Vincent Bronson

Guide to Beginners Meal Prep For Weight Loss Vincent Bronson

If finding the time to pack lunch every morning or cook dinner every night is impossible, or you're relying on takeout more than you want to, you're probably ready to jump on the meal-prep train. As you should! Except, um, how do you get started? If you've never done it before, meal-prepping can feel overwhelming. But it's not, really. Here's everything you need to know to succeed. Meal prep is exactly what it sounds like: prepping your meals (or meal components) ahead of time so your food is ready to eat whenever you are. The easiest way to do it? Pick a day when you're free-usually a Saturday or Sunday-to prep enough food to get you through the upcoming week. People love meal-prepping because it makes life easy. Trying to figure out what to make for dinner every night can be stressful, and finding the time to make it can be even more so. Meal-prepping means you get all the work out of the way ahead of time. Instead of taking time to think about food and cooking during the week, everything's already there. Planning your meals ahead of time can make it easier to eat healthier too. "We tend to make better choices for our future selves than we do for our current selves," says Georgie Fear, RD, CSSD, author of Lean Habits for Lifelong Weight Loss. It's easy to succumb to takeout or frozen pizza when you're exhausted after a long day. But you'll probably be motivated to make better choices-say, salmon and quinoa or chicken and pepper fajitas-when you map out your menu in advance.