What do you eat? Lately I've been getting asked this quite a bit. People see me with my cooler and little bags of food containing meals that look pretty tasty and they wonder what my nutrition plan is and how I prep it so that I'm always ready for any situation. Would you like to know my secrets? It's really pretty straightforward, it just requires a little discipline.
On Saturdays I go to the grocery store. I get the following items, which I will breakdown by meal, and will even list the times I eat each day:
- Meal 1 (7am) : 1 cup of oats, 1 and 1/2 cups egg whites, 1 tablespoon almond butter, 1 scoop Shakeology
- Meal 2 (10:30am) : 1 handful (25) almonds, 1 apple (the sugar will be burned with a morning workout within the same hour)
- Meal 3 (1pm) : 2 cups spinach, 1/4 cup canned salmon (moister than tuna), 6oz sweet potato
- Meal 4 (4pm) : 8oz chicken breast – baked, 10 asparagus spears
- Meal 5 (7pm) : 8oz chicken breast – baked, 6oz broccoli or brussels sprouts, 2 cups spinach, 1/2 avocado
On Sunday (or later Saturday if I have time) I cook it ALL for the week. I then split it up by meals for the week, putting each meal in a small plastic bag. Meals for the next 3 days go into the fridge, while meals for the rest of the week go into the freezer.
That's about it. As the week goes along, I can simply take each meal from the fridge and eat it, or take it with me if I need to go somewhere. I have a small cooler for day trips with an ice pack and a larger cooler for weekend trips with 2 ice packs. This creates a 2400 calorie day, so simply vary the amounts according to what your caloric requirements might be for what you're trying to accomplish!
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