I hate cooking. Please help.

So, once upon a time, I lost 60 lbs. This was in part due to my love of cooking- something I was very interested in. However, that was a year ago, and things have changed. I have significantly less motivation and drive than I did then (yay, depression!) and I also have a TINY kitchen. I’m talking, turn away from the oven and you smack into the fridge. There’s one counter and I have 3 roommates. You do the math.

So, I’ve grown to hate cooking. It’s really hindering my weight loss journey because I’m operating under the strategies I used when I liked to cook and those keep failing. So, for my fellow non-cookers who have lost weight, what worked for you? What are your favorite meals? Keep in mind that i’m a junior in college so my budget is pretty limited. If I were a rich man i’d live off of Wendy’s parmesan chicken salad and redbull, but alas.

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NSV: had to get my glasses adjusted because they were too big for me!

I started last year in Feb and I got my glasses in March (thankfully a week before lock down started) and recently I have noticed that if I bend down or slightly knock my glasses they just come flying off xD I wasn't sure what could be done if I needed new glasses or if they could be adjusted, I went for the cheapest option first and made an appointment to adjust them. Thankfully I didn't need new glasses, and the guy laughed when I said 'I have no idea if glasses are meant to fit like this because my face has always been fat', he went away and did some magic optician stuff and long and behold they now fit my face! The guy added 'I had to do a big adjustment' which made me so happy :D

How I lost weight? Count your calories! I'm from the UK and we have slimming world and weight watchers and I honestly think they're a load of crap, especially slimming world. How can a bowl of pasta be 'free'? As though it has no calories or impact on your weight? You can follow slimming world if you wish but COUNT THE CALORIES!! Your input should always be smaller of than your output, that's just how weight loss works :)

I picked up running last August and that helped get my insides moving even on days I don't exercise, if you're extremely unfit like me the NHS couch to 5K app is a god send, 100% recommend that to start it's really not hard and it's at your own pace. I am now trying a 10K program from my Garmin watch (which are free to use if you have Garmin device)

I've hit many plateaus, I've fallen off the wagon, cried while eating a pack of cookies, had cheat days and all that stuff in fine as long as you dust yourself off and get back on your plan. I've been fat most of my life, if I can do it you definitely can.

As a side question:

Has anyone noticed since making long term diet changes that they now like things that they previously detested? For example, I hated salad (especially peppers) now I love it and have it all the time, the taste is nothing like I remember.. it's like junk food mutates our taste buds... and makes you hate what's good for you?

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I had the opportunity to take a photo in the same spot 3 years apart in my weight loss journey

https://imgur.com/a/Upxkr0G

I was recently out dirt biking and realized that I was in the same spot as I was 3 years ago for the photo I had been showing people as a "before" photo of my heaviest. The top photo is at my heaviest around the start of my weight loss journey in the beginning of 2018 and the second is my current progress about 88 lbs down in early 2021. I achieved this with mostly CICO and a bit of exercise. I'm wearing an under-jersey chest protector in the bottom photo that makes me look a bit heavier.

I'm a long time lurker on here without posting, and this subreddit has been very inspirational for working toward my weight loss goals.

Some NSVs: shirt size 2XL to L, pants waist 40 to 32, dress clothes labeled slim fit actually fitting better than regular fit.

Things that have helped the most:

• Understanding that food calories are much more important than exercise calories (thanks to this subreddit)
• Counting calories and tracking with myfitnesspal
• Cooking most of my own food and aiming for cooking 3-6 portions of 500 calories to be used as lunches and dinners. I cook whatever I want to eat and track all the ingredients in MFP while cooking, then figure out how many portions it needs to become. This also helps me make good cooking decisions - when I go to enter 3 Tbsp of oil, it makes me consider whether 1 Tbsp would be adequate.
  
• When I cook, I portion my food before I start eating. I previously had a bad habit of taking more helpings from the pot and eating too much. That temptation is removed if the food is already in containers in the fridge.
  
• Light breakfasts that approximately match the calories I burn on my morning walk.
• Trying to get a bit more exercise. Adopting a dog and walking him 2-3x per day has helped recently. When I was going into work every day, bicycling 13 mi round trip a few times a week was helpful as well.
  

My goal from the start has been to still enjoy the foods and beverages I like, but to be more conscious of amounts and calories. There have definitely been ups/downs and plateaus, and it has gotten a bit harder as I have approached my goal weight, which I still haven't achieved. Overall, I have made great progress and am much more healthy than I was 3 years ago.

