Meal prepping

shay77223
shay77223 Posts: 29 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
so I started meal prepping last week and stuck to my prepped foods all 7 days, and today I finished my prep for this coming entire week, and I am loving this! I love knowing that my healthy choices have all been made for the week so I don't have to worry about unhealthily improvising all week, and I'm excited about all the possibilities. Anyone have ideas, tips, warnings, etc? Any and all information would be great, really want this to keep working for me

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  • DoogCampbell
    DoogCampbell Posts: 53 Member
    I fail at the discipline for this so often, but at the same time I am so pleased when I know what I am eating and I can go to the fridge and there is always something suitable there!

    Some of the things I do to make sure when I cant be bothered to cook fresh I am not left with poor choices:
    - Make everything for 3-4 people and keep leftovers in the fridge/freezer, the microwave is my friend!
    - Plan meals (clearly) so I can buy as much for the week as possible
    - SLOW COOKER - OMG this is amazing, prep dinner, put it on in the morning, come home and there is a fresh cooked meal

    Things I have to watch for
    - Running out of fresh ingredients (salad)
    - Veg's going bad or stale (Our fridge really dehydrates)
    - Cookies/cake (just generally)

    I also like to prep small snacks into little tubs in advance, splitting a pack of smoked fish, ham or cheeses so i don't go back for more etc.

    Sounds like you're doing great though! Keep it up.
  • clh72569
    clh72569 Posts: 280 Member
    I keep a few meals in the freezer for emergencies. There are all kinds of meal prep websites. Don't do too much so you don't get overwhelmed or bored with the meals. Good job, keep up the good work!!
  • smslogan317
    smslogan317 Posts: 39 Member
    I have been meal prepping for years, I love it and it works really well for me, and if I don't, I will eat like crap. I don't do a week at a time, rather 3 days at a time. (only because fridge gets full (kids)) . I weigh ALL my food and put it away. I take my meals with me everywhere, last week I took the family to a waterpark, everyone ate there, and so did I. I took out my meals and ate. I truly love meal planning, it gives me a lot of control over my goals.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I have been meal prepping for years, I love it and it works really well for me, and if I don't, I will eat like crap. I don't do a week at a time, rather 3 days at a time. (only because fridge gets full (kids)) . I weigh ALL my food and put it away. I take my meals with me everywhere, last week I took the family to a waterpark, everyone ate there, and so did I. I took out my meals and ate. I truly love meal planning, it gives me a lot of control over my goals.

    I've been meal prepping for almost 8 years - my entire family can eat well at any time because we have plenty of meals and meal components that are frozen in portions.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I do some of it, not complete meals, but yes, by components (thanks), that are easy to turn into simple but delicious meals. For dinner, I always have potatoes/sweet potatoes, rice, pasta, and barley; single frozen salmon filets, chicken thighs/wings, lamb/pork/beef chops; I portion and freeze ground meat. I also have green peas and green beans in the freezer. For other meals I will cut carrots into sticks, cheese into wedges, smoked salmon/herring/mackerel, larger fruits like pineapple, melon, pomegranate and pomelo (when in season), divide grapes into smaller bunches. I weigh out stuff like yogurt and nuts when I need it, though.

    My advice, which may be obvious, but... ops, anyway... don't make big batches of unfamiliar meals/recipes - in case you don't like it or just doesn't turn out successfully the first time.
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