Losing weight is very easy if you know how to cook the right food. You can adjust the taste to your liking and add your own ingredients. This makes cooking healthy meals fit for weight loss very enjoyable. However, not everyone knows how to cook. Good thing we have gathered a few weight loss hacks for people who don’t cook! Check them out:
1. Put fruit on your counter
The easiest way to lose weight is to start building meals with fruits and vegetables. If that’s too complicated for you, you can constantly put different fruits on your counter. Fruit can be eaten raw, anywhere, and anytime—and it’s easy to pack ahead. Just buy fruit and have it on hand. Having it visible in your kitchen makes you more likely to grab it.
2. Focus on whole-grain carbs
Losing weight doesn’t mean you have to dump all the carbs, you just need to focus on whole-grain carbs. Pick brown rice instead of white with Asian dishes, or ask for a whole-wheat roll for your sammy if you’re eating out. If any of these is not possible, why don’t you make your own healthy sandwich? You’ll still get the starchy satisfaction without the calories.
3. Ask for a half-portion
Going out to eat can be an excuse to go all out and eat every bite of pasta on your plate (even though it’s the size of your head). Prevent temptation before your plate even arrives, and ask your waiter to box half of the meal. Alternatively, you could also split an entree with a friend or just have an appetizer and salad. You’ll still enjoy the experience, and you won’t feel sick afterward.
4. Always add a healthy side dish
If you can’t cook, you’re probably eating out a lot or ordering in. But a steady diet of sugary sweet and/or heavily battered Chinese food isn’t going to help you lose weight. Customize your order by including your own sides. If you eat a salad and soup ahead of time, you’ll consume fewer calories during the meal.
5. Make smoothies!
The smoothie is something like a garbage-disposal of healthy food. If you can’t or don’t like cooking, it’s the easiest, simplest way to ensure you still get the fruits, vegetables, and vitamins you need in the day without having to come up with complex recipes that require you to cook several foods at once.
6. Use a crock pot
The crock pot is about as close as you can get to set-it-and-forget-it automatic cooking. Throw some food inside in the morning or afternoon and it automatically cooks so it’s edible later. The benefit of the crock pot isn’t just in its ability to cook food without you paying any attention to it, it’s also the fact you don’t need a lot of ingredients.
7. Make tiny swaps
As in, so tiny you won’t even notice you’re cutting calories. Choose thin-crust pizza instead of the typical thick. Splash some vinegar on your salad instead of a creamy, store-bought dressing. Don’t add the slice of cheese to your sandwich—or if you do, make it a sharp, flavorful kind so you don’t need as much. There are so many ideas, and you could be eliminating hundreds of calories with almost no effort.
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