{"id":593,"date":"2021-08-18T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firedupfitness.ca\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2021-08-19T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T03:36:15","slug":"meal-plan-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedupfitness.ca\/blog\/meal-plan-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal Plan Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A question was posted to me recently asking \u201cWhat is one healthy habit that I\u2019ve adopted that has had a huge impact on my health?\u201d&nbsp; Well as I\u2019m sure you can tell from the title of this post, that habit would be meal planning.&nbsp; And not only has meal planning had a positive impact on my health, it has also saved me money and reduced weeknight stress.  Watch the full podcast below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tip #35 - Meal Plan Ahead\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ARe-i5W86A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, like I mentioned in my podcast, meal planning doesn\u2019t need to take a lot of time and effort.&nbsp; You don&#8217;t necessarily have to plan every single snack and meal each week.&nbsp; I usually plan out a week&#8217;s worth of dinners before I go grocery shopping.&nbsp; To make this even easier, I started a google spreadsheet that has a list of meals that my family likes along with a few notes like how long it takes or where I found the recipe.&nbsp; Now I just refer to this list and the meals practically plan themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give you a head start, I&#8217;ve put together a handy reference sheet of some of the quick and healthy recipes I\u2019ve tested out on my family then added to on this blog (current to this post 2021-Aug-18).  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