I want to share a story that I’m pretty sure we can all relate to. Because it’s about … drumroll …
“What’s for dinner?”
The answer is a never-ending nightly struggle, do you agree?!
I make so many decisions every day. I mean, we all are, right? And when dinner rolls around it always makes me feel guilty and have zero energy deciding what to have for dinner.
Picture out this most common scenario: standing in front of the fridge, trying to figure out what to make. Am I the only one doing this?
I happened to bump this tough and rough road in my wellness journey, and that struggle occurs every night.
And nope, it wasn’t like I didn’t have any food on hand. We’d even gone grocery shopping over the weekend and stocked up on healthy food.
But the reality is that everything requires work and time. That includes making the food!
And honestly, the whole thing makes me feel tired and stressed out.
I didn’t feel like making anything.
So ordering takeout is the easiest possible decision even though I knew it would set me back on my goals.
And being trapped in that cycle is no good!
Sometimes I second-guess if I WANT to break out of that cycle because it does make my life a little easier. It’s so TRUE; clicking that Uber Eats button on your phone is so easy.
But looking at the BIG PICTURE, I realize,
- I ended up consuming WAY more calories
- There’s a lot of sodium (and other unwanted ingredients) in my food
- It is not nearly as nutritious as I was to make it myself.
Here are three things I wanted to share which I did to break out of that cycle:
1. I got over the blame game and analyzed why our “meal prep” wasn’t working and why I wanted to order fast and unhealthy food.
I always had good intentions of spending time prepping on the weekends – but the fact was, it wasn’t always happening.
So I absolved myself of that task! That led to:
2. Spending time “batch cooking” a couple of weeknights. But we didn’t force creating entire meals.
Instead, we spent about an hour on specific days of the week pre-cooking ingredients: quinoa, rice, potatoes, proteins (chicken/turkey burgers/etc.), and veggies.
It meant we could easily mix-and-match meals for the next few days (for lunch and dinner).
With the right music or podcast playing in the background, we started to look forward to doing this.
3. Here’s where the magic happened! I noticed the link between how I felt (and my results) when we ate home-cooked meals vs. delivery.
I had more energy, my stomach felt SO MUCH BETTER (seriously, I didn’t even know how much it would make such an impact), I slept better, and I even had fewer aches and pains.
It was easier to keep up with our batch cooking AND stay away from the takeout food.
It ultimately kept us on track with our goals, but we also saved some $ in the process. Love that!
Upgrading your habits isn’t always easy – but it’s not as hard as you think.
Your results are waiting for you.
If you need help, let’s do this together! Time will go by one way or another, and you DESERVE to live your best life.
A few simple tweaks can make all of the difference in the world to help you enjoy a simple and healthy living.
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