I’ve totally lost my mojo.
Started Keto in August, adapted quickly, two days of Keto flu, then easy intermittent fasting with reduced appetite, weight loss, amazing energy, no more hypoglycaemic episodes etc. Had some sickness which was due to an aversion to creme, all good after a week or so.
Then, two weeks ago - I just lost my mojo. I had no appetite for Keto food, or much else really, and lost the will to try. I broke the diet, had some fries, a bit of bread - not at all satisfying, not worth it - but now I have a constant peckish hunger, I’m tired, bloated and I just don’t know what to eat.
My diet before this was pretty dull, I didn’t cook much at all, just eggs on toast mostly, some snacking and a whole load of bad habits.
I think what I’m missing most is the easy, go to food that requires no hassle and is immediately satisfying.
I guess I wonder - what do others do when you just can’t be bothered to cook? Or you only have 5 mins? How do you maintain the effort when you’re low, busy or lacking energy or motivation?
Lost my mojo
Sometimes we lose our mojo. Could be for obvious or mysterious reasons. Good that you’re asking for help!
I’m retired, I share a kitchen (with people who don’t care about Covid), and I just don’t want to cook any more. I’ve made simplicity a priority. No more ambitious recipes for me. I hope some of the following ideas will be helpful.
First of all, you can still have the eggs. Without the toast, of course. Maybe some bacon?
Buy rotisserie chicken, cooked chicken legs, or cooked ribs at the supermarket.
Look for prepackaged cooked dinner meats that don’t contain too much junk. For example, last night I enjoyed some packaged pot roast. I rinsed off the gravy and heated the meat in the microwave.
Learn to enjoy the taste of simple foods. You don’t need lots of seasonings, recipes, or gadgets.
Cook enough for three or four days, and eat the rest cold or reheated. You could also freeze some. I advise against cooking really big batches; they turn into a big production and can be more trouble than they’re worth.
Precook bacon or sausages, and reheat when you want them. Buy precooked (real) bacon crumbles as an addition to salads, etc.
Speaking of salads, stop making complicated ones. Eat washed baby greens, cherry tomatoes, etc., straight out of the container. Buy broccoli or celery that is already cut up. Don’t buy anything that will require lots of prep. Pork rinds are an easy snack.
If you want guacamole or other dips, don’t make it, buy it. Read the labels. Or add a bit of garlic powder or hot sauce to avocado mayonnaise or 10% yogurt.
Cheese can be an easy and satisfying snack. Find one you like. I love Cambozola!
There are lots of quick and easy recipes in the recipe section, for main courses, desserts, and snacks. Try a few that appeal to you, and soon you’ll have your own favorite quick “go to” foods.
Good luck!
I am different, I have problems when I want to cook and experiment with recipes… 
When I don’t want to cook, I don’t really cook (except more or less carbier stuff for my SO but it’s very easy to do with minimal work if I prefer that). I simply eat eggs and something with it (little cheese, a few slices of sausage per eggs… you can do it with 1 egg or 12, well if you like eggs…). Boiling 20 or 50 eggs isn’t a big bother but they fry quickly too. It’s probably not good for a very long time but hopefully such a mood doesn’t last for long.
Some meat fries quickly too… Or you can just boil some meaty bones or bony meat, I can actually enjoy that in my less needy times and I get some nice soup too, I put eggs in it. I appreciate simple things. They still need time but I don’t need to be there during that time, only shortly in the beginning (it probably depends on the pot used to cook too, I don’t even know the special ones so I wait until the water starts boiling and I am free after).
I think many of us can relate your peckishness, carbs can mess with us. Don’t eat much carbs and it will go away. Still, it happens that you don’t want any food, at least I managed to have a mild aversion to every food in existence at the same time… I eat without desire then, whatever I am willing to eat, sometimes it’s not easy but it passes. And it only happens if I (or rather, my circumstances) restrict my food variety too much. So I try to avoid that. I don’t expect satisfaction, just getting nutrients and getting rid of annoying hunger in those times.
Cooking is normal for me, even a hobby in good times, I just like simplicity. I usually have some kind of cooked food in my freezer. Often some raw meat too and frying/baking it is little work. Of course it’s not good when we want to eat right away but we often should think forward in life.
If I eat vegetables, I just grab some raw one and that’s it. No point in putting effort into not satiating carbs anymore, I don’t need them.
If I lived alone, I probably would just open a jar of gherkins a few times a year or something.
So many things can be eaten right out of the fridge. It’s good as I would be bored with my 10th boiled egg for lunch (even with cheese and sausage). A little of this, a little of that, some sour cream as “dessert”… Somehow I never starve, not even when I lack supplies and my appetite is negative towards almost everything. It’s hard then but I manage. I like to have different cheeses, different ready to eat meat products to avoid getting bored. I use some condiments and spices but very simple ones. Usually just mustard but it’s not hard to get variety there.
Thank you @islandlight and @Shinita.
I think I’m a bit down and feeling a bit run down and before Keto never knew how much mood affects my eating habits. You’re both right, there are a lot of easy things to cook. And @islandlight I appreciate the nudge to take the “cheat” route of pre-cooked - I definitely needed a reminder that this is okay.
