Consistency!
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All of the above 💪🏼@jyoti_0
I’m a Leo, and it’s very easy for me to stay consistent regardless of what it is. I don’t quite think it has to do with your zodiac sign. You are greater than simply “ a virgo”.
Anyways, maybe it’s easier for me to eat the same meals every day because of working in construction my whole life, usually working 5-6 days a week 10 hours a day. Where I’m at a point of not having to over think “what am I taking for food today?!?”
Eating the same meals everyday, allows me to stay on point with my calories and macro ratios. And yes, of course there are days where I may eat a meal or two slightly different to what’s planned; however, at the end of the day, food for me is simply energy for my body to accomplish my greater purpose .
Anyways, thanks for all the responses everybody! Keep ‘em coming!
Ps, I deal with grown *kitten* men and women who give each other a hard time every day so don’t be afraid to say what’s really on your mind 😉1 -
Eat the same meals dailyI_AM_ISRAEL wrote: »@jyoti_0
I’m a Leo, and it’s very easy for me to stay consistent regardless of what it is. I don’t quite think it has to do with your zodiac sign. You are greater than simply “ a virgo”.
Anyways, maybe it’s easier for me to eat the same meals every day because of working in construction my whole life, usually working 5-6 days a week 10 hours a day. Where I’m at a point of not having to over think “what am I taking for food today?!?”
Eating the same meals everyday, allows me to stay on point with my calories and macro ratios. And yes, of course there are days where I may eat a meal or two slightly different to what’s planned; however, at the end of the day, food for me is simply energy for my body to accomplish my greater purpose .
Anyways, thanks for all the responses everybody! Keep ‘em coming!
Ps, I deal with grown *kitten* men and women who give each other a hard time every day so don’t be afraid to say what’s really on your mind 😉
" You are greater than simply “ a virgo”."- completely agree!
"don’t be afraid to say what’s really on your mind"- that's what I did, just poked fun on all of us1 -
I_AM_ISRAEL wrote: »Some of y’all need to practice more self control if you automatically give up in your minds with the, “I would lose my mind and go insane if I had to eat the same thing everyday!” Mentality.
Seriously, how do you know? Have you tried it? There are billions of people who are impoverished in this world “eating the same meals everyday” and they’re probably more joyful than a vast majority of us.
Come on, stop with this I quit before even trying mentality!
Try something uncomfortable for once in your lives, that’s challenging, that way you can at least have some anecdotal opinions about it.
“Oh ya, I tried that and it did not work!” Is a lot better than “nah I’ll lose my mind, without even trying it for a week”.
Why does one's nutrition need to be "challenging"? I don't think getting good nutrition with variety and staying healthy and fit has to be something that is particularly challenging. I mean maybe if you're trying for some kind of elite physique or elite physical capabilities, but that's not gen pop. I'm 48 years old with a wife and kids, career, home, hobbies, etc. My life doesn't revolve around my diet. I just want to be healthy and fit. I'm not an elite athlete. I'm not a bodybuilder. I'm not a physique competitor or athletic competitor of any kind. I just like having nice blood work and maintaining a healthy weight and aesthetically looking pretty decent on the beach or poolside. I don't need to go to any kind of extreme or challenge to achieve those things. Basically I go by the 90/10 "rule"
As for trying something uncomfortable and challenging? I've done plenty of that, which was in no way related to something as benign as my diet. I grew up poor and have far exceeded what was expected as my lot in life. I served in the Marine Corps in a combat ready unit. I put myself through college in 8 years working full time and just scraping by financially and going plenty hungry often enough with plenty of mono-meals to last me a lifetime.
I just don't see what you're talking about as some kind of valiant or necessary struggle.
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"Planned Hedonic Deviation."
Utterly brilliant phrasing!I_AM_ISRAEL wrote: »Some of y’all need to practice more self control ...
...and that's what I get for going to bat for somebody, suddenly a phrase comes along which completely reverses situations. It seemed like posters were ganging up, I stood up, and suddenly the "victim" lashes out. I'll just step quietly over to the side here and reconsider participating in future such situations.5 -
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One size does not fit all.
I'm team whatever doesn't seem like torture.
For some, it's a lot of variety. For some, it's no variety whatsoever. For some it's a mixture!
For some, it's "eating clean". For some, it's twinkies and ding dongs. For some, it's a mixture!
For some, it's high/low fat/protein/carbs/sugar/alcohol (take your pick or mix it up! )
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None of the above.
Shopping properly (shopping for my eating plan) is the best way for me to stay on point. Having a plan when I get to the store, and having those foods in my house.
I'm trying a meal planning desktop app to see if it makes it easier to try other/new things and add more variety without all the stress of trying to create shopping lists - first impressions it may be the missing link I was needing.
I can't stand eating the same thing every day, and I also do not do well feeling hungry...trial and error has taught me that I do best on a lower carb diet (not keto or no carb, but avoiding carb based foods - rice, potatoes, baked anything, sugary foods - pretty much does the job). I feel satiated and full after a meal and I lose weight relatively easily.
Issue is it is not a "cheap" way to eat, so if money is a major concern, I can't afford to eat that way very well. The last time I stuck to one the lack of variety got to me after a while when I started to get tired of the same types of meals with slightly different flavors - but the app may be changing that, even this first week alone I've tried some new recipes that fit the bill as far as macros but are delicious changes from my usual!0
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