his food vs. her food

Ok. So I'm trying to lose the last 4 lbs of baby weight. 4, not an insurmountable number. Except that I can't do it! I'm maintaining it, apparently. I do Pilates (ok, so I own Pilates dvds...), I walk over a mile a day 5-6 days a week, I try and eat fairly healthy, and still nothing.
So here is the paradox. Eat healthier and spend more money on groceries, thus having to work out slightly less. Or. Eat how I do now ( well rounded meals, and usually fairly healthy) and work out more. Here is the second problem.

I.HATE.WORKING.OUT.

Seriously, I derive zero pleasure from it. I'm hot and sweaty afterwards, and because my toddler is in fact, a normal toddler I have to wait until he takes a nap to shower. This normally wouldn't be a problem, except that he naps at noon, and I work out in the mornings. Its Tucson, working out anytime past 10am is just plain stupid unless you want heat stroke. I hate being sticky for that long. And lets face it, after dinner nobody wants to work out.

Third Problem:
(Yes I'm full of them tonight aren't I?)
My husband loves the good food. (read: fried, gravied, cheesed etc...) I like lighter foods, stir fry with chicken or shrimp (the loser is "allergic"..read-doesn't have the balls to try it even though he can eat every other shell fish...), I like stuff unfried, ungravied and while I love..love...cheese I don't feel the need to have it slathered everywhere...most of the time I don't anyways. I like plain grilled chicken with grilled veggies. (Its really good if you put your chicken and veggies (peppers, onions, snap peas and potatoes) in a foil wrapper with Italian salad dressing on the grill for 25-30 minutes...healthy and zero clean up!) He doesn't really like the healthier, lighter stuff. I partly blame his parents, but seriously, his mom is a good cook I can only blame them so far!!

So, how do I make healthy, low-cost meals that appeal to my picky eaters? Any suggestions welcome. Note: probably won't pay much attention to work out advice. Just fyi ;)