help!!! don't cook

What is wrong with cooking?

If you are insistent on not cooking, you can eat Lean Cuisines and pre-cut veggies, but that gets old after awhile.

I am single, so I don't cook because I don't need the excessive leftovers. Feel free to add me and take a look at my food log.

I would suggest getting a healthy college cookbook. The recipes are usually quick and simple. If you're iffy about trying one then check your local library and see what they have available.

Honestly, best advice is to learn to cook. It's the grab and go on the way to the tv and computer that's hurting. If you take the time to cook, sit and eat, you'll have success.

I agree. The computer and the couch are not doing you any favors.

If you decide to learn to cook, I love the Spark Recipes site. I have the app on my phone and I've found that there are tons of easy and fun recipes, and I can look at the ingredients on my phone while I'm shopping for them.

here's another site

www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/cheap_eats

Slow cooker crock pot... It's great for soups, stews or what ever you enjoy..... I throw a lot of veggie and potatoes in my crock pot then slow cook my meal. I found it a lot easier to have meals completed when I come home. The meal is ready, healthy inexpensive and most of all it "warm". A rice cooker helps. Good luck

Well I'm guilty of using some of the frozen foods almost every day for 1 meal. I love to cook but when I'm only cooking for myself it is hard because my partner is strictly a meat and potato kinda of girl. Of course she is skinny as a rail.

Anyways, the ones I like best are Healthy Choice Complete meals or entrees. I like some Lean Cuisine, particularly their pizzas. Marie Callender's has a few meals below 500 and they are pretty good too. The Weight Watchers is my least favorite and I only actually purchase one entree they have.

Fruits are good to always have on hand. You need one fruit serving at least per day. Other snacks I use are Reduced Fatccrackers with Laughing Cow cheese. The cheese is only 35 calories per wedge and they have probably 6 different varieties. Also the light popcorn in the single bags so I wont overeat. Also, I keep a variety of Granola Bars and Granola Thins around. Salad fixings are another good thing to keep in the fridge. Change salad dressing if you eat the regular calorie laden ones. The Salad Spritzers are good for that and are only 1 calorie per spray and a number of varieties too.

One of the biggest things I did was change over to turkey instead of beef. Turkey sausage, ground turkey, turkey bacon. You can also buy turkey breakfast sandwiches in the frozen foods department. I only do that occasionally. I changed everything to lo-cal, no fat, etc., breads, jams, crackers, butter, condiments. It all adds up.

Also get a scale a weigh out your portions. Like if i eat a turkey sandwich, I want 2 ounces of turkey and weigh it so I dont overestimate. Also I use measuring cups & spoons for everything.

I probably didnt help a whole lot but these are things that help me.

Honestly, best advice is to learn to cook. It's the grab and go on the way to the tv and computer that's hurting. If you take the time to cook, sit and eat, you'll have success.
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I don't "cook" in the traditional sense. I don't use a ton of ingredients and mix a lot of things together. I'm just not good at it. But the crock pot/slow cooker is a great idea. You can make a small turkey breast in the crock pot and eat on it for days. I bake chicken breasts in the oven on the weekends and you can use those for salads, wraps, sandwiches all week. Hardboiled eggs are also easy to make in advance. The boil in a bag rice is really easy and they do make it in brown rice. Fruits and veggies are always easy. Hummus instead of mayo on a wrap or a sandwich thin.