How to eat healthy and loose weight when you do not cook?

Question

After finding out that I weight almost 30 pounds more than I thought I have started to exercise in the evenings and drink more water ( which I hardly drank before ). I know that I also need to eat healthier but I find it hard because I do not cook. Also, It's expensive to buy fresh vegetables and meats. So being broke and an awful cook what should I do? Right now I basically live off tv dinners maybe fast food once every week.

Answer 1

you must buy requirements for food at home. and start cooking with low oil.

the best way is not to have fast food,... it gives you 40-50% of more fat content then food at home. and moreover it will help you to work within home.

Answer 2

First off, I would highly recommend stopping the TV dinners. Most of them contain extremely high fat and salt content.

You need to be willing to spend at least a little more time to eat healthier. I'd like to share the few tips I know of with you:

Most fast food restaurants offer healthier choices now. IE:

Wendy's: Stick to their chili or a baked potato. Put on light butter and no-fat sour cream @ home. Also, eat their salads with low fat dressing.

Taco Bell: They have a FRESCO menu. This is basically with no cheese or sour cream. This cuts a TON of calories. Order off this menu only.

Anywhere else--stick to grilled chicken instead of fried.

AT HOME: You will need to buy at least some groceries at the beginning of the week. I would recommend going to your supermarket's deli section and buying a whole rotisserie chicken. They cost between $5 and $7 dollars.Use the HECK out of that chicken--eat it for meals, use it for sandwiches, then throw the carcass into a pot and make chicken soup. It will probably give you 5 meals if you are one person.  Buy some brown rice from the store, as well as frozen veggies (about $1.25 per box). (CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP) Boil the rice according to the directions on the bag. Add some salt and pepper, and olive oil. Add some lo-salt canned tomato sauce if you want more flavor ($.49 cents). Stick the veggies in the microwave for as long as the box says.

My estimation: 2 chicken pieces from the big chicken, a serving of brown rice, and frozen veggies will cost you about $2.75 TOPS for a dinner. You can't even get a fast food combo for that price. That meal I just described will probably take you 5 minutes to put together once the rice is cooked.

Healthy chicken soup with the remaining carcass: peel the carcass and throw the chicken pieces in a pot. Buy cheap chicken broth with low sodium/low fat. Fill the pot up with the chicken broth and some water. Throw in some rice and veggies-carrots, celery, whatever you want. Even buy frozen veggies if you have no time to cut them up. Boil it till the veggies are soft. EASY. It will probably take you 15 mins to make a whole pot of soup.

Other suggestion:

Turkey burgers. Buy the cheapest ground turkey you can find. Chop a small onion. Mix it with the turkey with some pepper and a tad of salt. Make a patty shape with your hands. Cook the patties on a frying pan with a bit of oil. Stick it on a whole grain bun with lettuce and ketchup. EASY. You will be able to make 5 burgers with that one pack of turkey meat.

Snacks: Bananas ($.69 cents a pound), Nature Valley granola bars, light popcorn, cucumber and dip/salad dressing. All very cheap.

Lunch: lunchmeat on whole grain bread.

My point is--If you know how to shop, easy cooking will actually be less expensive than fast food and TV dinners. Here is a link to my favorite recipe site for "cooking on a budget"

http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Cooking-on-a...

Go to your supermarket's website, or look at their store circular before you go shopping and see what's on sale that week. Cut out coupons, and look for their buy one, get one free deals.

I hope this helped. Ultimately, if you take those few minutes a week to cook a simple meal, you will be a much healthier person. Being healthy will save you from many expensive medical bills later on. I wish you the best!