My number one most asked question would probably be “How do
you do it, how do you find time?” My answer, I PLAN! I am a habitual list maker
and have fallen in love with planning too. When I go to bed on Sunday night
knowing that I have a plan for whats going on that week, I know what I’m eating
for lunches, I know what I’m making for dinner, I know what activities we are
doing, EVERYTHING! It makes me feel good, I feel PREPARED and my week goes ten
times better. I am a busy momma, I work
full time, have a kiddo, am building my business and I am a student. It gets
hectic here and there and late nights happen, but it’s almost inevitable. You
have to work hard now so you can play later.
Now I get it, life happens and things don’t always go as
planned but it’s so easy to work around things when the time comes if you are
just moving your plan around a bit, rather than flying by the seat of your
pants in the first place.
STEP ONE of my
planning is seeing what we have going on that week, if it’s nothing crazy, I’m
golden. My kiddo is still young so I don’t have to plan for sports practices
and such yet. BUT you can believe I’ll have a calendar and schedule for it when
the time comes. :] I plan our family
meals first, it’s easier for me to plan what they are eating and then when I
make my meal plan I can plan mine around what I’m already cooking for them.
Make sense?
For the family I plan 4 meals. My family is easy and will
usually do a night with pizza, a night out and left-over night. Which is nice
cause I don’t have to make a big dinner every night. I take this menu, print it
each week, write in what my plan is and HANG IT ON THE FRIDGE! Hanging it on
the fridge helps keep me rocking cause I know what I’m cooking that evening and
it let’s the other half know what he’ll be eating without having to go back and
forth a million times asking him what he wants and him saying he doesn’t care.
Sound similar? Send me a message or leave a comment and I
can send you this template if you like it!
From there I can make my meal plan. Meal planning at first
for me was very overwhelming, but once you get the hang of it and in the groove
of what works for you it goes quick. I fill in the things that I know of, for
instance I KNOW I will drink my SHAKEOLOGY every day and I know what times of
day I drink it depending on if I’m at home on the weekend. Then I go day-by-day
and build my plan. I eat a little of eat food group following the 21 Day Fix
meal plan. Here it is for this week!
I can honestly say the 21 Day Fix plan really changed my
life and eating habits. I found it to be a healthy clean eating diet that left
wiggle room for me to eat real life foods that I craved here and there. It’s
well balanced and very maintainable for a lifestyle. It’s eating more fresh
foods and less processed without being overly-restrictive. Leave a comment below and we can chat about making a meal plan for you! It is so much easier and more beneficial than you think!
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