The food prep

The week before...

In preparation for the upcoming challenge I've decided to start by prepping all my food, as well as my husbands, for the week. So first, I started with the easiest (for me anyway) and do all my snacks..i.e hard boiled eggs, fruits, salads, etc..

mix of strawberries & blackberries for snack

 basic salads that I can add to as needed

I started by cutting up all the fruit and dividing into containers. I have to have a quick go-to snack! Then I moved onto vegetables for salad. When prepping salads, I normally just keep to the basics and add in other toppings on a daily basis. So if I want to add meat, egg or cheese to switch it up I do it real quick the night before so it doesn't get soggy.  After I have all the raw fruits and vegetables done I move onto cooking. 

I almost always have asparagus on my weekly menu. Its not my favorite but its extremely easy to make and easily reheated. I generally bag 5 pieces for one portion. I can then use it for a quick snack or use it in a meal. This week I'll use frozen peas for my second vegetable so I wont have to pre cook it. I'll just measure out 1/3 cup portions. I've already cooked my protein (lean ground turkey) and brown rice and put the portioned bags in the freezer so now all I have to do is grab and go! So my menu is going to look something like this for the week:

Breakfast: Shakeology

Snack: asparagus or hardboiled egg

Lunch: Ground turkey, peas & brown rice

Snack: cottage cheese/string cheese/fruit

Dinner: cooked at home 

Snack: salad

 

My focus is not going to be on calories as much as a cleaner eating plan and sticking to 6 small meals a day. This method normally works better for me than focusing on calories. I've found that if I focus on calories I tend to justify eating bad things still. I will allow myself one cheat meal a week. Drinking Shakeology daily also helps with my horrible carb cravings so it makes it much easier to resist the temptations of all the yummy junk I normally eat.

 

So, here's to getting back on track and lots of PR's both in my diet and fitness!