 My father eats the exact same thing in the exact same chair for breakfast every day of the year. Two hard-boiled eggs, well-done toast with a healthy smear of blueberry jam, a bowl of oatmeal with a drizzle from the honey jar and a large glass of ice-cold Florida orange juice. I’m the opposite, more the “variety is the spice of life” type of gal; fly by the seat of your (pajama) pants, if you will. I'm notorious for starting the day with leftover spaghetti carbonara on Monday, a peanut butter and banana sandwich on Tuesday and cottage cheese and fruit on Wednesday. That being said, there's always a piece of dark chocolate involved at some point in the A.M. spread. Just as some of us take the same route to work, meals can become almost methodical, ritualistic: a comfort to prepare and as trusty as Old Yeller. As it turns out, we really are creatures of habit. Par example:
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Although I do eat the same breakfast five days a week – Crispix/Coffee – I also eat the same lunch every day – two corn tortillas, turkey, cheese. And for dinner I have been eating green beans as a side dish for almost two years! Although I vary the main course – salmon mostly, but steak, pork chop, veal chop – the beans are a must, as is either a red potatoe or yam. And if I don't have my protein bar, same flavor for ten years, at 10:00am, I get very crabby. Seriously, what is that?
While I am adventurous with my food choices, I am also a creature of habit. I eat the same combination for breakfast every day: bowl of cereal, granola bar and coffee. While there is some variation in my choice of cereal and granola bar, it makes my life easy in the morning to know exactly what I need to grab and go.
I've been eating the same meal for lunch and dinner (tuna salad sandwich from Subway with lettuce and tomato) for about 3 yrs. Why? Because 3 years ago, I had a reaction to a prescription medicine and couldn't swallow for 10-12 days. I lived on a liquid diet for those days until I could finally manage tuna salad.
It's cheap (I eat half a foot-long, so I figure I'm spending about $6 per day for meals) and I'm working through lunch and at the keyboard during dinner so I want something that fits in my hand and doesn't get in my way while I'm working.
Not quite sure if this fits in with the subject but for the last 15 years or so I can only bear to eat white foods. No dairy, no meat only things like bread, pasta, rice, and crackers. I had really bad acid reflux as a teen so even when I eat a meal it has to small then I'll wait a couple days because I'm afraid to try again. Last friday my mother forced a silce of peach on me – I have not felt comfortable yet to eat again since even though I did not get sick.
I'll eat the same thing for any particular meal three days in a row. Not four; on the fourth day, it changes.
Every day during the school year is the same for breakfast and lunch...a Clif bar and coffee for breakfast and water and Chobani yogurt for lunch.
What an egocentric people we are–to think that anyone else cares about what we eat for breakfast. It's a version of the "status update," showing merely that we know how to talk about ourselves–and only in incremental moments. If only people would put this much effort into voting, picketing, protesting, volunteering, or doing anything that actually creates change! The fact that people only know or care about their own habits is pathetic! This is the longest discussion of any page I've seen on this site today.
Oh lighten up. Try it maybe you'll be happier. Most of us are just poking fun at ourselves and realizing we're not crazy and that there's others just like us. If you don't want to read these then don't.
My breakfast and lunch are pretty much the same everyday with the exception of some weekend lunches when I'm not at home. A couple of years ago I did decide to get a little wild so I started rotating my main course for breakfast. Prior to that it was always a bowl of Special K, 1/2 a grapefruit, 1/2 a bagel, a glass of orange juice, and one biscoff cookie with my decaf coffee. When I went out on the wild side I started rotating the Special K with regular oatmeal and blueberries, oatmeal with rasins, dates & walnuts, grits, 2 boiled eggs, or Cherrios. I also started eating an english muffin every 3rd day (1/2 bagel on each of the first two days). I've got to keep the rotation in order though. Lunch has pretty much stayed the same which is a salad. I have changed the extras I put on the salad over time but basically it's 3 different types of lettuce (spinach, romaine & red leaf), 1/2 a boiled egg, cheese, black beans, bacon bits, tomatoes, onions, and carrots. I alternate the dressing with ranch & thousand island. I also have a yougurt (2 a day 1 at lunch and 1 after dinner), 1/2 a graham cracker, a piece or two of bread and to top it off 2 Hershey Kisses out of the freezer.
It may seem like a lot but I do exercise 6 days a week. Lost about 50 pounds 8 years ago and I kept it off with this routine. Exercise is a big part of the weight control but if I stop that I'll have to eat less which I don't want to do. I also have fruit for a morning snack and either almonds or walnuts for an afternoon snack.
oatmeal for breakfast, with a dose of honey or if i run out of honey, maple syrup. sometimes with ginger cookies. then when i get to the office, a cuppa soya milk, with a soupy cup of seaweed strands (whatever you're supposed to call it), bamboo shoots (there are various kind and i don't know their specific names), and that's it. yum. been doing this for 9 months, i weigh 48kgs and my height's 160. pretty alright.
I'm an avid exerciser (60-120 minutes of medium to high intensity cardio training everyday), so I need a breakfast that will fuel me for the day. For the last three years, my breakfast has consisted of the following:
-1/2 Cup Oatmeal made with 1/2 c. water and 1/2 c. milk
-1 apple (preferably gala or pink lady)
-3/4 Cup plain fat free yogurt with drizzle of honey
-1 other serving of fruit (usually an orange/citrus in winter, and peaches/strawberries/melons in summer)
-coffee with 1 tbs. of fat free french vanilla creamer and 1 splenda sugar packet
In addition to the same breakfast, I also always eat an apple at lunch, and before bed (yes, I've been eating three apples a day for three years. I actually have a collage of apple stickers I collected for a couple months to prove a point), along with a serving or two of frozen yogurt (come on, who can only eat 1/2 cup of of ice cream and be done???).
And now it is 8:04 pm and I'm thinking it is about time for that apple and frozen yogurt...yumm-o :D
Another bodybuilder diet checking in.
Meal Plan:
Meal 1: 2 whole eggs & fill the pan with egg whites
1 piece of fruit
Meal 2: protein shake
Meal 3: chicken breast w/ sweet baby ray's
frozen mixed veggies
1 piece of fruit
Meal 4: protein shake
Meal 5: chicken breast w/ sweet baby ray's
steamed broccoli
You could say I'm a bit regimented..but with a purpose
I noticed that i buy and eat systematically the same 10-12 items. I could grocery-shop with my eyes closed.. you could take a picture of my fridge at any time during the year, and find the same stuff in it..
Been doing it for years, it's pretty scary! But i go out often, or eat at pple's places, and i'm not picky!
I eat everything. Lunch n Dinner
What about people who eat not only the same thing routinely, but the routine of eating the routine food is the same as well? For instance: A plate with scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and say maybe a bowl of oatmeal... all eaten ONE item at a time. Eat all the eggs first, then the bacon, then the toast, then all the oatmeal... never mixing any of it together. This would be an old girlfriend of mine who does that, and can't imagine ever eating say a the toast with a little egg and a bit of bacon on it, then using that same toast to perhaps lift a little dab of oatmeal on it with... she would puke. Literally. We broke up.
my mother in law does this too!
