How to Hit your Daily Protein

One of the biggest changes of 2020 for me was the amount of cooking and at-home meals I began eating.

I have been meal prepping and cooking the majority of my meals at home for several years now but I would still grab a lot of things out during the workweek.

A coffee and a bagel from Dunkin, Sugar and Spice salad, and sweet potato fries (my fav).

I would say at least 5-7 meals per week were eaten out between Chris and I.

By the end of the month, we would realize how much money we were wasting on all those silly instances.

Eating out is a luxury and it definitely didn’t need to be happening as much as it was.

Once covid started we had no choice but to eat ALL our meals at home and since then, in all honesty, not much has changed.

We eat out 1-2 meals per week total if that.

It puts money in our pocket, we enjoy it more when we finally do order out or go somewhere and it better supports both our health and performance goals.

So how we do eat better, cook more at home and not go broke and live in the kitchen?

Easy, shop around, do some research, and a little bit of planning go a really long way. My go-to when it comes to shopping- ALDI which if you don’t have one Trader Joe’s (they are sister stores in case you didn’t know ) go check out my Instagram for full cart reviews on both stores and Butcher Box.

If you haven’t heard of Butcher Box before they are a mail delivery service delivering 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef, free-range organic chicken, pork raised crate-free, wild-caught seafood, and more directly to members' door. I became a member back in early 2021 and then soon after became a partner with them. On a mission to help spread the good word, eat good food and save the animals.

Now that you’ve got some places to check out for grocery shopping let’s break it down.

Step one: Determine how much food you should be eating every day. I walk you through it in my Nutrition Getting Started Guide grab it now.

Step two: Divide the number of protein you need across how many meals you like to eat each day

Step three: Plan a menu for the day, week, etc. I personally like to map out dinners based on our schedules that day, and then do a general prep for the week for easy lunches and lots of eggs and egg whites for the morning.

Step four : Write out your grocery list. There is a cool freebie in the Nutrition Guide for your grocery list =)

Step five: Go to the store and set aside 1-2 hours for prepping . For more ideas on meal prepping check out my guide here.

Step six : Relax and Enjoy the fruits of your labor ALL WEEK long