The key to keeping to a balanced diet is meal planning. And when you are interested in training and bodybuilding, it’s even more important that you plan your meals, so that you can stay on track with your muscle mass building!
Meal Planning Tips
Plan your timings
Your body will learn your eating routine, so it’s important to eat at a similar time each day. So as to avoid getting hungry at inconvenient times and snacking on junk. Eat small meals at regular intervals to maximise your energy and avoid filling up unnecessarily.
Prepare ahead
Preparation is key to successful and healthy meal planning. Pick our your recipes for the week and prepare as much as possible in advance. If you take a packed lunch, you can usually prepare these in advance.
Items such as chicken and lentil salads can be prepared in advance, and you can just add them to salad leaves and leftover steamed vegetables from the night before. It makes a healthy and satisfying lunch.
Change up the menu items so you don’t get bored
There’s nothing worse than flavour fatigue after a few days of the same food. And when you’re training or bodybuilding, you need to eat a lot of volume to give you body what it needs to train.
Try changing out the lean protein each day for some variety. Choose herbs and spices that jazz up your meals. Paprika chicken one day, pesto salmon the next, garlic soy beef the next and so-on.
Add a protein powder shake for supplemental boost
Getting enough quality calories can be hard, so supplement your balanced diet with protein shakes. They are easy to make and come in lots of flavours, so you will never get bored.
Take a look around our shop for inspiration and start planning your meals today!
