eating the same things every day....
cottagegirl71
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I find I get into a pattern and it just makes it easier for me not thinking too much about food. Do you eat basically the same stuff everyday? Please share!
Me:
B: black coffee and eggs of some style
S: pepperoni stick
L: veg salad with protein/fat (guac, cheese, leftover meat, etc)
S: nuts
meat and veg
S: if I really want it - a little wine and dark chocolate or berries
Boring I suppose but I like it all
Me:
B: black coffee and eggs of some style
S: pepperoni stick
L: veg salad with protein/fat (guac, cheese, leftover meat, etc)
S: nuts
meat and vegS: if I really want it - a little wine and dark chocolate or berries
Boring I suppose but I like it all
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I quite enjoy getting into a routine where every day the meals are the same. However I also shake it up now and then with some changes. This week is a departure from my normal regimen.
Usually, all my days are like this:
Coffee 1st thing in the am
Cardio 60 - 90 minutes
Start work
1st meal ~ 9:30 or 10:00 - spicey stirfried pork with vegetables
More work
Tea after noon
More work
2nd meal ~ 14:30 or 15:00 - pork roast with lowcarb bbq sauce and vegetables
Finish work
Snack ~ 17:00 - hard sausage or olives or pisachio nuts
My weeks also follow a fixed pattern. Sunday I do a big pork roast which lasts me most of the week. I use the bone(s) to make a bone broth (simmer 2 days). So I have the stirfry & roast pork on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and sometimes Thursday. On Tuesday the bone broth is ready and I use that to make a batch of my low-carb BBQ sauce, that I then use the following week with my roasts. Fridays I might find something else to eat, or I might fast. Saturdays I usually fast. Then Sunday it starts all over again with stirfry in the morning and roast in the afternoon.
My diary is open for browsing, but again this week has been an anomaly as I'm mixing things up. I'll likely return to my routine again starting this Sunday.1 -
I totally agree. The less I have to think about food the easier it is. And w LCHF and IMF not hungry between meals which makes it even easier.
Breakfast - coffee black
Lunch - eggs w 1/2 avocado (bacon on weekends)
Dinner - protein w veg or salad. (My veg are usually broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, cabbage or brussel sprouts)
If I really need a snack I gave a piece of cheese or tbsp of real peanut butter.
If we go out or have company I add one (or 2) small glasses of red wine.1 -
Absolutely, the only way I can get started and not stray. I am just starting again, so to really make it easy for myself I have an "acceptable" food list that starts out extremely short (eggs, turkey sausage, chicken , cheese, mayo). I eat only from that (as much as I want, when hungry). Once that gets routine and easy, I add in another item or two, etc Until I have a decent list of choices.
This way I always have a choice of what to eat when hungry. Its just a limited choice, but still a choice.
It helps that I have low standards for food too I can eat the same thing every day (and have) for YEARS. Variety is not really a need of mine. The more I eat the same thing, the more I start looking forward to it. 1 -
I don't eat the same things every day but I definitely have a small rotation of things that are familiar and I know how they work into my day. For example, I don't have tuna salad every day but when I do have it, I know the exact ingredients and how to log it.1
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I've enjoyed eating the same menu week after week, but I'm worried now that with winter coming to an end a lot of the foods Ive eaten will be going out of season. So I'm going to have to adjust my menu2
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cottagegirl71 wrote: »I find I get into a pattern and it just makes it easier for me not thinking too much about food. Do you eat basically the same stuff everyday? Please share!
Me:
B: black coffee and eggs of some style
S: pepperoni stick
L: veg salad with protein/fat (guac, cheese, leftover meat, etc)
S: nuts meat and veg
S: if I really want it - a little wine and dark chocolate or berries
Boring I suppose but I like it all
Yep.
Low-carb yogurt and coffee
Big *kitten* Salad
Meat + 3 servings veggies cooked in fat
Pork rinds + cheese snack
6-days a week.
Boring, but I'm happy with it.
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I have the same breakfast all weekdays which is coffee with cream. Lunches I vary between the same few things...double cheeseburgers w/o buns from McD's, Chargrilled chicken club w/o bun at Cookout, leftover chicken wings, or other leftovers. As for dinner we get wings every Tuesday. I usually make ribs once a week. The rest of the week varies.3
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I try to mix things up a bit. Today I had a serving of nuts (cashews today) for breakfast since I hadn't eaten since 4:30pm Wednesday but usually I only have tea for breakfast. Then for lunch I had a grilled chicken Cobb Salad with two extra chicken breasts with iced tea and a LC protein bar for dessert. Tonight after I work out I will probably finish off my leftover Boca ground crumble green chile burrito filling over romaine lettuce with tomatoes and a serving of guacamole (AKA lettuce tacos). If I workout later I might have another serving of nuts or a raw rev glo bar but I try not to double up on protein bars in one day.
