healthy Meal Preparation tips!!!
Hi, all welcome back to my blog I hope everyone had a great weekend. I’ve just enjoyed a great St Patricks day and cheat day! Why’ll I was preparing my meals for the week I decided to take some pictures and put together a post with some tips on meal prep. I do get asked a lot about portion sizes, and how I judge it to make enough food to cover the week. I’m going to go through some tips that I found useful when I started and how much food I need.
I’d rather make to much than too little so I round up if you make a little to much you have another day of meals so it’s fine. I make 10 meals, 2 meals a day over 5 days.
This week I prepared lamb & pork chops with wholegrain rice and string beans, I’ve been doing this a why’ll so I know exactly what I need, everyone is different but for me I use 3 lamb chops & 4 pork chops cut up, with 2 packs of whole grain rice and 1 large bag of frozen string beans chopped up small.
I like to eat quiet plain clean foods, that’s just my preference, if you read my blogs or check out my Instagram you will know about my cheat day which is Sunday, I feel when you have that day to eat the bad food you sometimes crave it makes it easier to stay with the healthy eating and lifestyle.
If you’re new to meal prep I will say it better to make to much than too little a least it won’t go to waste you can make another day meals with it but if you make too little it’s going to be time-consuming because you need to start prepping more food, this used to happen to me a lot. Also, find food you enjoy and if you don’t want to eat the same thing twice a day maybe make two different chooses and alternate so you don’t get bored with what you’re eating. I will change every two weeks, use different veg or protein just for something different so I’m always looking forward to my meals.
Changing it up is important, I’m the same with breakfast I have a few options that are healthy that I enjoy and I switch weekly so I don’t get bored and reach for the fast/easy unhealthy option in the morning. My go -to’s at the moment are porridge with fruit, eggs or almond meal pancakes.
Aswell take notes why’ll prepping so you can get the exact amount you need next time, This will cut meal prep time in half for you.
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