Meal Planning.
- Mar 23, 2024
- 2 min read
WELLNESS | PUBLISHED: 21 MARCH 2024 | 3 MINUTE READ
Written By: Carla Lawrence
As a dietitian, the one recommendation I often make is to meal plan. There is a distinct difference between meal prep and meal planning. Meal planning usually comes before meal prep, the process of planning meals for the day, week, or month, whereas meal prep is where the meals are made and stored for the next day, week, or month. I recommend planning for a week as it is more practical because meal planning can take up to 15 minutes. Do this on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
Why a meal plan?
It saves time,
It saves money and
Add variation that can be more nutritionally balanced.
Promotes more home cooked meals, which could promote weight loss, manage diabetes, and manage cholesterol levels.
It can reduce stress levels as you will avoid worrying all day about what to prepare or the rushed preparation of meals.
How to meal plan?
Check the cupboards, fridge, and freezer to see what you have. It can save money because you can include items you already have available in the meals.
Write down the meals: breakfast, lunch, and supper, and you can include your snacks.
Make a grocery list. Add the items needed for the meals not available at home.
Consider the time you have available when planning and preparing your meals.Include leftovers and frozen or non-perishable meal items as these will save time when preparing meals.
A dietitian can assist with meal planning and provide meal ideas and nutritious and budget-friendly recipes.
Carla Lawrence has been a dietitian for almost 16 years. She loves a challenge and is a very determined individual and is considered a visionary. She has a passion for food and health and loves the connection between the two, as well as educating clients on the best methods to link the two. She strives in everything that she does to assist clients in applying nutritional principles in their daily lives to improve their health and manage different diseases of lifestyle. She aims to assist clients in a holistic manner, which includes, considering the client's cultural, financial, and spiritual background, etc. Her motto 'making friends with food,'' aims to assist clients in moving away from food guilt and to move towards a healthier relationship with food.
How can she help you? She can walk alongside you in developing a healthy relationship with food, help you maintain/lose weight, help you understand the importance of nutrition in your daily life, help you understand the importance of holistic health, help you nutritionally manage the disease of lifestyle like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease etc, help you incorporate healthy habits for yourself and your family.
Carla Lawrence Dietitian Inc.
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081 454 1886
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