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The key to success in any body composition goal is preplanning and preparing food in advance. Unfortunately to get results, this has to be a long term behavioural change and sometime meal prep can get, well… a little boring!
We have all been there. Maintaining nutritional adherence and consistency are the hardest parts of any weight loss endeavour. This post is designed to inspire your creative skills in the kitchen to recreate some favourite ingredients.
Why I eat the same foods…
For simplicity reasons, I like to eat the same foods each week while changing the way in which these are prepared and served. This helps me to stay more adherent as there is more excitement around meal time, while not allowing me to let go of the parameters I set around macro nutrient intake for the week. This also prevents ‘decision fatigue’ as I am not required to invest too much energy into thinking about food choices, allowing me to maintain willpower to stay on course and leaving me more time to think about more fun stuff, like training, my clients and running a business.
Once you understand the rules around macro nutrient intake you really can liberate yourself from a ‘dieters’ mindset of deprivation. This allows you to get creative with your food options and know the options are limitless.
Creating a whole new plan from scratch each week can be tricky, so I thought we would share simple and effect ways that I use the same ingredients to recreate new and different meals. This makes grocery shopping a breeze and ‘meal prep life’ a thousand times easier.
Sweet Potato
Hard Boiled Eggs
Mince Beef
Oats
Cottage Cheese
Eggplant
For more great recipe ideas, scroll through our blog or check our 3 Great Ways With Poached Chicken.Â
If you would like more information on flexible dieting, come along to our complimentary flexible dieting master class this Saturday 23rd march at 11am. Register your interest here.Â
Ange Drake is an personal trainer, women’s empowerment coach and fitness blogger in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. She is the director of one of the few womens’ only strength training gyms in Melbourne, 23W. Ange helps women to learn how to use strength based training, nutritional strategies and a positive mindset to transform their bodies, relationship with food and mind.
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