What are fellow Zoomer kiwi's eating habits like? I've always cooked most of my own food because my dad was a great cook and kinda set a high bar. Also the cost savings compared to pre-prepared stuff and eating out are significant. Love me spaghetti with homemade meatballs.
I've been on a very specific spastic level diet for six months now. I need to hit 2100kcal-2600kcal on a workout day. So it's become an exercise in combating monotony. In the morning it's greek yogurt and a protein shake with water. Then it's lunch at 13:00-14:00 which is gonna be something that get's me 25-30g of protein plus vegetables of sorts. Then it's dinner at 18:00-19:00 which is the same thing of some protein plus some vegetables, sometimes not. Then at 22:00-23:00 I drink a protein shake, with milk and take some psyllium husks cause I don't get enough fiber. I also have a snack, either before lunch or before my exercise just before dinner. Fruit like bananas, apples and mango or nuts or potato chips or chocolate or ice cream (I don't give a flying fuck as long as I hit my protein and my calories).
The meals are usually simple stuff. Chicken/Pork schnitzel, Chicken breasts/thighs or drumsticks roasted or fried. Chicken roasted and quartered. Pork chops, fattier cuts of pork still roasted or fried. I mostly eat chicken and pork with occasionally fish or beef, rarely turkey or duck. Sometimes I reuse things a roasted chicken will turn into a chicken wrap. And sometimes I go the extra mile and make fancier stuff like I made mussels with butter and wine yesterday. And other stuff like peking duck or I make chili that will also become tacos.
I also eat frozen meals, things like Cordon Bleu or Chicken nuggets, I make sure it's always just chicken or turkey or whatever the fuck animal I'm eating, no soy, no other BS. And I get them because I can't always be fucked making a meal, spooling up the air fryer or a pot of oil is a lot quicker and a lot easier when you're dead tired from working/working out. I also keep some stuff like protein bars or other random High Protein TM garbage when I really can't be fucked. As well as canned goods like Tuna, Pork, Herring and cold cuts and cheese (some light mozzarella, some tomatoes and a bit of ham and boom 30g of protein and it tastes really good). I am not the main cook of the house so I only sometimes make stuff and I've figured out how to slot in traditional food in my diet (it just usually means no snacks that day). It has also led to me rarely ever eating desert anymore, like yeah I'll eat half a chocolate bar or an ice cream cone. But like a slice of cake? Nah that's 600 calories.
I was curious because I don't see too many young people at my grocery store. I was also curious if anyone uses any of those delivery food services that have popped up everywhere.
I have to take care of a whole household so I got my phone loaded up with the GoodGoyTM app for every single grocery store in my town. I plan shopping around once every 10 day ish. I check all the apps to figure out what's a good deal, what's a nice limited time thing and write a list on pen and paper plus giving myself an allowance of 10-20% for other stuff. I also buy from a butcher, baker, specialty shops to get everything I want and need. And sometimes order things, not like door dash but going to notAmazonTM to order things like Peanut oil (and good and cheap ginger ale, fuck Bundaberg).
