Are You Having Problems Eating Clean And On Time?

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Are you having problems eating clean and on time, then Prep Your Food!

Losing weight and eating right is not easy at the beginning. The first thing you have to do is stop believing you will lose 30 pounds in 30 days without working out and eating whatever you want. If that was true, we all would be in the best shape of our lives. In the REAL WORLD, there are no genies in a bottle that will grant you 3 wishes. So, here are 5 easy tips on how to prep your food!

1. If you don't have enough time to cook your food during the week, cook your meals on a day off, over the weekend, or on Sunday.

• For example: 
• Buy plenty of food storage containers. To boost your metabolism, you have to eat more consistently 5 to 6 times a day. Therefore, you will need at least 5 medium size containers for meals, 2 small containers for protein powder or snacks, and 1 to 2 re-usable water bottles. 
• Buy your food in bulk! Grilling or roasting large amount of chicken breast will cut down your cooking by half. With all that cooked chicken breast you can make soups, salads, sandwiches, or just eat the breast with veggies.
• Slice and dice all the veggies and place them in separate food containers. Having the veggies pre-cut, you can just grab and go. There are a lot of veggies that can be eaten raw. In addition, pre-cut veggies further cuts down the amount of time you spend cooking your next meals.

2. Keep Protein Powder and Bars Handy.

• Protein bars can either be snacks (140 - 200 calories) or meal replacements (300 - 400 calories). They come in handy when you do not have a meal with you. 
• Like the bars, protein powder can be made into snacks or meal replacements depending on what you put in them. You can only add water to your protein powder if you need a snack, pre-workout, or post-workout shake. Or, you can add oatmeal, peanut butter, & fruit to turn it into a meal replacement. Just make sure you know the amount of calories you want to take in. 
• 2 meals or snacks can be replaced by protein bars or shakes. 

3. Pack fruits

• Unless you are competing, you do not need to cut out your fruits. Plus, bodybuilders only cut out fruits at the last 3 weeks before competition. Fruits are very important because they suppress the need to over indulge on high sugar snacks. and they are loaded with Vitamin C and other nutrients needed by the body. 

4. Other sources of protein

• Yogurt, string cheese, cottage cheese, natural peanut or almond butter are perfect examples of other snacks you can add in your cooler.

5. Stay hydrated and pack your water

• Water is very important when it comes to losing weight. A lot of people believe that drinking diet soda will help them cut some calories and lose weight. However, it does the exact the opposite of what it "SAYS" it is for. Those sodas still are very high in calories, asparatame and other chemicals. Asparatame has been linked to causing cancer in animals who are exposed to large doses. Plus, it also does not hydrate your body, it dehydrates you. The more dehydration, the more diet soda you drink. The chemicals that are in these diet sodas will make you addicted to it. I actually have seen some of my clients have withdrawals from getting off of sodas. 
• Our body is made up of 60% water. Water is essential because it helps your blood transport needed nutrients to your organs to function properly. Water also boost your metabolism, contains no calories, and plays a key role in the prevention of disease. You need to drink at least 8 - 10 glasses of water a day to stay hydrated. If you have a hard time drinking water at the beginning, then try starting out with:
• Green Tea or Herbalife Tea Concentrate
• Coconut water or Herbife H3O
• Aloe Juice or Herbalife Aloe Concentrate
• Fresh Squeezed Juices or Herbalife Beverage Mix