Basic Meal Prepping Advice
There is no doubt in my mind that planning and prepping your meals is fundamental for staying on track when it comes to your nutrition.
Firstly, what are the benefits of meal prepping?
Well, there are many!
If you are super busy during the week, having your meals prepped save you time during the week. It also gives you way more structure when it comes to your meals, and it requires less thinking on a daily basis.
That spare time can be used to go for a walk. Just an idea.
It also really just helps keep you on track with your nutrition. And we all know that nutrition is fundamental for fat loss.
So, how do you start meal prepping?
Like where do you even start?
When most people think of meal prepping, they think 7 days worth of food, freezing food, and eating the same thing over and over.
And this doesn’t have to be the case.
Here’s a few different ways you can tackle meal prep…
1 - The Struggle Meal
If there is a specific meal, like lunch at work, that you struggle with then start by prepping only that meal. It can be something as simple as leftovers from the night before.
2 - The Prepped Protein
Something as basic as prepping some protein for the week can be a lifesaver in times where you need something quick to grab. You could prep a container of chicken, or mince, or beef strips. And then when you get home from work, all you have to do is make the extras or the rest of the dish.
3 - The Never-ending Salad
Prep a big salad, loaded with freshness, and keep it in your fridge for a couple of days. This really helps that there is always something to turn to during those busier evenings.
4 - Mid Week Madness
You can take it a step further and prep on a Sunday for a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and then on a Wednesday evening, throw some stuff together for Thursday and Friday. This gives you variety, and it means you don’t have to be freezing anything.
5 - The Frozen Life
If you don’t mind freezing your meals, you could prep all your lunches and dinners on a Sunday and add some to the freezer for in case of a hunger emergency.
6 - The Emergency Snack Pack
If you know that your boss pisses you off a lot at work and this leads to you going to buy snacks, rather prep a little snack pack for yourself based on your calorie needs for the day.
As you can see, there are many different ways to prep. You just need to figure out what your biggest struggle is.
Is it that you have no time to make lunches at work? Then prep lunches.
Is it that you have no time after work? Then prep some dinners.
Is it that there are no low calories snacks at work? Prep a snack pack.
Is it that you just don’t want to make meals during the week? Big prep.
Figure out a prep technique that works for you.
Something as small as having some protein prepped, or a big salad prepped, or some roast veggies prepped, really does help.
It doesn’t have to be drastic!
Much Love
Mandy
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