Are you tired of spending hours in the kitchen preparing meals every single day?
Being a fitness lover, it’s often quite challenging to juggle your healthy eating and workouts simultaneously. If you are also fed up with all this hassle – here’s what you should do.
Start Meal Prepping because it is the best way to get ahead of your workout schedule while eating the healthiest meals possible!
Importance of Meal Planning:
Meal planning can do wonders for you, from time-saving to cost-effectiveness to preventing cravings and overindulging.
This is why meal planning is so important:
- Saves time by cutting off your meal preparation time
- Cost-effective
- Works best for people with busy schedules
- Allows you to eat your favorite foods
- Enhances diet quality and limits food wastage
- Helps you eat dedicated portions that prevent cravings and overindulging
- One time hard work pays off for the rest of the week
Time-Saving:
Cooking one day saves you time for the rest of the week. For meal prepping, you tend to shop everything all at once instead of your late-night grocery runs. Moreover, you can batch prepare different ingredients and use them across various dishes.
How can Meal Planning help you in your workout routine?
Meal prepping protects you against sinister food cravings. According to research, if you consume adequate protein in your meals, your hunger hormones – Ghrelin stays at peace. Meaning that you will have high satiety levels and lower cravings.
Pro-Tip: Prepare foods high in carbs to eat 1-2 hours before heading out for the gym to have adequate energy for the workout. After your exercise, opt for a high-protein meal to replenish the lost energy and repair muscle damage.
Meal prep also helps those who usually leave home without a decent breakfast. Ensure eating a balanced meal while prioritizing higher protein content to stay full for longer and have extended energy levels. Remember, your first meal makes or breaks your day!
Here’s a Meal Prep guide for you by Harvard Health.
