When I started with a nutritionist in Spring 2019, they gave me a pretty simple and easily modifiable template to guide me:
•Lunch = salads/grain bowls w/ minimal dressing •Dinner = 1/2 veggies, 1/4 protein, 1/4 you know the rest
Y’all, when I first started my lunch salads were so sad! I wasn’t a great shopper/cook so I wasn’t buying enough food to properly prep anything. Dinner kinda fell into the same pattern but things got better. I got more food containers, learned how to meal prep, I read my weekly circulars for sales, and tried my local farmer’s market (not just for buying food but to explore my community).
I started trying new veggies with the changing seasons and began experimenting with quinoa, lentils and chickpeas instead of rice. Early into quarantine, I really got into salmon (Aldi’s has a fam size bag of frozen filetsđź’ˇ), so I loosened my grip on the chicken breast.
Now, my go to Sunday prep is a leafy green mix, a baked sheet of 3 veggies, a pot of lentils or chickpeas and I’ll pull a protein out of the freezer to thaw for when the urge strikes. I think back to when I began and how frustrated I would get. But I started finding my rhythm the more I experimented. Even with breakfast; the nutritionist suggested overnight oats but gave me a wonky recipe but I went online, found a better recipe and have been modifying the base with different milks and yogurt types for over a year.
I thought it would be impossible to get to this point but I really came to enjoy the consistency of putting my meals together. It’s exciting to learn what foods will keep me full and nourish my body best. Don’t sleep on the veggie bake sheet prep; it’s also great but itself.
What have been you all’s go to’s? What kind of experimenting have you tried? Are you into meal prepping? What keeps you full?
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