I'm not sure what list you are on, but as you move on to other foods, you will find it easier as you can make a big batch of soup or stew on a weekend or a big roast chicken with leftovers for the week, etc.  For me, I have lettuce washed and chopped ready to throw a salad together.  All I have to do is chop up some veggies.  I grill or bake chicken 3 or 4 breasts at a time so that I can throw them on top of the salad or use it as a snack. Also, I make a big batch of brown rice twice a week, keep it in the fridge and throw it into salads or reheat on stovetop with a little water so I don't have to wait 45 minutes each and every time.  And, quinoa is super fast if you can have it.  It's not hard once you get into a routine and a rhythm. You will figure it out.  I also make veggie frittatas that I travel with.  This makes a really quick breakfast or lunch when there is no time (or place) for cooking - they rae great room temp and don't need tons of refrigeration.  I don't have exact recipes, but many on here are quite good.  Just always plan ahead and make enough for leftovers the next day.  I know they say that mold grows quickly on leftover food and that feeds the yeast as well, but sometimes you just gotta do what you can do.  Sit down and plan out a day ahead or two and you feel more in control and less overwhelmed. Good luck.

Its a big pain.  I do what Sam does--I prepare a bunch at once.  In the first part of the semester, I cook for 5 hours on a Sunday and then heat stuff up during the week.  If I'm really pressed for time (95% of the time), I just bake a full pound of breasts, make rice in a rice cooker, and get prewashed veggies.  My school schedule is extremely demanding (70 hrs + per week).  So, I had to find "clean places" in my school neighborhood that serve food I can eat.  One serves organic eggs and potatos cooked in butter--for 5 dollars!!  Maybe you can supplement with something like this?  Plus I found a great salad place.  Although this could be difficult if you're on list 1.  Its TOTALLY doable on list 2, and "easy" (in the relative sense) on list 3.
Also--I make a batch of "tortillas"--1.5 c spelt flour, 2 tbsp oil, 1/2 c water.  I fry them--with almost no oil.  Then I make a dozen hardboiled eggs on Sunday.  So in the morning, I just grab a tortilla and hardboiled egg and throw salad on top, with oil.  If I have tomato sauce I put that on, but usually butter suffices.
I hear you about the food though. 

Hi Calieve,
You are not alone!!! Reading your post was like hearing myself vent, sometimes i am shocked how similar experiences and path we have. That when i read other girls' posts, sometimes i can't tell if i posted them :))) I work similar hours, 9- 7 and  have an aweful, stressful, 90 minute commute home. Yukk on that 5 freeway. I usually make it home around 7:30 to 8:30 and get home exhausted. There is a whole foods on my way home, but sometimes stopping there is still like torture.
I agree with the girls about trying to get your food ahead of time as much as possible. Wash your veggies in large sums and keep it handy. Here are some of the quick ways i deal with it. If i don't want to cook, i keep raw broccoli, cauliflower or lettuce and eat it plain. Boring, but feels good to sit infront of tv for a little longer or take a nice shower instead. I try to keep a few days worth of rice, so i can bring it to work for my lunches as well. Or, slice pototoes thin, add sea salt and garlic powder and throw in the oven with a timer so you can do something else in the meantime. For meat, i get some type of steak and cut them fajita style and cook them on high heat with onions. It's really fast and tastes yummie! I don't know how to make tacos with our type of flour, but would be cool to do that and sprinkle with some shredded lettuce, or cheese?:) you can hardbroil eggs at one time and bring in for breakfast. Quick veggie dish: just throw anything you have to cook with some garlic. I cut cabbage roughly, peel off several of the outer layers, and so i won't have to even wash the inner ones! throw in a pot with some oil and chopped garlic, and stir before done. So fast and tastes good and you don't have to be on top of it. :) I do my laundry on the weekends, some things have to give in. Among all the things we have to do, most important is to make our health priority. If we can work and do the other things, lucky us we are in that position but i have to constantly remind myself not to abuse my body as i used to do. 

I keep these biscuits on hand (reciope by Natalie L. They satisfy all sorts of cravings, and you can add herbs to them, to make them more flavorful. If you can't have milk, substitute water or chicken stock, and increase the amoutn of butter by about two tbs:
 
Spelt Biscuits
2 cups spelt flour 
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter
2/3 cup milk 

preheat over to 450 
stir together flour, baking powder, salt.  Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs.  Gradually stir in the milk until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.  Pat out on a floured surface to about 1 inch thick.  Cut the biscuits and place on a baking sheet.  Bake 12-15 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown. 

Yummy!  Since I dont care for Spelt, I used Kamut flour..  very delicious!  Thanks!

I have only been on the diet- liat 3- for a month. I read these postings very carefully to keep things in perspective, since I am not as sick as many and can work, exercise etc. Most of the dofficulty for me with the diet is psychological- it is hard to eat differently and also I wonder if I am doing it well enough. Home is easy but the thought of travel is a little scary but so is the thought of no travel. Do people travel? How do they do it?