I’m trying to lose a lot weight and gets some rigidness to my form. I got the gym stuff worked out, but the diet stuff seems so hard to figure out in my case.

I live with quite a lot of people at the moment, and a couple of us want to start going to the gym and eating healthy. But I think creating lots of food for everyone is important. I really don’t know how it’s possible to meal prep for all of us, for both lunch and dinner. Also I feel like variety is important. I don’t want to eat grilled chicken breast with rice every single lunch and dinner while still reaching my protein goals. But spending the time to create unique food every other day is too much. What do all of you do/did to lose weight and get in shape? Is it normal to have the same food every day?

Do I only meal prep lunch? Is it every single day, or only a certain number of days a week? I’m a rookie here. I need pointers. I feel like I’m overthinking this.

  • PangolinAsleep6686@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think you’re over-thinking this. Find a nice small change that seems to work for you and then try it out. Adjust based on your results.

    What works for me–I cook for just me–won’t necessarily work for you. What works for you won’t necessarily work for everyone you cook for?

    Yesterday, I had time, so I cooked up 10 servings of pasta sauce with meat and froze them all individually. For me, it’s a handy way to have an easy different meal to pull out of the freezer. This morning I bought some chicken breast and buffalo sauce. I’ll slow cook that, shred it and freeze the portions. Some weeks, I don’t feel like cooking at all. I’ll buy some pre-sliced ham, a loaf of wheat bread or wraps, some cheese and greens, and trust that I’ll use it up that week. And then I’ve also got those other meals to pull out of the freezer for variety.

    I think protein is just protein. You find a convenient way to eat it? I think it’s useful to get a variety of fruits and veggies that you’ll eat. Some weeks, it’s the veggies in the pasta sauce, some it’s buy fresh and make salads, some it’s I’m just going to make sure to drink a big glass of V8 each day. Depends on what’s going on in my life?

    If you’re doing this with a couple other people, maybe you find efficiency and variety by just having each person plan and cook a healthy meal twice a week?