How many people here meal prep?

I meal prep every week for all work meals. This week, I'm having 2 meals of blackened steak burritos with white rice cooked in beef stock and Mrs. Renfros jalapeno salsa.

If this is your first time trying, track macros and adjust to meet your goals as you go. Different people respond differently, so if you're just starting, my biggest piece of advice is to have a good starting point to adjust from.

Personally, adding rice has been good for my performance and I like it. It may not have the same effect for you, though.

How long have you been doing it? What have been your results?

I meal prep every week. What I cook depends on macros needed.

I meal prep all mine and wife's meals for the week and 3 or 4 different things for the kids every Sunday.

I meal prep lunch for the week. Otherwise I would eat out everyday and spend lots of money on junk. It ussually involves a simple meat and veggies. However, this week I made some shrimp wraps.

I do.

Sunday is usually the meal prep day. Lunches for sure, and since I usually work out in the evening, I meal prep enough for 4-ish dinners as well. I just bulk cook some foods and leave them in big containers, and then each night I actually put together a lunch and snacks for the next day.

Honestly, I don't know how some people can be fit and healthy without meal prepping. Not enough time in the day.

The items change weekly for me, but usually involve a fair amount of variety (but it never feels like enough variety ). This week I cooked 6 6oz 88/12 beef patties from Costco, 6 turkey burgers, happened to score some steak from the in-laws after Mother's Day, roasted zucchini and squash halves, roasted sweet potato slices/chips, green beans. My wife also made some crock pot fajita chicken with some enchilada sauce.. but it's way lean and has some stuff in it I can't have.

I mea prep Breakfast Lunch and Snacks for the week.

Breakfast is usually Yogurt, Berries, Honey,, and Granola

I’ve been considering going vegan so lunch has been a struggle with macros.

Typically: Spinach, black beans quinoa, corn, tomatoes, salsa, maybe tofu. Last week did a black bean chili that was really good. Before the vegan kick, I did Salmon and Salad, or chicken breasts, etc.

Snacks: Apples and Almond Butter, Cottage Cheese and Berries, pita and hummus.

I love doing a meal prep. Relives a lot of stress and helps me eat healthier. I leave home at 5:30am and don’t get home till 7pm. So those couple hours in the evenings are very valuable.

Typical day for me looks like

Two eggs with egg whites added in for breakfast
10am
Smoothie with fruits and veggies
Lunch is chicken or fish, a vegetable, and some almonds or half and avocado
Pre workout about an 1.5 hour before ..oats with some peanut butter and a whey shake
Post workout iso shake
Dinner ground beef, turkey, pork chop, and a veggie..sprouts, squash, broccoli etc

I’m the kind of person that doesn’t mind eating the same thing often so it’s pretty simple.

I pretty much eat a grilled chicken salad every day. I look for chicken breasts when they're on sale and I buy as many as can fit on my grill. It's about 24 large breasts or 28 medium sized. I line them up in north/south position on the gas grill and cook for 30 minutes on each size on low. Freeze the leftovers and then thaw out in the fridge the night before instead of defrosting in the microwave. Still delicious even when reheated.

I marinate in a big aluminum pot that's used to bake a big turkey in.

So is a slow cooker. Any bulk cooker is great.

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Lord just kill me if I'm ever counting my fricking almonds

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lol i know, but its so easy to go over calories snacking on nuts. 12 almonds are 80 calories.. 24 is 160,36 is 220. You can eat alot of nuts befpre you knoww it and go well over calorie intake