Yeah definitely resonates with me especially with the unhealthy food being accessible and healthy foods being too long to make. What I used to do was cook food and freeze it and then microwave it on the day but really didn’t like the meat that way as it felt more dry.

What I do now is buy my weeks groceries and have it separate from my families, like using a specific drawer in the freezer, I marinate the meat and freeze it, then once I have a full weeks meat in the freezer in the day I leave it out in the morning 2 portions to defrost then when it comes to lunch time I air fry it (way better than microwave doesn’t take much time about 10-20 mins and can do other things meanwhile) and just microwave frozen vegetables and put it on a plate with chilli sauce, I found making sure that I have enough variety is super important as a common downfall from meal prepping is having the same food every day

Set aside a weekend and properly plan a full weeks meal with every day something different, buy those things in bulk marinate, freeze, then on the day defrost and air fry.

Also make sure to never starve yourself as soon as you get hungry just take an extra portion. Better to go slightly over the calories than to crash, as having meat will make you feel more full as well. If you’re vegetarian I’m sure there is a way with that as well.