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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

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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.

I think you are the one trying to say something but I can't figure out exactly what.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#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'?

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#33

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'?

Frozen food sounds like poverty dinner.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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post #26
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!

Sluggish?

Yeah, a "nice" and slow dinner.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#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.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#36

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'?

Frozen food sounds like poverty dinner.

and your blood pressure would be through the roof in no time

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#38

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?

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

#39

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.

Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

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I've eaten the same breakfast, and the same Sweetgreen salad for lunch (in 6-12 months streaks) for the past 5 years. The reason it works so well for me is the reduction in needing to make decisions every day, and feeling bad about having made the wrong choices.

I like this because this is in a part of my day where I need to focus on work, and being productive, and don't need to be distracted by food decisions.

I also LOVE food - so dinner, and weekends, are times where I actually love making decisions about where to eat, what to eat.

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