Why I Meal Prep

There are many reasons why to meal prep but my main reason why I do is because of my health. We are what we eat and I want to be as healthy as I can for my family.

Even though I have always eaten healthy over the last few years I have battle with inflammation and auto immune issues. I have probably tried every crazy diet and cleanse under the sun to help alleviate my body from inflammation. A few years back my mother had stumbled across Dr. Gundry‘s book Plant Paradox and she had immediately made an appointment with Dr. Gundry in order to get her labs done. When her labs came back it showed she had markers for autoimmune’s and wanted to do something about it. So as Dr. Gundry discussed the particular diet she had to be on to help with the inflammation in her body and help the markers come down. His claimed to fame is a lectin free diet. Of course I rolled my eyes at my mother and said I am not going to do that crazy diet. First of all you can hardly eat anything on it and how was I supposed to have a life? But as I saw her labs get better there had to be something to it. So then I embarked on my journey with a lectin free diet. This diet is not for the faint of heart and this is why I meal prep all my breakfast lunch and dinner for the week.

It is very hard to live lectin free. Lectins are in everything literally!!! A days average meal looks like:

Breakfast
Unsweetened coconut milk yogurt
A slice of SRSLY Bread with butter and kite hill cream cheese

Lunch
Sweet potatoes with ground turkey & broccoli

Dinner
Cauliflower wrap with avocado Mayo, lettuce cabbage, carrots, avocado, with primal kitchen Caesar salad dressing and 1 slice of turkey.

I know it sounds kind of boring, but I do whoop it up on the weekends with a steak and a potato or a gluten free pesto pasta. Honestly the recipes you can make on a lectin free diet is pretty good. I don’t feel like I miss out at all.

Whether you’re looking to lose weight or you’re on a special diet meal prep always helps to ensure that you’re getting the proper nutrition to keep your body in the optimal shape. You’re not worried about where you’re going to eat and grabbing fast food on the go or not eating at all.