Day #6 of becoming Fit & Fabulous
I have now shared with you all my secrets that are all tried and tested by me and all work. Now I will share with you how I achieve it all with minimal cooking and stuffing around. I have three crazy kids and a husband who is in the Air Force which means he is always away so I don’t have a great deal of spare time to go crazy in the kitchen. So I have evolved and learnt ways to prep in advance to make things so much easier.
I have shared the shopping list that I would usually grab on a Sunday. Bring it in the house and prep it as you put it away otherwise you WONT DO IT!
BREAKFAST PREP: I have a plastic container that I keep with my protein powder, and all the other things I add to the oats in to make it super easy and all in one spot. As there is a lot of things I like to add to my oats and smoothies it is a really great idea to have one location for them all to live.
MORNING MEAL: Chop up some fruits and bag it, pop it in the freezer now you have it ready for a smoothie and it wont go bad in the fridge on in the fruit bowl. Boil some eggs for the week for snacks too.
LUNCH PREP: Pull the BBQ chicken to bits taking off all the meat and pop it in an air tight container in the fridge. Now it’s ready to go, so next time you are standing at the fridge hungry grab a bit of chicken to eat (protein).
AFTERNOON MEAL PREP: Chop and cook the Asian greens, pop them in an air tight container. They can be re-heated or eaten as a cold salad. You can also bag them in smaller serving sizes and freeze them ready to cook.
DINNER PREP: Take some meat out each morning be it steak, fish or chicken. Cook the sweet potatoes for the week by chopping in half length ways, spay with olive oil, cover in foil and bake until soft. Keep a few in the fridge freeze the rest.
Do the prep on the day you buy the food. I find it works best to shop on Sunday, do the prep as soon as you bring the shopping in. Pop it all in the fridge and it will last for the week, maybe top it up Wednesday. If you are working pack your lunch the night before. If you are short for time in the morning get the breakfast stuff out the night before ready to go. A little bit of prep will go a long way.
Renee
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Hi Renee, I have just come across your page- I’m excited! Just what I need to get myself going for the year, thank you so much :)) Shopping tomorrow!
Hey Elli, glad you found me. Thanks for leaving a comment. R
Hi Renee
Thanks for being so generous with Fit and Fabulous.
If you don’t workout on one of the days should you still have all 6 meals???
I think so yes, still do the 6. On your rest day you need the protein and recovery more than ever. For the purpose of making it habitual keep each day very similar. R
Hi Renee
Thanks so much for your generosity in sharing your wisdom with us. I just ate the oats and both my daughter and I loved them… delicious! Just a quick question regarding the protein shakes for snacks… do you prefer to have it with water or milk?
Hey Kelley, You are welcome and I am glad to hear you loved them they really are yummy. For the shakes depends on which protein powder you are using. Some are revolting with just water some taste great. I always used milk, then at work I forgot to take milk a few times so started using water. At first it tastes a bit watery and odd but now I am used to it and too milky now makes me feel a bit yuck. It’s just trial and error, do what works for you. R
I tried the eggs yesterday and it was great! I’ve had trouble finding pumpkin seeds for the oats.
I was also wondering what is in the bags of fruit you freeze for smoothies? What else do you add to the smoothie?
Thanks for sharing your great clean food ideas.
Hey Wendy, Pumpkin seeds I buy at coles also known as Pepitas that might be why you can’t find them. The bags of fruit for smoothies are just what ever I have or buy on the prep day. Always a banana and always blueberries anything else is just a bonus. Here is a link to smoothies http://belleamiemotherofthree.com/wordpress/?p=1684
Thanks for your comment. R
Thanks! I looked again at Coles today and still didn’t find them! Now I know what to look for I’m sure I will find them.
Do you add spinach and carrot to the smoothies too?
Hi Wendy, if you have a good blender you can add anything really. I just froze what I had in the fridge that I didn’t want to turn bad. Sometimes a smoothie can be an entire meal and a bit of chunks to chew can help you feel fuller and more satisfied at the end. R