I really didn't need to see that, Jim. ;)

Greek and tossed salad? :eek::eek: Not my style but whatever floats your boat. :D

If they can give me the chicken wings I want, I could care less. Food first, after that we can talk of the view. That determines the tip.

Guessing you don't cook?
Beats me how anyone can have a healthy diet eating on the run all the time. Packaged crap. The fast food salads are not much of a bonus. HFCS laced dressings, processed meats also sugared up and all. Some romaine doesn't wipe away the other sins. Go buy some groceries.

Wife cooks. I clean dishes, stove, etc.

It is hard to cook every meal unless you are a housewife or a health fanatic. Got to sacrifice something sometime. Question is what you are willing to give up. If we just pulled a 12 plus hours day and ask for a fresh cooked meal, it might be a tough sell. It takes 1 hour of time from start to finish to do that. If you come home at 9 pm, how good would you feel if you have to cook and clean up? At this point I'm hungry and tired and would not really appreciate the food.

You could care less.... so you have some level of interest in the Retired Hooters staff. Got it.

Typical day. I was up at 4 a.m., in the barn milking. Made it to work at 7:35. including the 10 minutes it took to flip a spinach omelet and grab some cheese for lunch. Left work at 12 and came home to work on vaccinations. Returned to school at 1:30 to prep for next week. Home at 4 to continue vaccinating and cleaning pens. Taking a minute for a beer I rubbed the Tri-tip I took out of the freezer this morning and set the oven to heat. The broccoli is trimmed and the salad is made. Going out now to feed, which requires hauling hay to three different pastures for 45+ and a dozen horses. When I get back in there'll be time for a Manhattan on the porch while the trip-tip and the broccoli cook. We'll be eating by 7. I'll only have one Manny tonight as there is a coy-dog bothering the chickens where they Anatolians can't get to him and I am going to nail the sucker. Tomorrow is my day off. I open the winery at 9 and I'll only have to stick around till about 5. Anyone who wants to cook their own food can figure out how to do it. You're right. It's about priorities.

Howdy Hat,
Start with Raw Meal powder protein drink and work around that.

Here is my accounting. I spend 3 hours weekly shopping. Excluding shopping time, a breakfast of sausage or bacon and eggs and toast is about an hour if you count giving the floor around the stove a quick swiffer wipe for grease, washing dishes and stove. As to what time what is done, it is hard to say. It depends on when we get back. Sometimes she works late, sometimes I do. If we are BOTH not on the way back, "every man for himself" is the rule for dinner since she cooks and I clean. She won't want to cook a decent meal for 2 and let it sit till I get home and I don't want to wait till she comes home to cook. I'd love to be able to eat 3 meals a day at home but for the time spent, I want to enjoy it. If I can't, I spend 10 mins going thru a drive thru or run into a gas station and grab whatever sandwich is on the shelf and get out. A home cooked meal might be on the priority list but it is not the only mandate.

It's like lunch. Time spent clocking out till clocking in including driving, parking sitting down, ordering, waiting and eating is 1 hour. After all that, does it make a difference whether it is a hot dog or a $50 plate? Not if you are unable to enjoy it. Then it is just something to get you from hungry to not hungry.

Those drinks are pretty handy like SlimFast when you are hungry and not enough chance to get something decent to eat.

I do like the South Beach or Atkins shakes when the sweet tooth hits. The others are too much of a blood sugar hit for me.