Weekly Meal Plan and Prep - Part 1 Meal Plan

One of the biggest things I've learned since participating in a Challenge group and becoming a Beachbody coach is the importance of meal planning and prepping.

It is also one of the questions I'm most often asked. How do you meal plan? How long does it take? How do I get started? 

I made two videos Meal Planning and Meal Prepping. 

This post is about Meal Planning - I have a whiteboard in our kitchen with the days of the week. I start thinking about the meals I'm going to make the week before or on the weekend. We have about 10 recipes we eat regularly and I try to make one new thing each week. The key is not to over complicate the process. If you like a certain meal, just think of how to make it healthier to keep it in your rotation. 

To come up with new recipes to try, I check out my cookbooks, browse Pinterest, Skinnytaste.com or other healthy blogs. 

When I take out my whiteboard, I put all of our weekly activities in there (and make sure I schedule my ME time with running or workouts). Then I start to put my meals in the week based on our activities. I also usually schedule a leftovers day near the end of the week. 

Once that is done, I check my cupboards to ensure I have all my ingredients and make my shopping list based on my meals for the week. 

I typically eat the same things for breakfast, lunch and snacks to keep things easy. One thing you can to is make extra dinner for lunch the next day also!
Check out the video I made below:

https://youtu.be/mAXBoE84OT0