You’re too tired to cook the healthy meal you planned. Research by Baumeister on depleted self-control shows the exhausted version of you can’t be trusted to decide well. The solution: have a backup that doesn’t require a backup decision — frozen vegetables and rotisserie chicken, eggs and toast, a pre-prepped meal from the freezer.
This companion covers why cooking fatigue leads to poor choices, the backup meal system, building the inventory, the meal prep alternative, and avoiding the delivery trap. (3 min read)