It’s that time again…Sunday. Food shopping, meal prep, cleaning, laundry…you know the drill. At JillFit, we wanted to give you a glimpse of what we buy at the grocery store and some ideas for how to prep food, get organized and ready for the fat-loss week ahead. Here we go!
Step 1: Create a food list based on what you need/already have. And don’t forget great spices and herbs too like garlic, curry, chili, cinnamon, basil, rosemary, various salt-free seasonings, and lemon pepper. Here are our top 25 clean eats for the week:
Chicken breasts
Ground bison
Eggs/Egg whites
Whey protein powder
Turkey breasts/lean ground turkey
White fish
Wild Alaskan salmon
Spinach
Broccoli
Asparagus
Bell peppers
Onions
Mixed greens/kale/collard greens/chard
Berries
Apples
Oat bran
Sweet potatoes
Brown rice
Raw almonds
Chunky salsa (<100 mg sodium/serving)
Unsweetened almond milk
Green tea/Yogi Bedtime tea
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Erythritol or xylitol or stevia
Low-carb protein bars
Step 2: Get together a plan of how you are going to prep the food on Sunday, and get meals ready for the week. Here are some great ideas we like to use:
Hard boil a dozen eggs and place into baggies with 3 eggs in each
Place 20-30 raw almonds in baggies for quick grab-and-go snacks
Make a turkey meatloaf using the oats, onions, salsa and spices
Make a bison chili (recipe to come soon!)
Grill up the chicken breasts on the George Foreman, and place 1 piece in several Tupperware containers
Cook up sweet potatoes in the microwave, halve them and place a half in each Tupperware with the chicken breasts
Stick 1-2 cups of brown rice into the slow cooker
Step 3: Heading into the week, try to have a good idea of what you will eat each day. People who tend to eat the same foods day in and day out usually have better fat loss success. A daily meal plan will help keep you on track and focused, especially useful when an unexpected sweet treat appears, as it always seems to. You will have a plan of attack in place already! Here is an example of creating a daily food menu for yourself (I eat like this almost every day):
Meal #1: Black coffee, 1/4 cup oat bran made with water, add 1 scoop whey protein
Meal #2: 6 egg white omelet w/ 2 cups spinach, onions/pepper, salsa, plus 1 cup mixed berries
Meal #3: Large mixed greens salad, add 1 grilled chicken breast, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1/2 sweet potato (add stevia/cinnamon)
Meal #4: 1 Protein bar or 1 apple w/ 30 raw almonds
Meal #5: Bison chili w/ 12 asparagus spears or shell-less taco salad w/ 1 cup steamed broccoli
After dinner: Yogi Bedtime tea, optional 1/2 cup frozen cherries
Here is a short video explanation of some of my groceries and what I will do with them this week, good luck! ox Jill
