Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

theatlantic.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 350 posts

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#21

Post by el_cujo »

arethuza wrote: post #6
Moto7451 wrote: post #3

My 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!

>a gallon or so of black coffee

Is this hyperbole or do you actually drink a gallon of coffee every day?

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#22

Post by apo »

Article doesn't mention it, but I suspect one benefit is weight control.

If you eat something different every day, it's hard to be mindful of consuming too many calories. Especially given the high levels of fructose corn syrup in just about everything.

You can go broke even with a high paying job if you don't manage expenses. You can also get fat eating all the right foods but in too much quantity.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#23

Post by Allower »

apo wrote: post #22

Article doesn't mention it, but I suspect one benefit is weight control. If you eat something different every day, it's hard to be mindful of consuming too many calories. Especially given the high levels of fructose corn syrup in just about everything. You can go broke even with a high paying job if you don't manage expenses. You can also get fat eating all the right foods but in too much quantity.

not really, even just alternating between two meals satisfies the condition of 'something different everyday' and it wouldn't be hard to track calories whatsoever.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#24

Post by minikites »

apo wrote: post #22

Article doesn't mention it, but I suspect one benefit is weight control. If you eat something different every day, it's hard to be mindful of consuming too many calories. Especially given the high levels of fructose corn syrup in just about everything. You can go broke even with a high paying job if you don't manage expenses. You can also get fat eating all the right foods but in too much quantity.

I lost around 60 pounds nine years ago and the main way I keep it off is by eating roughly the same thing every weekday. I've "tuned" it over time to keep me full and avoid overeating and snacking.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#25

Post by ozzyman700 »

I have 5 bottles of soylent a day, I absolutely love it and don't see myself stopping. I dislike preparing, eating, and cleaning up so I just avoid it. Every month I get a shipment of soylent and that is all my food related chores done for the month once I bring the boxes up to my room.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#27

Post by betenoire »

skilled wrote: post #12

Once you start investing in healthy eating, you quickly realize that there are 3 types of food: healthy, sugary, and sluggish. You always get to choose which one you want, but it's exactly that: a choice!

I have to chose to eat things I don't want. Is that what your are saying? cuz I want sugar.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#28

Post by amerine »

ozzyman700 wrote: post #25

I have 5 bottles of soylent a day, I absolutely love it and don't see myself stopping. I dislike preparing, eating, and cleaning up so I just avoid it. Every month I get a shipment of soylent and that is all my food related chores done for the month once I bring the boxes up to my room.

I really enjoyed the Soylent cafe shakes as a breakfast replacement. Other diet things pulled me away, but those chai ones are amazingly nutritious.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#29

Post by blue4 »

ozzyman700 wrote: post #25

I have 5 bottles of soylent a day, I absolutely love it and don't see myself stopping. I dislike preparing, eating, and cleaning up so I just avoid it. Every month I get a shipment of soylent and that is all my food related chores done for the month once I bring the boxes up to my room.

Sounds like some of my own work, I hypothesized that the body doesn’t need food itself, merely the chemicals and elements it contains. So, what if I consumed only the raw ingredients the body uses for energy? Soylent was the obvious choice because our bodies do not need food.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#30

Post by turc1656 »

TremendousJudge wrote: post #18
randomacct3847 wrote: post #14

Honestly I think this is partially why Blue Apron failed...they overestimated how many people desire variety in dinner choices. Someone build a blue apron except for ingredients for weekly meal prep.

Blue Apron failed?

They've never made a profit in any year. And the last two years in a row their top line sales have declined. Furthermore, their stock price has gone from $10 to https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/APRN/financials?p=APRN
Post reply on HN