I am a very hard worker….But I’m also extremely lazy.

Yup. The two can go hand in hand.

I know myself.

I know what I will work hard for and what I’ll be lazy about. Because let’s face it, there are things in our life that we are just too lazy to put forth effort for even if we have a desire to achieve.

And cooking for me is one of those things that I’m super lazy about.

When I get on a roll working at home, I don’t want to stop what I’m doing and cook. Or when I get home at 8 or 9 at night, the last thing I want to have to do is make dinner.

Is it that I don’t have time or even the energy? No.

It’s just that I’m lazy.

And I know I’m going to be lazy.

Anytime I don’t have food just lying around on a busier or longer day, I will be lazy and eat out or munch on snacks that won’t really give me the nutritional balance I need.

So I PLAN for my laziness. I plan so that I can be lazy instead of trying to force myself to not be lazy.

Sort of sounds like the opposite of what you are usually told, right? Aren’t we supposed to change bad habits?

Well yes. But you also have to KNOW YOURSELF.

And I know that I get lazy about cooking on busy days or even simply days when I get in a groove doing work.

Even when I try to change that fact, I find it doesn’t take much for me to fall back into bad habits.

So instead of even risking being lazy, I PLAN AHEAD.

I cook for a number of days when I’m not busy – When I know I’ll have the energy to cook. And that way, I always have food on had even when I’m too lazy to cook.

I even go so far as to chop up vegetables (or at Trader Joe’s even buy their pre-cut organic broccoli) when I cook for the week knowing that I may not eat them if they aren’t already cut.

Yup…Lazy…Super lazy.

But as I said…I KNOW MYSELF.

For me, meal prep is essential. Having food prepared and ready to go that I can throw together makes things so easy that I don’t struggle to stick to my routine.

For me, spending a couple of hours cooking up everything for the week is way more efficient, and allows me to be way lazier, than having to cook a new meal every time I eat.

So if you are lazy like me, instead of trying to force yourself not to be lazy, why not plan for it? Why not cook so that you don’t have to stress about eating well when you are busy or tired?

Making new healthy lifestyle changes EASY to stick to really help you be consistent and achieve results!