This might sound stupid....

Definitely nothing wrong with eating the same thing every day, so long as whatever it is meets your nutritional needs. It tends to be easier to "accidentally" hit all your nutritional needs with a varied diet, but thet doesn't mean you can't be perfectly healthy with repetition.

I meal prep lunches and have the same thing every day. When I do eat breakfast (which I'm currently not), it's the same too. It does change from week to week. Even dinners are generally similar, especially during the week - lean meat, some sort of carb and veggies or salad.

I tend to eat the same few meals in something of a cycle. The only real concern is that if your meals are too restricted you might miss out on some nutrient, but that's not a problem for most people. Eat a varied diet and do what you need to simplify your life :flowerforyou:

If you meal plan with nutritious food where you're hitting your caloric goal, getting all your micro nutrients, getting enough fiber and protein, and you find it sustainable rather than a bore, then that shouldn't be a problem.

It can become a problem if you have nutritional gaps in your meal planning and you eat the same thing everyday. Then you'll slowly get deficient in that nutrient/vitamin which may cause some symptoms in the long run.

My breakfast is the same on weekdays (my post workout shake with some fruit). Some differing flavors, but that's about the only difference.

I just can't eat the same thing day in and day out, although it may be a good way for me to lose weight because if I didn't have a choice I'd be put off by the same thing over and over again LOL.

That being said, I like to cook extra sometimes and freeze it in pre-measured "bento" containers and freeze them as easy grab-and-go meals. Just enough extra for one or two meals, and do that a couple/few times a week and you have a little bit of variety.

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Does anyone ever eat the same meals everyday? Is it bad for you? Is this something that people who meal prep may do? My schedule isn't the easiest with 3 boys so I'm looking for something to make it a bit more simple. Looking for all opinions as everything helps.

I usually eat the same thing over and over until I get sick of it, and move on to something else.

We eat pretty much the same things everyday. I cook a batch or two on Sunday and we eat it alternately for lunch or dinner. Breakfast is oatmeal with protein powder and a fruit, ground turkey 'scramble' made on Sunday (Turkey, spinach, tomato, onion) or an occasional omelet w veggies. Lunch and dinner consists of meat, starch and veggies. Each week they vary, but same components. I can't see how it would be 'harmful', but taking into consideration the kids, you may get some objections. My SO enjoys it also as it make meal time quick, I am not spending every evening in the kitchen for an hour or more cooking.

I eat the same breakfast Mon-Fri every week, Weetabix with fruit, I change the fruit up occasionally. On weekends I have some variation of eggs for brunch but change it up to keep it from getting boring, might have poached eggs/savoury omelette/sweet omelette/scrambled eggs/soft boiled eggs.

I usually make soup/pasta/salad for lunch but wouldn't eat the same thing every day, so would make a batch of soup and freeze half for the following week and then make pasta or salad for the days in between.

For dinner I make one batch of something and freeze a couple of portions so I can mix it up week to week, that way I have a couple of random meals to choose from in the freezer that can quickly be reheated. Normally make a fakeaway on a Friday.

What I eat until dinner is pretty much the same each day.

There might be a bit of variety when it comes to my fruit choices and flavours of yogurt, and about once or twice a month, I might do something different with lunch, but other than that, it's pretty much the same.

Dinner, however, changes.

I cycle between 2 different breakfasts and lunch variation is often just the type of meat to go with the salad and whether I have corn thins or not. Sometimes I have a stirfry instead. I normally cook enough tea to last several nights which means only cooking half the amount of times. I personally could not do the same thing day in day out but understand the need to save time with meal prep.

I meal prep on Sunday afternoons and I will prep 7 of each thing for the coming week. So for one week I will eat the exact same thing for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks but I may not necessarily repeat it from week to week. Most weeks I make my own recipe of home made oat bars and pair them with berries of some kind for breakfast; at least one snack is unsweetened applesauce with hemp hearts and the other is usually some kind of cut up raw veggies with home made ranch/dill dip. Lunch and dinner changes depending on what I feel like. It has been mentioned before that eating the same thing for 7 days straight can be a challenge and might cause people to get bored, so if you're going to do this just make sure it's something you can do. Otherwise you will find yourself eating out a lot. Also, from experience, make sure it's things you actually like. It's best not to experiment with a new recipe, and expect to eat it for 7 days lol . . . just some advice from my experience lol.

If you aren't one to get bored and give up, and you're eating the right kind of food every day, there's absolutely nothing wrong with eating the same thing each day. It makes portions, macros and nutrition ridiculously easy. Just make sure you're picking something well rounded for your dietary needs.

I totally get simple meals to streamline dinner. But there is a lot of potential to fall into "gobble and go" dining which is problematic. Not challenging your kids to eat a variety of foods can be problematic. So is not taking the time to teach kiddos cooking.

My boyfriend does. He'll cook a big batch of something once or twice a week and then eat it till it's gone. Usually rice topped with some vegetables and tofu. (he's vegetarian) Then he'll eat out once a week and have Subway or falafel, He's 148 pounds (very active - has a standing desk at work and all)

Myself, I rotate between a few meals. You can check out my diary, it's open.