According to research by The NDP Group, a leading market research company, only 24% of households plan all of their dinners in advance while 71% plan some dinners in advance.
That means a majority of you have no idea what you're going to eat until mealtime. Then you get home late, you're rushing to a kid's game, you have an errand to run, etc. and you throw together the quickest meal you can with nothing ready.
So what happens?
You reach into the freezer, pull out the frozen, processed, chicken nuggets with all the calories and sodium and pop it into the microwave. Or worse yet, you order take out. (Actually, I'm not sure which is worse.)
Three actions can help you avoid the extra weight gain from grabbing whatever is available for your meals.
1. Plan - Have a list ready of 10 easy meals you can choose from and determine which night you will have which meal. 10 gives you the opportunity to add variety and change things up.
2. Shop - Go to the grocery store and make sure you have fresh, easily prepared foods on hand.
3. Prepare - Spend some time on Sunday preparing meals ahead of time. All the meals for the week can be created in advance saving you time and still keeping the great flavor.
Plan, shop and prepare will save you time, money and keep your waistline right where you want it.
Be well,
Paul
Paul Dziewisz
Active Personal Fitness
267.626.7478
"You give us the effort...we'll get you the results."
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