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Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by rkangel » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:32 PM UTC

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 enjoy cooking and food, but Huel (UK equivalent to Soylent) has allowed me to separate that from nutrition.

I often don't have the time and energy to plan and prepare healthy and enjoyable weekday lunches, so now they are all Huel. It's also very convenient if I'm travelling or busy at what would normally be a mealtime (Huel while driving is great).

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by newfocogi » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:34 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #38

jimhefferon wrote: post #35

One of the enjoyable things about surfing is when you find there are other people like you. Almost every day since the mid-80's, I have what I call a Tarnower lunch: half a can of pineapple chunks, half a can of mandarin oranges, a dollop of cottage cheese and a few walnut pieces, along with a small bran muffin. Tastes fine, not too bad nutritionally, and no congnitive overhead.

Is there something surfing specific to that meal choice or otherwise nutritionally useful for the activity? Or just the pleasantness of random taste profile aligning with someone else’s? And what do you do with the other half of the can of pineapples?

I am guessing gp meant "surfing" as in the internet, not waves.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by loco5niner » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #38

jimhefferon wrote: post #35

One of the enjoyable things about surfing is when you find there are other people like you. Almost every day since the mid-80's, I have what I call a Tarnower lunch: half a can of pineapple chunks, half a can of mandarin oranges, a dollop of cottage cheese and a few walnut pieces, along with a small bran muffin. Tastes fine, not too bad nutritionally, and no congnitive overhead.

Is there something surfing specific to that meal choice or otherwise nutritionally useful for the activity? Or just the pleasantness of random taste profile aligning with someone else’s? And what do you do with the other half of the can of pineapples?

Perhaps this is "surfing" the web?

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by jniedrauer » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC

izzydata wrote: post #19

Mirioron wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I do something similar and after 7 years I discovered I was severely Vitimin D deficient. Thanks to an article that was posted recently about UV not penetrating glass.

Vitamin D deficiency has a lot to do with your climate. It's not realistic to get all of your vitamin D from food no matter what. I'm guessing you live in Seattle or some other place where you forget what the sun looks like sometimes?

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by izzydata » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:54 PM UTC

colmvp wrote: post #43

izzydata wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do something similar and after 7 years I discovered I was severely Vitimin D deficient. Thanks to an article that was posted recently about UV not penetrating glass.

Do you experience symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency?

Yea and I had no idea what it was or that anything could be done. Some could be a coincidence, but it seems pretty likely to be the cause to me. Over the last few months there has been a constant pressure in my lower back that has since gone away. A foggyness in my head has since gone away. Maybe it is some confirmation bias since taking supplements for awhile now, but the change seemed drastic.

Getting less than 5 minutes of sun per month and never eating any foods that contains Vitimin D such as fish for several years might be to blame.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by jniedrauer » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

YUMad wrote: post #48

'Zerocarb' here. I don't insist on eating the exact same thing, but what I eat is quite limited - meat, animal fat, salt and water. I started this because of health issues, but I grew to like the simplicity of it as well. I can eat one large meal and not feel hungry or exhausted the whole day, and I can easily find adequate food without being fussy in most environments. For example, McDonalds burger patties are 100%…

I hope you get some fiber with that...

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by izzydata » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 4:57 PM UTC

jniedrauer wrote: post #54

izzydata wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do something similar and after 7 years I discovered I was severely Vitimin D deficient. Thanks to an article that was posted recently about UV not penetrating glass.

Vitamin D deficiency has a lot to do with your climate. It's not realistic to get all of your vitamin D from food no matter what. I'm guessing you live in Seattle or some other place where you forget what the sun looks like sometimes?

I live in Kansas. I just don't go outside ever. I was always told I was at high risk of melanoma due to my mother having it so I learned to stay indoors. I start burning within 15 minutes of peak sun.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by jniedrauer » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 5:02 PM UTC

I cycle through about 5 different meals, with almost no meat consumption, and whole grains and slow carbs like whole wheat bread and quinoa. Buying the same things every time makes shopping easy. For most of the last decade, I've also been on an OMAD/intermittent fasting routine. It's helped me become extremely well fat adapted, kept my weight under control, and kept my teeth in very good condition.

Fair warning, it did reduce my BMR noticeably. On days when I'm not active, 1400 kcal is maintenance for me. This, and extreme fat adaption, has advantages for me as a long distance hiker since I can carry less food. But if you like to eat, long term OMAD might be a bad idea.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by scruple » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 5:06 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #32

Knew a couple, had a stack of frozen dinners delivered every week, put them in a standup freezer. Whoever got home first had to take the top two dinners, put them in the oven for dinner. No picking thru the stack; no arguing over who got what. Does that count as 'the same dinner every day'?

This made me think of the Chinese practice of zuoyuezi (坐月子) [0] which translates to "sitting the month" and refers to what we know as postpartum confinement in the West, and which includes a fairly strict diet for postpartum mothers.

Many women who practice this in the US will pay someone to prepare these meals for them a week at a time (they will come to your home and basically do meal prep for the week with the last few days worth going in to the freezer). There is a company in SoCal [1] that will prepare the meals and ship them to you frozen, I believe, as well.

I don't know if they're actually healthy or not but you'd hope they would be better than processed foods.

And I guess my point is that money can buy you just about anything. If you want healthy, frozen, ready-to-eat meals, they can be had for a price.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_confinement#China

[1]: https://www.postpartummeal.com/zuo-yue-zi/

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by jniedrauer » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 5:09 PM UTC

izzydata wrote: post #57

jniedrauer wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Vitamin D deficiency has a lot to do with your climate. It's not realistic to get all of your vitamin D from food no matter what. I'm guessing you live in Seattle or some other place where you forget what the sun looks like sometimes?

I live in Kansas. I just don't go outside ever. I was always told I was at high risk of melanoma due to my mother having it so I learned to stay indoors. I start burning within 15 minutes of peak sun.

I'm not a doctor, and I'm sure you've gotten good information. But you don't need that much sun to get your vitamin D. 15 minutes is enough for a whole week.

I've found for me personally that vitamin D supplementation helps, but my tendons/muscle attachments are still weak and injury prone unless I get some real sun.