At the beginning of every epic guide, there’s a story. Ok, I can’t actually verify that that’s true, but for the purposes of this post, let’s assume it’s true.
So, before we dive into telling you how to meal prep like a boss, we’re going to tell you how we used to do things when we meal prepped more like . . . an intern.
Basically, my concept of meal planning has evolved substantially since I first started eating paleo back in 2013.
Back in the day, when I (Mitch) was just a wee paleo lad, my idea of meal planning was more or less buying 4 lbs of ground beef, 4 lbs of sweet potatoes, some coconut oil and 90 bags of frozen veggies, and flying by the seat of my pants every day to assemble some semblance of a meal all before getting so frustrated and tired that I’d wind up blowing $100 extra dollars on Jimmy John’s Unwich sandwiches (“um, and hold the cheese, please, because I’m paleo – kthanks.”) and/or the Whole Foods salad bar.
Well clearly that stopped working for me pretty quickly, so my next stage of eating involved going ALL-IN paleo, dedicating myself to cooking the most gourmet, amazing meals I could set my sights on: crab, fish, steak, pork loin, the finest local whole chickens – if it could be found at Whole Foods or a farmer’s market, I was ON. IT. I was such a paleo boss, you don’t even know. In fact, I was SO much of a paleo boss, that I even hired my cats to do my accounting! …kidding. In other words, I started eating much, much better, but I was also spending about $200 a week on just me (single dude at the time, living alone). This obviously became a problem, too, and I learned a very valuable lesson: cats are not good accountants.
From there, I (and Britt, once we met), cycled through several additional stages of the “Meal Prep Blues,” including:
Honestly, the list could go on.
Luckily, the madness stopped when Britt and I moved in together and we started to get the hang of this whole “meal prep” and “eating paleo on a budget” thing, and that’s obviously why we are here today, talking to you about how to meal prep like a TRUE boss (and not living under some bridge or raging because all we’ve eaten are 5 lbs of Jimmy John’s Unwiches the past week).
And this is why we wanted to do this series to walk you through our tips for meal planning success, because we have probably gone through every possible method of meal prepping (and non-meal prepping) to know what works and what doesn’t, especially if you are a very busy individual (which, who isn’t nowadays?).
So, we hope that this guide can get you out of that rut, or out of feeling so overwhelmed by cooking while following AIP/paleo, or that may it can just help you feel a little more confident with your current meal prep skills.
So get your boss pants on, because we’re about to enter into #MealPrepMania. Next up: 5 Meal Planning Tips to Help You Meal Prep Like a Boss.
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