Diet fatigue
When I banged out my last post in 20 minutes on Sunday night, I did not expect to receive such a huge response. Largely thanks to a mention from David Gillespie himself and a shout out from Primal Awesome, I received 600 views in one day (about three times more than usual!) as well as a hugely positive response from the online community. Consequently, I have now reached 10,000 views (not bad considering I’ve been blogging less than three months) and I can have my celebratory party a little earlier than expected!
While I was preparing for some criticism following the post for essentially attacking an entire industry, the comments have all been positive and incredibly thought-provoking – I suggest you go check them out now as they are almost better than the post itself!
In other news, the past week of my life has been dominating by diet fatigue. I go through long periods of months – even years – eating the same food, day in and day out. I choose meals that offer a decent spread of nutrients and then eat them… again and again. Since the beginning of April, I have eaten the exact same meal combo three times a day. Minus a couple of lunches eaten out here and there, I have eaten the same thing approximately 450 times over the past four months. And prior to April I had eaten the exact same salad for lunch for more than a year. Let’s not forget that my dinner is usually pretty similar to my three lunches (!), and only varies between three options.
It’s partially a result of laziness and partially because I don’t need to change something I’m happy with, but I honestly haven’t gotten tired of eating the same super clean food – until now. Ever since I got back from Perth I have been grossed out by the thought of eating any more dry, flavourless chicken and soggy, day-old vegetables.
It became so bad that even though I was hungry I contemplated skipping meals so I wouldn’t have to eat the same old thing. Every single night last week was spent peering into my fridge wishing that something different would appear.
I bet you’re thinking that I finally cracked and stuffed myself with burgers, fries and chocolate. Wrong! All my cravings were for healthy foods such as a nice piece of fish or a fresh salad. So I took almost a week off to just eat what my body wanted. I had bolognaise, my chicken peanut curry and tonight a Thai red curry (recipe on the way). They are all healthy but as Rob says: “they taste so good they have to be bad for you”.
It worked: I’m no longer choking down my lunches. Next week I’m going to try making a big pot of chilli and take that to the office just to switch it up for a while.
All that being said, however, I don’t think I could ever get sick of eating oats for breakfast. For as long as I can remember I’ve been a big fan of having the same breakfast for years at a time, and it’s always been my favourite meal of the day!
On the weekend I realised I hadn’t weighed myself in a month. I have gone down a clothing size in general even though I have definitely seen some decent growth in my back and shoulders lately. I may have gained a bit of fat in the process, but I was confident it couldn’t have been more than one or two kilos. So you can imagine my shock when I stepped on the scale and it said 75 kilos (165 pounds)!!!
While I screamed at my husband in a panic and stood there trying to figure out how I had managed to gain 10 kilos without even noticing (and seriously questioning what those curries had done to me!), all was resolved when we figured out the scale was broken. Every time he or I stood on it, it spat out a completely different number.
I’m not usually one to judge my progress based on the scales but in this case it was definitely a matter of heart attack averted.
Do you ever get bored of eating clean? How do you like to change it up?
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I’m sick of eating the same thing too. I guess I refuse to be weak and quit like every single other person. Too many excuses in the world from ppl. Man up or man out I always say. So if the scale was broken, did u ever findout what u actually weigh??
Yes I did – I gained 2 kilos! But I’m pretty sure it’s all muscle, Biff
I know you’re a machine!
HAHA omg, stupid effing scale strikes again. I get bored sometimes, so I start to vary. Pick a new veggie to play with, buy new seasonings, purchase a different meat that I haven’t in a while, buy a new flavor protein powder. I definitely feel ya though, that’s how I was getitng towards the end of my prep with the lack of variety…
PS I *LOVE* my oats
I try to mix it up with new seasonings, but there’s only so much you can do! I definitely need to mix my vegetables up a little bit more. I can’t wait for prep haha
Just wondering how tall you are?
I’m 5″9′…. I’m heavier than most people my height because of all my extra muscle
But not 75 kilos heavy! Haha
I’m about 5 foot 8, currently about 76kg
cant wait for your Thai curry recipe!
I also pretty much eat the same thing every day. for every single meal. and so far i havent gotten sick of it haha
It was SO good, and healthy too! You’re doing well then. Did you get sick of your diet during contest prep?
haha I nearly died for you when I read 75kg! Thats what I weigh at the moment and Im a size 10-12 with a decent amount of muscle but still a decent amount of stubborn fat
and I know you are WAAYYY smaller then me!! lol. I had the same thing a few months ago, I jumped on the scales after about 3 months of not touching them and it said almost 90kg! I nearly burst into tears but got on again and it said 112kg or something so I changed the batteries and it was all good 
Your a trouper with your diet! I get sooooo bored soooooo quick! But I have stopped having sugar in my coffee and im cutting down on the amount I put in my oats!
Well as I said I’m trying not to be concerned about my weight anyway because my goal isn’t losing weight! If it had said 90 I would probably have died on the spot haha
Well done on your sugar improvements
It gradually gets easier! Try one teaspoon of honey in your oats instead of sugar, or you could even try stevia.
Love your blog! Been lurking for a while. On the topic of diet variety (which I think is extremely important to overall health!) I recently stumbled upon this kid’s blog, which you may have already visited: http://flavortogofast.blogspot.com/ I haven’t found an unappealing recipe yet! Thought I’d share in case you’re looking for inventive ideas to switch things up occasionally. (Even if you just try one once a month or so!)
Thanks for finally commenting – don’t be shy
Thank you for sharing that blog – I haven’t seen it before. His recipes look great! I do try to choose meals that contain a variety of vegetables and then repeat them again and again, but my variation could be better…
i have to admit that i eat protein pancakes for breakfast EVERY single day. i can’t get sick of them. i have a few meals that i rotate through for lunches and dinners that i sometimes get sick of, but i’m so terrible in the kitchen that i just deal with it haha.
Despite seeing them on everyone’s blogs, I have never made protein pancakes! I’m not that keen on pancakes in general and I love my oats too much
I’m actually quite a good cook if I can say so myself and I enjoy finding new recipes, but lately I’ve become lazier about actually making them!
mmm mmm i’ve been wanting to make jamie eason’s turkey chili for so long (well just a few weeks haha) but i need to get on that. it’s football season which means CHILI!
Yum. I haven’t seen that one but I love her recipes. I found a mostly healthy recipe for chilli but I may have to check that one out first!
i swear im on a new eating clean streak every other day, and when i get bored i mix it up with a new experimental crazy recipe! it feels good all the time and is so pleasing when you pull out something awesome
It is hard to find recipes that are exciting yet healthy enough for me to actually eat though, and that’s why I’m so glad I found your blog