The curious culinary habits of the Italians has them really boxed in. My in-laws (here in Italy) have rules for every food pairing and order. Golden rule for breakfast: It must always be sweet and caffeine laden. Espresso, milk, biscotti, brioche, and toast are all acceptable. They think I'm absolutely crazy and poke fun when I occasionally make an omelette for breakfast. Lunch is broken up into four clearly divided parts (along with the bread): 1) antipasto (a couple of pieces of salame and a few olives), 2) pasta/rice/or gnocchi (and must never be mixed with any meat, with the exception of fish, but only in the summer). 3) Some kind of meat or fish with vegetables, 4) Fruit. You must have fruit after all this and to refuse it would be strange. There are people here that eat exactly like this every day of their lives. Don't get me started on the rules for snacking and dinner.
I start my day out with a double cheeseburger, fries, onion rings, a chocolate shake, two cokes, and three cups of coffee with my five cigarette.
Lunch is always pizza, bread sticks, a plate of pasta, two bottle of red wine, pie or cake, more coffee and at least ten cigarettes.
Dinner consists of three hot dogs as appetizers, nachos with cheese, followed by at least two types of pork, mashed potatoes (plenty of butter), french fries, onion rings, ice cream on cherry pie, five cups of coffee and at least 15 cigarettes.
A late night snack is usually a variety of cookies, potato chips (sweet/salt), pretzels, ice cream, two or three Big Gulps, and a half pack of cigarettes.
*I know this all sounds terrible, but I do take a daily vitamin run at least 25 feet a day and watch all of the health shows on Discovery and the Animal Planet.
I definitely go through food phases. For a year when I was working from home, breakfast was always just coffee on the weekdays (I'm not a breakfast fan). Lunch was always a toasted everything bagel with reduced-fat whipped cream cheese, capers, red onions and lox. Dinner varied – everywhere from cheese and a glass of red wine, to brisket, to bacon... whatever I felt like.
The one condiment I can't live without is Cholula. Buffalo wings must be consumed once a week. Burgers every 2 weeks. Steaks once a month.
IT guy, I beg to differ- don't assume he's out of shape. I for example am very active in my lifestyle and have a pretty darn good body if I say so myself!
This is kind of funny... I guess I didn't think anything of it, but I eat the same thing for breakfast every day as well. I have a small bowl of Multi Grain Cheerios, two hard boiled egg whites (I skip the yolks), 8 oz. of Skim Milk (on my cereal), and a cup of coffee with a little splenda added. Then for a morning snack I eat a cup of Greek Yogurt. I usually add variety to my lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner.
An interesting tidbit: Eating the same thing every day is a quirk of those of us with adult ADHD.
I have brought the same lunch to work every day for the past two years. Make fun of me all you want but it's helped me lose weight and has allowed me to indulge in the good stuff on weekends and dinners out with friends. I bring a Danon Light & Fit yogurt, a piece of fruit (typically an apple, orange or banana), 7 baby carrots (yes, I count them), and a Kashi granola bar or occasionally I'll make my own homemade granola. It's a well-balanced meal when you add them together and if I'm busy with meetings or have to run errands on my lunch break then I'll break them up as mini snacks throughout the day.
I eat a HUGE bowl containing:
Ezekiel cereal, rolled oats, 1 scoop brown rice protein powder, chia seeds, cinnamon, and enough almond milk to make it a thick, oatmealy consistency (but I eat it cold). Other people think it's gross, but I have developed a taste for it and love it. Occasionally I switch up the cereal, and have eggs maybe 1-2 times a week instead.
As a kid, growing up in Ethiopia, I ate dry bread and tea till the age of 18. As long as I rememebr for almost 14 years every day.
During the week (I always switch things up on the weekend) I have two eggs and a glass of milk for breakfast, an orange an hour or so later, a sandwich for lunch, a banana a couple hours later and that's where my routine ends since for dinner I eat a variety of things.
I'm a 28 yr old Male.
My breakfast:
piece of homebake bread with butter or jam, and a cup of coffee
I eat the same thing practucally every day because my imagination spends its time dreaming about things I can make, not what to eat.
Some people think about food, other people think about other things.
I eat a bagel with cream cheese and a breakfast essentials protein shake every morning, then half a vitamin water on my bike ride to work. Once there, I eat a whole grain pop-tart and a banana followed by 2 left-overs. Before I ride home, I drink a special k protein shake and eat a balance bar, and while riding I drink the other half of my vitamin water.
I think the routine is good because it keeps enough food in me for the amount I exercise.
In the perfect circumstances, I do tend to eat the same foods for breakfast. However, since they aren't typical breakfast foods (chicken, fish or turkey, beans, and vegetables), I do actually have a lot of variety. Using one different vegetable can change the whole meal, and switching out the protein often helps as well. Sometimes I'll add in toast or eggs or bacon in an attempt to eat actual breakfast foods for breakfast.
On the other hand, if I'm running late or low on energy in the morning, I'll grab a bagel or granola bar or, once in awhile, a chicken biscuit from a fast food place. Very occassionally I'll go out to a formal breakfast with my mother or friends, and then I'll get waffles, bacon, eggs and/or fruit.
So I guess I don't eat the same thing every day, but more often than not I stick to my dinner-at-breakfast routine.
I eat the same REGULAR OAT MEAL with skimmed milk everday..kinda got boredso started adding fruits and nuts to it these days..looking for somemore change to the oatmeal!!!!!!
Honey Nut Cherrios every single morning for breakfast since I graduated from college and started working 5 years ago.
I lost 100 pounds eating the exact same thing every day, at pretty much the same time every day. This was 8 years ago and I've kept the weight off, but once I lost the weight I switched back to making choices.
Excellent look at food simplicity, a 40-day "variety fast" done by a friend.
http://pickfive.blogspot.com/
We have an epidemic of health problems due to bad nutrition (obesity, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, to name a few). Is it possible that some of the eating rituals described in this forum are bringing on debilitating, life altering complications?
6 egg whites, a bag of baby carrots, a banana and a cup of black coffee every weekday morning...a tuna sandwich on 1 slice bread (lite mayo), large salad (no fat balsamic) and no sugar added fruit cup every weekday afternoon...1/2 a Clif Builder protein bar 2 times a day for snack every weekday...Dinner and weekends are where I am free for some variety, but try to keep it fairly healthy. Lost 40 pounds (diet along with P90X) in 2 months and feeling pretty good at 165 lbs at age 40.
mmmm....sounds great....my mouths watering...
I'll get onto trends with food- like one week I'll eat an avacado with salt and cous cous for lunch. Or Greek yogurt with fruit every morning. For the most part though I do enjoy a bit of variety.
yes.. I eat the same thing everyday .. even on trips and vacation I take my breakfast food with me. I eat something different for dinner on most nights, but for the most part it has been the same things .. I enjoy the taste.. and have lost over 100 pounds eating this way.. I have kept it off for 4 months, and really do not have food problems because this keeps me from carb triggers and sugars. I work out as well as eat right.
Feels great !
Not for everyone.. but is working for me...
Did you actually get paid to write this article?
I'm in the Army...deployed to Iraq where routines can be hard to follow but I've done it...I have eaten Special K yogart and berries with skimmed milk and a piece of fruit with a One-A-Day essential multi-vitamin everyday since I got in country...even repeated the craziness when I went home on leave...
lifted from one of my favorite movies:
Grandpa: Well let me tell you something now, Johnny. Last Thursday, I turned 95 years old. And I never exercised a day in my life. Every morning, I wake up, and I smoke a cigarette. And then I eat five strips of bacon. And for lunch, I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack?
