How do you get your veggies in?

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

I am beginning to think I should make a bunch at once to last a few days. Usually the only time I get them in is if I have one of those WW low carb or lean cusine meals There is also a south Beach one with chicken and brocolli that I like.

Everyone says the frozen meals have too much salt, so I have been cooking for my self. I live alone so if I make something, I can't seem to make only a little bit.. I have to eat it several days. I bought some chicken and made fajitas with chicken bell peppers and onion. No tortilla. I guess the bell peppers could be considered a vegetable.

But when I made meat loaf out of ground turkey, I didn't feel like cooking vegetables.

I know it's easier for people with families that have regular meals to make for them, but there must be other single people like me, that really aren't into preparing menus for themself.

Thank you!

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

If anyone thinks this needs to be in the food section, I don't know how to move it. I probably should have posted it there but I forgot about it.

[Jachut 487]

Lol, its not easier when you have a family to cook for, its a chore, serving up something healthy and different every night for all the kids to go "yuck, what's THAT?" and refuse to eat it!

To be successful in your weight loss long term, I think you need to develop a different attitude towards cooking, you need to learn to cook for yourself AND to make the vegetables. Even though I have a family to cook for I dont want to do it 9/10 of the time either but really if you dont eat food you've prepared at home, you'll spend a fortune and take in too much fat and calories.

If you steam up some vegies, say broccoli, carrots and cauliflower, they do last in the fridge till the next day, you can just heat them up in the mirowave again. It takes 2 seconds to make a tossed salad with some lettuce, Tomato, cucumber, mushrooms and avocado, a bit of low fat dressing and whack that beside a piece of fish or meat and you have a healthy meal.

Watch Supersize me - that may be about McDonalds but it could easily apply to living on a diet of foods that only come in boxes or packets, they are equally as bad in too large quantities. YOu only have to watch the school lunch section to see that, truly horrifying.

Its also a matter of developing good shopping habits, which I find hard too since I hate grocery shopping. I find I eat badly when there is not appropriate food in the house though, so I have to MAKE myself do it, its more important to my success than any amount of willpower.

You can do it! Make it a part of your daily routine. Also, if you make a big meal many things freeze beatifully. We freeze leftover corned silverside, left over roast lamb etc, or make it up into big dishes like Moroccan lamb, and you could freeze individual portions. If you really cant bear to face the kitchen every night, then get out some recipe books and cook yourself some freezable meals, portion them appropriately and microwave some frozen peas and carrots every night to go with them.

[4me 0]

I cannot eat most veggies for several reasons. I try to make it to the local Robek's smoothie store once a wk; my daughter will get a smoothie & I order 2 oz of fresh squeezed wheatgrass. 2 oz = 5 POUNDS of green, leafy veggies. Drink it in the first 5 min of squeezing for the most potency & follow it with an orange slice. Takes some getting used to but the benefits are many.

[hlayne 0]

I'm having that problem so far...I made a Soup...cut the recipe in half...it still lasted me 4 days. It was a good Soup. :eek:

Hopefully we'll just get use to making really small portions!