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People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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Post by QuantumGood »

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?

Wouldn't that be the third derivative, change in changes, heteroscedasticity?

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Post by jacobush »

ChristianGeek wrote: post #324
thrownaway954 wrote: post #154

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"I found the peacefulness and simplicity of not having to stress out about where to go for lunch" very often in life, we mistaken boredom for peacefulness. a simple and stress-free life can be just as, if not more, rewarding then the hectic one we leave behind.

Mistaking boredom for peacefulness is like mistaking a placebo for a cure; if the net effect is what you’re going for, it doesn’t matter.

Vaguely dissonant with username but I like it. :)

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Post by RobertRoberts »

SpikeDad wrote: post #316
RobertRoberts wrote: post #301

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I agree, I've had the same experience with exercise and food. I consistently eat one meal a day right now. The reason is that I simply don't need that much, and I am really hungry by dinner time. But if I want to eat lunch I do. The "appreciate food" angle was what really helped get into intermittent fasting. The fact that my food tasted _so_ much better (the same food as always) made me appreciate feeling hungry for…

>I found food intake was the primary mover for weight control, not exercise Excellent point which people seem to not understand. The amount of calories you burn running an hour can be equal to a very little amount of food - one candy bar. Naturally ignoring the fitness benefits of exercise a small reduction in calories can equal a lot of heavy exercise.

It's a bit of a sensitive subject for some people. They just don't want to face the fact that their appetites/habits are the single biggest obstacle to good health and weight control.

A friend pointed out to me once "food has a lot of energy in it." I have never measured a candy bar's actual effects, but I suspect it would take a few miles of running to use one up?

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Post by saltybytes »

When I announced the birth of my child the company I worked with fired me instantly and living off one income (my spouse was still working) was tough. Money got so short that I started looking for cheap but "healthy" food options. I decided on organic potatoes. For the last 2 years I have been boiling 5 potatoes for lunch (exactly 32 mins on the stove), serving it with white balsamic vinegar, sunflower oil and salt. I feel with all the junk food around full of crappy soy and corn sirup this is the least bad alternative. It is always a challenge to feed myself especially when I train for a Marathon. I do lose weight during this period and very often I go to bed extremely hungry only to wake up at 4am for yet another training run. I stay focused and try not to spend any money on anything for me. Temptations are everywhere though! I only spend money to feed my child.

What I learned over the last 2 years is important: don't ever eat crap out of convenience - there's lots of healthy alternative options out there even if you live in a very expensive neighborhood (like I); never ever through out limp vegetables! You can still throw it in a pot with broth and make "soup/stew"; invest into your future (your kids) and don't be ashamed to admit your days are counted ...

I take this as a life lesson. Once I have a job again, I will appreciate food even more.

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Post by bpye »

Mirioron wrote: post #329
bpye wrote: post #279

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Is there any easy way to know if you suffer vitamin D defeciency? I'm in Vancouver, and especially at this time of year you end up inside for pretty much all the daylight hours Monday-Friday.

It's diagnosed through a blood test. As far as I know, you can't really diagnose it accurately in any other way. But in developed countries the rule of thumb on that is: Do you work outside in the sun? Do you eat a lot of fish? Do you take a vitamin D supplement? If you answered "no" to all of these questions then you probably have a vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is very common. > The National Health and…

Looks as though I should probably be making a doctor's appointment...

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Post by dragonsngoblins »

Moru wrote: post #249
icebraining wrote: post #223

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They spend money, you spend time. Maybe they find your expense wasteful.

I spend time cooking for the family and then eat the leftovers for lunch. Just like a lot of swedes do. Make a dinner that works in the microwave for lunch and you are all set. No time wasted on going to the restaurant and waiting for food. More time to talk over the lunchtable in peace. Maybe even switching lunch with a coworker.

See I eat lunch out so I can use those leftovers for dinner the next day. Gives me and my girlfriend more time to spend together or on our hobbies if we only have to cook every other night.

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Post by therealdrag0 »

codingdave wrote: post #9
tshaddox wrote: post #4

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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, r…

huh. Seems both tasty and healthy. Well done.

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Post by therealdrag0 »

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 wonder if you're less susceptible to glutinous desires too. If you find a food really tasty but don't know when you'll have it again, then you might be tempted to eat more than you should. But if it's daily meal that just tastes fine, then it's not that tempting to overeat, I suspect.

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Post by TACIXAT »

ricardobeat wrote: post #269
TACIXAT wrote: post #93

Like the person mentioned in the story with food allergies, I eat the same meal everyday for the same reason. I found a restaurant that will take care of cross contamination, and foods that don't make me feel sick. I'm going to milk this opportunity for as long as I can. I eat 3 beef patties, 2 chicken patties, and fries. For dessert I have some greasy corn tortilla chips. On the weekends I cook steak, brazilian chee…

Are you sure you have gains in health, considering you’re eating burgers, tortillas and fries only, every day?

Yea, besides the glib answer of me no longer wanting to die because of chronic sinus pain, I do think I'm better off.

I was very much living on sugar before. So I'm no longer making my pancreas work overtime. The repeated inflammation of sinuses was probably going to give me cancer [1], so I'm better off there too. Cutting out gluten (celiac) means my small intestine isn't getting destroyed and I'm probably absorbing way more nutrients than I did before.

My big risks right now are colon cancer when I'm older. I've been eating more vegetables on the weekends to make up for it. As I age I'll also phase out red meat. I don't see any immediate negatives now.

No question I have health gains. Every negative, body destroying thing I was eating is out. I feel great. Now it's just mitigating long term risk.

1. https://www.cancernetwork.com/colorectal-cancer/chronic-infl...

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Post by YinglingLight »

oids98d98s wrote: post #85
YinglingLight wrote: post #81

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Repetition is the only thing that creates change. No one on r/fitness or /fit/ is going to call you crazy for eating the same thing each day.

I have a ton of variety in my diet. But when you're a vegetarian (as I was), to maintain a reasonably nutritious diet requires some repetition. For example, getting certain protein and nutrients in one meal so you don't have to think about it in the others. I'm no longer a strict vegetarian (just mostly), but the diet habits I learned mean that my overall diet is better, lower calorie. I now think it's important for…

Gelatin is godlike http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/gelatin.shtml
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