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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

I agree with this, minus the fattening part. I enjoy food, I just don't want to be the one cooking it. It requires a lot of time and effort and just isn't worth it to me.

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I eat canned soup probably once a month. A typical day consists of fruit, bran flakes, salad and cheese. That is a "mostly processed" diet to you?

Bran flakes and almond milk are definitely processed foods. Salad -- well, what goes in it, and what goes on it? Cheese is also a processed food, especially if it's the Velveeta kind.

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

It's not wasteful, inefficient and fattening. It's just not something you want to do. Your black and white thinking, paired with insults, can't be winning you a lot of friends.

Well stated, PP. Many of us love both cooking and eating, and I doubt as a group we are heavier than those who are happy to eat processed food because it's easier. I'm slim and relatively fit, and will always will prepare an elaborate meal if time allows. It's not wasteful time-wise if you enjoy the process, and is certainly healthier than the alternative.

I eat canned soup probably once a month. A typical day consists of fruit, bran flakes, salad and cheese. That is a "mostly processed" diet to you?

What do you put on your salad? Dressing?

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

It's not wasteful, inefficient and fattening. It's just not something you want to do. Your black and white thinking, paired with insults, can't be winning you a lot of friends.

Well stated, PP. Many of us love both cooking and eating, and I doubt as a group we are heavier than those who are happy to eat processed food because it's easier. I'm slim and relatively fit, and will always will prepare an elaborate meal if time allows. It's not wasteful time-wise if you enjoy the process, and is certainly healthier than the alternative.

I eat canned soup probably once a month. A typical day consists of fruit, bran flakes, salad and cheese. That is a "mostly processed" diet to you?

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

1. Why is it wasteful if you don't throw out any leftovers? I hate wasting food. We eat leftovers if there are any.
2. Elaborate doesn't mean it has to be unhealthy. A Nutritionist I met told me that things like butter don't make you fat. It's the processed crap that is making us fat.
2. Inefficiency is a matter of perspective. Cooking together with friends and family can be a social and bonding experience. It may be "time" inefficient, but it has other purposes

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

It's not wasteful, inefficient and fattening. It's just not something you want to do. Your black and white thinking, paired with insults, can't be winning you a lot of friends.

Well stated, PP. Many of us love both cooking and eating, and I doubt as a group we are heavier than those who are happy to eat processed food because it's easier. I'm slim and relatively fit, and will always will prepare an elaborate meal if time allows. It's not wasteful time-wise if you enjoy the process, and is certainly healthier than the alternative.

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Anonymous wrote:Throw a hot pocket in front of them and tell them to knock themselves out.

Cook lovely things for yourself. Enjoy the flavor and nourishment.

Who the f does this? Dirtying a bunch of dishes and wasting ingredients to cook one portion for one person? That is ridiculous advice.

Uh, single people who want to eat well and nutritionally? What did you eat when you were single? Or did you go from your mama's trailer straight to your DH's?

Bran flakes with almond milk
Yogurt with all-bran
Pita with turkey or hummus
Fruit
Cheese
Salad
Progresso light soups

Cooking for one person sucks. Why bother?

Besides the salad, that list of food sounds awful. I'd rather go hungry.

I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

If we both got hit by a bus and died tomorrow, I'm the one who would die with a smile on my lips because I actually savored and enjoyed life vs. counting every calorie, and considered nourishing myself wasteful. I'm worth it and I don't care if I have an extra tire or three. I'm healthy, fed, rested, and happy.

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

It's not wasteful, inefficient and fattening. It's just not something you want to do. Your black and white thinking, paired with insults, can't be winning you a lot of friends.

If it's selfish to not want to cook for people who do nothing but complain, then please put me in the selfish column with OP.

You sound incredibly selfish, OP. If my husband and I cook is so both of us and the kids will have food for dinner. Whether they like the food or not and whether they react like we want or not is irrelevant. You seem to think that your "efforts" should be noticed and appreciated in order for you to think it's worth to cook for them. Get over yourself.
By the way, kids will ask for chicken nuggets all the time as long as that's what they are used to being fed. Eliminate that option or make it the exception and they'll adjust their expectations.

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

I am a very black and white thinker. It works for me. I'd live on soylent if it didn't cost more than what I already spend on food. Cooking elaborate meals is wasteful, inefficient and fattening. I just can't make sense of it.

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I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Those are the two options? Eat cold canned soup and be thin, or cook good-tasting food and be fat?

To each their own, yes, but if you think of food as something you have to consume as little as possible of, with as little enjoyment as possible, lest you get fat, that's a sign of an eating disorder.

My mom hated to cook, so as kids we ate a lot of fish sticks, mac n cheese, hot dogs, etc. She stopped cooking entirely when I was 12 and we were on our own for meals. We were all good eaters, though.

My aunt loved to cook and was amazing at it. I was always so jealous and loved it when we got to eat at her house. Her kids were extremely picky, complained about what she made, and ate very little. She loved to host my siblings and me because we would eat a ton and compliment her through the whole meal.

I love to cook and try to make healthy home cooked meals for my family several times a week. DD much prefers chicken nuggets, mac n cheese, and frozen pizza. We have the rule that she doesn't have to like what I make, but she can't complain about it and insult my cooking, and can make herself a peanut butter sandwich if she doesn't want to eat it. No jelly, though, or she'd just eat that every night.

She is getting better. I will continue to cook. I like the meals, DH likes them, and I like that DD is not eating processed food.

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Anonymous wrote:Throw a hot pocket in front of them and tell them to knock themselves out.

Cook lovely things for yourself. Enjoy the flavor and nourishment.

Who the f does this? Dirtying a bunch of dishes and wasting ingredients to cook one portion for one person? That is ridiculous advice.

Uh, single people who want to eat well and nutritionally? What did you eat when you were single? Or did you go from your mama's trailer straight to your DH's?

Bran flakes with almond milk
Yogurt with all-bran
Pita with turkey or hummus
Fruit
Cheese
Salad
Progresso light soups

Cooking for one person sucks. Why bother?

Besides the salad, that list of food sounds awful. I'd rather go hungry.

I'm shallow and vain. I'd rather exist on half a dozen boring snacks/meals that require little effort than be the type of person who slaves over a lasagna pan and has a tire around their waist. To each her own.

Anonymous wrote:What year is this? Does nobody's husband cook?

Mine does all the time. He's also cooking Thanksgiving dinner.