Chicken breast and sweet potato diet

I love sweet potatoes. I chop about 3 of them up, put them in a bag with minced garlic, red pepper flakes, thyme, a little salt, pepper and about a tablespoon of coconut oil and shake the bag really well then cook them in the over for about 30 minutes on 400. Sweet and spicy! Lasts me about 3-4 days.

I often eat chicken and sweet potatoes, I've eaten it almost twice a day for several months now.
I eat a variety of other foods in addition though. I try to also have carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and other veggies along side. I cook/season differently so it actually tastes good. I eat other meats such as beef or pork for other meals during the day.
You will be missing out on a lot of other nutrients by limiting yourself to two foods. one example- Chicken is very low fat, and our bodies need fat to function. You will be sick of chicken before you hit your minimum fat intake.
I would also guess that 1600-1700 calories is not going to be enough for you, and you would need to eat A LOT of chicken and sweet potato to come up with that many calories. 1 chicken breast and 1/3 sweet potato (depending on size) is probably only close to 200 calories.
If 2000 is what MFP suggested to you, eat that much, don't subtract even more from it.

mhlew wrote: »

I just discovered how easy it is to bake chicken breast so I'm going to try eating 1 chicken breast and a 1/3 of sweet potato for breakfast and dinner (until I get bored of it) and for lunch just a healthy option since I'm not home during lunch hours.

Anyone ever done this and had success, along with exxersize?

No, I would hate having that little variety. Glad you are only doing it until you get bored with it, though. I agree that chicken and sweet potato is tasty -- you might want to add some veg and some source of fat too, since chicken breast (assuming it's the skinless type) is quite low fat.

Before I got married I ate salmon with a half of sweet potatoes and spinach every night. I had something different on the nights I did not come straight home but for the most part that was my dinner. I lived alone it was easy, quick and delicious. I was also 20 lbs lighter I have a co-worker that is in great shape and everyone goes to him for fitness advice. He said he eats bran cereal with almond milk every morning. He is ex military and very consistent. This guy never strays from routine. So I say it's all relative. If you are the kind of person that could stand to eat the same thing than go for it.

I think eating the same thing for breakfast every day is fairly normal. To then extrapolate it to getting most of your intake for the day from just two things is a bit of a stretch. Lunch and dinner are often the most varied meals and where the bulk of macros and micros come from. A wide and varied diet should be the aim.

I don't get bored eating the same things regularly so I can eat the same thing regularly and be perfectly fine. I eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and snack all of the time. And I usually rotate the same 3-4 dinners during the week as well. So as long as it's in your calorie goal, I don't see the big deal. You can always change up the way you season things to get a different taste.

mhlew wrote: »

I just discovered how easy it is to bake chicken breast so I'm going to try eating 1 chicken breast and a 1/3 of sweet potato for breakfast and dinner (until I get bored of it) and for lunch just a healthy option since I'm not home during lunch hours.

Anyone ever done this and had success, along with exxersize?

For two months, my coworker ate ground turkey/chicken and sweet potato/white potato 4-5 times per day plus a few protein smoothies and did lean out. He stopped because he lost too much weight and so looked smaller. (He's working on getting bigger, not smaller.)

He's planning to go back on it soon, but add extra carbs and calories on his workout days.

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

i mean, my dogs eat sweet potato and chicken every day but .... theyre dogs.

Yeah, but have they lost weight?