Meal Prep

I had my first experience with meal prep yesterday. It went well, here are some lessons:

1. Fail to plan, plan to fail. It took me about 2 hours to cook, pack, and clean everything up. So, from now on, I'll be doing meal prep on Sunday afternoons rather than at 5:45pm after work one night. One of the main reasons is because I'm also a full time student so that really cuts into my study time. No good.

2. 5lbs of chicken is NOT enough for 7 portions. So, I'll need to buy in serious bulk. Sam's Club it is. Luckily I have a membership. Had I researched this & learned a little more before I went shopping, I would have probably gotten a little more of everything so I had enough. I only ended up making 6 portions, which is lunch & dinner for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday this week (I can cook at home during the weekend & because I just decided on this yesterday, I didn't have food for Monday or Tuesday.

3. Don't be a snob, Wal-Mart works  just fine for your meat & veggies if you pay attention to what you're picking up. I'll admit I've had a few bad rounds there, but pay attention to what you put in the cart, not all of their produce is bad. However, if you have serious qualms about buying from Wal-Mart, to each his own, you can find whatever store works for you -- I went to Wal-Mart last night & with my containers (I bought 7) and food, it was only $40 which will last me 4 days. So that's not too bad. Of course it won't be that expensive for a whole week.

I think altogether this is really going to help me with staying on track with my eating habits in the future. I'll keep posting as I learn new things, you know, in case anyone actually reads this blog. Who knows. Maybe it'll help someone out there.