Mostly the same foods each day?

Having a diverse diet is just as important as changing up your exercise routines. Your body will get used to both and start working against you if you don't change it up once in a while. I would suggest every two weeks. It generally takes your body 2-4 weeks to become to used to the same diet and workout routines, so changing it up a bit every 2 weeks (or 3 weeks) will really help out!
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Vitamins are important to have ( I wouldn't worry about changing them at all ). which ones are you taking and what's your weight loss goal?

Eat what you like. As long as you stay within your macros you will be okay.

I find eating the same things particularly easy to track, as long ad they are nutrient rich

The only issue I see is, you might want to add a dairy in there somewhere... I only say that for bone health and the other things calcium does.... but other than that.... I see no issue with just eating the same meal over and over and over. It would save on grocery shopping

I am the same way! There are some things I just never have gotten tired of and really crave. I have had a smoothie for breakfast for about 4 years now (even on weekends) with a little tweaking over time, I usually eat the same snacks throughout the week- gala apple, reduced fat cheese, cucumbers and hummus, Greek yogurt with honey, dry high fiber cereal, nuts - and recently I have begun baking chicken breasts on Sunday for lunch all week (as well as a quick protein snack). There is still plenty of room for variety, but as a busy person, I find it makes it easy to plan the day's eating and provides healthy choices when I don't have time to think about it.

I do try to make sure I am balancing fruits, vegetables, protein whether meat or not, and dairy, but don't worry if a day is heavy in one thing and light on another as the overall week is pretty balanced.

*Edited to add this link- not that I am a Dr. Oz follower, but if you Google the topic there are lots of articles to back up the idea of automating your diet a bit to help in weight loss.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/327054-eating-the-same-meals-helps-lose-weight/

Do you not eat dinner?

He said, dinner and weekend meals are varied cause his wife makes them

Sorry, didnt read it properly.

Your body does not "adjust" to the foods you eat in terms of weight-loss. You can continue to create a calorie deficit eating the same foods day in and day out -- however this is just the weight-loss portion of your question.


A secondary issue is micronutrient deficiencies (or even macro deficiencies). For example suppose your daily diet is fat deficient or deficient in a specific vitamin. Over the course of a day or two, or a week or two, you might not have any issues by neglecting your need for that macro or micronutrient. But over the course of months, you might start to have health issues.


I would not recommend eating exactly the same thing every day unless you've got a good handle on what your body needs nutritionally.

I eat the same meals every day... and have done so for the last year with slight variations:

B: 3 fried eggs, 2 fried tomatoes with parmesan cheese
L: salad with chicken or tuna
baked chicken or salmon and veggies or salad
Snacks: celery, almonds, chocolate
lots of hot sauce
vitamins and minerals
coffee, full fat cream

this works for me and I have had steady weight loss and absolutely no hunger

I eat a lot of the same foods every week, too. I wish MyFitnessPal would alphabetize the list so that I don't have to waste time looking for them. I also exercise about the same amount every week. I'm still losing weight so if it's not broke...I'm not fixing it.