John: Bacon.
Grandpa: Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner.
This is a major point of contention at my house. For me, eating is like shaving: if I didn't have to do it, I wouldn't. It just wastes time. My wife, on the other hand, is a "foodie" and loves planning elaborate meals and picking exciting restaurants. I don't have a hatred of food – there is a really good French restaurant near me that I love going to when we can afford it, but if the food isn't fantastic, why bother? I've eaten the same thing for lunch every day for the past 25 years: a ham sandwich. And my wife knows very well what to buy for me when she and the kids are away for dinner: cans of baked beans. The point is not the blandness, but the easiness and reliability. It's very easy to make a ham sandwich, and it's very easy to cook a can of baked beans.
I am also the designated baker in our house, something I did long before I met my wife. I am the one who bakes the cokies, cakes, pancakes, waffles, and specialty breads, all from scratch. I love the process of making something. But more than just a bite, I probably won't eat it. I'd rather spend my time more productively.
I do eat the same thing most days during the week! Turkey breakfast sausage for breakfast, a frozen meal for lunch, and turkey sausage with lima beans for dinner. I just need things that are quick and simple with my day job - and I go crazy on the weekend, cooking and baking up a storm for myself and my blog, so I have to reign it in during the week.
Julie @ Willow Bird Baking
http://willowbirdbaking.wordpress.com
During the work week my breakfast will be either two hard boiled eggs with salt and three grinds of pepper or a toasted cheese on pita bread, both of which can easily be taken to the office and eaten throughout the morning. I have to eat later in the day than when I leave for work. Every other meal I try to make different. I'd shop daily if I could, but time doesn't allow. Now coffee, on the other hand, two cups immediately upon rising, always made the same way, must be consumed while sitting cross-legged in my reading chair, alone and in silence. Fortunately my daughter and husband caught on quickly, and my husband likes it quiet in the morning also so it works out well for us.
2 eggs (most days poached), 2 bowls of oatmeal (whole milk, ground flaxseeds, millet), coffee, fruit (some days)
I eat the same thing for breakfast everyday and I stretch breakfast out over the morning. Around before I leave the house it's a glass of OJ and vitamins, once I get to work it's coffee and a yogurt, about 1 hr later another cup of coffee and oatmeal, then about an hour later a handful of almonds. Been well over a year, and I'm still not tired of it
Not being a food lover enables me to keep my day simple. Oatmeal, yagart, power bar, grilled chicken, coffee, apples, banana, peanut butter on a slice of whole wheat bread, occasional 60 calorie pudding or ice pop, Fage lowfat plain yogart, Kashi cereal with skim milk. 100 calorie pack of cookies. Drink about 10 glasses of water with lemon.
I've been having squid on ice at lunchtime for a while now. My friend is a fisherman and works down by the dock. On my "lunch break" I swing by for some fresh squid and ice cubes. My jackass secretary thinks I'm a complete wackjob, but who cares?
At night, I typically enjoy a plate of toaster strudels, WITHOUT the icing. Any flavor strudel will do, but I'm a fan of raspberry right now. A tall glass of cherry coke and then I'm off to sleep in my La-Z-Boy. Ahhhh, the life.
Is the fisherman's name Richard aka the black momba?
Yea, what's the fisherman's name? I think I might know this squid supplier...if you know what I mean ;)
Breakfast everyday I eat one pack of instant oatmeal (maple/brown sugar) & for lunch Goya Black Beans & Baby Carrots…dinner I eat whatever I prepare for FAM
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Since I really try to manage my calories it is much easier to keep everything I eat routine. Every Sunday morning I prepare my breakfast and lunch to take work every day. I start off with a protein shake for my to work. Mid morning I have my actual breakfast which is 100 calorie roll with egg white, turkey sausage and cheese. For lunch I have steamed cod with frozen vegs. When I keep it the same it is so much easier to log the calories. If you are going to do the same thing everyday it is best to make sure it is something you love and enjoy eating.
I'm a systematic eater but not like what everybody has written above. I eat things in a particular order, if I eat meat and 3 veg, I will eat the beans first, carrots second, potatoes 3rd then the meat...even takeaway I will eat the fries first, burger second then the drink...regardless of what I eat I seem to have an order....from curry to thai to mexican...I always seem to have a systematic way of eating it...am I weird or does anybody else eat the same way?
Eating the same meal every day...what are you my grandparents? They are in their late 80's and have the same meals every night of the week – Monday always this, Tuesday that... Don't get me wrong I understand getting in a routine and sticking to a budget – but come on. Unless you are OCD, 90 or can't cook...variety is the spice of life baby!
Yesterday we had burgers, tonight is Indian food (ok I'm not cooking that one but going to try soon, tomorrow Cajun, Thursday salad...beyond that I'll figure it out as we get there!
My father only eats a baked potato for dinner every night. He is convinced it is dietary, but by the time he loads it with cheese, sour cream and butter it far from dietary. He has always been like that. But the diet seems to work for him since has has lost weight. I eat cereal for most breakfasts, but vary my diet for lunch and dinner.
BREAKFAST?? Can't I just have some of that chocolate frosting on the website header?
Doing the same thing for 5 years!!! NO breakfast at all..
always start out the day (for last 20 years) with a shot of Jim Beam, 2 beers, a smoke, and some clams...never been healthier according to my Doc
You are all lucky to be able to eat whatever pleases you-routine or not! I have Lupus and severe reactions to unknown chemicals in the food supply. It requires lots of detective work to find manufacturers and food that won't bite back, always just the ingredients and no processed or combined foods. I got so sick of it that I just defaulted to the same food, same time every day. Finally, some stability. If one of my suppliers changes the way they grow rice or make molasses I'm cooked. Here's the menu: Breakfast: banana and rice cereal with a touch of molasses and tea. Lunch: fried onions with rice and a fried egg. Snack: organic orange or more rice cereal. Dinner: chicken and potatoes with cabbage and garlic. Another banana or rice cereal for late snack. And now it's time for breakfast. . .
I was just about to write i can't have the same thing twice in a row..
But realized I am having the same thing for breakfast for over 5 years...NOTHING..I dont eat any breakfast..Just one coffee..
I'm not sure about his breakfast or dinner habits but my boss pretty much sticks to the same thing everyday. For lunch, if he does not have a lunch meeting some place else he goes to a lunch counter near our office and has a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of their soup of the day. Everyday at precisely 3pm he has me make him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with low sugar grape jelly, organic peanut butter and whole wheat toast and a glass of 1% milk. Every once and a while he will request a tuna salad sandwich instead (I am an assistant, not a waitress!) but it is usually his pb&j.
you must rise up and fight The Man
Two eggs, chedar cheese, two strips of bacon or two slices of pork roll on rye bread, alternating bacon/pork roll mon-fri. Fifty eight, good BP, good cholesterol, keeps me wide awake most of the day, sometimes I have lunch, mostly not. Discovered years ago I need that high protein to get started in the morning and keep going. On the days I cheat with a bagel w/cream cheese or some real trash from DnD I crash around 11am.
in general it amazes me how much of America has become such a bunch over/corn-fed cows. we've allowed clearly OCD behavior surrounding our eating habits; trying to minimize our increase in body fat, our poor eating habits and lack of simple aerobic exercise while living in a toxic food environment created and perpetuated mainly by food producers and restaurant people who do so because they need the work. and we dont make anything in this country anymore – except too much food and flatulance.
