Thanks for the compliment. It's crazy, I had no idea so many comments and upvotes would come in. I spent the whole day yesterday in written discussion!

It is hard to get around the extra money and time requirements that come with eating real food. Luckily (or not) for me, I'm single and have been my whole life. Taking care of all my own self-maintenance is second nature, and I work to live, not live to work, so I usually have enough time for such things. However, one tip I can pass on is that after many years of consistent high fat, low carb, I upped my game last spring and went on to full carnivore. You might think this makes the effort harder, but in truth it simplified things tremendously. Not only because it opens up the possibility of easily getting along if I want to move to a more rural area with good farmers but not great stores (something I've been planning on for many years), but the meals themselves and their preparation just got a lot more manageable. Just with meat preparation, I used to spend time marinating them, seasoning them, things like that. Now I just pour some salt on and stick it in the oven. The inadvertant lesson was brought to my mind that I had been ruining my meat all these years, because as long as I get the good, grass-fed meat at the local farmers markets, the meat tastes the best just with salt. I also got myself a Breville countertop oven, and not only does it do a fantastic job cooking meat, but it makes doing so a total cinch.

Vegetables take a lot more time to prepare, and getting good organic ones is expensive. So there's time and money I no longer have to put out. Honestly, even if you're not interested in going carnivore, read Paul Saladino's book The Carnivore Code. It will explain how animal foods are way more nutrient-rich than plants, their nutrients are far more bioavailable to our bodies, and they contain everything we need in abundance. But I've been eating just animal foods for a year now, and it's only boosted the benefits I'd gotten for many years before from the high fat, low carb way. You may be interested in trying it, if for no other reason than that it may help with your dilemma of trying to make things as simple as possible. At least, reading the book you would come to understand that it's at least a possibility, perhaps even a good option for improving health.

Good luck, and take care!

Thanks for the compliment. It's crazy, I had no idea so many comments and upvotes would come in. I spent the whole day yesterday in written discussion!

It is hard to get around the extra money and time requirements that come with eating real food. Luckily (or not) for me, I'm single and have been my whole life. Taking care of all my own self-maintenance is second nature, and I work to live, not live to work, so I usually have enough time for such things. However, one tip I can pass on is that after many years of consistent high fat, low carb, I upped my game last spring and went on to full carnivore. You might think this makes the effort harder, but in truth it simplified things tremendously. Not only because it opens up the possibility of easily getting along if I want to move to a more rural area with good farmers but not great stores (something I've been planning on for many years), but the meals themselves and their preparation just got a lot more manageable. Just with meat preparation, I used to spend time marinating them, seasoning them, things like that. Now I just pour some salt on and stick it in the oven. The inadvertant lesson was brought to my mind that I had been ruining my meat all these years, because as long as I get the good, grass-fed meat at the local farmers markets, the meat tastes the best just with salt. I also got myself a Breville countertop oven, and not only does it do a fantastic job cooking meat, but it makes doing so a total cinch.

Vegetables take a lot more time to prepare, and getting good organic ones is expensive. So there's time and money I no longer have to put out. Honestly, even if you're not interested in going carnivore, read Paul Saladino's book The Carnivore Code. It will explain how animal foods are way more nutrient-rich than plants, their nutrients are far more bioavailable to our bodies, and they contain everything we need in abundance. But I've been eating just animal foods for a year now, and it's only boosted the benefits I gotten for many years before from the high fat, low carb way. You may be interested in trying it, if for no other reason than that it may help with your dilemma of trying to make things as simple as possible. At least, reading the book you would come to understand that it's at least a possibility, perhaps even a good option for improving health.

Good luck, and take care!