If you want to make your healthy eating journey easier, you need to meal prep.

This tool has been beneficial and useful to eat healthier without feeling overwhelmed and deprived.

Here are three reasons why you need to meal prep.

It Is Critical to Living Healthier

Meal prepping has and continues to be one of the most important parts of eating healthier. If you do not prepare, you will prepare to fail.

Planning your meals and snacks will help you better control hunger during the day.

You have to spend time with your food, learn about its properties, its flavors and how they make your body feel.

You will discover that healthy living doesn’t have to be dull or boring but it does take a little work.

Meal Prepping Saves Time and Money

If you want to save time or money, it is time to meal prep. By only cooking once or twice a week, you will drastically decrease the amount of time you spend in the kitchen.

Meal prepping will help you free up your time to do the things you enjoy the most like spending time with your family or picking up a new hobby.

You can finally take that yoga class, or start reading that book you’ve been meaning to get to; the opportunities are endless.

Are you looking for ways to save money?

Start bringing your lunch to work.

An average meal cost anywhere from $7 – $12 depending on your city. If you buy lunch every day that’s about $35 – $60 a week or $140 – $240 per month. In addition to whatever amount you pay for groceries.

Meal prepping will help you cut back how much money you spend eating out (especially during the week). Having food at home empowers you to decline invitations to dinners and happy hours.

Saying no to events can be hard, but once you see the savings in your bank account, it will be worth it.

Use this opportunity to cook for your loved ones at home. It is healthier and more affordable.

It is Fun

You might not think meal prepping is fun, after all, it does require a lot of work and patience. But that doesn’t mean it cannot be an enjoyable experience for you.

If you want to enjoy meal prepping you have to get into it!

Plan your grocery shopping trips, write down your recipes and embracing making new dishes. The best part about meal prepping is letting your imagination and creativity go wild.

On meal prep day I am Chef Nory. That is my story, and I am sticking to it.

Getting started is easier than you think!

How do you feel about meal prepping? Have you tried it? Why or why not? Share your thoughts in the comments section.