What's the most consecutive days you've had the same thing for dinner?

[paulinkansas]

For me it's 8. Went duck hunting with a guy one weekend. We both got our limits both days. A limit is 6. He gave me his ducks. So I had 24. I had 3 grilled bacon wrapped ducks a day for 8 days in a row.

[air2fakie]

Do you wrap an entire duck with bacon?

[paulinkansas]

Do you wrap an entire duck with bacon?

Think of a bone in whole chicken breast, but about the size of a pigeon or baseball. Sprinkle some seasoning on it then take some regular bacon and cut it in half. Affix the bacon with toothpicks and grill it bone side down until the bacon is done. When the bacon is done, the bird is done. Don't need any plates, just eat it right off the bone. The bone is pretty thin, so you can give it to your dog.

[EiFit91]

I think I had Indian food every day for three weeks straight once. Always Lamb Vindaloo.

[snailsrus]

Like three weeks when I was in the hospital in December. Almost had the same thing every meal even

Outside of that, maybe a week? We went to mexico when a was like 5 and the only thing I ate Or even would eat was fries and candy from the gift shop at club med. Lol

Breakfast tends to be very similar though on a day to day basis, if not the same.

[ManwittaPlan]

ribeye and eggs, 3 weeks straight while on the steak and eggs diet. was overkill because i skipped the initial carb weekends.

[iamanalphamale]

When I first lost weight (the wrong way - got way too skinny), I ate the same 6 meals for 2 years.

[ManwittaPlan]

I think I had Indian food every day for three weeks straight once. Always Lamb Vindaloo.

ever walk into an apt building that mostly indians reside? JEEZUZZZ, smells like curry!

[ManwittaPlan]

When I first lost weight (the wrong way - got way too skinny), I ate the same 6 meals for 2 years.

wow that's commitment!

[iamanalphamale]

wow that's commitment!

Commitment then, but looking back at it, complete waste of time and energy as the calories for the whole 6 meals was bad.

It did help me understand that consistency can be in more forms then just the meals you eat.

[ManwittaPlan]

Commitment then, but looking back at it, complete waste of time and energy as the calories for the whole 6 meals was bad.

It did help me understand that consistency can be in more forms then just the meals you eat.

what do you mean? too many or not enough? macros weren't good? i was in my best shape as far as being lean and strong when i followed 6-7 meals a day but over the years realized i had no stamina following that program. goals changed, however to get back to looking a certain way i feel for me at least, it's the only way to go.

[desslok]

One time I had breakfast for dinner 3 days in a row.

[EliKoehn]

In January this year I think I went an entire week and then a couple days eating rice and egg whites.

[Strawng]

Damn. I thought I was weird for some weeks eating the same dinner sometimes 4 nights in a row (salmon, rice and vegetables). I don't think I've ever eaten the same dinner or meal more than 4-5 consecutive days in my life.

[2020Wellness]

When my wife and kids went on a visit to some family and I stayed home, I ordered the same burger and fries four nights in a row.

That’s what comes to mind for me.

[SmashinYoungVag]

Have had eggs every day for dinner for the last 8 weeks

[EiFit91]

Damn. I thought I was weird for some weeks eating the same dinner sometimes 4 nights in a row (salmon, rice and vegetables). I don't think I've ever eaten the same dinner or meal more than 4-5 consecutive days in my life.

With breakfast I eat the same thing every day for months at a time. Then I get a bit bored of it and switch to a new thing, rinse and repeat lol. There may be some minor exceptions but mostly it's the same thing all the time.

Last year it was eggs, beans and bacon every day for months while cutting

Now it's been fatty fish and two eggs on a bread every day since December

Today it's peanut butter on a bread and milk so I guess it's time for a new cycle

Edit: Oh and salmon, rice and vegetables is hnnnnnng

[SuffolkPunch]

two

or perhaps it was 3 that time we had a holiday in an Italian hotel with an awesome pizza restaurant attached...

[xuerebx]

Normally two, as my wife and I we cook say, 1kg of chicken breasts, and eat them over 2 days.

BUT, after we got married we ate the leftover food for over a week. I remember there were at least 100 mini burgers remaining, amongst loads of other stuff.

[EliKoehn]

With breakfast I eat the same thing every day for months at a time. Then I get a bit bored of it and switch to a new thing, rinse and repeat lol. There may be some minor exceptions but mostly it's the same thing all the time.

Last year it was eggs, beans and bacon every day for months while cutting

Now it's been fatty fish and two eggs on a bread every day since December

Today it's peanut butter on a bread and milk so I guess it's time for a new cycle

Edit: Oh and salmon, rice and vegetables is hnnnnnng

You cut eating bacon every day? I know it's certainly possible but did that fill you up adequately for IIFYM?

[EiFit91]

You cut eating bacon every day? I know it's certainly possible but did that fill you up adequately for IIFYM?

I found that the combination of 3 eggs, beans and some bacon for breakfast was very filling. And some milk, added to my coffee. I think I ate about 450 calories so very small pieces of bacon. I used to eat 1800 calories a day during the weekdays then and higher on weekends. I wouldn’t do it like that now but it allowed me to cut fast for a long period of time while preserving my sanity.

