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How to Prepare For Your Weight Loss Journey: Weight Loss Tips from Downsize Fitness
The document emphasizes the importance of meal preparation as a strategy for maintaining a healthy lifestyle amidst busy schedules. It provides practical tips for efficient cooking, such as pre-chopping vegetables, using frozen produce, and cooking proteins in bulk. The overall message is to make a commitment to personal health through organized food prep, enabling better nutrition and time management.
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- 1. Preparation = Keyto Success
- 2. Preparation = Keyto Success
- 3. How do Ifind the time to cook all this food…? Yes, we’re busy. Jobs. Families. Commitments. Responsibilities. We are time-managed to the point that we don’t have time for ourselves. The last thing you want to do is spend your free hour every day, cooking.
- 4. Of all yourdaily commitments… …the most important is the one you make to yourself… the commitment to exercise and eat right. We can’t teach you that commitment. You have to make that one for yourself.
- 5. Strategies that willhelp… The benefit to being part of this community is we are here to help each other succeed.
- 6. These speedy food-prepideas will be easy to implement.
- 7. Assemble your tools At least one good knife for chopping and slicing Ziploc freezer bags – gallon size Ziploc storage bags – sandwich and snack sizes Multiple personal meal-sized containers, like Tupperware Multiple smaller, portion-sized storage containers Sharpie marker
- 8. Set aside yourtime The BEST time to do your meal preparation is immediately after you come home from grocery shopping. For most people = the weekend Set aside a couple of hours for meal preparation. Rent a movie for the kids, set out all of your supplies, and get going!
- 9. Chop veggies onlytwice a week Only chop up half of your week’s worth on the day you do your grocery shopping. Separate the veggies by type: ◦ Green/red peppers in one bag ◦ Spinach in one bag ◦ Onions in their own bag…etc. P.S. – Do the same for your fruits, while you’re at it!
- 10. Consider frozen veggiesand fruits Frozen vegetables are available in steam-in-microwave bags. Microwave < 10 minutes = Ready to eat! Frozen fruits blended into smoothies help to make them creamier without ice. Just be sure to avoid added sugars!
- 11. Pre-cook your proteins Save time by cooking larger batches of proteins for the week. An added bonus: Use this cooking time to be chopping up your vegetables!
- 12. Add in eggwhites to whole eggs Want an omelet? Just pour in some egg whites and crack an egg or two. Toss in some pre-cut veggies, and voila!
- 13. Prepare some “poppers” Egg poppers – Make mini-omelets with your eggs & egg whites by baking individual servings in your muffin tin. Handy if you like eggs in the morning, but you don’t have much time to cook.
- 14. Meatball poppers – Again, using your muffin tin, make your lean protein and chopped veggies into large-size meatballs, and bake them in your muffin tin.
- 15. Make big batchesof chili and stir-fry These are two types of meals that are easily pre-cooked in their entirety.
- 16. Crockpot your wayto happiness An indispensable tool to have on hand for big batches and meal preparation. Cook your chili in it. Make soup in it. Cook large batches of roast, chicken breasts, or turkey for tender and flavorful meats. Overnight oatmeal can cook while you sleep. The possibilities are endless…
- 17. Eat wraps ratherthan sandwiches Stuff your wraps with some of your pre-cooked protein as well as your pre-cut veggies, and you have a great lunch on-the-go.
- 18. Use blenders orshaker bottles Protein shakes offer a good back-up alternative to a better-prepared meal when you’re in a pinch.
- 19. Idea Share… Whatother ideas do you have that could make food preparation and planning easier? Let’s brainstorm … are there strategies you currently use that you can share with the group?
- 20. When restaurants arethe only option Try to choose a restaurant with a flexible menu. Be nice to the wait staff. Order lean protein and fill the rest of the plate with vegetables.
- 21. Your homework: Choosea couple strategies or ideas that were presented today to implement this week into your own food preparation and planning for success. Write down your plans on the Homework section of your Notes page. And share your plans with the person sitting next to you. We support each other!
- 22. Bottom line forweight loss and health A little advance planning and meal preparation is key to success. Prepare your proteins in large batches so you only have to cook twice a week. Chop half your vegetables as soon as you come home from shopping. By using time-saving strategies, you will have your good nutrition and time to enjoy it too.