Easiest meal prep out there to hit your protein goals 🤪 The best meal prep is the kind you’ll actually do! Try out these 3 tips for meal planning: 1. Create a list of foods you like - Create a structure around meals and snacks by planning menus for the week and writing out grocery lists. This will help you reduce impulse purchasing, give you better control over the foods you’re eating, and could help you save money. The first step in planning your meals is understanding what types of foods you prefer. Break it down into proteins, vegetables, fruits, fats, and grains/starches, then create a list of what you like in each category. 2. Plan out your portions - Depending on your activity level, the number of portions can be adjusted to ensure you’re eating enough for your workouts and daily activity levels. Don’t forget to plan for nutritious snacks too! 3. Batch cooking & meal prep - The final step of meal planning is to make larger batches of food one to three times throughout the week. Once your main ingredients are cooked or prepped, you can combine them with different sauces or seasonings to add variety to your meals. Many who currently meal prep will spend two or three hours each weekend shopping, cooking, and portioning out all or some of their lunches, snacks, and dinners for the week. Alternatively, you can meal prep in smaller chunks, tackling two or three days’ worth of food at one time instead of the whole week. It will be up to you and your schedule which approach works best but pick the option you’ll be able to do 80% of the time. Making positive changes for the long term requires planning regardless of your area of focus: fitness, nutrition, mobility, or stress management. Having a plan and sticking to it, while still allowing for a little flexibility, is the key to success.
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