In all honesty...Lazy

Treadmill can be boring. Why not try outdoors? You could try an app like Couch 2 5K (or even more fun: Zombies, Run! 5K) that will help motivate you.

I suggest getting yourself a brand new cookbook that features interesting foods for a reasonable calorie count. I found one I like and I do a new one everyday. I think that adding in variety really helps you stay motivated. You're right, when you get stuck in the same routine everyday you lose motivation really fast.

when this happens to me, it means I've lost my motivation so to bring it back I need to find something that triggers it such as looking at pics of me when I was really happy with my weight or reading Oxygen magazine - for some reason that magazine motivates me - I also grab a bunch of motivating pics off the internet and make them my screensavers

For motivation, I have a Pinterest page. I save photos of fantastically fit women and motivational sayings, and when I just don't feel like hitting the gym, I pull up that Pinterest page and look through and SO MUCH WANT that I get pumped up to go do it already.

Look for new recipes for things you like. Example - I like zucchini, but eating raw zucchini every day gets old. So...zucchini fries, parmesan zucchini, zucchini chips, zucchini tots, and on and on and on. Same with salads. Vary what you are putting on them to vary the flavors. I do copycats of Panera Bread salads. Greens with sliced almonds, sesame seeds, an Asian vinaigrette dressing, maybe some wonton strips. Sandwiches - switch up the bread, meat, types of lettuce, cucumbers or tomatoes, condiments - mustard, vinegars, or even switching up toasting or grilling the bread changes flavor and texture. For dinner - chicken or shrimp, but flavored differently with different spices and cooked different ways. I do not do labor intensive meals, because like you, I won't do them at the end of the day and the food will rot. Everything I do is quick and easy. I use a lot of recipes from SkinnyTaste.com.

i feel compelled to post because my middle name is Lazy and my first name is Extremely. we are brethren! but i find losing the "all or nothing" mentality has worked wonders.

i used to resolve every single night to get up early to do the 30 Day Shred... i think i probably did 3 sessions in a month max. now instead of hauling my sleep-loving *kitten* off the bed at 5.30am for a super! powered! morning! workout! i leave the house a bit earlier for a leisurely walk to the train station. to my surprise a 20-minute walk (and that's with me walking at the pace of a crippled snail) covers 2km - that's 4km in a day. you might not have the luxury of time unlike me, but you get what i mean - your workout doesn't have to be super-punishing and you can incorporate it in your daily routine.

re: food - forget cooking or even macros, just do pure calorie counting. i've swung from a "clean food" to "paleo" to "keto" to "whole food" (we've come full circle!) obsession, but ironically now that my eating philosophy has evolved (devolved?) to "eat whatever the heck i want under my calorie limit, even if it's 20 cookies a day" i eat the most balanced diet. weirdly enough i find myself attracted to good wholesome foods, and i no longer self-sabotage myself on the basis that i begin "tomorrow, i swear". i don't eat the cake i don't want just because it is there and think ha-in-your-face-diet-which-i-begin-tomorrow-oh-and-hello-temporary-self-loathing!

i know it doesn't sound radical enough to be effective, but the kilograms have been dropping off at a rate i've never seen before. i really do hope my suggestions, cliche as they are, have been practical for you!

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Do you enjoy dancing? The Wii has let's dance 1,2, 2014. Your 5 year old would enjoy it too; I dance along with the grandkids. Burns lots of calories.

We all have that lazy streak in us. The key is you really got to WANT to. This may seem simple, but its not. You WANT to lose the weight (we all do), but you don't WANT to live off rabbit food or exercise daily. This is the same problem I had 40 pounds ago. What I decided was to just watch the calories by portion size, not what I eat. This has made it much simper. If I want Ice cream or Taco Bell, I eat it. I just have to make it fit in the caloric limit. I don't do diet drinks or light beer, and I cant stand sugar free stuff. The key is if we take away all the things we like, even if we do manage to lose the weight, we eventually will gain it back because we want the stuff we miss oh so much. I still drink my coffee with sugar, I drink my daily coke (but only one) and so on. If I want more than my daily calorie allotment, then I have a reason to get on a treadmill. Exercise enough to have that extra thing or 2. Let the food you crave be your motivation to exercise, Otherwise just all things in moderation. I've been losing 2 pounds a week using this philosophy and I don't miss anything so I know I'll be able to keep it off once I reach my goal (80 pounds to go) My 5 miles of walking done for today, now I'm off to the steakhouse

re: food - forget cooking or even macros, just do pure calorie counting. i've swung from a "clean food" to "paleo" to "keto" to "whole food" (we've come full circle!) obsession, but ironically now that my eating philosophy has evolved (devolved?) to "eat whatever the heck i want under my calorie limit, even if it's 20 cookies a day" i eat the most balanced diet. weirdly enough i find myself attracted to good wholesome foods, and i no longer self-sabotage myself...

I've got to chime in here and agree with this... I found that I can eat pretty much anything I want, as long as I watch my overall calories. Some days I'll be over my calories, and others I'll be under, but in general, my moving average is close to my targets. My body ends up with cravings for "good" and "junk" foods, and I respond in kind. If you look through my diary, you'll see that I'm a fan of cake, donuts, candy bars, fast food in particular (convenience), coffee, and yes, diet products (sweeteners and cola). Whenever I don't have any specific cravings, I just try to follow a few basic rules

1. Don't drink calories (this is why I drink diet soda instead of regular, and very rarely have juice drinks). Drink lots of water.
2. Reduce meat consumption. Favor Swimming (fish and seafood in general) Over Flying (chicken, turkey) Over Fast/Small Walking (lamb and ham) Over Slow/Large Walking (beef cattle red meat). Special exception to this: Bacon is OK. Turkey bacon is an acquired taste anyways, and besides, they don't make fish bacon to my knowledge.
3. Avoid calorie high accessories. On sandwiches, opt for mustard or spicy sauces over mayonnaise, or go low fat mayo. On salads, be very conservative about the dressing if you even need it at all, and don't load up on nuts and berries and cheese and sprinkles and chocolate chip confetti. Its a salad after all, not an ice cream sundae.
4. Snacks/Junk (and any food) is OK in moderation. One way to offset calories from them is to go for a walk to the local convenience store to buy 1 snack instead of bulk packs. I do this in the hotter months for ice cream. It's also a good way to get the significant other to join you.
5. It's easier to eat healthy proper portion sizes at a fast food joint then a typical restaurant. For restaurants, eat slow, and plan on saving half your meal as leftovers for another meal.

But yea, on the diet food causing cancer front, to date I haven't seen any evidence indicating such from the consumption levels that humans endure. On the other hand, all kinds of cancer causing additives are apparently found in makeup like eyeliner, mascara, that powdery stuff. So if you're dolling yourself up looking pretty, you might not be doing yourself any favors.