Anyone eat the same thing everyday?

[Anonymous]

My eating, and therefore my weight, have spiraled out of control. It stresses me out to have to plan, shop and prepare food, so I usually do whatever is quick (and often unhealthy). I also binge eat as an emotional response.

Does anyone eat the same thing everyday? If so, what sorts of things do you eat?

[Anonymous]

For about half a year I ate the same thing every day, because I really liked it and it was easy. (Oatmeal, raspberries, avocados, tomatoes and a couple of other things) I wasn't trying to lose weight, but I did, it was great! Made shopping a lot easier

[Anonymous]

Yes. Anderson Cooper. Quote from an article in The Observer online magazine:

And then there is CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who eats the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for months in a row.
At times this has meant just scrambled egg whites three times a day, or baked potatoes, or oatmeal raisin bars,
or veggie burgers for every meal, month after month. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Not me but I knew a coworker who ate a salad for lunch and an apple for break every.single.solitary.day if we were both at work. She never deviated no matter what was going on ie potlucks, catering events, etc.

She used to be overweight (before my time) so I always figured that played into why she ate the same thing daily.

[Anonymous]

Yep! Only on weekdays though.

I don’t eat breakfast.
For lunch, I have a protein (either a small piece of chicken breast or a veggie pattie) and a whole tomato with cilantro, sliced.
Snacks are usually fruit or cucumbers, or both. Sometimes a yogurt.
Dinner is either chicken or beef with rice and veggies. I add stuff like salsas or stewed tomatoes.

[Anonymous]

I go in spurt, and according to my husband, have cravings like a pregnant woman.

So one month, my three meals might be:
B: Avocado toast, fruit salad
L: Poke Bowl with lots of veggies
D: Not that hungry, some cheese and crackers and an apple

Next month:
B: Self made "trail" mix: nuts, craisins, chocolate chips, etc
L: Brown rice lunch bowl in the mediterranean style from Roti or Cava, chicken, rice, veg, etc.
D: Black Bean burger, slices of avocado, etc., southwest salad bag from HT

(These are pretty representative, my body speaks loudly when it needs veg and protein

[Anonymous]

Yes. I will get hooked on something and eat it daily for months until I’m tired of it. Then I move on to something else. I can only do this for breakfast and lunch because I eat dinner with my husband and kids and they would hate it.

[Anonymous]

Breakfast and lunch, yes. Dinner we eat as a family and is varied.

Breakfast is 2 hard boiled eggs and an english muffin with a little real butter

Lunch is a salad and fruit or a healthy yogurt with fruit, depending on the time of year. We do a CSA and I only like the fresh, homegrown lettuce.

I'm not skinny, but I'm a healthy weight (5'6", 140) and I've been the same weight for about 15 years (I'm 42 now)

[Anonymous]

Yep. Breakfast is always about 6 hard boiled egg whites and two cups of coffee.

Lunch is either a turkey sandwich with tomatoes and light mayo on light rye bread and watermelon or salad (lettuce, mushrooms, cucumbers, and some type of meat or fish with balsamic vinegar) and fruit.

Dinner if I go to the gym is a banana and some walnuts. If I don’t, it’s usually whatever meat or fish I am cooking for my salad.

Weekends I make something else for dinner - usually fish.

[Anonymous]

I don’t eat the same thing for each meal, but I meal prep the following and put together meals that include a protein/vegetable/carb/fat. There’s lots of ways to combine the ingredients so it’s not as boring, but also keeps me on track and I can prepare enough for 2-3 days at a time (I don’t like cooking for a whole week because it starts tasting old and fries out).

1 ground or pulled meat (chicken, turkey, etc. Usually goes in tacos and on salad)
1 raw, whole meat (steak, salmon, pork loin)
1 deli meat
1 leafy vegetable
1 raw vegetable
1 cooked vegetable
1 fat for cooking (olive oil, coconut oil)
1 fat for eating (avocado, nuts)
1 grain (whole wheat bread, rice)
1 oat (usually steel cut oats I make overnight oats with)
1 fruit or starch veg (sweet potato, peaches)

[Anonymous]

I do to keep it simple, I get variety on weekends but it makes for easy planning during the work week and I've lost 20 pounds so far....

[Anonymous]

I eat oatmeal and turkey sausage every breakfast, a turkey or roast beef sandwich and a big salad for lunch, fruit and a small piece of cheese for an afternoon snack, then I mix it up at dinner.

[Anonymous]

Not exactly the same, but I do have a few go-to meals that I stick with for breakfast and lunch on weekdays.

Breakfast is either an english muffin with butter and banana slices, or a whole milk yogurt/skyr with berries. Both with black coffee.

Lunch is often a turkey sandwich with 2 slices of bacon, no cheese, veggies, mustard. Or raw veggies, 2-3 Tbsp. hummus, handful of pita chips. Or a big apple with 2-3 Tbsp. almond butter and a sprinkle of granola on top. All served with sparkling water.

Then at dinner I have one full plate of food, no seconds. On weekdays, no snacks, no desserts, no alcohol.