Meal Prep. HELP!

I can't do leftovers! They gross me out too. I don't prep everything in advance. I didn't think I'd have time to prep my meals every day but 20 fewer minutes of TV didn't kill me (and helped me lose 30lbs).

I spend maybe 10 minutes each night prepping my bfast and lunch for the next day. I bring both to work, so it's stuff like salads, sandwiches, tuna with crackers, tabloue, veggies and hummus, greek yogurt, berries, oatmeal etc. I just bring a bunch of fresh foods that I don't need to cook or that I can heat up in the micro.

My boyfriend and I cook dinner together most nights, or one of us will cook if the other is working late. We didn't used to do this, and I asked him to help me out with this since I knew it's important to not eat out/get takeout often and he has been so great about it. We usually only have meat and veggies for dinner and we usually grill the meat. I always mix up the veggies so we won't get bored. Last night I made steak tips with roasted brussels sprouts (roasted in salt, pepper, EVOO and crushed red pepper, then drizzle with white rice vinegar and honey when done! amazing!)

I don't have leftovers since I make single portion meals for myself (family eats separately/different foods). I do cook up a pound of ground sausage at a time, with diced onion, and then use that for several days in egg scrambles and stuffed mushrooms. It tastes the same as the day as it was first cooked (I reheat it on the stove, when I add it to whatever else I'm eating with it). I do the same with bacon-I love cold bacon on my salads I'll cook a pound and then use it over several days. I also pre-cut some things like onion, bell peppers, etc to make meal time easier, as well as hard boil a dozen eggs at a time (they'll stay for a week in the fridge as long as you keep the shell on).

I grill my breakfast/lunch protein a few days at a time. Stuff like: pork ribs, burgers, beef ribs, chicken breasts. I under cook it just a bit, so when it's warmed in the microwave, it's perfectly cooked. I split up the protein into sandwich ziplock bags that match the portions I like for breakfast and lunch. I usually plan my meals one day in advanced. Before I go to bed, I decide what's for breakfast/lunch/dinner the next day, so I know I'll hit my macro nutrients and calories without a problem. On the way home from work, I can swing by the Price Chopper and get whatever I've planned for dinner (takes 5 mins, since I already know what I'm having). BTW, I adjust my snacks to eat back the calories I've burned exercising each day.

I'm not sure if this is what you are asking about but here are some of the things I do to help with having meals or at least some of the ingredients prepped to make things easier in the future.

I cook a family pack of hamburger (5-6 lbs) all at once, drain and rinse the meat and then divide it into 1 lb portions and put it in ziplock bags which lay flat in the freezer. This is then easy to pull out for tacos, chili, spaghetti, etc.

I also cook a large package of chicken breasts and/or thighs in the crockpot all at once with some seasoning and a little bit of chicken broth, then shred that and have it on hand to make soup, enchilada/taco filling, etc. You can even put the chicken in frozen to cook.

If we are having pork tenderloin which usually comes in two tenderloins per package, I marinate and cook them both but one I take off the heat a little early so that it is just under-done. We eat the fully cooked one for dinner that night but then slice the slightly rarer one and use that for other meals later in the week - stir fry or just lunches. A lot of times I will bring a bag of Ready Rice to work along with a small package of frozen veggies and two portions of the pork tenderloin in a tupperware. If I microwave and divide up the rice and veggies I then have meals for two days that I can leave in the fridge at work in the same tupperware that I brought the pork in.

Then if I am making something that I know freezes well, like lasagna, chili, stew or enchiladas I will often make a double batch and freeze the extra portion for a future meal.

I'm very fickle when it comes to food, so prepping food ahead often just results in waste for me. I often don't have a clue what I'm having for dinner until I get home from work. But I tend to grill, roast, stir fry or sautee most foods so there is not a lot of prep time other than chopping veggies, which I find relaxing.

Sometimes I'll make a batch of brown rice, and a few chicken breasts and portion them out and freeze to eat during the week. Rice cooks up really well in a microwave (I add a spoonful of water and nuke it with the lid lifted at the corner).
Also, if you're looking for breakfast stuff, muffins freeze and thaw really nicely. I'd just be careful to make ones that are slightly more nutritious, with whole wheat flower and fruits or veggies mixed in.
Soup, too - I'll make soup and freeze it in a freezer-safe glass jar (I use the ones for jam). Just leave space at the top, thaw in the fridge the night before, and pour it in a bowl to microwave it.