You can do quite well without cooking. There are plenty of hard and soft cheeses with very low and/or zero carbs. There are many low and/or zero carb processed meats, including bacon ‘bits/crumbles’ as noted by @islandlight. I eat Walmart’s bacon crumbles pretty much daily not as a garnish but as a main ingredient. Don’t let anyone convince you nitrates and nitrites are anything to worry about. They’re not and are actually probably beneficial. There are many canned meats, like corned beef and Vienna sausage and fish that can be eaten right out of the can, including tuna, salmon, herring and sardines, etc. Don’t argue with the naysayers about it. You’re not going to sacrifice your health doing so. You’re not going to sacrifice your health not eating ‘organic grassfed homegrown purchased from the farmer’ whatever. Read labels and buy stuff with the fewest ingredients and chemicals. Avoid anything packed in ‘oil’ which generally means seed oils. Don’t buy anything packed in ‘olive oil’ which is probably pomace, and is definitely not EVOO.
My minimalist cooking includes butter poached eggs 4-5 days per week. The method I use is simple, easy and requires cleanup only of the poaching cup. Once a great while I sous vide a steak or burger which requires much less prep and clean up than any other method of cooking meat. The most prep I do involves my daily coffee each morning.
So it’s very doable. And you won’t sacrifice your health nor quality of your diet. If you use common sense and learn to understand food labels intelligently, you’ll be just fine.
Thanks @amwassil that’s a great and helpful reply. It’s useful to know there are others out there who don’t cook every night and survive on bits. Keto is a huge learning curve. Learning fat need not be feared. Learning three square meals isn’t a necessity. Learning 5+ fruit and veg isn’t essential for life, heck, learning fruit can be bad and bitter can be good. These are delightful lessons, and easy to doubt at the beginning.
I forgot to mention this, because I don’t eat steaks or chops any more (esophagus problems). But a simple steak or pork chop can be quick and easy to cook too. Toss it in the pan, turn over, done.
Hamburgers and cheeseburgers are easy too, even if you make your own. Forget about putting additives or fillers (e.g., crumbs, egg, seasonings) in the burger meat. Just make the meat into patty shapes and cook. Tastes like meat! Hint: Make them a bit smaller so they won’t fall apart.
I find cooking Keto much simpler than a SAD. It’s kind of like Taco Bell…amazing how many different ways you can combine the same 5 ingredients.
Cooking is fine, but I like to keep it simple. I’m done with gadgets and recipes and knocking myself out.
A few years ago I decided to organize all the spices. To my horror, we had 70 different spices. I told my then-boyfriend, who said, “And we’re still missing some.” Now I have Frank’s hot sauce and Tex-Mex seasoning. If I ever finish the Tex-Mex (unlikely), I might buy some Italian seasoning.
Maybe do some sous vide cooking? It takes some planning but you can do things for multiple meals. Chuck roast, chicken thighs, pulled pork, lots of possibilities and very little actual work. It’s rare we don’t get 2 or 3 meals off of something, usually because our eyes are typically way bigger than our stomachs and we make way more than we’d need to for any given meal. But that’s good. Fish can be a fillet or it can be something like tuna salad. Or chicken can be grilled, parmesan, or even chicken salad. Kinda sounds like you’re in a rut and needing some new recipes. 
Maybe not all that helpful, but wishing you the best. Good luck!
I know someone who does low carb and she won’t lift a finger to cook. You can easily just eat lunch meat, cheese, boiled eggs, pork rinds, hotdogs, etc. I don’t advocate using the ready-made low carb tortillas but it has to be better than bread.
But kyran, why??
We eat REALLY well on keto, rich, as some people would call it. Seriously, fork tender chuck roast, chicken parm, pulled pork, tuna salad, homemade burgers (I love a good burger!), deviled eggs, and more. I mean, seriously, some of that stuff costs dearly at a restaurant and what we make at home is really, really good, often better than most of the stuff we’d get at even restaurants we like. We even make the occasional keto treat, but we do tend to go light on the treats, maybe a little something on weekends or special occasions.
Yeah, I guess you can eat lunch meat, boiled eggs, hotdogs and pork rinds, but that’s like going to Yellowstone National Park to admire the east parking lot. 
There is just so much more…
This is not what I do. I cook all of my meals at home and haven’t eaten out since June 2019. The person who is asking for advice wants to know if they can eat Keto without cooking.
Aah, OK. I didn’t read well. Didn’t realize “no cooking” was in there. Sorry 'bout that.
One of my favorite foods is keto pizza, crust made with eggs and cheese only. So easy to make and tastes just like real pizza. We make a very large sheet pan of it at a time (8 eggs and 3 c. cheese for crust), bake and then top with sauce and cheese and bake long enough to melt cheese. A couple pieces are great for breakfast or lunch and very satisfying.
I don’t generally eat breakfast or lunch now, but when I just started and ate 2-3 meals a day, I would just grab whatever was in the fridge and whip something up - nothing elaborate - egg salad, salad with leftover chicken, etc., tuna salad, cheese omelet, microwaved sausage, leftover hamburger. When you do cook, make extra to grab to complete a quick meal. I cook every night, but I can pan sear whatever meat we are having and make a steamed vegetable in less than half an hour - no less delicious than if I had fussed.
Give it a week of making the effort and getting back to clean keto. When your hunger is satisfied and you feel better physically, you will begin to feel better mentally and have more motivation. Food will stop being your focus 24/7 and you can just get on with the business of living.
Best.