Quick question… I’m starting to question my choice of fitness monitoring devices. Show of hands – who wants to spend the extra credit portion of next week talking this topic? Let me know in the comments!
Last week we took charge of our thoughts during Chat #176. We even practiced talking to ourselves like we would a friend. Your homework was #selftalk. I am literally watching Finding Dory as I write this. As many times as Dory got lost, forgot something, or messed up, she did remember (and to tell herself) to just keep swimming. Positive #selftalk can help you cross an ocean. Let’s see how you did!
Your homework was…
- Lynn had been getting lax on exercise but she told herself, “You’ll feel better tomorrow because you are starting water aerobics three days a week!”
- Sandi has been a couch potato all week. But she told herself, “I will not let this bother me. Monday is the start of a new week. And these shoes are made for walking!”
- Carla was very disappointed that she didn’t make her June 1st goal. And then she said, “You know what? It’s really okay! The world tried to come to an end and I’m surviving.”
Bravo ladies, you nailed it!
This Week’s Topic: Make Meal and Snack Planning Work
Before anybody checks out on me, we’re not talking about the traditional idea of meal prep that many of us have a love/hate relationship with. You know what I mean – spending hours in the kitchen preparing a week’s worth of meals and feeling overwhelmed by the process. Instead we’re talking about meal planning.
In your Weekly this week, the focus was on making meal planning work for you. This includes planning of all kinds – planning for snacks, planning time to portion, planning where the food will go, planning where you’ll eat, and planning how much you’re going to eat.
This Week’s Homework: #imaprepper
Take some time to prepare yourself, your kitchen, and your food so that healthy choices are easy to make!
Don’t forget to do your homework #imaprepper and tag me!
- Instagram tag @ifyouhaveanegg
- Facebook Page tag @ifyouhaveanegg
- Facebook Group tag @Kelly Green Milligan
- WW Connect tag @scrapnstamp2
Extra Credit: The 3 P’s of Meal and Snack Planning
- Pre-Prep: Have things ready in advance so you don’t drive yourself crazy. The goal here is to make healthy choices easy to make even on busy days! This might mean…
- Having a pre-prepped frozen sandwich ready to heat up for lunch instead of grabbing fast food
- Buying spiralized vegetables from the grocery store instead of doing them by hand
- Pre-making a batch of cold brew coffee instead of stopping at a coffee shop
- Planned Prep: You know you’re going to want a snack or a treat every now and then, so…
- Instead of grabbing a whole bag of candy, portion out a small bag of whatever you’re craving so you know ahead of time how many points you’re going to be eating.
- Instead of buying a whole watermelon that will require time, energy, and effort to prepare choose pre-sliced watermelon instead
- Pro Prep: This step looks more like the traditional meal prepping that we’re already familiar with. For example…
- I make a habit of washing all of my fruit. So when I bring food home from the grocery store, I wash it immediately so that it’s ready to go whenever I want it
- I love fruit with yogurt. But if I buy a container of yogurt and a carton of fruit, I’m never going to make it around to putting them together. So I go ahead and portion this out into individual fruit and yogurt cups.
And of course, you can really dig in and prepare your meals and snacks ahead of time in a meal prep bento box!
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