How do I lose weight when I can't cook? lol

Only eat the packaged food when you're crushed for time, they are full of sodium and other things that are not good for you as an everyday diet. Buy a cookbook such as the Eating Clean cookbook or the biggest loser cookbook, you need to learn how to make healthy foods. Start by keeping it very simple, throw a chicken breast in the oven wrapped in tin foil with some salt and pepper and bake for an hour on 350. Eat that with some steamed veggies made in the Steamers bags. those bags are your best friend, they steam things to perfection just follow the instructions on the bag. Get some turkey burgers and grill them or fry in a pan, eat it with a whole grain bun and veggies. Try to eat as much fresh fruit and veggies as possible, they require very little cooking or knowlege of cooking and are the key to great health. Eggs are a great protien, you can scramble some in a pan with cooking spray, use 3 eggs, scoop out two of the yolks and scramble, it is a filling breakfast and is only about 150 calories. Also keep some hard boiled eggs on hand, once again they are a quality protien. Try buying some Whey protein, I like the EAS brand, put 1 scoop in a blender with frozen fruit and some sugar free juice and it's a great snack for under 150 calories, or use 2 scoops as a meal replacement. Hope that was helpful. Laurie

The frozen meals have a lot of sodium, so be careful with that, I usually only do one a day if I do them. Do you have a george foreman grill, you can get chicken breast and fish and even steak and slap it on and it be done in 5 minutes, steam your veggies and your good to go. I get good recipe ideas from recipezaar.com and allrecipes.com. good luck to you....

Crockpots are good too....no cooking involved! The other day I threw some boneless skinless chicken breast in the crockpot and covered with bbq sauce. I let it cook on low for about 6 hours. Eat it on a whole wheat bun...deeeeeeelicious!

I can't cook either, and I am 29, so I am right there with you. My personal succes.. George Foreman. I use it to grill chicken or lean cuts of meat. That's about the only way I know to cook meat. You mean there are other ways? It's great because you can cook as much or as little as you want and freeze the rest. Grocery shopping for one is hard enough, but then you have to go home and cook it too? Not happening. Luckily for me I have a husband who knows a little more than me about cooking. I am a picky eater too, so it's hard for me to cook meals from a cook book. I have eaten a lot of chicken and change up my meal by adding lowfat cheese to the top, or making it tex-mex with so low calorie salsa on the top. I add veggies as sides and go from there. It's an easy way to change up from frozen meals.
Also, since it's just you, experiment with some other foods. You don't have to eat just "diet" frozen meals. I eat whatever I want, honestly. I just make sure I choose something that will keep me full and that tastes good. I count the calories in it, so I can only have so much of that food. I hate frozen meals (get bored with them; did I mention I was a picky eater?), so I do sandwiches for lunch or dinner alot. Another food that I like that keeps me full is a great breakfast item.. fiber one cereal in caramel delight. I'll have it anytime. I also eat breakfast foods for dinner.. egg white omlet or something. That's pretty basic cooking and it's easy to do for one. Add some veggies in our omlet (or scrambled egg whites, which is what my omlet ends up looking like!). Just a few easy thoughts to change it up a bit and keep you away from the frozen meals, which can be high in sodium and other things. I do go out to eat a lot.. I go t places like Lenny's and eat half the sandwich for lunch with some pringles light and then for dinner I eat the other half at home with a salad or veggies or something. I hope this helps you out. Good luck and if you ever need any "recipe" ideas, feel free to contact me on the site!

You've got tons of good advise so far so here is my 2 cents (it seems to work for me) take any meat, or chicken put in a deep pan fill 3/4 with water cover with foil bake @325 - 350, after 30 minutes take out add potatos or rice recover put it in for another 30 minutes it comes out really tender and you have a side dish with it (oh yea if you don't mind mixing you can add veggies when you put in the rice. don't forget to season the meat / chicken before you start the water absorbs some of the seaoning and gives your rice / potato's a great taste. (This is just my 2 cents)

So many great replies here! All I will add is that if you can learn to boil a pot of water and work the microwave, then you can do enough to make healthy, filling, tasteful meals! I will also add that when we really want something, we'll do anything to get it. If you want good health, more energy, and to feel better about how you look, then you'll be willing to get out of your comfort zone and learn something new. You don't need to become a chef or even a good cook to take better care of you and to be a good example to your little one

Don't be silly, you can cook. Anybody can cook. Try this:

Chop up lettuce & tomato - drizzle some salad dressing on it.

Nuke a potato. Follow your mic's "Baked potato" directions. Maybe get adventurous and do a sweet potato,,,they rock and are very healthy.

Boneless skinless chicken breast (still frozen is Ok) in a frying pan. Cut up an onion and drop it in. Medium heat. Salt & pepper. Flip it a couple times. After a few minutes when it looks not raw anymore, cut it in half through the thickest part. If it's white all the way thru, eat it. If it's still pink give it a few more minutes, then eat it.

That's it,,, start with that.

I know everyone says no to canned food and frozen food, but if your goal is to lose weight, it can work!!

Before I got pregnant, I was still overweight and I went to Jenny Craig. Jenny Craig is awesome and I lost more weight than I ever had before, but then I got pregnant and I am now in pretty much the same position you are because now I can't afford Jenny Craig and don't really have much of kitchen to cook in (long story).

However, what I wanted to point out was that all Jenny Craig offers is frozen and packaged foods. The first week I was on it, I lost 7 lbs! The trick to beating the hunger is to eat fruits and veggies with it. As simple as chopping one up or steaming it and you could eat just about as much as you wanted.

So if they work for you, just add some fruits and veggies as fillers and do drink lots of water.

P.S. - I'm going to add you, I'm at 210 currently and am just now starting to try to lose my pregnancy weight, so we can fight this together!! Oh!! and I also got up to 260 with my son.

Wow thank you everyone for the replies and great recipes. I just need the motivation to start cooking. Its hard because my son is a special needs baby and really takes up the majority of my time, half the time I forget to eat all together! I am attempting a pork tenderloin on wednesday night with salad and veggies to impress a man (LOL, he knows i cant cook) so we will see how that turns out! I am also going to try and flip my big meal around to lunchtime, it really is easier for me that way, as thats when my son sleeps, and do a smaller meal at dinner time.

I am shocked at all the support you guys have shown already,and I am happy to be here!

Oh my gosh! Thats what we had for dinner last night! Pork chops, potatoes, and salad! If you need any advise I'd be happy to help! It was very easy the prep time was about 20 mins and 25-30 to cook and it was low calorie! Good luck!