[tooembarrased]

There is the annoying side effect that if I make my own food instead of grabbing a take-out at lunch/dinner, I've now lost even more of my precious time on cooking :(

As motivation, is there a way you could describe/quantify the increase in energy levels that you were able to achieve by eating healthy foods?

[Vyk]

It was more of waking-day energy increase than something that reduced my sleep times (6-7 hours most nights).

Mostly I noticed that I was getting through the day without feeling run down or getting tired in the middle of the day. It was a little easier to get up in the morning. I still wasn't getting enough sleep, but I'm convinced that eating healthy kept that from catching up to me in terms of getting sick (at least for a while - we all have limits).

Ramit Sethi (iwillteachyoutoberich.com - no affiliation) wrote a blog post a while back about how he hired a personal chef to pre-make meals to his specifications for less than the cost of eating out; something like this might save you the time but still give you some control over what goes into your food.

[tooembarrased]

Thanks, this is motivating. I'll try this.