Meal Prepping Sucks

Just came here to say you don't really need to meal prep if it's not for you. I work FT and have 2 kids and I do not meal prep. For lunches I just do sandwiches and vegetables or something on the side, so I just throw that together each day. This week I'm doing salads, so all I have to do is throw lettuce and a few veggies in a bowl, and some chicken. I buy rotisserie chicken so I didn't even have to cook that. The veggies, I just throw in whole and cut them up at work (I buy mini cucumbers and the little mini sweet peppers so they all fit in my bowl) And then I pick 3 meals that I want to cook each week for dinners, and I cook enough to last two nights each.

I do various levels of meal prepping depending on what's going on in my life at the time. I agree that meal prepping can be a pain while you are actually prepping it, but I do find it saves me a lot time on the days that I'm not prepping the meals. You may be different though so do what works for you.
As far as keto being unpopular and being lectured about it, I think for most of us it's not necessarily keto we have a problem with but all the pseudoscience some of the keto people push. For example, it's pretty common to hear that on keto you can eat in a calorie surplus and still lose weight or that it's impossible to lose weight if you eat carbs. I also hear the "it burns fat more than any other other diet" from keto people a lot. I don't think most people on here say that stuff, but it does pop up from time to time. Keto works like any other way to lose weight in that you have to have a calorie deficit. How you eat to be as satiated as possible while in that deficit is going to be different for everyone so I think most of us don't have a problem with keto so much as people who preach their way as the only way.
Also it's pretty common for people who are new to weight loss to think reducing carbs is the only way to lose weight. When people tell them it's not the only way, it's not necessarily an attack on keto but just to let people know that if low carb isn't for you, you can still lose weight.
Non keto people don't want to be told they CAN'T have carbs any more than keto people want to be told they have to eat carbs. I won't tell you keto is bad for YOU, but for me you can pry the oatmeal, bread, pasta, potatoes, beans, and sugar from my cold dead hands.
We all have to do whatever works for us, and if keto works for you, go for it.

Meal prepping is probably the single worst part of my week. I hate it and am generally ready to throw knives at the next person who speaks to me by the time I've shopped, cooked and cleaned it all up. BUT! It beats the everloving crapola out of having to cook every single day, multiple times a day, over and over again!

Some tricks I've learned.
1. Keep the freezer stocked with meat. Ask anyone going to the store to buy the meat and thaw it out the night before. Cook it the night before or in a crockpot overnight if necessary and heat it up the next morning. Good for salads, sandwiches, meatballs, etc
2. Keep boiled eggs in the fridge and always keep eggs on hand.
3. Buy your greens every couple of days. Wash and dry them and keep them in airtight containers for quick access.
4. Cut up raw veggies with dip (sour cream with seasoning) and leave them out on the table for kids (assuming there may be more). Your kids will grow up liking veggies and they will eat them if they are not full of something else.
5. In the evening, steam the leftover veggies for dinner. Or make them into a soup.
6. Keep olives and avocados (if available) in stock to put out when needed.
7. Buy large canisters to store nuts and seeds and keep them stocked (unless they are a huge temptation).
8. Buy fruit and serve it for breakfast. Keep it in sight and the kids will chose it over sweets. My kids usually devour fruit in one sitting and I make them save me a piece on the weekends.
9. Keep the freezer stocked with frozen veggies and berries. Make caramelized veggies with raw or frozen veggies in the oven or add a little cottage cheese to the thawed berries for a treat or breakfast.
10. Put a grocery app on your phones so that you and your husband can pick up needed items on the way home.
11. Teach the kids to prepare food as they get older. Teach your husband to prepare food?
12. Teach your kids (and yourself) that eating raw vegetables and fruit is normal and that certain foods do not have to be eaten at certain meals.
13. Make food prep, cooking and cleaning a family affair.