day I will measure out two portions and put one aside that way I only have to grab it and eat instead of going to extra trouble. However even though I state that I put something aside and not to touch it my husband pretty much always eats my measured portion instead of getting his own. Also I try to log as many items for the day at one time if I know in the morning what I will be having that day.

I hate cooking, so I tend to eat the same easy meals a lot. Personal preference, I don't see it as boring.

Edit to add: I also have a few medical things that certain foods help or hinder, so that can be incentive for me to keep things "boring".

My woe is far from boring. Eggs, meat, fish, veg, stuffed peppers. Bolognese. Chilli. Salads with dressing. Taco. Burritos. Omelettes. Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Burgers. Meatballs. The list goes on.

I think some could look at what I eat and think it is boring, but I typically only eat food that I like.

I tend to make food in batches and then eat them for the whole week (unless I opt to freeze some portions for later). For example, had a hankering for chili, so made some, but it makes enough for 6 servings. So, I can either eat it every day for a meal all week or I can freeze some of it. Usually by the end of the week I am sometimes bored with eating it, so I don't make more until I get another hankering for it in a few weeks/months. Spaghetti sauce is something else I make in large batches, but I typically freeze some portions.

I also think that sometimes you hit on formulas of eating that seem to work well, so you just eat those things over and over as needed since it's just easier. For me, it just depends on my schedule and if I have time to be more creative. I do have a couple of 'go to' meals that I will use if I'm short on time, or don't feel like being creative - steamed garlic and lemon mahi mahi with steamed corn on the cob is one of my favorite meals. Super simple and easy.

I try to keep granny smith apples and berries around to snack on, and you'll see me eating them a lot. I also love sticks of cheese for snacking. Since I eat these things over and over, some might find it boring, but I love them, so they are treat for me every time. I do keep carrot sticks/chips around too for snacking, but I'm more of a fruit lover than a veggie lover. But I also sometimes work in normal potato chips into my intake for the day if that is what I really want. I also have beef jerky on hand if I want a mini-protein fix. It's not about limiting the types of food as much as it is about determining how much of it you can fit into your goals for the day.

You can eat boring, but it gets...well, boring...and isn't going to be sustainable over the long term. Or you can figure out how to make delicious meals/snacks that fit into your calorie limitations and macros. Will you have to make substitutions for some of your favorites? Maybe, depends on what your goals are.