Imagine this:

Tom has a day job.

Every morning he wakes up at 7 and goes to his job.

His boss is an absolute dickhead and has his fun with him every day.

Tom orders a bullshit meal because he's just so done with the boss.

Tom knows he has a diet and shouldn't order some bullshit but again, he's just so done.

At the end of the day he goes home and stuffs his face with whatever he sees first.

Again, he knows he shouldn't but he doesn't care.

That's the problem most people who cook meals on the spot face.

When life gets hard, the diet is thrown out of the window and they fail to reach their goal.

On the spot cooking relies way too much on motivation and emotion.

If you feel good and motivated, you'll cook the right meals and steer clear from other bs.

But as soon as motivation drops, which it always does, things go to shit.

So it's clear that you need a more reliable approach to stick to your diet.

That's where meal prepping comes in.

Now imagine this:

You prepared all of your meals for the week on Sunday and put them in the freezer.

It doesn't matter how much of a dickhead your boss is, when you come home, you have your meal waiting for you.

All you have to do is heat it for a few minutes.

Compared to having to cook it on the spot for 30-60min.

Same goes for lunch.

When you go to work, you put your lunch in a box and take it with you.

And now instead of trying to bury your problems in junk food, you can be a man and stick to your diet and reach your goals.

So now let's talk about how it actually works.

First you need to set up your daily calorie intake and you meal plan.

Those two are the prerequisites.

If you don't know how many calories you should eat or have a meal plan to follow, how can you prepare meals in bulk.

So that's what you need to do first.

Calculate your calorie intake that matches your goal and from there, put together a meal plan.

Here are some ideas to get you started with your meal plan.

Breakfast ideas: eggs, bacon, hashed browns, oats, berries, whey protein, Greek yogurt.

Main meals: rice, potatoes, lentils, buckwheat, pasta, chicken, beef, elk, game, turkey, broccoli, cauliflower, beans.

So for example for breakfast I have eggs, bacon, and hashed browns. For my main meals I pick a carbohydrate source, a protein source, and veggies, and add a bit of sriracha for taste. For dinner I have Greek yogurt with berries and whey protein.

That's it. That's how you put together a meal plan. (Just make sure you match it with your calorie target.)

Now if you want, you can prepare all of your meals in bulk.

I personally only prepare the main meals that take the longest.

So for example, if you know that you have time to cook your breakfast every morning, you could consider not preparing it in bulk.

Same for dinner, if you're at home at night watching TV, you can just prepare something like a Greek yogurt in minutes.

Most people get all the benefits they can from just preparing the main meals.

I like to cook everything on Sunday.

And it's usually best to eat the same meals during a week.

It just makes the preparing a nightmare when you want to prepare a different meal for each day of the week.

I recommend switching meals from week to week if you insist on switching.

So one week you have pasta, chicken and broccoli, the next week you could have rice, beef, and cauliflower.

Essentially meal prepping is just preparing meals in bulk to increase adherence to the diet.

Thanks for reading!