This doesn’t address the “minimal effort” issue as much as I’d like (driving to stores and buying counts as much as preparing food, as well as searching online and doing online ordering), though it is admittedly very akratic. But you seem to be of the “just balls up and do it” persuasion, so I won’t object there.
Having pre-prepared eggs in the morning (instead of at lunch as others suggested), along with better meals instead at lunch seems like, well, a better idea. I think I’ll start a routine of that this Sunday.
Oh, and there’s a Costco in town, so bulk purchases aren’t that difficult.
As per the excercise: a year or two ago when I was sailing for 6 hours a day, every day of the week for 4-5 weeks of the sumer, I was the thinnest I’ve been in some time. But I was FIT. I’m not sure of the science of it all, but I’m not a weakling. I can do a dozen pullups… fairly successfully. Building an excessive amount of muscle mass isn’t something I’m too into (being weightlifter-buff is unappealing, but being martial-artist strong is more ideal, if that makes any sense). I just want to eat healthier and not waste away entirely :/
Oh, but semi-related, my cardio is utter garbage. I can sprint faster than most people I know who run regularly, but I’m coughing and wheezing ten times quicker. And no, I don’t smoke nor live with smokers.
Could be exercise induced asthma. I got an inhaler for that, used it a few times, and it let me push myself to the point where I could develop actual muscles there. I can job a couple miles without problem now, and haven’t used the inhaler in months. I have no clue how typical this result is, mind. I still occasionally find it implausibly successful >.>
This doesn’t address the “minimal effort” issue as much as I’d like (driving to stores and buying counts as much as preparing food, as well as searching online and doing online ordering), though it is admittedly very akratic. But you seem to be of the “just balls up and do it” persuasion, so I won’t object there.
Having pre-prepared eggs in the morning (instead of at lunch as others suggested), along with better meals instead at lunch seems like, well, a better idea. I think I’ll start a routine of that this Sunday.
Oh, and there’s a Costco in town, so bulk purchases aren’t that difficult.
As per the excercise: a year or two ago when I was sailing for 6 hours a day, every day of the week for 4-5 weeks of the sumer, I was the thinnest I’ve been in some time. But I was FIT. I’m not sure of the science of it all, but I’m not a weakling. I can do a dozen pullups… fairly successfully. Building an excessive amount of muscle mass isn’t something I’m too into (being weightlifter-buff is unappealing, but being martial-artist strong is more ideal, if that makes any sense). I just want to eat healthier and not waste away entirely :/
Oh, but semi-related, my cardio is utter garbage. I can sprint faster than most people I know who run regularly, but I’m coughing and wheezing ten times quicker. And no, I don’t smoke nor live with smokers.
Could be exercise induced asthma. I got an inhaler for that, used it a few times, and it let me push myself to the point where I could develop actual muscles there. I can job a couple miles without problem now, and haven’t used the inhaler in months. I have no clue how typical this result is, mind. I still occasionally find it implausibly successful >.>