Planning and Preparation
Planning and Preparation. Two words that mean so much. Two words that can make all the difference in your health, and well being. Two words that are so hard for many to do.
What does planning and preparation mean to you?
For me, planning and preparation relieves stress! It makes my morning and day run smoother.
This is what I like to plan and prepare:
I plan and prepare food! This is the hardest for many to do. It entails deciding what food I want to have in the house, making a grocery list, going to the grocery, putting the groceries away. Then I need to prepare the groceries. If i have planned accordingly, I know exactly what I will Be preparing. If I food prep on the weekends, I prep for lunches Monday thru Wednesday. This may be a lentil dish, pasta, some sort of bean concoction, soups. I may cut up vegetables for easy reaching. Fruit is always around. I call fruit, fast food! I place these items in individual containers for mine and my daughters lunch. Easy to grab, no thinking required in the morning.
Planning dinners for the upcoming week are difficult! I hate it. But if I decide ahead of time what dinner will consist of, it makes our evenings go smoother: stir fry, jambalaya, pasta, grain bowls, are just a few of our favorites. If there are leftovers, these can be eaten for lunch the next day. I always prepare more, so we have left overs. I am lucky! We all eat leftovers. I have a lot of clients that do not eat leftovers.
Note: by planning and preparing I never go out to lunch and we save going out for dinner as a weekend treat! Therefore money is saved as well as calories from a fast food meal.
Workouts: I have to plan my workouts! If I am running or going to the gym in the morning, I get my clothes ready the night before.
If it is an evening workout, I will still get my clothes ready the night before so when I get home from work I can change into them right a way.
Work: I get me work clothes ready the night before. I look ahead at what my day will be like and get clothes and shoes laid out.
It takes time to plan and prepare! I get tired of it. BUT, it relieves so much stress that it is worth it!
How do you plan and prepare?