For the past few weeks I've been eating more or less the same thing for breakfast in order to help control my gestational diabetes. A fried egg with some pepper, shredded cheese, and a dab of ketchup; 1/2 a link of chicken apple sausage; a piece of whole wheat toast with peanut butter; and a handful of strawberries. My snacks each day are also fairly consistent: and apple and piece of string cheese in the morning and greek yogurt with agave nectar, berries, and nuts in the afternoon. For lunch and dinner, however, I like to get as much variety as possible while staying within the limits of my diet.
I go through stages where I eat the same thing. Usually 2-3 weeks. Then I'll get tired of it, and switch to other stuff. Right now I'm doing bacon, egg, cheese on whole grain for breakfast, protein shake for snack, tuna salad for lunch, soy nuts and fruit leather for snack, and then whatever for dinner.... which has often recently been fresh spring rolls from the thai/vietnamese place down the road.
I have relatively repetitive breakfasts and lunches. A (large) bowl of Cheerios for breakfast, a PBJ and fruit for lunch. Dinner, however, could be anything!
I have about 10oz of 2% lowfat milk.. for breakfast... or ... a banana (I have to change things up a bit, right)...
For breakfast and lunch everyday (unless I have a lunch date or I'm traveling) I eat the same things. I'm a college student and, for the first two years, I didn't eat healthy. Now, I do and I feel better on a daily basis. For breakfast, I eat 3 egg whites, multi-grain toast, strawberries and blueberries, a banana, and a greek yogurt. For lunch, I make myself a sandwich (consisting of either turkey, ham, roast beef, or chicken breast) that always includes spinach leaves, tomato, cheese, and avocado.
I like variety – I may focus on cereals (packaged, whole grain breads, etc.) and occasionally haev an egg or acheese sandwich, but rarely eat the same breakfast twice in a row.
2 eggs, sunny-side up with hot sauce, 2 biscuits and 2 pieces of sausage. Wash it down with 1 cup OJ and occassionally 1 cup Coffee, every day for the last 5 years (some variences when I travel, of course). Breakfast is the only constant thing in my world, so it's my little piece of normal...
My father passed away in 2008 at almost 94 years of age! Every day of his life, he ate the exact same breakfast...1/2 an orange, small bowl of bran cereal with raisins, one slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter and a cup of coffee! He was a creature of habit and it worked for him. I don't know many people who get to spend 70 (healthy) years with the love of their life!
My "diet" consists of 3 meals a day, but I have to divide them properly. I eat what I like, but all in moderation. Breakfast is sometimes a bowl of cereal or two slices of toast (sometimes even a couple donuts) lunch is simple, one slice of bread, or a handful of crackers with cream cheese or something similar, and dinner is a meat, one starch, a veggie or salad. I don't need more, and I'm at 148 right now and almost 60. I eat the foods I like, and sometimes we go out to dinner, I order a half order of something, because I can't eat more than that. It would be a waste of food – there's no point in stuffing ourselves – eat what we like but do so in moderation. I wear a size 8 jeans – and proud of it.
Tina you did not capatilize "Let" at the begginning of your new sentence. Nor did you begin your sentence with a capital letter. Perhaps you should hold off on your aspirations to write for CNN.
I have lost 20 lbs in about 2 months by just eating oatmeal with banana in it, corn, strawberries, rasberries etc.... and lots and lots of CHEESE yummmmmmmmmmmmmmie! my body is so used to the high fiber diet that when i try to eat crap like burger king i get SICK!!!!!!
As a kid, I ate Sugar Jets every morning. I put sugar on my Sugar Jets to which my brother would have to inform me every morning that I shouldn't do that because they already had sugar on them. He was a Cheerios kid. Maybe that's why I am a sugar junkie. I went on a food plan in 2002 and now eat non-fat yogurt, with fresh fruit and oatmeat or non-sugar cereal.
I've been on the MacroPsychotic Diet for 10 years now.
Breakfast; 3 cups of espresso and a joint.
I'll eat the same breakfast everyday for a few months, and then I'll change the items and eat those everyday for a few months. I know how boring it is, but preparing the same breakfast everyday allows me to work on "auto-pilot" first thing in the morning. Right now, it's one bowl of quick-cooking irish oatmeal with vanilla, cinnamon, and splenda added, three slices of turkey bacon, and a small glass of grapefruit juice. Before that, it was one bowl of raisin bran, two turkey sausage patties, and a small glass of orange juice.
You did not capatilize "Let" at the begginning of your new sentence. Perhaps you should hold off on your aspirations to write for CNN.
You spelled beginning wrong, so perhaps you should not be critiquing anyone else and their grammar/spelling/writing style.
You used incompatible pronoun-possessive pronoun pair ("anyone" is singular, while "their" is plural), so perhaps you should leave the critiquing to others.
And, yes, my mistake is a joke–someone should continue the chain, though.
A fried egg on a toasted english muffin with a laughing cow cheese wedge spread on it, with a cup of coffee & cream in the morning. A few wedges of cantaloupe, blueberries, strawberries, or a banana at arounf 10:30. A romaine-and-grape-tomato salad with homemade balsamic vinaigrette for lunch. An apple or some hummus at about 3:00. Dinner is a wild show of variety though! I love to cook, and we eat something unique and delicious every night. for dinner. I a not a big dessert fan, but often eat a square of dark chocolate with glass of red wine after dinner.
My fiance has the same thing for breakfast everyday:
– 2 eggs, scrambled
– bowl of cereal
– glass of orange juice
– glass of V8
He would make cheesy eggs for breakfast too – but ONLY on the weekends. When we started living together, things had to change however, because I need variety, and I was shaking things up by requesting cheesy eggs during the week – and then we integrated oatmeal.
I am out of my "bagel-a-day" element here. You could kill someone with the bagels you find in Germany. Can anyone say "IN-COMING..." So, instead of that down-home New York goodness with cream cheese and salmon (I am having flashbacks as I write this), I have resorted to "Kartoffel Brot", a.k.a. potatoe bread (very moist) toasted with butter and a smidge of strawberry jam, alongside three fried eggs (with only one yellow) and a cup of nespresso. I have had this breakfast consistantly for a few months now. I don't see any reason to depart from it as I can find no other meal that would satify my missing my bagles.
Breakfast is always the same....everyday for at least a decade: Black coffee, a bowl of regular oatmeal (not the quick stuff) with a teaspoon of smart margarine, honey, a 1/4 cup of walnuts and another of blue berries. A fruit snack at 10AM. Half a sandwich and an apple at lunch. Dark chocolate snack at 3PM. One beer or shot of Irish whiskey at 5 PM. Small dinner of broiled meat or fish, a red potato, a vegetable and iced green tea. NEVER eat lettuce.....it's for lab rats.
