Losing the dad bod isn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. Before, when I would want to lose weight all I would do is take a few pills, go to the gym and the pounds would drop. Being that I want to make a lifestyle change, I figured it was time to make some major changes.
Whenever I try to eat healthy for lunch it doesn’t last very long. I tend to do it for a day or two, then get over it and start eating ridiculously unhealthy. Because of this I decided that I just needed to do two things: track what I was eating and portion control.
Looking at different ways to track my eating came to two options: MyFitnessPal or any other similar app. Since I have my phone on me constantly I knew that it had to be an app. Then every time I go to put food in my mouth I put it into my phone and see if it’s worth it. Thinking about it this can be a little dangerous because if you worry too much about being under that number your body can go into starvation mode. Believe me; my body will never go into starvation mode anytime soon.
Now that I had a way to track my calorie intake I had to make sure I was eating exactly what I needed to. By meal planning this made it so much easier for me. I would eat the exact same thing for lunch at work every day that week. Prepping all my food on Sunday and making enough to last until Thursday. Since I work every other Friday, I would make a fresh salad that morning for my lunch instead.
My first week of lunch prepping I wanted something that would be different than what I had done before. I found this recipe for delicious pesto chicken. Since I don’t like tomatoes I wanted to mix it up and use some of my favorite things
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Ingredients
- 1 lb green beans
- 8 chicken strips
- 1 cup cooked brown rice
- 1 cooked sweet potato
- 1 tbsp pesto
Instructions
- Place pan on stove at medium heat with 1 tbsp olive oil.
- Once pan is heated up, add chicken and cook until fully cooked.
- Remove chicken and add green beans. Cook until slightly firm, then add cooked chicken.
- Add pesto and stir until everything has been coated with sauce.
- Cube sweet potato and add in separate bowls.
- Place two chicken strips and a cup of green beans to each bowl.
- Which ever bowl has the sweet potato, put the brown rice in the other one.
- Place in tupperware and put in fridge or freezer for your week of meals.
Give it a try and start your own meal prepping journey with me. I’d love to hear your favorite recipes for meal prepping.
