Meal Prep

laurenhornbaker94
laurenhornbaker94 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I'm new to the meal prepping thing and I'm trying to gain weight for an upcoming surgery. I am working out and plan on gaining muscle instead of fat. I was just wondering what meals you all make for the week?

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  • cycycy96
    cycycy96 Posts: 1 Member
    Baked chicken tenderloin with brown rice
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    laurenhornbaker94 wrote: »
    I'm new to the meal prepping thing and I'm trying to gain weight for an upcoming surgery. I am working out and plan on gaining muscle instead of fat. I was just wondering what meals you all make for the week?

    So when you gain weight, you will gain roughly 75% of that in fat and only 25% in new muscle. Women don't have high amounts of testosterone and it's inevitable to gain fat.

    I just make foods I enjoy. Most of my recipes are from mccormick.com . My diary is open if you want to take a look. I am on a cut, so I only have 2400 ish calories.
  • BigJes37
    BigJes37 Posts: 82 Member
    You can look at my diary as well. Turkey, yams, oatmeal, eggs, vegetables, coconut oil. Try to use good fats to get your calories high.
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    Meal prep my meals every day and only batch stock rice in advance (all my veg have to be cooked and eaten and chicken that has been cooked more than 12 hours because tough and dry and cannot eat it).
    When i work I pre log the day before and cook in the AM - when i am off i eat, track and adjust as I go along in the day.
    At the moment am pretty low on calories - 2300 - hence focus on whole / "clean" food - easiest way to maximise portions and keep me full during the day (am always hungry so need to ensure I eat nutritious food when on poverty macros). When i ramp up calories i become more flexible with my food choices.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    A jar of peanut butter with a spoon is easy way to get lots of calories, without lots of volume and tedious prepping.
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  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    Gaining is definitely not easy for me! With an AI disease, I have to watch what i eat and make sure I don't lose any more weight. I also have to prepare for an upcoming procedure, so I'm upping my carb intake this week so it doesn't impact my weight too much. I got a bunch of white sweet potatoes, so I split that into two recipes - chicken hashbrowns and rosemary scented mashed potatoes. I also made meat loaf with a bunch of "hidden" vegetables like summer squash, zucchini, carrot, cabbage, leafy greens, and some spices. When I saved the recipe, I was surprised that it had about 300 calories per serving. It will be good in combo with some steamed veggies and the mashed potatoes.

    Meal prepping is tedious at first, but it gets easier. This was the first time I was able to make and clean everything in just a little over an hour, and the food will last me for several days :smile:
  • lilstry
    lilstry Posts: 120 Member
    edited August 2016
    Peanut Butter helps a lot. You can take it during breakfast. I would tend to mix it with oatmeal and a teaspoon on honey
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