I don't find any research to support a nutritional need for more variety than what I have tried to do for the last 3 years. I am relativly consistent and have lost 30 pounds. Every day:
6am 1/2 cup shredded wheat cereal
raw veggies: (kale, grape tomatoes, baby carrots, yellow and red pepper slices)
blueberries, almonds) and a multi-vitamin
[lift weights M-F]
8am 1 protein shake
10am 1/2 can of tuna w hot suace
1 slice whole wheat bread
1 cup green tea
[cardio M-Sat]
12pm 1 protein shake
1 botle of water w/ 2 tbsp vinegar
1 banana and 1 tbsp peanut butter
3pm 1/2 can tuna w/ hot sauce, 1 apple
1 slice whole wheat bread
6pm healthy dinner (e.g. chicken, slad, pasta)
10pm 1 cottage cheese
The above is simple and healthy and saves time and thought.
I subsitute on the fruit, and my wife cooks something healthy and delicious and different almost every night.
I think too much variety leads to bad choices.
You might want to have your mercury level tested. Some studies have shown that even canned tuna can contain high levels of mercury, and eating a can every day could be problematic.
'I think too much variety leads to bad choices'.
only if the person isn't health conscious. I, for example, am recovering from an eating disorder. I've found that my love of creation and variety in the kitchen paired with my need to eat healthily and in moderation has really helped heal my mind. I have to have variety, to keep things interesting, or else I'll resort to what's easy and thus, easy to binge on. And I have to eat healthily(fruits, vegetables, lean meats), so that I don't regress to feeling guilty about what I eat.
I had a co-worker go on P90x and that sounds similar to his regiment. I don't know how you guys survive on such little amounts but I respect your will-power.
When I was in high school I was dating a guy who invited me over for dinner one weekday. I said "shouldn't you ask your mom to be sure it's ok?" He replied, "oh, no problem - it's pot roast night." I thought that was strange and asked what he meant. He said that his mom had cooked the exact same things every single day his entire life - Monday was spaghetti, Tuesday was pot roast, Wednesday was chicken and rice casserole, etc. I couldn't believe it. My mom was always trying new recipes from her women's magazines and from friends, and we rarely ate the same things. He seemed fine with it though. Some people love to eat and to try new things, and some just don't.
because I have a lot of time on my hands(young housewife, until I start my next job), and because I have a love of food and cooking/creating, I rarely eat the EXACT same thing each day. I tend to go on ingredient 'kicks', where I play on one or two foods for a week, and then I'm on to the next thing. this past week has been bean sprout week, with my sweet/spicy Asian-style bean sprout and avocado salad, and I've also been becoming addicted to mustard greens. next up? sweet potatoes.
A lady I work with eats a hot dog with mustard on a plain piece of bread every.single.day at the exact same time!! It's gross....really gross. I mean seriously..a HOT DOG??? If you're going to eat the same thing, why not something yummy and healthy??? Tto each his own, I guess......
I ate Wispride on stone ground wheat thins for lunch every day from the time I was in second grade until I reached high school. Then my food habits changed based on what day of the week it was. Now I eat a wide variety of foods, but Thursdays may well always be pasta days.
I have the same thing for lunch every workday (I bring my lunch to work). Salad mix with cherry or grape tomatoes, onion, blue cheese and oil/red wine vinegar. To drink, A&W rootbeer.
I've been doing this for over 3 years straight.
A bowl of Kashi cereal, with milk, and a glass of OJ. Do it everyday. Followed up by oatmeal as a snack. Lunch and dinner I change up.
Eating is a boring, disgusting task. If I didn't have to do it to survive, I really wouldn't bother.
Before breakfast snack: home made banana bread
Breakfast: oatmeal with banana, water, OJ
mid morning: Lemon Luna bar
Lunch: Turkey Chili
Afternoon: cookie
Dinner: tuna, eggs, turkey, peas (protein of some variety)
My dinner is the only variation daily...
repeat repeat repeat
And by the way, my husband is worse than me :)
My roommate Lorenzo is a creature of habit to the extreme. Every morning I wake up to the aroma and crackle of bacon wafting through the house as he cooks his 2 strips (not more, not less). Along with it is a well done over easy egg. While the bacon cooks, he has a frozen bran muffin. Yes, frozen. And upon conclusion of the meal, he returns to the kitchen to drink several small glasses of orange juice. All beverages are consumed after the meal, not during.
There is some variety to dinner, but not much. Most of the time he will make pasta with a beef/tomato sauce, followed by 2 potatoes- mashed, and then back to the kitchen to drink several glasses of milk.
That brings us to bedtime snack, which never ever deviates. 2 slices of toast with peanut butter every night without fail. And of course, don't forget the glasses of milk in the kitchen afterwards!
Whomever
My Grandfather eat a cheeseburger for lunch and dinner every day of the week. My father always complained that no matter where you took him for dinner, he would always order a cheeseburger. Guess what? My Grandfather has since passed, but today, that is pretty much all my father eats. Either a cheeseburger or fried fish.
One would naturally assume that this is what the future holds for me. Fortunately, I dislike cheeseburgers and any fried food. Perhaps lobster, or Indian food everyday for me.
I just posted the topic of this article to the Etsy message board; feel free to see what diy crafters have to say on this topic.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6590327
I like eating the same things for breakfast and lunch. I'm a creature of habit, and if something tastes good to me, I want to eat it over and over again until I'm bored with it, which can take several years.
6 days a week breakfast is 1 mini whole wheat bagel with 2 teaspoons of peanut butter and 1/2 banana. 2eggs over on weekend.
Every weekday lunch- 2 oz of lean turkey on 100 cal whole wheat thin bread with 2 tablespoons jalapeno humus (yum)
Theres a lot of comfort in not having to plan every meal and lot to look forward to in the mystery of dinner. Also helps with budgeting and less complicated shopping lists.
My wife Jessica has eaten the same recipe of homemade from scratch spaghetti and sauce for just over twenty years. I had always eaten steak for sunday dinner growing up. Guess which one of us changed?
It's damn good spaghetti though.
My husband worked with a guy many years ago who brought the same brown bag lunch to work every single day - a tuna sandwich wrapped in aluminum foil. Plain tuna with mayo, two pieces of bread and nothing else. My husband thought it was a bit strange. One day he went to the guy's apartment for something related to work, and he said something along the lines of "you must really like tuna sandwiches" to the guy. The dude replied yeah, and that he ate a tuna sandwich every evening for dinner too. My husband must have acted incredulous, because tuna guy opened up his freezer, and there was row upon row of neatly wrapped tuna sandwiches in aluminum foil. The guy made up huge batches and actually froze them, bread and all. He apparently ate nothing else. I only wonder if he ended up with mercury poisoning.
What you eat depends on whether you "eat to live" or "live to eat." If you live to eat, you are probably overweight. I have followed the "eat to live" approach all my life. For the past four years, I eaat to live and to control my diabetes and cholesterol/triglycerides.
I eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day: A bowl of Cheerios with skim milk and coffee for breakfast and a Michelina's Lean Gourmet for lunch (either chicken al fredo or mac and cheese). I'd eat the same thing for dinner every day except that my husband cooks and he usually makes some kind of pasta with salad. I don't think this is strange at all - it makes my life easier. I'm slim and healthy at age 52.
I lived with my brother my sophomore and junior years of college, he was really focused on working out and body building during those times. Literally, for 3 years strait he ate the same thing for breakfast every morning. 12, yes 12 egg whites with salt/pepper (yuk), and a huge bowl of plain oatmeal with splenda on top. EVERY DAY, at the time he weighed 6'3 270 pounds. MONSTER!!! i on the other hand weighed 150 and ate pop tarts and cereal for breakfast like a 5 year old.!!!!!
you didn't spell strait correctly – it is straight. Are you sure you went to college?
