From Scratch Or Not From Scratch? That Is The Question

 Today, I'm going to share an unorthodox weight loss plan. 

A mostly unintentional weight loss plan, to be exact. It depends largely on a human trait we all share and most of us try to hide. 

Laziness. 

If you ask around, what you find is that the average person who has gained unwanted weight will tell you the same story as everyone else: they ate junk food. Prepackaged, processed junk. Why? Because it was easy and it was there. Not because they really liked it. Just because it was there. 

How to avoid this trap? 

Well, duh. Cooking! From scratch. 

Consider the humble pizza. Takeout or grocery store pizza is much the same- acquire box, heat, eat. No challenges there. 

A pizza from scratch? That's a horse of a different stripe: make the dough, chop the veggies, make the sauce, bake the whole thing. 

Now there's a a barrier to entry, no? 

Is that pizza really worth all that effort? I don't know about you, but a salad is suddenly sounding a good alternative. 

How about genuine junk food, like a chocolate bar? 

Do you even know how to make a chocolate bar? I don't, and frankly it sounds like something that would require me to invest in a bunch of tools I don't have, like a candy thermometer. Do I want to do that? Nope, I don't. 

Which makes eating a candy bar more effort than it's worth. I'm not a chocolatier. Yet. Who knows? I might decide it's a path I want to take. But right now making the decision to only eat things I care to make from scratch will keep me away from the chips and the Kit Kats. I expect it'll do me some good.