People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day
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People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day
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Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day
#2I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, buy the groceries for the next 4 days, and skip dinner.
I fully recognize the non-typical nature of this routine, but if you find something that works for you, go with it.
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#3My breakfasts and dinner tend to be formulaic. Oatmeal and cottage cheese or yogurt for breakfast with the very occasional pause if I choose to grab breakfast with someone (though, I may just order the same thing at the restaurant), whip up some weekend pancakes, or eat the office breakfast. For dinner I keep it light and it’s usually salad or just some yogurt.
Mostly this is due to the reasons espoused in the article. They’re quick, healthy, and I am handling some of my specific health issues without thought. I suppose most important is that I like it.
Lunch is a party though. I’ll put way more effort into making that an adventure meal to balance things out.
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#4I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, bu…
Do you have a blog post or something that goes into detail about your routine? It sounds interesting.
Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day
#5I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, bu…
I worked at a startup that tried to optimize the nutrients and micronutrients including synergistic and antagonistic components and it was pretty hard task.
A blogpost regarding the recipies and your considerations would be interesting.
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#6My breakfasts and dinner tend to be formulaic. Oatmeal and cottage cheese or yogurt for breakfast with the very occasional pause if I choose to grab breakfast with someone (though, I may just order the same thing at the restaurant), whip up some weekend pancakes, or eat the office breakfast. For dinner I keep it light and it’s usually salad or just some yogurt. Mostly this is due to the reasons espoused in the articl…
I've been having the same breakfast (muesli, natural yoghurt and fruit with a gallon or so of black coffee) for over 30 years.
My lunches tend to be fairly similar - though they do vary.
Dinner varies a lot depending on season and what I fancy cooking and eating - I do like a lot of variety in evening meals, maybe as I am awake by then!
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#7I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, bu…
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#8I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, bu…
How do you know that you're getting enough of all the different micronutrients? Humans can eat a deficient diet for a long time and not notice serious side effects, so I'm wondering if you have some kind of good way of figuring out whether the different micronutrient quotas are fulfilled properly.
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#9I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, bu…
Do you have a blog post or something that goes into detail about your routine? It sounds interesting.
I don't have it posted, but it isn't that complex, so I can give a quick rundown here:
Breakfast - 2 eggs, scrambled with generous amounts of mushrooms and spinach, and a little cheese tossed in.
Lunch - Veggie mix that I chop up all together every few days - green peppers, pasilla peppers, green onion, yellow onions, eggplant, jicama, cauliflower, and whatever other root veggies looked good at the store - turnips, rutabagas, and such things. I stir-fry them with lime juice, tomato paste, fish sauce, turmeric, coriander, ginger, and cayenne pepper. At the end, I add a little coconut milk, and it ends up being a decent approximation of a red curry.
Dinner - baked chicken wings with some hot sauce.
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#10I eat the same 3 meals a day, 5-6 days a week. I spent a couple years refining what meals give me the nutrition I need, with enough energy to code, and help me keep weight off. When I stop this routine, I put on weight fast, so I try to keep jobs that let me work from home and keep my routine. I will meal-prep 4 days at a time, consume those 4 days worth of meals, then have a day where I take my wife out to lunch, bu…
How do you know that you're getting enough of all the different micronutrients? Humans can eat a deficient diet for a long time and not notice serious side effects, so I'm wondering if you have some kind of good way of figuring out whether the different micronutrient quotas are fulfilled properly.
You are 100% correct. I did get vitamin deficient a few years ago, and worked with doctors to identify the deficiencies and resolve them, and have continued testing to make sure I'm doing OK. This routine is a result of that experience more than anything else. That is also one reason I go out to eat every few days - to get some variety into the mix.