How do other people motivate themselves to cook and eat well?

Question

I'm a 20-year-old university student and I was wondering how other people, particularly other young people in my situation, motivate themselves to be able to cook. When I come home, I intend to cook, but usually just end up grabbing a glass of milk, a bagel, some carrot sticks, a few roasted peanuts and a bowl of ice cream and don't end up cooking anything. I absolutely hate cooking, and I find it incredibly tedious. How can a lazy vegetarian student cook on a budget for one.

I'm actually OK, in terms of size (5'6", 140 lbs.). I walk an hour a day and run 4km 3 times a week.

Answer 1

my waistline is my inspiration. The bigger the waist, the more likely to die young or with disease. Fifteen bean soup comes in a bag at the grocery store, is easy to make using instructions on bag. It's a bag of dried beans which cook easily in a crock pot.
How about oatmeal, cheese on whole wheat bread sandwich.
Tomato soup with skim milk added is good.

Answer 2

I'm a 21-year-old university student and i don't like to cook too much either, but since i was 18, my mum has tought me some easy steps too be able to eat healthy and optimize my allowance.

Here are a few tips :

1.- Prefer cooked food rather than fried food
2.- Cook enough food that can last for up to 2 days. It avoids you from cooking the next day
3.- Prefer fish,pasta, grain & rice rather than pork, meat & fatty foods. Try to eat fish twice a week
4.- Always try to eat breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day
5.- Drink at least 1lt of water a day

e.g. If your get home late and don't feel like cooking, just make an omelette with sliced tomatoes on the side.

If you got left over rice from lunch, just chop some carrot into tiny pieces, cooked chicken-shaped-cubes, sweet red pepper pieces and mix all together

Answer 3

Easy- get a good toaster oven and microwave. Get veggie burgers, bagged salads and frozen dinners that are low fat/low carb. They are portion controlled and quicker to fix than a bagel and better for you. Also, invest in a couple of boxes of Pria, South Beach and Kashi bars- they're great tasting, high in protein, low in fat, sugars and calories, and you can have them with milk-- skim is the best and throw out the roasted peanuts and get regular almonds- much healthier.