Just spent 70 dollars instead of cooking dinner myself..

jamieleefarnsworth
jamieleefarnsworth Posts: 8 Member
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Man I need to make better decisions. I have plenty of healthy food in the fridge. Wife and kiddo where hungry and instead of getting off my butt and making my family dinner I called in pizza. The only logical upside to what i did was not having to get off the damn couch. Lazy... need to make better decisions. I think I am going to go out of my way to get up early, do dishes and cook a light healthy breakfast and try to start a cycle of better decisions

Rant ended thankyou for listening

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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    ButterMeMuffinz wrote: »
    jamieleefarnsworth wrote: »
    Man I need to make better decisions. I have plenty of healthy food in the fridge. Wife and kiddo where hungry and instead of getting off my butt and making my family dinner I called in pizza. The only logical upside to what i did was not having to get off the damn couch. Lazy... need to make better decisions. I think I am going to go out of my way to get up early, do dishes and cook a light healthy breakfast and try to start a cycle of better decisions

    Rant ended thankyou for listening

    I find what helps me is planning ahead of time, even if it's just one day ahead. If I have it in my mind, "we're having spaghetti tonight," when I wake up, I tend to be more likely to actually make it.

    Maybe that would help you a bit?

    Yep.. helps me too..

    I prelog a 3 or 4 days in advance so I know roughly what I'll be having.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Yep--don't demonize a pizza. If you and your family order once in a while it'll be good for your mental health. If you can plan for takeout and what it'll be, you can save up calories and also know how large your portion can be. Getting back to your regular calorie routine the next day is important. Do not punish yourself--enjoy that pizza, and then go on. Weight loss is also a mental battle. You have to put yourself in a good place. Enjoy a few treats, but log them. After a while you'll find that some things just aren't worth it--others sure are. Good luck.
  • melichalupa
    melichalupa Posts: 301 Member
    I agree above 👆
    It happened, and having a takeout day doesn’t eliminate your goals. I have found though that when I have a full fridge sometimes I get overwhelmed with the possibilities and I shut down as well.
    So I will plan a couple of dinners in advance - maybe only two. Just so I am somewhat on track. I usually justify it to my lazy self as “I need to get the stuff that will go bad first out of the fridge”.
    Good luck!
  • AliNouveau
    AliNouveau Posts: 36,287 Member
    What the two above me said.
    You have all the healthy food still in the fridge sometimes we need a little indulgence. We order in every Friday, usually it's Thai food so it's fairly healthy but if my son picks it's pizza. Just make smart choices. You can keep the calories and sodium down on pizza by getting all veggies on it.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,333 Member
    I tell myself that weight loss is one decision at a time. It is as simple as; Do I choose fried chicken or baked chicken?
  • mjparker625
    mjparker625 Posts: 7 Member
    Am I the only wife that’s jealous he said make dinner , make breakfast and do the dishes ... 🤣
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    AliNouveau wrote: »
    What the two above me said.
    You have all the healthy food still in the fridge sometimes we need a little indulgence. We order in every Friday, usually it's Thai food so it's fairly healthy but if my son picks it's pizza. Just make smart choices. You can keep the calories and sodium down on pizza by getting all veggies on it.

    Exactly this... we order take out every week and sometimes more. What has helped recently is planning meals for the week and doing the food shopping for those meals only. Helps keep the waste down.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    mjparker625 wrote: »
    Am I the only wife that’s jealous he said make dinner , make breakfast and do the dishes ... 🤣

    :laugh: Mine does the dishes but I do the cooking.
  • jamieleefarnsworth
    jamieleefarnsworth Posts: 8 Member
    Everyone has been super helpful thank you
  • izzyred9400
    izzyred9400 Posts: 1,094 Member
    mjparker625 wrote: »
    Am I the only wife that’s jealous he said make dinner , make breakfast and do the dishes ... 🤣

    No,I'm well jealous,my biggest mistake was getting a dishwasher when we had a new kitchen.The deal was I cook & my hubby did the dishes but now it is always me loading,unloading dishwasher aswell as cooking 😫
  • izzyred9400
    izzyred9400 Posts: 1,094 Member
    @jamieleefarnsworth
    Definitely planning is the key.
    Make a shopping list.
    Plan meals for the week.
    Batch cook & freeze portions.
    Make a list of foods /meals in freezer & cross out foods you eat.
    That way you will always have something in & wont need to rely on take outs.
    Hope this helps 😃

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