Eating the same menus day after day?

Hi all,

I was in the hospital a while back for 2 weeks.
I lost 15 pounds. I am still overweight, a male and in my 50's.

Is it possible to come up with a list of food to eat in a 24 hour
period, that I could consume day in and day out that is both
nutritionally addequate(sp?) and CHEAP. Doesn't have to
be gourmet taste quality and can be from 1500 to 1800 cal
per day? Since I don't cook that much it should be easy to
fix and cheap and something that I could make a bunch of
and store it in the 'frig? Any suggested menu's - foods will
be welcomed.

thanks,
charles.....

Any suggested menu's - foods will
be welcomed.


The problem with that is a lack of balanced nutrition.

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:12:38 GMT,
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Any suggested menu's - foods will
be welcomed.


The problem with that is a lack of balanced nutrition.

But you could probably have a sort of standard "template" and just
vary the details. Maybe something like:

Breakfast: whole grain or high fiber cereal & fruit (Vary the type of
cereal and the type of fruit.)
Snack: whole grain crackers & cheese; raw veggies (Vary the veggies.)
Lunch: large salad w/ grilled protein (Vary the type of protein --
chicken, fish, occasional red meat.)
Snack: nuts & fruit (Vary the type of nuts & fruit.)
Dinner: Grilled protein, a starch, 1 or 2 veggies. (Vary the protein,
starch, & veggies.)
Snack: Light yogurt.

This is just a rough idea, and you should of course adapt to your food
preferences and lifestyle. But this could give you a sort of routine
but with a little more variety. You just have to learn to fix a few
variations on things.

If you're not much into cooking, one thing I'd recommend is buying a
George Foreman Grill. They aren't very expensive, and can be used to
quickly and easily cook a piece of chicken, fish, or beef for your
dinner or to use in a salad or sandwich.

If you do something like the above, you'll have to work out what
quantities of the foods will give you the right number of calories.
But moderate-sized servings following a pattern like this should come
out in your desired 1500-1800 range.

Mind you, I don't always practice what I preach :-). I eat far too
many turkey burgers.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

"Ignoramus4610" wrote in message
...
how about

breakfast -- egg, cottage cheese and an apple
lunch -- cabbage soup with meat
dinner -- bananas, some walnuts and a piece of chicken

Now the difficult part, what if it is a vegetarian diet. It seems
to be "eazy" if one eats meat but a lot more difficult if one
doesn't.

There are 2 different vegetarians, those who eat dairy and
those who do not.

thanks...

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:55:51 GMT, "***** charles"
wrote:

"Ignoramus4610" wrote in message
.. .
how about

breakfast -- egg, cottage cheese and an apple
lunch -- cabbage soup with meat
dinner -- bananas, some walnuts and a piece of chicken

Now the difficult part, what if it is a vegetarian diet. It seems
to be "eazy" if one eats meat but a lot more difficult if one
doesn't.

There are 2 different vegetarians, those who eat dairy and
those who do not.

thanks...

What is this? Are you writing a book? Doing a research paper the lazy
way? Just a pest? If you are a vegetarian, why didn't you say so in
the original post? And why are you not saying which "kind" now?

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***** charles writes:

Is it possible to come up with a list of food to eat in a 24 hour
period, that I could consume day in and day out that is both
nutritionally addequate(sp?) and CHEAP. Doesn't have to
be gourmet taste quality and can be from 1500 to 1800 cal
per day?

I've been looking for the same thing for a long time. It's perfectly
possible in theory, but finding it in practice is difficult.

The menus have to be carefully designed so that they provide proper
nutritional balance. Providing that balance usually raises the price
substantially and/or increases the preparation time (if you have to
prepare the menus yourself). Protein costs a lot more than
carbohydrates; fat costs a little bit more. Sugar is cheap.

I've always felt that military rations might be the way to go, since
they are designed with much the same goals in mind. But they are
expensive to eat on a daily basis, for someone who doesn't have a
military budget.

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The problem with that is a lack of balanced nutrition.

It's possible (albeit not easy) to come up with menus that are
completely balanced. However, they tend to vary with the target, in
that a well-balanced meal for one person might be less than ideal for
another. When one eats a variety of foods, these minor differences
don't matter, but when one eats the same menus for months or years at
a time, they must be very carefully designed in order to avoid
long-term problems with malnutrition.

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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:55:51 GMT, "***** charles"
wrote:

"Ignoramus4610" wrote in message
.. .
how about

breakfast -- egg, cottage cheese and an apple
lunch -- cabbage soup with meat
dinner -- bananas, some walnuts and a piece of chicken

Now the difficult part, what if it is a vegetarian diet. It seems
to be "eazy" if one eats meat but a lot more difficult if one
doesn't.

You should have told us you were a vegetarian initially, rather than
allowing people to waste their time writing useless responses!

There are 2 different vegetarians, those who eat dairy and
those who do not.

Yeah, so? What kind are you? (Though at this point I don't feel like
spending more time trying to help, frankly.)

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

***** charles writes:

Now the difficult part, what if it is a vegetarian diet. It seems
to be "eazy" if one eats meat but a lot more difficult if one
doesn't.

Meat is also a lot more expensive than many vegetarian foodstuffs.
Rice is cheaper than beef.

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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:08:34 GMT, Ignoramus19961
wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:58:03 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:
***** charles writes:

Is it possible to come up with a list of food to eat in a 24 hour
period, that I could consume day in and day out that is both
nutritionally addequate(sp?) and CHEAP. Doesn't have to
be gourmet taste quality and can be from 1500 to 1800 cal
per day?

I've been looking for the same thing for a long time. It's perfectly
possible in theory, but finding it in practice is difficult.

The menus have to be carefully designed so that they provide proper
nutritional balance. Providing that balance usually raises the price
substantially and/or increases the preparation time (if you have to
prepare the menus yourself). Protein costs a lot more than
carbohydrates; fat costs a little bit more. Sugar is cheap.

I've always felt that military rations might be the way to go, since
they are designed with much the same goals in mind. But they are
expensive to eat on a daily basis, for someone who doesn't have a
military budget.


They are not that expensive, but the ones that I tried are extremely
vile tasting.

i

I also don't think you're expected to eat the same ones every day --
there's a lot of variety. So you still have a nutritional challenge
if you're trying to find a single menu to eat each day.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004