Meal Prep Hacks to Keep you on Track
/Hello everyone!
Hope you are having a lovely Sunday. I am coming alive from a rotten stomach bug that took hold of me at the beginning of the week. I am not being dramatic but…I was basically on my death bed. I have never felt so sick in my life. I am the type of person who never gets sick (touch wood) so when the occasion does occur, I make a big deal about it lol - it was literally the end of the world.
Does anyone else feel when they are sick that they will just never get better again, you are just laying there like “well this is my life now” - yep thats me.
It really makes me think that I honestly take advantage of my health when it is at 100%. We are so lucky to have our health, because really without our health we have nothing.
But anyway, I digress. I am better now! Well, I am on the way there, back in the gym, back on my healthy grind - still keeping my diet quite plain because bad tummy, but trying to include all of my major food groups back in.
With this being said, I thought it would be good to post a meal prep tutorial kind of video for this blog post. I know when it comes to food, a lot of us just don’t have time to cook their meals every single day, so I want to share some simple hacks when it comes to meal prepping, that doesn’t actually require any meal prep other than just cooking your meal for the day.
cook for 4, if you are eating for 1 - this is such an effective way to keep ahead of your diet. If you make extra, you are sorted for the next few meals/days. You are so much more likely to choose the healthy option if no thinking or work is involved in making that choice. You can just grab and go. You need to make healthy eating an easier option for yourself than getting a delivery or going out for food.
prep your separate food groups - steam some veggies and put them in a Tupperware, cook up some turkey mince, poach some chicken, put this in a separate Tupperware. Bake some sweet potato, cook up batch rice, put in more Tupperware. Tupperware everywhere. This means you can just grab something from each and you have a full, balanced meal right there. This works great if you find meal prep quite boring, because you can switch it up, add some sauces, healthy fats, seasonings etc. And there you have it! Exciting, easy, healthy, your body will thank you for it.
keep it simple - the gut loves simplicity. So does the mind to be honest. You are so much more likely to stick to something if it is very simple. It also doesn’t really require cheffing, it just requires some basic cooking skills.
prep some healthy snacks - this is such an important one in my opinion. I personally will probably snack every day. Especially if I am just at home, all I can think about is food lol. If you are like me, and you need to snack, if there is no prepped snack available, you will probably go for the first unhealthy, or calorie dense snack. So my advice here would be to make some healthy protein balls, chop up some watermelon or pineapple, have fruit on hand always, have some carrots chopped up with some homemade hummus. There are so many options with this. My favourite go-to snack is protein chocolate mousse with frozen berries. It is basically a scoop of choc protein powder, with some coconut or greek yoghurt, cacao powder and salt. Honestly it tastes insane.
So I am going to leave it here with my meal prep tips. Honestly meal prep changes the game. If you really want to be successful in your health and fitness lifestyle, you need to meal prep. Unless you are fab at cooking and you want to spend significant time doing this every day, but tbh no ones got time for that. I would also advise keeping it simple and maybe just planning 3 meals for the week, don’t overwhelm yourself, you are more likely to stick to simplicity, it is also more motivating. Our brains just like it - overcomplicating things causes us to switch off far quicker.
There you go :) hope you enjoyed and let me know what meals you are planning for the week! Mine is going to be chicken, turkey meatballs for my protein. Brown rice and sweet potato/pumpkin mix for my carbs. Broccoli, green beans & asparagus for my veg. I have time to properly prep tomorrow morning so I will track it on my instagram story - go watch it over there if you are interested!
Hope you have a wonderful, and healthy week ahead xxx