Anyone have any meal prep tips ?

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What kind? Healthy? General meals? Freezable meals that can be then taken out to just pop in the oven or thrown together in a crockpot to cook?

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Here is a way you can meal prep healthy!
Go buy a set of Tupperware bowls with lids.  Make sure they are huge storage bowls. Just big enough that you’d fit a normal sized meal in, or even snack sized meal. Use a small plate as a guide. Not a large plate.

Then buy a decently sized, if not large sized water bottle.

Now go out and buy some healthy foods! 
Chicken breast, Salmon, Lean beef strips or lean stew meat, Tilapia, Turkey meat of any kind. AVOID BUYING PORK. 
Load up your cart with your favorite fruits and veggies. Then go buy some WHOLE GRAIN crackers for your grains. Or even granola bars would work. If you want condiments, you can buy little tiny, disposable condiment bowls in the store. They are usually located over near the section you buy paper plates, plastic silverware and such. You can use those to store things like dressings in and whatever else. 
Now you’re ready to start throwing shit together. When you do, fill half of the bowl with vegetables or fruits, or even a mix of them both. Then fill the other half with your meats and grains. If it’s a salad then just toss it all in. If it’s a deep Tupperware bowl, then watch your serving sizes! Don’t over fill unless it’s a salad with mostly vegetables. If you need help with serving sizes then go to the store and buy a cheap food scale and weigh your meats. That is, if you are that serious about it. 3 or 4 ounces of meat. I know...it’s not a lot, and definitely not what people are used to, but it’s closer to what we are supposed to be taking in daily. 
I’m not sure if you are picky, so that’s why I haven’t suggested an specific meals. The water bottle is to ALWAYS be kept with water in it. NEVER put anything else in it. If you want a soda or something sweet, then go buy that out of the vending machine or from the store and drink it out of its own container. This is so eventually you trick your mind into thinking you NEED your water bottle at all times. When you need your water bottle you’ll also need the contents inside it, which is water!

This is a PERFECT example of ONE day’s worth of meals. They have shredded chicken (probably seasoned), and see how at least half of that is vegetables?👌🏼👍🏼 It also looks as if they have a banana and muffin to curve that sweet tooth. Peanut butter is great, although, they have a bit too much in that bowl in my opinion. Unless you are on a workout routine I wouldn’t recommend eating that much peanut butter in one setting, especially not everyday. This picture is not to be mistaken for just one meal. This is ONE day’s worth. These were probably just spread out throughout the day into 5 or 6 mini meals. This is an amazing idea to keep that body going and keep your metabolism running correctly throughout the day. Aiming to drink water at every meal is great too! Keep that water bottle handy!

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For weight loss all you need to remember is one word, MODERATION. Moderation is very important and people forget that it doesn’t take some fact fad diet to lose weight. Also, most, if not all, fad diets are fake and in the end either don’t allow you to lose weight or you do but you eventually gain it back and more. 
Here’s some small changes you can make to your daily diet and things you can incorporate into your eating routine: 
Filling half your plate with vegetables and fruit before filling the rest with your meats and grains, or other things. You can use ChoseMyPlate to help read up on more about this. I haven’t been on it in a while, but they used to have a program where it shows you how to build a plate, what serving sizes an average person needs, etc. We had to use this and other things on their website when I was in the dietary program in college. 
Eating on a blue plate is said to curve appetite. Avoid eating on plates that are colored red or green, as our brains associate those colors with foods. 
Drinking LOTS of water. Your body is made up of most of it. If you don’t replenish that water it’s just sitting in there. And when we sweat, poop or pee we lose some of that water, which in turn can make us become dehydrated. 
While on the subject of water...water is a transporter of nutrients. The vitamins and minerals that we take in from foods or pills don’t just magically work. Our bodies NEED water to transport all that good stuff to where it needs to go in the body in order for it to do what it’s supposed to do. So drink up!
Also, when you’re feeling hungry, don’t rush to the fridge just yet. Grab a glass and fill it with water, drink it, and then wait for about 2 minutes. If you absolutely feel that you are still hungry then go ahead and hit that fridge. Sometimes our minds mistake thirst for hunger and we don’t even realize it. Sometimes it’s just our bodies way of screaming out to replenish the water it’s lost.
Drinking a glass of water in the morning after waking up will also kickstart your metabolism for the day. You can even put some lemon in it or even a table spoon or so of apple cider vinegar into your glass. Apple cider vinegar has great health benefits and it is said to help burn belly fat. It’s great for detoxing too. This is, if you don’t mind the smell of it. lol.
Protein! If you are an active person eating protein is good. Although, if you live a sedentary lifestyle then eating tons of protein is probably not the best option. Proteins are the building blocks of life. Proteins are perfect for building muscle. This is one purpose of protein shakes. Those people walking around using protein shakes as a meal replacement before going to work to sit at a computer desk are doing a no-no. It’s not doing them any good if they are trying to lose weight. This is because protein needs to be put to work. If it isn’t then any extra protein your body receives for that day is stored as fat. When you work out or are active however, it will go to good use by your muscles and give you more energy. 
Eat more meals! Not big meals. More small meals throughout the day instead of 3 big meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) will keep your insides working. Yes, your body burns calories as it processes all that food you’re taking in. However, if we overeat (most people do) our bodies can only burn so much as it comes in. Eating small meals throughout the day will allow your body to do continuous work, keep your metabolism running throughout your day, and it will help you not overeat. If you eat a lunch at 12:30pm and then wait until about 5:30pm or 6:00pm to eat dinner, you may feel like you’re starving by then and this can lead to over eating. So break it up into about 5 to 6 mini meals a day. Just make sure they are healthy choices. 
Cut out sodas and sugary drinks. Okay, well, don’t cut them out all at once. Just cut back. Cut back a little more each week or so. This is so you does crash and crave. You’re still feeding that sugary, carbonated craving, but you’re also not taking in as much. This is the same with ANYTHING. People who quit something all at once are more likely to fail than those who take baby steps. 
There’s a WHOLE lot more you can do than just these things, but these are the ones that are most beneficial in my opinion. Thought the most important one to remember is MODERATION. Just pay attention to what you eat. No need to count calories, do some super exercises, or stick to some fad diet. Just listen to your body, and be more in tune with it. Respect it and it will respect you. 
Good Luck!👍🏼

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best tip that people forget... only meal prep foods you will ACTUALLY WANT TO EAT. if you don't, it will be easy to fall off track. also keep a variety in your diet... otherwise, boredom and temptation will get you. at least it does me! I just search for healthy recipes on Pinterest. And I log everything into my fitness pal the day before so I have an idea what I have room for in my day.

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