Meal Prep: It works when you do it.

We all know or at least heard that meal prepping is an important aspect of weight loss and eating healthy. Nutritionists and weight loss coaches agree this is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. But... although many agree, many simply don't do it.

There are many reasons for this avoidance but they don't hold water. Time is an important factor and we can simply use the time to our advantage by simply throwing an extra piece of meat and veggies into the mix while we're cooking dinner. Then pack the extra for lunch. You can break 4 extra eggs when cooking breakfast and make mini muffin omelets in the oven for on-the-go breakfast and they also freeze well. So set aside the excuses and put forth a little more effort and put that crock-pot to use again. Don't forget that your cooked meals freeze well. So cook a meal or two, freeze and repeat.

You'll eventually have a few choices in the freezer to add a variety to your weekday lunch mix. Get all the family members in on it too and spend one day in the kitchen cooking several meals and fill the freezer. Then when those nights roll around (and you know they do) and you don't feel like cooking from scratch, just defrost a meal from your freezer and enjoy. This also works well when you're sick and can't cook or planning on surgery and won't have the strength to cook. Prepping for a couple of days is beneficial and once you get used to the ease of it, you'll do it more and more.

Now I am off to bag my crock-pot of black beans into single serving sizes and toss into the freezer. 😉