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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou
On the fast food, since I started the blog, I have been shocked at the percentage of the private communications I've gotten--mainly from old friends from high school and earlier--that ask how to avoid fast food. I wish I had an easy answer to that one. I *think* the fact that I pre-plan (and pre-enter into the LoseIt app) all of my meals for the day helps with sticking to the plan, but I'm not really sure.
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Yeah that's pretty much where I'm at. I've clearly done it for short periods of time, so I know exactly where to start and what to do. I bought a crock pot and made a few things in it that were quite good and created meals that lasted a couple days for 3 people (mom and sister). In May and June I was cooking 3 nights a week on average and mom was cooking one or two. It was working nicely, but I basically learned that I don't really enjoy cooking. Also, some family friction involved of course. I could find 3 or 4 very easy things I liked and repeat them once or twice a week for a very long time, but after like a week and a half, everyone else in the house is like "that again? I'll pass" and then I feel like a dick just cooking for me.
I dunno, just rambling
I know what I need to do but doing it still feels like a huge pain in the ass, even with the very, very clear benefits to my health and how I feel day to day.
I also know there are interim steps in between where I am now and cooking a ton. I've made an effort to get more sandwich stuff in the house (we use 12 grain wheat bread, better than white, not better than none at all, etc), and make sure to microwave a bag of those birds eye steam fresh veggies once a day, so that if I'm lacking the motivation to cook I at least have enough options try to keep me in the house instead of at a restaurant or a drive thru.