Tomorrow is looking like Chicken salad over a bed of greens for lunch and possibly a miracle rice stir fry and/or protein shake if I work out extra hard. If the wife wants to go out to dinner tomorrow then it will probably be a vegan Thai spicy "chicken" salad with golden tofu or "chicken" satay.
I've been battling allergies run amok this week so I haven't been working out as much but I feel better today so my meals change depending on my calorie burn.
There are so many different food options out there I have a hard time sticking to the same thing day in and day out. If anything I eat grilled chicken salads pretty regularly and if there are leftovers I might have them two or three days in a row.
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Same with me.
B: Vega 1 protein shake.
S1: Adkins bar
S2: 1/3 cup dry roasted nuts.
L: Serving raw peppers, Cocktail Smokies.
S3: Kirkland protein bar.
S4: 1.5 x 1/3 cup salted peanuts
S5: 2 pepperoni sticks. meat + veg.
S6: (if a weight training day) whey protein shake.
Very little variation in there other than dinners to keep my wife happy and not bored
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My first meal is almost always bacon and eggs and an avocado. I tend to just eat two meals, and sometimes a snack. The snack is almost always almonds. Dinner is a rotation of chicken, ground beef, pork chops, streak, fish, and shrimp - with a veggie, usually broccoli or green beans.
I occasionally get bored and decide to make something fancy, but 95% of the time I make each of those meats the same way, usually in a way that requires little prep time and effort. Bake the pork chops, I have been roasting a whole chicken lately and love that (previously I would bake chicken thighs). brown ground beef and make a taco salady type thing, etc.
I've just never tired of the bacon and eggs, its a glorious meal and I love everything about it. With the dinners maybe I rotate through enough not to get bored.1 -
I cook. Love to cook, even. So, I create and look for ways to make my favs. Last night I made Keto mushroom chicken pot pie. Tonight is chili and "cornbread". This weekend I'm going to try out a chicken and dumplings idea (challenge I've accepted in another thread). I make cheesecake, cookies, brownies, etc that are also Keto. This weekend I'm going to attempt a pumpkin cheesecake. I need variety in my menu and It helps me continue on.5
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I am zero carb so most of my meals are very similar I probably eat beef, lamb and occasionally pork every day and have coffee with cream3
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I eat pretty much the same mon-fri then in the weekends have more time to cook and I am not as strict.
Breakfast is coffee
Lunch is a salad with spinach, eggs, pickle, ginger, cheese, olives and sometimes meat.
Dinner is always meat and vege.
It works for me and I always pre log my day so I know what I am having.1 -
Actually when I ate high carb I ate the same foods over and over. It was so bad if I got hung up talking in the parking lot my "usual" would be on "my" table when I came through the door.
Since Oct 2014 I have only eaten to regain my health. Now at 66 I plan to just keep doing the same. I will change it up from time to time if the mood strikes but improving my health is job #1.4 -
I cook. Love to cook, even. So, I create and look for ways to make my favs. Last night I made Keto mushroom chicken pot pie. Tonight is chili and "cornbread". This weekend I'm going to try out a chicken and dumplings idea (challenge I've accepted in another thread). I make cheesecake, cookies, brownies, etc that are also Keto. This weekend I'm going to attempt a pumpkin cheesecake. I need variety in my menu and It helps me continue on.
I'm a cook and consider myself a foodie. I have a few keto desserts that I make from time to time. I like finding the savory recipes. As I prefer salty and crunchy to sweets. So I am stealing CRZYFTM's pot pie recipe. My chili has always been keto. No beans. I will be breaking my current fast with bison stuffed peppers. I have to mix it up, I have items that are in my rotation, but I don't always cook my wild caught salmon the same way.
I am currently playing around with home made salad dressings, because I don't want canola or soybean oil in my dressing.
I do IF, so most mornings are coffee with some cream or maybe coconut oil if I am doing an extended fast. Lunches are salads with all kinds of groovy things added. Tuna is a fav of mine along with chicken. I mix sardines with the tuna for a seafood salad, that kind of stuff. Dinner anything goes. I use a spiralizer a lot these days. Stir fries on a bed of lettuce is in the rotation. I love using cauliflower instead of potatoes, so I have a number of dishes using it.
I posted my last night's dinner in the thread, ribeye steak topped with duck liver mousse, with keto cole slaw, nothing boring there.
I am loving this way of eating and cooking.2 -
I eat the same thing nearly every single day. I have even had the same meal, 2-3 times a day, for over a month straight. At some point, it just became easier to not vary my meals. Easier to shop. Easier to meal plan. Everything is easier.7
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I pretty much eat the same types of food every day. Breakfast is always buttered coffee, eggs and breakfast meat (bacon/sausage) Lunch is a salad with the same toppings except the meat which could be pork steak, cubed steak, round steak, chicken thighs cooked in butter. and then dinner if I eat dinner is usually a salad, or sliced raw vegies and hot sauce, something quick simple and easy. I don't vary too much. If I want to shake things up a bit, I will have breakfast for dinner.1
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Yep, it's just a lot easier for me & hubby to stick with the same foods for the most part.1
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If it was just me, I might eat the same thing every day. As it is, I do eat a fairly limited menu.
