Meal Prep Advice for Beginners

Nutrition
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Forget all the ‘eat big, goddamn you!’ and ‘lift heavy, goddamn you!’ advice.

Obviously, the key to any changes in body composition lies in the nutritional strategy. However, I have yet to see anyone dish out grocery shopping or meal prep advice.

I read somewhere about using a vacuum food sealer, which I will start doing.

So, my question is, can some of you tell us how you prepare your meals? I keep hearing that you spend a Sunday afternoon cooking either all meals for the week or two nights a week to prepare them all, then use tupperware and freeze everything, microwaving when you need to eat.

Is there any more to it? Any key points you have learned about shopping for stuff or preparing stuff?

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I make the majority of the food I eat in a day prior to work. Takes about 20 mins.

I have my GF cook up burgers that last 2-3 days.

Shop at least once/wk if not twice (fruits can tend to go bad quick)

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I cook everything on Sunday and Wednesday.

I Shop once a week

My veggies and fruits mostly frozen

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I eat a lot of quick stuff, fruit, protein shake, chicken sausage, chili, salad, cheese, nuts, and yogurt. Then I cook dinner a couple times a week and make large portions so I have leftovers.

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I get up about an hour and 10 minutes before I need to leave the house everyday (beradi calls it the morning ritual.)

First I cook and eat breakfast (eggs bacon etc…) Then I prepare my meals for the day. I already have veggies (either cooked or raw) and meat ready to go.

I cook meat/veggies at dinner time and will cook enough for a few days. If I run out I will use canned tuna/lunch meat or use protein powder.

I take a cooler to work with an ice pack… I pack everything in tupperwear. (I have a microwave at work, but I usually just eat everything cold.)

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[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
I keep hearing that you spend a Sunday afternoon cooking either all meals for the week or two nights a week to prepare them all, then use tupperware and freeze everything, microwaving when you need to eat.
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That’s what I do. Some meals I do cook ondemand but most the time I cook in bulk. Check the archives for articles by John Beradi, he’s written a few about meal prep and grocery shopping.

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I cook most of my meals on demand and always for breakfast

for other meals i boil a pot of water for veggies while cutting up some other raw veggies

while these veggies are ocoking i grill up some meat or boil some eggs