Fatso to Muscles

All of us that attend school or go to work are busy and have a fast paced schedule; we have appointments or classes to go to, paper-work and projects that needs to be turned in to our bosses or professors, and people we need to meet in-order to move up the social ladder. Those are just a few objectives on a plate of daily activities we need to accomplish. So who has the time through out our busy lives to stop and eat a healthy and nutritious meal? We can, however, eat healthy and nutritious if we prepare our meals the night before and save some money while doing so.

A few years ago, I was working just under 40 hours a week and attending classes at the local junior college, and had been so busy with work, school, and projects I had to finish, I literally had very little time to sit down and prepare a meal throughout the day.

I couldn’t go home even if I wanted to because it would take time out of my day. Even though it was a 20 minute drive, I would have to take the time to prepare the food and cook it then eat it, which of course took at least another 20 minutes. So if I was to eat two more meals a day, lunch and dinner, I would have to go home twice and waste 80 minutes, not to mention another 20 minutes each time to drive back to work or school.

And I didn’t want to eat out that often, even though I had to, because most fast food restaurants were not as healthy for me as I wanted it to be, even the salads. Sure, if I would not put the salad dressing that came with it, but even then, it would be costing me a fortune to eat out.

So I began making my own meals; I had prepare my food the night before, 3 to 4 meals, in their own plastic containers and had put them in one of those red coolers. I would carry it out to my car along with my book bag and head off to my function, whether if be work or school.

With making my own meals, the meals I had prepared, I could decide what ingredients go in, and with that, I could reduce sodium, sugar, and fats. In addition, I had full control of how much I had. Because when eating out, especially these days, restaurants give you a huge amount of food. And if you don’t eat it all, you feel it would go to waste. And even if you bagged it for later, there is no place to put it except your car and by the end of the day, the hot sun would spoil it when you take it home.

Even though I would be saving some money, it was a hassle preparing a few meals for the next day for my consumption, and I did that at least 5 days a week. But overall, it was better because I could control what goes in my food and how much money I had saved by not eating out so much with the busy schedule I had.

Overall, It was well worth it. If not all of you, most of you understand that eating healthy is beneficial to our health; we need nutrition in our bodies so we can function properly. So with poor nutrition, it can take a toll on your body over the course time.

In the beginning, preparing meals for the next day had been a pain in the butt, but after a while I had gotten use to it and it was a routine to me, along with the twenty something things I had to complete during the week. And the benefits of eating healthier and saving money at the same time, was a win win situation for me. So if I could manage to do it, so can you.

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