WHY MEAL PREP?
Meal prep is a game changer if you seek to build your ideal physique. It provides consistency,
control, and convenience in your nutrition journey. By optimizing your nutrition, managing
portion sizes, saving time, and ensuring dietary compliance, meal prep can help fuel your
success in bodybuilding. Embrace the practice of meal prep and watch as it transforms your
physique, performance, and overall well-being.
Meal prep allows for precise portion control, ensuring you’re consuming the right number of
calories for your goals. It helps you maintain a healthy weight and achieve the desired body
composition. Meal prep also saves money over time versus ordering delivery. Eating out or
buying prepackaged meals regularly can be expensive. Meal prep allows you to buy ingredients
in bulk, cook in larger quantities, and portion out your meals, which can result in significant
cost savings over time. It also gives you the opportunity to plan your meals based on budgetfriendly
options, without compromising on nutrition.
Meal prep saves you valuable time by reducing the need for daily cooking and food preparation.
By dedicating a few hours per week to meal prep, you can have all your meals ready to go,
making it easier to stay on track with your nutrition and avoid resorting to unhealthy food
choices.
It can be challenging trying to stick to a healthy meal plan, especially when faced with
tempting unhealthy food choices. Meal prep reduces the temptation to deviate from your
nutrition goals by providing you with ready-made meals that align with your specific dietary
needs. Having nutritious, delicious meals readily available increases your compliance and helps
you stay on track. Tempting foods will always be around, but they become much less tempting
when you’re fueling your body throughout the day. Meal prep ensures that each meal contains
adequate protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats. It puts you in the driver’s seat of your
health and goals.
It’s important to note that the 90/10 rule of fitness also applies to eating, as life is about
balance. Eat on plan for about 90% of your meals, but allow some room for social time,
celebrations, holidays, etc. Enjoy the 10% and don’t stress about an off-plan meal here and
there. You will still make progress, and you’ll do it without feeling deprived.
