Meal Planning for a Better Lifestyle
WEEKNIGHT COOKING- START BY GETTING ORGANIZED!
I find that organization is the best way to get and keep your life on track, no matter what the task. When it comes to preparing and serving your family healthy meals during the week, being organized will make you a winner every time.
A good place to start to think about preparing weeknight meals, is to create a schedule using weekly meal planning. Planning your meals for the week will help you to:
- Do your weekly grocery shopping. A meal plan will stop you from just throwing things into the cart. It will help you to create a list focused on the things you really need.
- Save you money. If you grocery shop effectively there will be no wastage. You should be able to use all the ingredients to create each meal and you won’t have to spend any additional money on food or snacks throughout the week.
- Save you time. Having a plan of action each day will save you a tremendous amount of time because you will be able to prepare ahead of time , which will cut down on the time you spend thinking of a meal and also cooking one.
- Give you one less thing to worry about. Now that your meals for the week are planned out, you have plenty of time to give to other pressing activities, like laundry, homework, working out, spending time with the kids and most importantly,”ME TIME”.
- Weight loss goals. If you have weight loss goals, meal planning will help you to realize how what you are eating is affecting your results both positively and negatively. Meal planning also helps you to make better choices when you are trying to eat more consciously.
Meal Planning Cheat Sheet for weekly meal planning that will help you to get on track. Additionally there are some sample food categories that will help you to get started on filling in the gaps to your meal plan.
