Meal Prep

Hello All!

I have just finished our meal prep for the week. Let me say, meal prep makes life so much easier. If you plan out your weeks meals and snacks, then prep them all at the beginning of the week, you don't ever have to worry about what you're going to eat. This makes it less likely that you'll make poor decisions. No having to stop at the local fast food joint on the way home because you don't know what's for dinner. No having to buy a burger at lunch time because you weren't sure what to bring with you. No more grabbing a candy bar during the dreaded 3 pm slump.

It is important to remember to plan healthy meals and snacks! Snacks get you through the day. A small handful of nuts and a stick of string cheese make a perfect snack! Another great snack is a sliced banana with all natural nut butter.

This week, we're having whole milk plain Greek yogurt, topped with a bit of honey, mixed nuts, and a bunch of fruit: sliced strawberries, sliced bananas, blackberries, apples, and oranges. So yummy! You could throw all of this into the blender with a bit of almond milk and have a tasty smoothie, which makes it easy to enjoy on the go. I usually feel much more satisfied when I eat it as a bowl though, so bowl it is this week.

For lunch, we bought a lot of spinach, kale, and other dark green leafy mix. We're topping it with chickpeas, bell pepper, avocado, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, red onion, hard boiled eggs, and I'm sure I'm missing some veggies. To dress it, we're mixing some Italian herb olive oil and pomegranate balsamic vinegar. Remember, you need to use fats to help your body to absorb the nutrients that are in the nutrients that are in the vegetables you consume, balsamic vinegar is amazing at helping your metabolism!

Dinner this week, honey lime chicken with grilled asparagus and quinoa. Later this week, we'll be eating grilled tilapia and salmon with roasted butternut squash and brown rice. Both of those meals are so yummy, filling, and satisfying.

Our snacks this week will be bananas with all natural nut butter and chopped vegetables with ranch dressing.

Remember, your health is 80% nutrition and 20% fitness. Controlling your diet is so much harder than exercising. But keep it up, and you'll see a lot better!!!