Meal planning can be defined as taking the time to plan nutritious meals and snacks for a specified time period. Planning what to eat on a regular basis i.e., weekly or monthly is called meal planning. It doesn’t really matter what you plan, as long as you have thought about what dishes you are going to have for the upcoming days.
If you are searching for a way to make everything in your household run smoother and you want to improve the health for yourself and your family then, meal planning helps you do it. Meal planning is one of those things that you don’t really want to do, because it feels like it will take too much time and effort – but actually it can be a game changer when it comes to less stress and work in the kitchen each day.
There are numerous benefits of having a meal plan.
#1 - It helps to have balanced and healthy meals every day.
Meal planning helps you to create a more balanced and healthy meal for the week/month where you would have a variety of dishes to enjoy with no repetition. All meals that you have planned would be rich in nutrients thereby promising a healthy and balanced diet. You neither would get bored of the meals each day nor do you have to worry about your health while enjoying healthy meals. Meal plans ensures balanced and healthy meals because it helps to keep a control on our choices of dishes and also to consume the right quantity of meals.
#2: Helps You to Avoid Unhealthy Choices.
Many times, unhealthy foods are chosen because of convenience and last-minute rush. Meal planning eliminates the need to rely on such unhealthy last-minute options and rather helps you to shift towards healthy meals.
#3: Eliminating the Last-Minute Stress.
All of us know how stressful it is to make a last-minute decision about a meal. Especially when you race home from work frantic and hungry, knowing you have little time to choose a dinner and get it cooked, the stress levels are at its peak. If you have a meal plan, you can take care of such things in advance and don’t have to worry about meal preparation any more.
#4: Answering the Nagging Question “Amma, What’s for Lunch/ dinner?”
When you plan your meals on a weekly or monthly basis and share it with your family members to see, you no longer have to hear the most annoying question at home, simply point to the board/ fridge where
you have stuck the meal plan.
#5: Save time.
Being hungry and realizing you have nothing planned is undoubtedly stressful. Instead of standing in front of your fridge deciding what to cook, you can have your healthy meal ready in minutes if you have your meal plan ready. This sometimes saves you the hassle of cleaning up after cooking as well.
#6: Save Money.
Everyone can agree that saving money is something we all try to do, and meal planning is a great way to help. Sticking to what’s on the list avoids impulse buying at the grocery store and also helps to skip out on spending money at restaurants.
What are the perils of not having a meal plan?
#1: Stress about what to cook.
When you are not sure of what you are going to cook for the day or what you are going to have for the next meal, you take the added pressure to decide what to cook given the available ingredients and cook in the time restrictions.
#2: Have no choice but to order unhealthy food and thus you begin eating out way more than your body or your wallet wants you to.
If you are running late and have no time to cook, then you are left with the option to order unhealthy fast food. Fast food consumption on a regular basis might case serious health issues and also pierces a hole in your wallet.
#3: Health dangers.
Fast food does have its own demerits of causing health hazards. On the other hand if meals are not planned there are high chances that you do not eat in the right quantity. Over eating, skipping meals, not eating the right quantity, eating less nutritional food etc. can be reasons for different health diseases.
THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT MEAL PLANNING:
Meal planning is no rocket science. You can even plan NOT to cook. What’s important is that you spend some time to plan and decide in what you are going to eat for the upcoming week/month.
Make YOUR meal plan as flexible as you prefer.
If you don’t like eating the same thing every day, planning is even more important for you in order to save time, money, and make healthy choices.
Never compromise on health and taste. Enjoy your meals as per your plan and try to explore different dishes.
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