worried pre made food will taste bad after 4 days

williams969

amusedmonkey wrote: »

awesomewastaken wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

Why not just make some fresh food? You could stir fry up a meal in the time it takes to go get something at Chipotle.

THIS. I'm honestly baffled when people say that they just eat out or get takeout because they don't have time to cook. It takes less than 10 minutes to grill some chicken and cook some veggies. It would take me longer to go to the restaurant, get food, and come back.

How on earth do you prepare chicken and veggies in less than 10 minutes? I must be doing something very wrong because I can never fix up a meal in less than 30-40 minutes. And 30 minutes feels like an eternity when I'm very hungry.

I'm too lazy to do that when I'm hungry, so I reach for a cup of instant noodles. They're portion controlled so I do not have to worry about going over. If anything, I actually have extra calories to spend after that (350 calories per 80 gram package).

Good idea, too! Yeah, maybe a good "backup" plan to have canned soups and such in the pantry. So many of them are under 300-400 (for the whole can). Much better than throwing up your hands in defeat and going overboard. And still quicker than having to leave the house to get fast food (although, I like that, too, on occasion, but portion/calorie control your choices).