Ain’t nobody got time for that. (Or the energy after a long day at work)
I managed it. I got most of my cooking times down to 15-20 minutes per meal. Less if I prep over the weekend. My problem is I’m sharing a kitchen with 2 other people who keep the fridge loaded with frozen garbage from Costco which makes it impossible for me to meal plan effectively. I miss living alone.
I do it with my wife. We cook 2 dishes for the week and just prepare it in the evening beforehand. It is very cool to just put some food in a container rather than spend evening cooking something. It is dirt cheap. Around 50 euro for 2 people for a whole week. Sometimes much less if we already had something in storage.
That’s by design. The same way that processed foods are designed to be addictive.
No one is making peoples’ lives shittier so that they buy more processed food. You sound like a conspiracy nut. They make peoples’ lives shittier because it increases short term profitability.
Get a burrito wrap. Throw on a scoop of hummus, a handful of feta, and a bunch of that prewashed spinach. Takes two minutes, and it’s delicious and filling. If it’s not filling, have another.
The only downside is that I end up eating this like 6 times a week because its the easiest thing I have and I don’t want the spinach to go bad.
Just eat raw stuff, that takes zero time. Doesnt have to be your entire diet, but just eating raw veggies and fruit as a snack on a daily basis is great for your health.
surprise surprise xD
I feel the need to share this video:
Ultra-processed foods and the causes of rising obesity by How to Cook That
Food scientist Ann Reardon does a great job of summarizing the literature and describing what processed foods actually mean and what makes them “bad” in many cases, but not all.
This seems like a questionably designed study… No shit eating only lasagna (I mean c’mon) and breakfast bars is going to be ineffective at losing weight compared to only spaghetti bolognese, oats soaked in milk, and yoghurt.
Nobody finished the soaked oats, because soaked oats are slimy and gross.
Why is that ‘no shit’? If they’re nutritionally comparable (which they specified that the meals were setup to be so) why would it be obviously different?
The issue is caloric density of lasagna and a breakfast bar vs how filling it is. This has little to actually do (at least directly) with how “processed” it is.
That has everything to do with how processed it is. Those foods are more calorie dense because they’ve used equipment to chew, digest, and reassemble those ingredients back into a dense, easy to digest form. This study just gives good evidence to what should be obvious.
The problem with that though is there are easy to digest natural and raw foods. As well as processed foods that are still calorie light.
Sure, there is a correlation because of that denseness tending to be the case in processed foods, but the issue in question is whether its processing itself that intrinsically causes the issue.
For example: If you consume a meal replacement shake that has a ton of fiber and protein, that shake is extremely “processed” but will fill you up quickly.
There are fish that fly and birds that swim. Exceptions certainly exist, but it’s largely irrelevant, especially in the context of this study. You’re acting as if the single meal that happened to be picked out by the reporter is the only thing people were fed. Both groups got a variety of food. If most of the ultra-processed food is more calorically dense than most of the whole foods, that’s just reflecting reality.
Those who followed the minimally processed diet consumed 290 calories fewer
Essence
How exactly is spaghetti bolognese less processed than lasagna (aside from the lack of cheese)? The pasta is the same, and the sauce is just as cooked, if not more so. I don’t get it.
The difference is preparation:
When the first group ate breakfast bars and ready-made lasagne, for example, the second ate oats soaked in milk and natural yoghurt and homemade spaghetti bolognese.
Ultra-processed is usually taken to mean “using methods not readily available in home kitchens”, so the argument made here is that eating basically the same thing has different results whether it’s home made or factory made.
I think it’s because the ultra processed version has more sodium and other stuff in it, whereas cooking at home allows you to control the type and amount of ingredients, like salt for example. Processed food can also use HFCS whereas at home you might use regular sugar or even a sugar substitute. So at the end of the day, you get similar dishes but their nutritional content is different.
Emulsifiers
Mass produced bolognaise sauce isnt going to use quality 95% lean mince or drain off the fat. They add the tomatoes and emulsifiers so it all becomes a rich cohesive sauce. Then they salt and sugar it to get it perfectly inoffensive to most tastes.
Mass produced bolognaise sauce isnt going to use quality 95% lean mince or drain off the fat.
I’ll be honest, I’m not gonna do that making it from scratch, either. I can’t remember the last time I bought anything leaner than 80/20.
If I’m on a bulking cycle neither would I, but its just a classic example of how you can put the finger on the scales when it comes to any study like this.
You make a bolognaise with 95% lean mince, straight up vegetable based sauce, saute the vegetables in the fat and juices from the beef, some fresh basil and cook it long and slow. Use fresh egg pasta to keep the carbs down and give it a light grating of a nice aged parmesan.
Its got far better macros than the bolognaise I’d make if I was feeling lazy and I wouldnt use fresh egg pasta either, add in the layers of cheese and bechemel I’d put into a lasagne and its a no brainer.
The secret to weight loss is to burn more calories than you eat. It’s really that simple.
I eat whatever the fuck I want, but I still lose 2lb per week on average when I count calories. Modern apps like MyFitnessPal make it easy (grab an APK off 1337x so you can get the Premium+ features for free). Just scan the barcode on the package, or take a picture of your meal and let the AI figure out its ingredients.
(Or you can just weigh and measure everything if you’re dedicated, but I’ve found my estimates to be close enough, given that I’m still losing the weight I’m expecting to.)
I lost weight eating 1 slice of cake a day. I didn’t eat anything else. It was fantastic!
Fantastic but likely damaging to your body
Oh yeah. The point is calories in and calories out.
Ohh wow… Hmm… Slop companies in shambles
Thanks, Captain 🫡
Better hurry and eat up
Next week it will be the ultra processed foods that are better for weight loss.
Then it will be the big rubber band things again, then milk again, etc
To confirm it like I did and understanding your body as an adult with 9 years of no fast food…… ate Wendy’s and McDonalds the same year a few months apart (traveling) holy fuck you feel that it’s not good. Messed up my poop schedule!
Healthy things can also mess up your poop schedule, like finally getting enough fibre.
Some thread yesterday said Spicey foods stop you having no wipe poops. Because the body is like naaaa get this outta me.
So just eat processed, chuck on a lil chilly oil and you’ll digest less.
A little processed food with Mama Liz’s chilli oil?
That’s why I always cook my burger and fries at home! Even bought a home deep fryer! I take my health very seriously.
Try deep frying your Oreos in your kitchen, buddy. Your evenings will forever change with a dunk, dunk, dunk!
Me? I call this bullshit. That can’t be how it works, totally counterintuitive.