B - coffee or nothing
L - weekday this is usually something I made over the weekend in the crock pot consisting of a meat with seasonings and added fats. I might throw in some zucchini or miracle rice. Then I frequently add some celery with almond butter, sunflower butter or tahini.
D - eggs or meat with veggie is the menu most of the time. The primary variation is trying something new to get my wife (vegetarian) and daughter (super picky adolescent) to eat healthier. I am willing to try lots of various recipes to find something they like. Actual steamed fresh broccoli has gone over great since getting this bamboo steamer. Also, zucchini lasagna and baked cauliflower casserole are two of my wife's favorites now.
As a treat, I break out the smoker when I can. I just made several armadillo eggs (pepper stuffed with cheese, enclosed in ground sausage and wrapped in bacon) and some bacon crusted ribs this weekend. These are both awesome right of the smoker and heated up as left overs. Almost any meat on a smoker is going to turn out well, IMHO.2 -
I don't eat the same things every day, but I like to stick to what I know and like, so I eat the same things on a regular basis....
No breakfast. I have cultivated the agreeable habit of not eating anything until around 11.00am or so...
Then, probably, I'll have something to tide me over during the afternoon, like a couple of slices of ham, or a HB egg...
Then dinner. A half chicken maybe, and a bit of green salad, home-made Italian dressing with chunks of blue cheese and a half-dozen halves of walnuts...
another day I might have Polish sausages and sauerkraut.... then again, perhaps a tub of full-fat cottage cheese, with chopped almonds and olives....
Of course, sometimes, I'm governed by work breaks, the times of which are imposed by management.... so i work round it....
Goodness, I love food.....0 -
I switch it up every week. On weekends I go to farmers market or butcher shop for meat and veggies that I will make on Sunday for the week. My snacks are typically the same week to week. Boiled eggs, string cheese, bone broth, bacon, zucchini chips (I do change the dips), nuts and seeds...I have the staple meals I like but I try to cook atleast one meal different every time for the week- breakfast meals I'll do cooked eggs or casseroles, dinners ill do salads to traditional meals. Going to cook a rabbit in a week or so, bison roast and pork ribs in my freezer for future. Chicken breast this week for dinner with whatever sides I choose. I buy foods at the market that are good deals and set them up for meals in the future. Makes planning a lot easier and it's constantly changing week to week.0
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I love the idea of keeping it simple, but as much as I tell myself food is only fuel.... I just can't bring myself to eat the same thing over and over. I do have a general plan though. I try to food prep a few key dishes on Sunday to mix & match and ensure I have 3 higher-protein breakfasts available on run days.
I almost always do a large Sunday supper to provide at least 2 or 3 days days worth of supper leftovers or convert to work lunches. In the colder months, I make lots of soups for work (different soup each week). Summer months I seem to gravitate towards salad type meals for work lunches. I supplement those with odds and ends that strike my taste buds on shopping or food prep day.2 -
I suppose I have my go to things for breakfast and lunch. Decaf with 1/2 and 1/2, eggs, cream cheese, cottage cheese, avocados, Greek yogurt, leftover meat, salad with canned tuna, sardines. Peanut butter...
I cook our late meal of the day nearly every day so if it can be made with beef, chicken, pork, seafood, fresh North Carolina fish, dairy, eggs, vegetables, dairy, berries, nuts/oils, herbs and spices...I'll make it. I always add a starch for my husband.1 -
I don't eat the same things, but I am pretty predictable. Almost every breakfast is 2 eggs, HWC in coffee, 2 slices of bacon and sometimes some leftover meat from the supper the night before. I eat canned chicken or fish with nuts for lunch at my desk a lot if things are busy.1
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A while back I did a month eating only 10 things: https://forum.whole30.com/topic/26685-w30-project-x/
and then last year I did a thing where I just ate the same meal (ground beef & zucchini) every meal for a month: https://forum.whole30.com/topic/40769-monomeal-mania11/
Just fun gimmicky things, but dang, it was definitely easy to shop & cook!7 -
My lunches are always the same. My dinners do vary only because hubs would not be happy eating the same dinner every night. I don't/won't cook "special" for him.1
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2c black coffee for breakfast. Always.
Lunch at 3 or 4 pm - if I'm lazy or in pain it's pepperoni/cheese/pickled egg, otherwise it's whatever I pull out of the fridge which is always full of interesting things (I just don't always feel up to food prep)
Supper with hubby at around 6 or 7 pm is whatever meat is on sale that week (or pull out of stock in our freezer) with a couple of different veg. He has rice or noodles if it's something that 'normally' goes with the main part of the meal.
Midnight meal at work is a low carb protein bar/chips/shake.
I almost never plan ahead unless he puts in a request for a certain meal ie. Thai Red Curry with Prawns or Mediterranean Burgers (with accompanying cuke raita and shredded lettuce).1
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