My partner eats the same lunch every work day. One sliced turkey sandwich with yellow mustard on multi grain bread. One single serving container peach yogurt, some form of cheese stick (be it string cheese or an individually wrapped chunk-o-cheese), two bananas (on the green side), and a vitamin water (XXX flavor). In the event he is not able to have this lunch, his day is completely blown. When asked if he would want something different, he will decline every time.
*has* no sense for spelling
I always have to have to start and finish a meal with equal amounts of each type of food left for my final bite .
I have eaten the same breakfast for the last two years, and not was only a small deviation from the previous 5. 1 8 ounce cup of 2% milk 1 raisin bagel with 1 tablespoon of cheese cheese and cup of coffee. Previously I would butter my bagel with real butter. I see no problem with my breakfast.
I am a bodybuilder so I eat the same things every day. My meal plans change depending on what time of the year it is.
Soooooooooo you eat the same thing everyday....but sometimes different things?
They ate the same salad for 10 years??!!!!! Really!? Didn't they get a little suspicious after the first few days and it hadn't started to wilt, or run out, for that matter?
You are a very angry person. Perhaps you need to improve your daily eating regimen to help prevent such moodiness.
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Breakfast: 2 1/2 lbs of grapes and four bananas, along with copious amounts of green tea. A day that does not start out with grapes is not going to be a good day!
Lunch: Mixed green salad from a "make-your-own" salad place near the office. The employees of my salad spot don't need to ask what I want anymore because I've been making the same salad for years.
Dinner: Four more bananas and a green apple.
Truly, that is seriously nutritionally deficient if that is what you eat every day. And way too much fructose in all that fruit.
That sounds like a recipe for a whoooole lotta poopin!!!
Woah! Is this for a particular length of time, or something you've done for a long time?
I'm loving reading about everyone's habits. I'm sure I have a few of my own. Thank you for sharing, everyone.
JLinn, you're either 1.Lying 2. Not mentioning the handfulls of supplements you're taking 3. Destroying your health with the serious lack of protein, vitamin B12 and iron in this routine. Seriously – the fructose is pretty much a non issue. When consumed in a "whole food" the fiber, water and minerals in that food slow its absorption, and really the caloric load is so low you'd colapse without the fructose! However, NOTHING here provides more than the barest smidge of protein. Or iron. And there is no true plant source for vitamin B12, a crucial nutrient for DNA replication and nerve cell function. Some yeasts can supply some, but if avoiding all animal products, supplements are required.
oh do you do the raw food or the 801010 diet. I actually tried eating like you, but after the second day I had to have some type of grain albeit good (quinoa or whole grain, etc.)
When I eat only fruits and vegetables (no grains, and def. not meat, etc) I get this high that is analogous to the feeling of having a couple of drinks or smoking weed. I'm in grad school so I need brain food, and this just doesn't cut it...but once I am out, I am going to attempt this diet and stick with it until I die.
Are they removing comments that mention the writer's errors? Because the Replied comments to those original comments are getting dropped to the bottom of the thread.
My weekday breakfast is mostly the same with a few exceptions here and there. A cup of milk, a banana, and a granola bar every morning.
So true - I've eaten the same thing for breakfast everyday for about the past five years. Two pieces of toast, two pieces of turkey bacon and an apple. It really is comforting knowing it'll always be good. Kind of sad, but I look forward to getting up in the morning just to eat it!
I eat the same breakfast lunch and generally dinner every day and have for years. Breakfast: 3 egg whites, 2 pieces of turkey breast with sauteed spinach and red/yellow peppers; 1 cup of oatmeal with blueberries; 1 cup of almond milk; 20 ounces of coffee. LUNCH: salad with cut up red/orange peppers, hot peppers, black beans and sprouts; half of a turkey sandwich on a wheat wrap with mustard and hot peppers; ON DRIVE HOME FROM WORK: the other half of a turkey sandwich on a wheat wrap with mustard and hot peppers; DINNER: Chicken breast, brown rice and broccoli
At least you're pretty much covering the nutritional bases. But wow, how boring. You must not like food all that much. Me, I love food and trying new foods. One of the true pleasures in life. And I've been slim all my life.
I am with you Josh, looks like a perfect plan.
I ate the exact same food every day for 5 months once. Got a bit boring, but was not too bad for the first half of it.
During the week at work I eat the same thing at the same time, EVERYDAY. 9:00 AM – Yogurt, 11:00 AM Almonds, 12:00 PM Banana, 1:00 PM Homemade Turkey Wrap with Swiss on a Spinach tortilla, Granola Bar and a bag of chips, 4:00 PM Apple. Then for dinner I usually eat whatever or go out with friends. The crazy eating schedule keeps my energy levels pretty consistent and also helps me pass the time at work...some say its crazy, but I'm just a routine type of guy I guess.
Hahah..definately a little crazy! ; >
I have a mega huge chocolate milk for breakfast (that's almost one quart, people) just about every morning for longer than I can remember.
Lunch is usually a frozen dinner, with fruit and veges. Unless I have take out or salad bar, as meal to go (usually reserved for weekends, holidays, and errand days). Juice (includes "energy" drinks and Kool-Aid) or homemade ice tea.
Supper is hot cereal (cold in the summer), the whites of two eggs and rice cake with butter. The cereals are at least two different flavors. More milk-chocolate, vanilla, and/or strawberry. Amounts increase on days I fast and abstain.
No snacks. No meat on Fridays if I can help it.
PS-if you know what I'm saying, spelling doesn't count. I speak shorthand.
let me guess... you are a little chubby?
For the past 5 years, everytime I eat breakfast at home (probably 350 days a year) I eat an open-face breakfast sandwich that consists of: fried egg whites, turkey that's been browned, cheddar cheese, on a toasted piece of wheat toast (obviously a nice dose of coffee as well). What makes this breakfast great is it's healthy (only 400 or less depending on how many egg whites I use), and it is a well balanced meal that gives me energy all morning for a a busy day at the office.
every day. A banana, yogurt, and the same cereal for breakfast. Followed by a granola bar for a morning snack. Lunch? A turkey sandwich, pretzels, and an apple (or grapes depending on what is in season). Every. Single. Day. I lost 50 pounds a couple years ago and I know what works for me. Also, being a runner I see food as fuel. Oh, and I can't forget to mention the same piece of dark chocolate I enjoy every day after dinner.
Smoothies are a lifesaver when time is short. The school year begins the end of this month. My 15 year old catches the bus at 6:25 a.m. It's hard to feed kids a healthy breakfast on the go. Last year, I began making smoothies for the kids so they would at least get fruit, yogurt and milk and can finish it while walking down the street to the bus. (Mix in the blender: 1 cup milk, 1 frozen banana, 1 cup frozen sliced berries, 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of plain yogurt). I also sometimes place dry cereal in a baggie and they can much on it before school.
Thanks for the recipe! We start back on the 18th and i think I might give that a try for my daughter. She's an athlete and cereal is too 'fatty' for her...5'9" at 120 lbs...go figure! :)
Natural peanut butter (just peanuts and salt), sugar free strawberry jam, and whole wheat bread form my daily PB&J sandwich. It started as a solution to the question "what can I put in my backpack that will last the entire day being toted around in a backpack on a college campus?" and ended up continuing... every day... for the last 6 years. Oh yea, and it has to be wrapped in aluminum foil and sealed in a ziplock bag (the same bag I've reused since the trend started). It may sound boring and some people ask me, "Don't you just get tired of eating the same thing all the time?" but I just never get tired of the timeless combination ^_^.
