Food Challenges

Part of the reason I was so excited to be working on my health was because I wasn't going to have to worry about the food side of things.  I have a friend who used to own her own successful catering business.  She closed her business because it started to consume her life and take away from her family.  On a day trip together a little over a month back, we discussed how I don't like cooking and she mentioned that she was looking to start a home business cooking meals for people.  We came to an agreement pretty quickly and she started cooking low carb/low fat, pre cooked, and pre portioned meals.  We have been doing this for several weeks now.  Knowing that this was new territory for her, I was willing to work with her on the meals also knowing they wouldn't all be winners.  Because she has been pre-making the food, a lot of it has been frozen which took away the taste and freshness.  I came to a point I started to really miss fresh food and told her so.  A day after telling her this and agreeing we would need to meet more often to give me fresh food, she made a decision to step back from the business and get some things together in her life before pursuing this again.  I was disappointed but I can't be mad at a married mother of two who also looks after a senior in high school getting ready to graduate.  My desire for fresh food would force her to cook more often and find more time to make deliveries.  I can't fault her for not wanting to do that.  While she didn't say these were the reasons, I could see how it would be. 

So this puts me back in a position of trying to figure out how I will buy, cook, and eat well for my health goals.  I don't like to cook.  It is one of the things I know I have to do to survive, but as a single woman with a stressful job, it's easier to pick up food on the way home.  This is, of course, the wrong answer for my health and wallet.  When you add in that I walk after work till sometimes 7 or later, it leaves very little to no time to cook a meal.  I'll need to find ways to cook or prep food on the weekend that will stay good through the week.  I see a lot of crockpot meals in my future and research in my upcoming weekend to get things figured out.  I can't lie though, I'm looking forward to fresh food again.