Military lifestyle, plus family, and Meal prepping...

schmidtr01

I am at a point where I need to really clean up my eating habits. I know meal prepping would be a great tool to do that, however I have no idea how to begin... My current fitness goal is to add muscle strength. I have put on weight to increase my size and now I am tuning up. Any help is greatly appreciated!

cagbunag

I'm the military too-- and its always eat and run!! I've been working 12-14 hour night shifts on a 24/7 Ops floor for the last 8 years where junk food is everywhere and when a high stress event occurs we all jump on the coffee and cookies--- bad bad habit! then we are expected to blow away the PT test... It's not easy... So we have to get back to discipline

MelaniaTrump

Meal prepping? For dinners always choose a lean protein and a big side of veggies. Don't overcomplicate things. Lean proteins include fish, grilled chicken breast, turkey, even beans.

kshama2001

schmidtr01 wrote: »

I am at a point where I need to really clean up my eating habits. I know meal prepping would be a great tool to do that, however I have no idea how to begin... My current fitness goal is to add muscle strength. I have put on weight to increase my size and now I am tuning up. Any help is greatly appreciated!

I start by looking at the supermarket flyers to see what proteins are on sale and pick a starch and veg to go with them. I subscribe to a few e-newsletters that send me recipes and get inspiration from there if I'm lacking it. Sometimes if I have a few ingredients but no inspiration, I will plug them into the http://allrecipes.com/ ingredient search.

I have a variety of staple vegetables and starches always on hand and as they run low I add them to my whiteboard on the frig, which gets turned into a shopping list.

I rotate some staple recipes - the first time in a month I make fish I use Recipe 1, second time Recipe 2, etc. Well, it only goes up to Recipe 3, lol. I'm a lot more versatile with chicken, as I eat it more. I have a chicken dish I make every week or every other week. This time of year, I make meatloaf at least once per month. I make a pasta dish a few times per month. Etc.

I work from home and am kind of in the boonies, so plan food shopping for when I am out anyway; for example, I go to the gym three times per week and plan ahead to go when I'm there at night during the week as it is less crowded and crowded supermarkets annoy me.