I suppose I am also a systematic eater: I start the day always the same: a toaster sandwich with a slice of cheese, juice of 3-4 oranges and then head the way to the office..
no, that's not boring. it's just a sort of ritual, like having shower in the morning to wake up.
I am also a "creature of habit". I eat the same lunch every day (unless I am out). It is two slices of whole wheat bread, lettuce, tomato, mayo, mozzarella cheese and a cold cut (usually roast beef). Breakfast is not a whole lot better and five days a week it consists of a small amount of rice krispies combined with cheerios and topped with at least two fruits (usually dark grapes and strawberries or peaches). On the off days it is usually an english muffin, waffle or bagel (This is usually served with the two or three aforementioned fruits.) Dinner, I am always "creative" and I guess that is why it is my favorite meal of the day.
I had a boss that ate a salad of chopped up broccoli, carrots and onions with Italian dressing for lunch every day for three years. He told me he would chop up a big batch on Sunday night and it would last all week.
I was once morbidly obese, one of the things that helped me was finding somethign good for me that I coudl eat everyday. Everyday I ate a tuna fish sandwich and cottage cheese for lunch. I ate it so much I even started to look forward to it.It really helped me when I foudn sometign good for me to eat for lunch everyday that I actually enjoyed. Basically I take comfort in it durign a long day at work.
@Paul, you've got the right idea when it comes to weight loss. It's important to discover healthy foods that you just LOVE to eat, and then eat them regularly. I'm getting older now, and some foods no longer agree with me, so like many who need to watch their weight, I've got to continue trying new combinations that provide me with healthy options that also digest well. It's true that you are what you eat; we being organic beings and all that.
Good for your dad! His "habit" may bode well for him. I read a study recently (sorry, can't remember where!) that said those that live routine lives tend to live longer. It sure seems to be the case with my mom...she's ultra organized and has a routine for everything. She's 79 and going strong (living independently, driving, etc).
That Michael Phelps breakfast made me sick just to think of eating that much...was he a morning reefer puffer?
The article was entertaining, which is perhaps all the author was going for, but I was hoping to learn some other things:
-Do most people do this, perhaps at breakfast or lunch? Any statistics?
-Is it a good practice or an unhealthy practice? (If it is a habit, it had better be a good one.) I think Dr. Oz recommends that when you're starting a diet, just design one or possibly two healthy breakfasts and the same for lunch. It's easier to stick to your diet when you only really have to think about one meal per day and the other two are on auto-pilot.
-WHY do we do it? You mentioned comfort but maybe it's just logic - easier on budget, health, time, etc. Any psychology behind it?
I guess you need a sequel!
for most of my meals, i think of them as fuel and use it to be healthy...i eat 6-7 meals a day and all but one of those are exactly the same every day...same breakfast, same meal #2, same meal #3, etc...i only mix up my last meal of the day...easier for me to track while trying to cut my body fat...
Trent, My partner (would be husband if we lived in an enlightened area of the country) eats one piece of peanut buter toast every morning of the week. At noon he has carrot sticks and a small cup of cottage cheese. And at 2:30 (as precisely as possible) he has a cup of yogurt (no HFCS and no gelatin) a small serving of crackers and a fruit of some kind. Dinner is the only time for variety...I try to cook something from Vegetarian Times or one of our cookbooks on the nights I make dinner so he'll have some variety.
CNN... if random readers have to do the fact-checking and proofreading for you- perhaps we should reconsider displaying this blog/post/whatever it is on the FRONT PAGE!
That being said, I love variety myself and generally never buy the same flavor of anything twice in a row. Life is too short.
I don't understand your 'life's too short' comment. Life's too short so you should force yourself to eat items you do not want or like? For example.....I don't like breakfast meats and the thought of eating an egg(in its natural form) makes me want to vomit. Am I short changing myself my not forcing myself to eat what I view as disgusting foods?
I don't think that is what she is trying to say Molly. I just think she is saying that life is too short to live by this standard everyday monotonous food routine. But for some people routine is fine, and he/she does not feel deprived, which is fine. I guess, to each his own.
A bowl of fruit loops and 2 cans of bud light.
This is news how?
Michael Phelps has said several times that this rediculous breakfast was a figment of someone's imagination and that reports of his daily calorie intake were rediculously exaggerated. Shame on you for not bothering to get your facts straight. Is anything true about this blog?
It is written in Michael Phelps's book, "Beneath the Surface". The writer of this article is correct.
I am with T here. Breakfast and lunch are the same every weekday. Two eggs scrambled with sausage in it, two pieces of bacon and cheese on the eggs for breakfast. Lunch is a salad with cheese, feta cheese, black olives, mushrooms, ranch dressing, and chicken. This has been my weekday breakfast and lunch forever now. I am very much a creature of habit quite obviously.
When I'm dieting for a bodybuilding show it's the same thing all day every day...egg whites & spinach for breakfast, chicken & broccoli for lunch & dinner, protein shakes in between. I even eat at the exact same time every day. But that's what you've got to do!
LOL! Agreed! I also make Tuna Shakes! Sounds gross, but it's an aquired taste! ; )
There is a lot of variety in my diet, though I attribute that to my husband. I'm generally ok eating the same thing over and over, but he isn't so we vary the food we have in the house on a regular basis. I ate oatmeal for breakfast and a turkey sandwich with fruit and milk for lunch for a number of years in high school.
Cap Anson was the first in the 3,000 hit club and he had some more odd habits than eating chicken every day including dating an underage girl and open racial intolerance.
I have eaten the same lunch at work for more than 10 years – ham and cheese sandwich, Doritos and Mountain Dew. I love it. Usually once a week, I do order out for Chinese. Co-workers joke, but I guess I am a creature of habit.
After a quarter century of starting every working day with a large bowl of cornflakes (plus a glass of juice), I decided that was the best place to improve my nutrition. Since November, I've been eating either a small bowl of a high-fiber cereal, or an English muffin with peanut butter, plus juice and a serving of fruit - and I've lost 11 lbs.
From 1973 to 1982, George Steinbrenner ate the exact same lunch everyday. Turkey chili in a bowl made out of bread. Bread bowl. First you eat the chili then you eat the bowl. There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.
Wait, maybe that was from Seinfeld........
lol... I just watched the calzone episode last night
It's the pita pocket that prevents the dripping. Pita pocket!
What a waste of news space. This isn't even an informative read.
Ah, Lucy–this is the "Living" section. If you want "News," try clicking on the "Home" link at the very tippy-top of this page.
The article is on the living section, but the link is on the CNN front page, where one would generally expect CNN to post real news.
I clicked on the story because of the cool-looking square boiled eggs. I could go for a hard boiled egg right now ...
Ditto to what dirkK said! :)
Lighten up. Not every article needs to be hard hitting journalism. Sometimes a little light-hearted article hits the spot, like a piece of banana peanut butter toast.
That so right i have the same ideas when it comes to journalism,I personally get tired of all the "hard-Hitting" journalism that is out there. Some times you just want some thing good just like you enjoy your favorite food every now and then.
