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Meal Prep Guide: How to Meal Prep for Beginners

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meal prep guide: how to meal prep

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table of contents

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what is meal prepping

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how to meal prep

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are you ready to get started

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create your meal prep plan

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figure out what day you'll meal prep

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meal prep day

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meal prep storage containers

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weekday meal prep template

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what is meal prepping

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meal prep is the act of preparing your meals a of time. it doesn't matter

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you meal prep

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once your meals are prepped you get to pop them in the fridge and woohoo you're done

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how to make a keto meal plan - the easy way

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how to meal prep

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don't let the many questions get you down. once you find your grove it gets easier to plan your meals. you'll be able to create your meal prep plan in a matter of minutes after you get started

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creating your meal prep plan

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are you ready to get started

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create your meal prep plan

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once you know how many meals you're going to prep a you need to figure out how many meals you're going to prep. will dinner always be made at home? what breakfast

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now's the fun part. you get to decide what you'll be eating during the week

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keep this super simple. it will save you a headache

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my go-to's are chicken

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then

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i usually break my list down by area of the grocery store. it's easier and i hit the goods first rather than getting stuff and then goods

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dairy/eggs/cheese

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veggies

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write it all down so you know what to get and you won't be tempted to get extras

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figure out what day you'll meal prep

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you know your meal prep recipes

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meal prep day

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batch cook & chop

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if you have an instapot you cook rice then clean it out and pressure cook chicken. easy

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i like to chop all my veggies up in one sitting. so

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assemble meal prep containers

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meal prep storage containers

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there are meal prep at walmart you can use

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weekday meal prep template

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it should give you an idea of how to build your own meal plan

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note: click the in the template to go to the recipe pages 🙂 also... on mobile

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breakfast

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lunch

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dinner

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make-a breakfast bowls

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lemon roasted salmon

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spring roll bowl

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banana and chocolate chip baked oatmeal

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spring roll bowl

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lemon roasted salmon

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make-a breakfast bowls

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lemon roasted salmon

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on-the-go tuna lettuce wraps

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banana and chocolate chip baked oatmeal

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on-the-go tuna lettuce wraps

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taco bowls

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make-a breakfast bowls

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taco bowls

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spring roll bowl

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are you ready to get started

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how you should do it? check out these easy beginners guide to meal prep and get your meal prep on this week

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reddit

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you take the guesswork out of all of it

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but

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maybe you're not sure how to get started

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you're confused

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you're not sure what to fix

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you're not sure how much to fix

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we're going to go over all of that in this article :)

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create your shopping list

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go shopping

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how are you feeling all this

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typically

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getting started

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want to try

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but

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create your shopping list

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plan your prep day

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shopping day

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prep day

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here are some things you need to determine when you start making your plan

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how many meals will you eat daily

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are you going to eat meals a day

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how many meals will you prep vs how many will you make at home

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how many of each you'll use

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how many days will you prep ahead

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you can do 3 days at a time

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what meals will you prep

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create your shopping list

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now that you have your meals all planned out it's time to make your shopping list

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aisle foods

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meats

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anyway

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generally speaking

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i don't have weekends off so i usually pick a random day after payday to go shopping and then prep the next day

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maybe you shop on saturday and prep on sunday before your work week

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whatever works best

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go shopping

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time to go shopping

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get everything on your list and nothing more. this will help you keep on track

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so

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it's to batch cook different things like meats

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there are many

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here are some more options from amazon that i've heard friends have used

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weekday

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monday

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tuesday

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wednesday

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thursday

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friday

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how are you feeling all this

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thinking what you'll eat

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