I did not get the protein minimum recommended at that time probably as I wasn’t tracking macros back then. But I think muscle loss is very unlikely when you cut at a very high BF%.

[EliKoehn]

I found that the combination of 3 eggs, beans and some bacon for breakfast was very filling. And some milk, added to my coffee. I think I ate about 450 calories so very small pieces of bacon. I used to eat 1800 calories a day during the weekdays then and higher on weekends. I wouldn’t do it like that now but it allowed me to cut fast for a long period of time while preserving my sanity.

I did not get the protein minimum recommended at that time probably as I wasn’t tracking macros back then. But I think muscle loss is very unlikely when you cut at a very high BF%.

Isolating nutrition as the only factor, I agree, but muscle loss is almost certain if it means you stop routinely training at the same intensity owing to the deficit. I know what you mean, though.

Eggs are very filling though... I have a huge appetite and my eggs in the morning with some low fat cottage cheese leave me full until the afternoon sometimes, if I don't eat lunch. Wonder if bacon shares some of these magic satiety properties? I love how it tastes but often feel kind of off kilter after eating it, so I don't often have bacon. Still a decent source of protein and could be a psychological boost to make things a little more exciting if you're relatively restrictive, otherwise.

[EiFit91]

Isolating nutrition as the only factor, I agree, but muscle loss is almost certain if it means you stop routinely training at the same intensity owing to the deficit. I know what you mean, though.

Eggs are very filling though... I have a huge appetite and my eggs in the morning with some low fat cottage cheese leave me full until the afternoon sometimes, if I don't eat lunch. Wonder if bacon shares some of these magic satiety properties? I love how it tastes but often feel kind of off kilter after eating it, so I don't often have bacon. Still a decent source of protein and could be a psychological boost to make things a little more exciting if you're relatively restrictive, otherwise.

I am not sure. I have seen some randomized trials that put overweight and obese people on crappy diets, extremely low on calories, and they were probably not even lifting. Yet no detectable muscle loss differences between groups (normal cutting vs the very low calorie diet).

When you have a lot of fat the body will probably prefer to dig into that instead of the muscles.

[EliKoehn]

I am not sure. I have seen some randomized trials that put overweight and obese people on crappy diets, extremely low on calories, and they were probably not even lifting. Yet no detectable muscle loss differences between groups (normal cutting vs the very low calorie diet).

When you have a lot of fat the body will probably prefer to dig into that instead of the muscles.

Yeah, but they're untrained. The example is not comparable because they're not reducing intensity since their basal training was already presumably nothing. If you take an overweight powerlifter and they ate a severe deficit and reduced their training intensity significantly over a long period of time, I'll eat crow if that person ended up not losing muscle.

[EiFit91]

Yeah, but they're untrained. The example is not comparable because they're not reducing intensity since their basal training was already presumably nothing. If you take an overweight powerlifter and they ate a severe deficit and reduced their training intensity significantly over a long period of time, I'll eat crow if that person ended up not losing muscle.

Sure may not apply to active powerlifters.

But fat sedentary people will tend to carry more muscle than thin sedentary people as the fat people carry around a weighted fat vest constantly - i.e. added resistance. And I would expect some differences in NEAT downregulation between groups so differences in «intensity» + losing weight means you are dropping some of the resistance from the fat vest so there should be some potential for muscle loss.

In general I think muscle loss is overrated and people who panic about it just carry way less muscle underneath than they think. They think they are losing something they never had.

[EliKoehn]

In general I think muscle loss is overrated and people who panic about it just carry way less muscle underneath than they think. They think they are losing something they never had.

Especially when you consider that all definition aside, fat itself can contribute to the "shape" ultimately produced by whatever underlying muscle is there, and through clothes this can be an effective illusion.

[ManwittaPlan]

careful gents, lots of egg haters in this section. they'll preach to you that you'll have a heart attack and die.

[EliKoehn]

We were just talking about how we eat eggs every day.

By the way, I think I will seriously try the Vince shake.

EDIT: Ah, you're talking to us not anyone else reading it.

I've been eating four eggs a day most morning since I was like 14. If there's a heart disease risk it's already too late for me and I don't care.

[EiFit91]

We were just talking about how we eat eggs every day.

By the way, I think I will seriously try the Vince shake.

EDIT: Ah, you're talking to us not anyone else reading it.

I've been eating four eggs a day most morning since I was like 14. If there's a heart disease risk it's already too late for me and I don't care.

Back when I started training again in 2015 I did make my own protein shake using 4 raw eggs, milk and chocolate powder. Mostly just because it tastes better than protein shakes you can buy. With milk I prefer to just drink tons of milk instead of drinking the whey protein shake stuff.

Google «fertilized eggs follistatin» for some broscience backing the Vince Gironda shake btw. And «chocolate epicatechin bodybuilding» or something.

I also averaged 3-4 eggs a day mostly for many years. After joining this site I think I have unconsciously reduced my egg consumption to about 2 daily...

[EiFit91]

careful gents, lots of egg haters in this section. they'll preach to you that you'll have a heart attack and die.

I would rather die than stop eating eggs.

Without eggs I would not be able to suppress my appetite. I would then get fat and get a higher LDL than with frequent egg consumption...

While I absolutely love eggs I hate chicken. Duck on the other hand is delicious