Agree with DirkK. I clicked because of the picture, which I love!
this reply is kind of a waste of space
All my life, my grandfather ate the same thing for breakfast each morning – bowl of Rick Krispies, glass of cold water, glass of orange juice, cup of coffee, two slices of buttered toast. For "desert" my grandmother would heat up either a honey bun or a bear claw in a sauce pan on the stove until it was just starting to get crispy. Then he was off to work for the day.
Since I work full time, my kids were used to homemade breakfast tacos each Saturday and pancakes on Sunday. My husband still insists that's what we eat on weekend mornings although we have been "empty nesters" for 6 years now.
Same here - hubby loves to cook a big breakfast on weekends. But we usually skip lunch later.
Hey !! Where can one get some of those Rick Krispies ? They must be organic !!!! Don't have 'em at my Safeway...LOL
I read this and just realized I have eaten the same thing for breakfast for 2-3 months now; One Pink Lady apple, special K cereal with whole vitamin D milk and a glass of grape/cranberry (or orange) juice. The only thing I varied was the juice! I just broke the monotony this past Saturday when I ate some pancakes... how completely boring and I didn't even notice.
- A glass of organic low sodium veg juice, a cup of "green goodness" from bolthouse forms, about half a pint of blue berries, a banana, a cereal bar and a cup of coffee. every day..
What's that cost, about $10 per meal? Sounds good, though.
that sounds like an expensive breakfast, do you not eat the rest of the day?
I go for weeks at a time only having a glass of Bolthouse Farms Perfectly Protein Mocha Cappuccino or Perfectly Protein Purely Chocolate for breakfasts. Sinfully good...
I eat the same breakfast every weekday (tend to sleep in too late for breakfast on the weekends) and I have yet to get tired of it: 2 over-medium eggs – peppered on one side, a dash or two of adobo on the other side – an english muffin toasted dark with dark chocolate peanut butter on it, a short glass of V8 and a tall glass of 1% milk. I can tell you how my day is going to be simply by the yolk in my eggs: if both are broken before the egg is cooked, I might as well go back to bed
LOL.. I like your post.... I would do the same...
The "on one side" part makes me think you're a little OCD. Not that that's a bad thing :)
LOL...
yes i do
I eat oatmeal every morning with a coffee (winter) or iced coffee (summer). I've done this for almost a year now and have lost 30 pounds just switching to the low calorie/ high fiber breakfast. Of course, I leave room for the occasional weekend pancake ;)
Me too Ashley!!!! Just replacing oatmeal for breakfast I've lost 80lbs since Nov 2008! Best. Breakfast. Ever.
Congrats on the weight loss....but oatmeal? GAG! Sorry, can't do it. MUST have protien for breakfast!
I tell people all the time the wonders of replacing their fatty greasy breakfast with oatmeal. oatmeal will automacticly help control weight and increase weight lose. Its such a simple thing. I am a 28 year old fit man. I wanted to tone up a bit for the summer. 2 months of oatmeal for breakfast, and little more cardio and BAM! beach ready. and its cheap!
My problem with oatmeal is I need a tablespoon of sugar + raisins. But it's filling and delicious–breakfast or dinner!
Yes but even with the added bit of surgar it still beats most breakfast items! I personally like the little packages- I get the organic ones from costco- $10 for the box of 55. Breakfast for months!
As a college student, here is how it usually plays out for me. Oatmeal with a banana for breakfast, PB&Js for Lunch, and usually Ramen noodles for dinner. Probably not the healthiest, but definitely cheap.
probably? Did you seriously think there was a chance it might be healthy?
Well, the oatmeal and banana aren't half bad, and if he dumped some extra frozen veggies he could increase his nutritional intake...
I guess.
I can't imagine eating the same thing day after day! Good for others, but how BORING. I plan menus for a week or two rather than day by day because I'll get bored feeling "locked in" to a plan and know what I'll be eating everyday.
I'm a 54 year old male. My doctor says my weight is "perfect", my blood pressure is within normal limits, and my cholesterol levels are "astounding" for my age. I eat one meal a day–lunch–7 days a week. What do I eat? Monday through Saturday, I eat nachos. All I can gorge myself on. Sunday is usually enchiladas, a gourmet burger, or an all-you-can-eat Sunday Brunch Buffet. Been doing that for probably about 10 years now.
Hmmm, based on that menu, I guess you're also single.
Liar
LOL @ "Liar". I don't know how ANYONE can possibly eat the exact same thing every single day of their lives. Don't they EVER travel or go to a funeral or a wedding or just in general find themselves in a reasonable situation where they absolutely cannot keep their routine? Have they ever been to the DMV? Jury duty? College? C'mon! I agree with the "Liar" part. LOL
Doesn't anyone drink WATER?
I find what you say is very hard to believe. First off only eating one meal a day means you are starving yourself, your body starts comsuming muscle and stores fat. And eating nachos all day? That is a lot of bad carbs, you must really be out of shape. Seriously if your going to lie atleast make it sound feasible.
I eat one meal a day- boiled bowl of vegetables. The rest of the day, I eat 3 bananas and 1 apple. If I get more snacky, I have some dry cereal. I love it- I go through phases and right now it's pure veggies. Before I used to mix it up and have smoked trout once a week and maybe some wrap bread....I guess I'm a systematic eater of sorts.
And yes, you're right about going out and eating- it's difficult, extremely difficult- a constant fight with friends and family. I plan it out where I eat my meals by 6 and then just have green tea or water. I don't budge and shrug off all the annoying insistance.
Katie, will you Marry Me?! You plan meals 2 weeks in advanced? I definitely want to bring you home to meet Mom!
ha, good try Steve, but I think she loves me! Ok ok, she loves you.
I eat the same meal every day too.. 5 egg whites and I'll perhaps leave one or two yolks (sort of sunny side up style) and chopped cactus. Great for digestion and good source of protein :)
How about, It would so you some good.. ughhhh.. well, I'm not the reporter so I'm excused... LOL... ;-)
Damn keyboard...
i hate it when whoever writes the stories on here have no sense for spelling/ and make ignorant errors like that! let me write for CNN please! I can spell, and will use the right words/ punctuation!
Yes, but you forgot to capitalize "I".
And you have two run-on sentences.
I hate when people randomly add forward slashes in sentences!
Correct grammer – whomever, and you have run on sentences. The right slash is incorrectly used after the word spelling as it does not belong there. I would suggest after stating, " Let me write for CNN, " that you also add a comma before the word please. You forgot to capitalize L (let) and again, you used the right slash for dividing the words "words/punctuation". This too is incorrect. I suggest you take a class in the "English" language that would include punctuation, spelling, grammar, verbage, and proper useage of punctuation marks, before you criticize others for their pitiful use of the written word? Also I would like to add this: We in America, do not actually speak English. Because America is a "melting pot" of citizens and visitors from all over the entire globe, where we have accepted and adopted words and phrases from other languages, our correct national language should be: Americanese.
You do realize the tremendous irony in posting a typo-riddled critique of someone else's grammar, don't you?
Actually Lynda, you spelled "usage" incorrectly in your post. You must have inadvertantly typed an "e" before "age". I do however like the "Americanese" although I tend to disagree, our correct national language should be: "Americanish"
Grammar is not spelled "Grammer"
Luynda –
It's verbiage not verbage.
Lynda