How lazy are you?

It's funny how much writing some of this has made me think.  Jeff and I used to go for months without grocery shopping (yes, I said MONTHS).  We would go out for literally every single meal.  It scares me to think of the sodium we put into our bodies, but that's the laziness problem that we have.  Sure, we are active with our dog and we are outside whenever we can be, but it's easier to go to the local pub for lunch or dinner then to buy food, cook it and clean up after it.  I can't tell you how many times we have gone grocery shopping and then watched food go bad because we were to lazy to cook it.  I've been reading a lot of these "health blogs" lately and they are all about exercise and eating properly, but I don't think going for a walk or eating veggies is what people have a hard time doing.  The hard part is all the work that goes into eating a vegetable; go to the store, buy it, take it home, prepare it, eat it and clean up after it.  Why do all that when you can go out and eat or eat a hand full of cookies.  I bet everyone would eat healthy if an organic meal was prepared for them every night so they didn't have to do any of the work that goes into one.  How can we strive for that?

Here's what I find has been working for us:

Lately I've been stopping off at the grocery store on my way home from work to pick up fresh veggies and fruit for the evening and into the next days breakfast and lunch.  I only buy enough for the next 24 hours so it's fresh and it doesn't sit in my fridge.  We have done a big shop at the beginning of each of the last 2 months to stock up on things that (are bad for you) don't go bad in a matter of days.  We freeze bread and any meat we buy (for Jeff, not me as I'm a vegetarian), get our canned tomatoes, soup stock, crackers, things that can last longer then a few days we then buy anything else as we go.  I've found it to work for us as the fresh stuff is always fresh.

Try stocking up on basics for your freezer, fridge and cupboard that won't go bad in a matter of days.  Cooking won't seem overwhelming if there is a deadline on your food.  Then slowly start buying a few veggies on your way home to make yourself something.  I almost always make enough for lunch the next day so I can kill 2 birds with one stone.  Let Me know if this works for you.