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Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by Aramgutang » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:15 AM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #248

liveoneggs wrote: post #190

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not OP but I've eaten two eggs on toast every morning for a lot of my life

For some time now I've been tempted to start eating eggs on a toast for breakfast daily so I'm curious: has this impacted your bad cholesterol?

The notion that dietary cholesterol affects blood cholesterol is outdated, and is not supported by evidence (with some exceptions, e.g. for diabetics). Modern nutrition advisories no longer recommend limiting cholesterol intake.

Not OP, but I've been eating 3-4 eggs (usually hard- or soft-boiled, but occasionally scrambled with bacon or sausage, never with bread/toast though) almost every weekday morning for the past 5 years, and all my recent bloodwork has shown cholesterol levels in the healthy range.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by SubiculumCode » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:17 AM UTC

I'd think that the body might prefer having a largely stable, predictable diet that is overall nutricious, so that body optimizes itsself for it, while being supplemented to a smaller degree with a variety of smaller foods that can help cover any nutrition gaps.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by SubiculumCode » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:19 AM UTC

On the weekend I cook several large meals which I then eat as lunch throughout the work week. Usually beans and rice, and vegetable stirfry.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by fierro » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:28 AM UTC

0-_-0 wrote: post #193

munificent wrote: post #78

When my daughter was born during the recession, my wife and I went through a stretch where money was pretty tight. One obvious expense to cut was eating out for lunch every weekday. So I switched to bringing in lunch. For several months, I brought the same thing: granola, yogurt, and chopped melon. I love food and love variety, so I was really surprised to discover that I simply didn't get tired of it or resentful. E…

> So this actually increased the meta-variety of my eating Wait... did you just take the second derivative of your lunch?

that's where the nutrients are

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by fierro » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:30 AM UTC

When I was in college, I didn't eat the same meal every day. I ate the same ingredients every day. I did not know how to cook.

For dinner, I'd just each an entire package of sausage. That's all.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:35 AM UTC

beepboopbeep wrote: post #39

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.

5?! Pardon the wholly inappropriate comment, your innards must shine like polished steel.

I doubt it has time to touch the sides on the way through.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by nicky0 » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:45 AM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #151

ska wrote: post #146

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Not really. I would file this under misleading-but-true (although when I checked your numbers I came up with 630, not 588, still a bit shy of 2000cal/day so a little low for most people. However, it really relies on two things (three, if you count "no snacks at all or other drinks") 1 - diet drinks only. If you change your diet code to a medium coke you are now at 2500cal/day. So instead of a deficit, you have a surp…

I thought their hamburger as signature item would be what most people would get, but maybe not. I don't actually go to McDonalds myself so I was just going off their website.

Their signature item is the Big Mac

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by fudged71 » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 6:45 AM UTC

Mirioron wrote: post #8

codingdave wrote: post #2

I 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.

Use the app Chronometer to track micronutrients

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by barry-cotter » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 7:14 AM UTC

ip26 wrote: post #179

RobertRoberts wrote: post #98

I lived on the streets for a time as a teen. When I got off and had my first real place to live, I couldn't afford much. I had potatoes, butter (was like heaven) soy sauce and mustard. So that was my dinner for months. My co-workers thought I was crazy when I microwaved a potato and put soy sauce and mustard on it. I simply didn't have anything else. Later I got pickles and cheese (the greatest thing I had ever had u…

FWIW humans need more than potato & soy sauce in their diet to be healthy long term, so at least for that part wanting more doesn't seem like snobbery. (You can subsist on potatoes, and you can even do it for a while- but for example young children develop deformities if they lack certain vitamins, which potatoes do not have)

Really cheap nutritionally complete diets; potatoes and milk, rice and beans, peanut butter and bread. Note that these are all ~carbohydrates and protein.

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Post by chrischen » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 7:25 AM UTC

appleiigs wrote: post #198

elagost wrote: post #162

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Even though it must have been very difficult, living a harder life seems to have given you a super power to transcend the silly little things that everyone else seems to care so much about. Personally I find I get wrapped up in the little things quite often, and only after do I really understand I wasted so much effort on something meaningless. I'm not suggesting trauma tourism, but I am interested in a way to broade…

I flog myself by hiking and running long distances. You gain a bit of toughness when pushing yourself to the limit (exhausted and a bit hurt), while in a thunderstorm, and you are still 1 hour away from finishing. (And while we are talking about food. Intermittent fasting is a similar experience. Going hungry for a while makes you appreciate food in a different way.)

The expectation of food after fasting is such a great feeling–better than the act of eating itself.