Meal Prep Day - Week One
So, have you ever meal prepped before? If so, what day did you do it on? As a nurse my schedule doesn’t allow me to always meal prep on Sunday, so sometimes it will be Monday or Tuesday depending on what day I am off. This past week I was going to meal prep on Sunday, but was exhausted from the weekend. I held off until Tuesday to give myself time to recover from IUD placement.
As shown in my previous post I am doing The Ultimate Portion Fix 7-day meal plan that goes along with Barre Blend. In this program you are given a calorie range to eat each day, and this is divided into colored containers. I am considered to be Plan C [weight x 11 + 700 (if doing HIIT workouts)] and my calorie count for the week is 1800-2099 calories, it is a rage as they do not want you counting every single calorie you put in your body.
This Plan allows me to eat 5 green containers (veggies), 3 purple (fruit), 5 red (protein), 4 yellow (carbs), 1 blue (healthy fats), 1 orange (seeds/dressing), and 5 tablespoons (oils, spices, butters) a day. This to me seems like a lot of food to eat in one day, so we will see how this works.
This plan gives you a bunch of recipes to choose from and different options. It does though break down each meal and the containers to use for this. I do believe I will be changing this around because I personally am not doing the Shakeology smoothies that is part of this meal plan. However, it does seem like an easy enough plan to follow. So, let the cooking begin.
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Energize/Recover for workout
Snack: Bell Peppers & Edamame
Protein Shake
Coconut Yogurt and Berries
I am prepped food for Wednesday to Sunday, as I am working this weekend. I did eat within my portion control on Monday and Tuesday, just did not prep those days but did eat the food you see above! Do you ever struggle sticking to a nutrition plan when out of town, on vacation, or at a restaurant? I know it has been an issue for me in the past, this is why I choose this plan because it helps to keep the portions in mind (i.e. knowing the size of each container) when ordering out.
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Hugs,
TPTW