11/12/2023
Tips of the Month: Planning Your Food!
Hey guys! I've noticed one of the things people ask me about the most is how to eat healthier and keep their energy up for workouts while they're changing their diet up and/or dieting. For me, what you eat is important but most people already know what healthy food is. The hard part is sticking to it and staying on track when things get hard! The biggest pitfall I've seen is people don't make a plan when it comes to healthy eating. A simple plan for your week when it comes to food can help you save time, money, and energy you can spend on exercising or just getting through the week!
A meal plan, mapping out AT LEAST your two biggest meals of the day for a week, can help you see what your missing in your diet, helps you plan ingredients to buy to save time and money, and brings awareness to what you are eating in a week. You can decide how complicated your meals are, eat the freshest ingredients early on in the week, and even plan out when and what to have for snacks in between meals.
A meal plan is nothing without a good shopping list though. The important thing is to stick to the list! Don't buy those tempting high calorie snacks that are on special or those frozen processed meals because if its convenient, tasty, and in the house, you WILL end up eating it instead of what you were supposed to! Don't give yourself the option of an easy out, and you won't take it!
Now, prepping some meals ahead of time can be a game changer when it comes to eating healthy. Some healthy foods take a long time to prepare, and if you have to spend hours a day chopping, cooking, and cleaning, eventually you start cheating a bit. Take all those hard tasks and condense them into one day when willpower is high! Ask family to help, it can even be fun to cook together! Food that can be reused as a side for multiple meals, entire dishes that can be eaten leftover, and meals that can be pre-portioned to be eaten or reheated later are serious time savers! AND you only have to do the dishes once, its a win-win!
If you need any help creating a meal plan, making a list, or even ideas for what to make, hit me up with a DM, email, or phone call, and we can start a conversation about nutrition! Hopefully you can take one of these tips with you this month and have more success improving your health and fitness!
