I'm a bit of a lazy bastard when it comes to preparing food when theres nobody cooking dinners and I don't bother cooking dinner myself I just go for anything thats ready to eat like fruits, carrots, leftover dinners in the fridge, crackers (might slap a bit of butter on them or even cheese if Im determined enough) and that kinda shit. Hunger doesn't even motivate me to prepare food cuz I just wait it out and the hunger goes away for a few hours.

Everyone says that the average person eats way too much food anyway so I was wondering what the bare minimum is. Lets say if someone just ate ready eat things every day and his diet was like this
Morning - Bowl of serial (lets say one of those healthy ones with raisins and shit)
Throughout the day - fruits (apples, bananas and those mini oranges that are easy to peel), nuts (peanuts, or maybe those assortments of different nuts), crackers (occasionally with butter and cheese) and maybe the odd sandwich (with mayonaisse, meat, lettuce, cheese and whatever)
Would that person have any nutrient deficiencies? Would that be an alright diet? I could throw in those canned sardines as a natural source of essential fatty acids and amino acids too. I hear this nutritional expert on a TV show say its better to eat small amounts of food throughout the day than eat big lunches and big dinners anyway. To me thats idea cuz I don't like this lunch and dinner routine bullshit.

It looks like this person isn't eating enough unless they're gorging on the sandwichs. They're getting plenty of vitamins and fibre from the fruit/cereal but they're not getting enough fats or protein and are probably short on the carbs.

Sardines are the fucking shit as is tuna. I'd recommend making up some pasta and mixing in some tuna or sardines. Chicken breast is quick and easy to cook up and matches many jar sauces to go with pasta. It can all be made in batches to last a few days and can be eaten cold or reheated when it's needed. That'd fill in some of the holes. Bacon and eggs for breakfast and a bowl of wholegrain cereal and they'd be eating much much better so longas they kept up the fruit and vegetable intake.

I would still urge more variety but that's a start for someone who is too lazy to cook all the time.

I forget, when you get a tin of sardines, are you supposed to eat the entire fish or no? Actually the only time I've bought sardines I think was as a treat for my cats.

You can eat the whole fish, I always do. It's tasty and you get extra goodness and texture from the little bones.

*follows advice from totse*

*chokes*

:(

texture from the little bones.

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth :(

No offense to sardines or your taste in food, but..damn.

What's wrong with the bones? Extra bit of calcium it is.

What about canned salmon? Those usually have a bit of the spine, but it's soft and tasty.

*ObZ

Lol I find comfort in taking sardine advice from someone named Toothlessjoe. Just seems fitting.

I'm in the same situation as OP. My diet consists entirely of cereal, fruits, veggies, nuts, PB&J, tuna, and occasionally some form of microwavable meal.

in terms of energy, i would say thats enough. your body regulates your metabolism according to food intake anyway.

as for nutrition, as long as youre eating from all the food groups, i dont see whats the problem

and there seems to be enough fibre


and yes i do eat sardine bones. actually what i compulsively like to do is fillet the sardine, eat the meat, then eat the bones on their own

lol i dunno ¯\(°_o)/¯