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Biggest contributor to weight loss

Hey Everyone,

So I (5'6, 158, 35) have been working out for maybe 6-7 years doing mostly strength training with some running sprinkled in. Got a proper coach for the first time in February since on my previous fitness programs, I basically did no progressive overload.

I have a desk job so I'm very sedentary. Also, I don't live in a 'walkable' city so my steps are probably 2-3k average a week. I do maybe 2-3 20 mins jogs a week but I've been injured for the last month so that's down to 0. My weight has been steadily creeping up with a 10 lb jump over the last year. I finally buckled and decided to track calories (last week) and protein (since February) based on advice from my trainer. I'm starting at 1600 calories and I have endo which may or may not affect weight loss.

Now I know weight loss isn't linear but I've always wondered why it's so hard for me to lose weight. I generally eat well, especially over the last 3 months or so and I haven't seen any changes. So I ask, for people who have lost weight, especially that last 10-15 lbs, what was the biggest contributor? NEAT, consistent tracking, workouts? Lemme know!

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I think I figured out half of my problem with my weight loss struggles

I've been on hormonal birth control for around 10 years. In that time, I gained 50lbs. I was on nexplanon (hormonal arm implant contraceptive for those unfamiliar) for 3 years. I had it removed last year and decided to take a break from birth control for a few months and see how mu body handled a regular menstrual cycle (that was my primary reason for taking it). After 6 months, I had dropped from 174lbs to 158lbs. I went back on a different form of birth control this past winter and gained every bit of it back in three months. After having some insurance issues because of an incorrect spelling of my name on some paperwork, I decided to stop taking it again three weeks ago.

In that time, I'm down 5lbs, have noticed a huge decrease in appetite, have spent almost $50 less on vending machine junk food at work compared to the same 10 day time period for the past three months, and am having less issues with impulsive spending on non-food items. I feel better in a generally unidentifiable way. I have my annual physical exam next month with my family doctor and plan on discussing this with her, as I'm still struggling with the menstrual issues since stopping the birth control and with some executive functioning problems that I'm starting to identify.

I feel like I'm at least heading in the right direction now instead of spinning my wheels trying to deal with constant hunger no matter how much or what I ate.

Any of you fellow redditors who take hormonal birth control, don't let your doctor tell you that any weight gain from birth control is "just temporary water weight". For me, it wasn't, and switching to different types of estrogen, and even cutting out estrogen, did not help.

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Life changes and weight loss

I am 25F at 206 lbs and 5’ 4”. I’m noticing I can’t handle eating at a deficit right now consistently, so I’m maintaining the weight loss I have achieved. I started at 225 lbs in January. Based on my beginning stats, I could’ve lost a lot faster, and I’m frustrated with myself. This is really just me venting. I do sometimes eat a deficit, but I’ve been having more issues with stress eating.

In the past five months, I experienced the Texas winter storm, severe hailstorm that destroyed my windows and belongings, sister being diagnosed with cancer, domestic abuse, job stress that makes me feel like I want to vomit everyday before work, and getting everything set up to go back to school. I am trying to make my situation better by going to therapy, searching for new jobs, and going back to school to finish my degree, so I can move out from abusive family members.

I think I’ll be more successful with losing weight once I get out of this bad living and job situation, but I’m frequently beating myself up about not being able to lose the weight right now. Just real stressed out and needed to get this off my chest.

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Update: Back to my Internship and already accomplished NSV!

Ok so here is my OP: link

Back when I made this I was getting back to my old self. Well, I am still sticking to my schedule with waking up at 4 a.m. to workout for an hr and then walk the dog for an hr and start my day and then walk the dog again at night. I mealprep on the weekend and also joined a running club! So far, I only lost 6 pounds and I swear I think Zoloft is making weight loss incredibly slow but oh well. I am extremely pleased with how my life is going and how I am sticking to a busy routine. I mean I think I am killing it in the running club lol. I am back to aiming 20,000 steps a day.

I started my internship this week and so far, I dodged a bday party, Graduation party, AND, baby shower!! Omg am I proud of myself because last time I was interning I was just...so bad with food lol. I also have been dodging the treats that are hanging out in the staff office. I seriously think addressing my mental health was the best thing for my physical health.

Thank you all for the posts and helping me keep on track!

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