Here are some of the top benefits of meal prepping and planning on a clean eating diet.
You can avoid unnecessary snacking:
The first reason you should consider meal prepping is so you can avoid snacking on foods that are not clean, this is a very common pitfall among people who are used to hitting up the vending machine at work or grabbing a few cookies here and there for a snack.
If you prepare before the week begins you should already have all the cleans snacks you need, from fruit and nuts to home-made clean baked goods and you won’t need to grab that chocolate on the way home from work.
Ensures you have enough food for the week:
In addition to avoiding for little snacks that can add up fast you can also make sure that you have all the food you need for a week or longer another common pitfall of clean eating is that you run out of food for meals later in the week, leading you to getting fast food ordering pizza, since it’s easier than going back to the store.
By planning out all of your meals you can then prep them and have all the hard work done so that the cooking is a breeze.
Your week is more streamlined know
Nobody wants to spend time each day figuring out what to pack in the kids lunches and deciding on what to cook for dinner. If you spend a good portion of your day thinking about what you cook you are stressing yourself out and that mentality often leads to failure of these types of diets. This is a brand-new healthy lifestyle and one that does take some prep work. Think about how easy it will be going through the day knowing that your breakfast and your lunch is packed and ready to go everything for dinner scheduled, prepped and ready to put in the oven. It really does not get any simpler than that.
Remember that meal prep isn’t always cooking ahead of time but prepping ingredients like chopping veggies and putting smoothie packs together and making salads.
Melissa Callaghan
Naturopath, Nutritionist, Herbalist & Teacher
