{"id":3930,"date":"2016-10-01T17:19:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T23:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebellyfitclub.com\/wordpress\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2019-01-06T10:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T17:05:04","slug":"bellyfit-transformation-food-prep-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thebellyfitclub.com\/wordpress\/bellyfit-transformation-food-prep-101\/","title":{"rendered":"BELLYFIT TRANSFORMATION FOOD PREP 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEAL PLANNING 101<\/h1>\n

What is batch cooking or meal planning? <\/strong>Basically, it’s preparing most or all of your meals and snacks for the entire week on 1 day out of the week. Simply make a date with your kitchen for about 1-2 hours, 1 day every week (in my world, it’s on Saturday’s right after I finish my grocery shopping haul in the mornings\/afternoons) and have some fun cooking! There\u2019s no freezing required for any of your batch cooking as you’ll be eating this throughout the week and cycle every week.<\/span><\/p>\n

In your entire week (168 hours\/week), 1-2 hours\/week of cooking is not much! Especially if you’re currently coming home from work every night cooking on the spot which could easily add up to 30-60 minutes\/evening, that’s over 7 hours a week! We all can use that extra 5 hours a week we’d save batch cooking to enjoy our time with loved ones, play more, take walks, engage in our beloved hobbies, and decompress. On the flip side, what if your case is going through a drive-through, picking up fast food, or dining out because you have nothing prepared to come home to. Again, batch cooking will save not only your health from avoiding all those questionable ingredients (yikes!) put into fast food establishments, but also money spent!<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, you may feel a tad overwhelmed with all the foods you want to make for an entire week, so I suggest starting out with 1 meal that you find you’re most pressed for time or poses the most challenge for cooking. For example, most of my clients start with dinner or breakfast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: <\/strong>Ask yourself “what meal time is really difficult for me to cook?”<\/h2>\n

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or “what time of day am I most in a time crunch to eat something healthy?” Start with that meal you’ve identified and gradually build upon the days\/weeks worth when you’re feeling more comfortable; or jump right in full force! I promise you the more frequently you batch cook and meal prep, the better and more efficient you become at it. Before long, you’ll be a master meal prep machine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BATCH COOK: Why?<\/span><\/p>\n