When do you guys prepare your meals ?

[jiffysound]

I was looking at my schedule and thinking of tweaking it a little bit, especially food prep which takes about 2 hours a day. I always prepare food that I will eat on say Monday, on a Sunday night, the night before the day I will be eating it in tupperwear. I have to prepare 7 meals right now, 6 during the day and 7th when I wake up in the middle of the night hungry. I am on a 4500-5000 calorie diet right now so I split it into 7x714 calorie portions. I have 2 refrigerators in my kitchen because I couldn't fit all the food into one, on top of the pharmaceuticals that need to be refrigerated at different temps than food. I recently purchased the second fridge, it's a Samsung and it's very high tech, it has a touch panel with options for every little tweak you can think of, temp settings, dew settings, humidity setting the works. That's the one I keep my HGH gear in cause I can control the temp to the 00.0 place in Celsius. I don't buy too much frozen food as it contains a lot of sodium and is generally low grade imo. I buy all fresh veggies and fruits and red meats and fish. It takes me about 2 hours a night to prep all 7 meals, pack them and put them into the other older fridge. I usually start by boiling the basmati long grain rice and yams, then on the side I grill or saute the steaks and salmon which I usually buy as a 1.5 kilogram piece of salmon fresh cut. I prepare one energy shake for after workout the day before and store it in the fridge for consumption the day after. I have tried to get overall time down to hour and a half but it's just not possible with dish washing and everything else needed. Perhaps I should purchase a dishwasher, but how well do they actually wash the dishes, I remember being at my cousins house, he has a dishwasher and I looked inside it, and it didn't wash everything correctly so it made me a bit worried. Any ideas on how to lower my overall time in the kitchen?

 

[Bolan]

Sunday morning into the afternoon.
Takes a little while to fry up 15 packages of ground turkey

 

[jiffysound]

Sunday morning into the afternoon.
Takes a little while to fry up 15 packages of ground turkey

Whoa, what are you doing with that much turkey meat?

 

[Bolan]

Whoa, what are you doing with that much turkey meat?

Eating it!!! lol

 

[Phill]

in the morning at 4 clock I prepare all meals for the day

 

[Phill]

I was looking at my schedule and thinking of tweaking it a little bit, especially food prep which takes about 2 hours a day. I always prepare food that I will eat on say Monday, on a Sunday night, the night before the day I will be eating it in tupperwear. I have to prepare 7 meals right now, 6 during the day and 7th when I wake up in the middle of the night hungry. I am on a 4500-5000 calorie diet right now so I split it into 7x714 calorie portions. I have 2 refrigerators in my kitchen because I couldn't fit all the food into one, on top of the pharmaceuticals that need to be refrigerated at different temps than food. I recently purchased the second fridge, it's a Samsung and it's very high tech, it has a touch panel with options for every little tweak you can think of, temp settings, dew settings, humidity setting the works. That's the one I keep my HGH gear in cause I can control the temp to the 00.0 place in Celsius. I don't buy too much frozen food as it contains a lot of sodium and is generally low grade imo. I buy all fresh veggies and fruits and red meats and fish. It takes me about 2 hours a night to prep all 7 meals, pack them and put them into the other older fridge. I usually start by boiling the basmati long grain rice and yams, then on the side I grill or saute the steaks and salmon which I usually buy as a 1.5 kilogram piece of salmon fresh cut. I prepare one energy shake for after workout the day before and store it in the fridge for consumption the day after. I have tried to get overall time down to hour and a half but it's just not possible with dish washing and everything else needed. Perhaps I should purchase a dishwasher, but how well do they actually wash the dishes, I remember being at my cousins house, he has a dishwasher and I looked inside it, and it didn't wash everything correctly so it made me a bit worried. Any ideas on how to lower my overall time in the kitchen?

get a little girl helper and delegate the work

 

[Onidus]

Every night after the gym I make my breakfast and lunch for work then for supper I make it after I make the work food

 

[Bolan]

Every night after the gym I make my breakfast and lunch for work then for supper I make it after I make the work food

Eat more than Breakfast, Lunch and supper!!

 

[jiffysound]

Eat more than Breakfast, Lunch and supper!!

I second that, gotta eat at least every 3 hours to keep your metabolism constantly stimulated.

 

[jiffysound]

get a little girl helper and delegate the work
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[Powerhousehb]

I prepare the bulk of my food either Saturday or Sunday. During the week I don't have too much time. I usually just make small things that are quick

 

[Mshbmx]

in the morning at 4 clock I prepare all meals for the day

Discipline!

 

[Phill]

Discipline!

that's all you need for success

 

[jiffysound]

Discipline!

I could never do that 4am stuff. Instead I prep my next day meals at 9pm-11pm, go to sleep at midnight, wake up at 3am to eat a meal, go back to sleep around 3:15am and wake up around 9am.

 

[Powerhousehb]

Everybody eventually figures out what works from them. I'm at the gym @ 5:30am before work. Otherwise after works there's no chance. Work by 9am - 5/6pm in and out of the office and on my computer all day. When I get home I fall asleep for a quick 2 hrs and see then what else needs to be done. I'm always tired

 

[jiffysound]

Everybody eventually figures out what works from them. I'm at the gym @ 5:30am before work. Otherwise after works there's no chance. Work by 9am - 5/6pm in and out of the office and on my computer all day. When I get home I fall asleep for a quick 2 hrs and see then what else needs to be done. I'm always tired

Personally I wake up around 9am everyday, eat first meal and then I go to my weight room and lift for 45minutes to an hour. Then I shower, get ready for the day and eat my second meal. Then I do some work, mostly work from home on the computers, I go to the main office maybe twice a month for staff meetings. So I make my own hours to work and eat. By 3pm I am usually done with my daily work and have the rest of the day to myself.

 

[Powerhousehb]

Personally I wake up around 9am everyday, eat first meal and then I go to my weight room and lift for 45minutes to an hour. Then I shower, get ready for the day and eat my second meal. Then I do some work, mostly work from home on the computers, I go to the main office maybe twice a month for staff meetings. So I make my own hours to work and eat. By 3pm I am usually done with my daily work and have the rest of the day to myself.

I tried working from home. I get anxiety being in my house all the time. I need that separation. During the pandamic I was stuck at home way to much. I learned how enjoyable that drive was to work and back.

 

[ruffus]

Sunday i would cook all my daily food for the week. Took about an hour, did that for over 25 years. Made eggs for breakfast every day and cooked dinner 4-5 times a week. Just part of my routine.

 

[Jbswole40]

Whoa, what are you doing with that much turkey meat?

Package it up for resale..lol

I do 2-3 days at a time..
Sun.
Tues or Wednesday oh who am I kidding no schedule here besides cooking Sunday and whenever I need more food I cook it..I can't even count on my woman to make rice..I asked her to cook some as I jumped in shower,well she forgot it pissed me off .anyways I fired my woman yrs ago from making my meals..she would do 2 cups of rice and throw like 2 oz of meat w a ton of veggies

 

[Astro95]

Sunday morning into the afternoon.
Takes a little while to fry up 15 packages of ground turkey

I hate moving from 93/7 to 99/1 I can only find the little packs, sams has the big boys in doubles of 93/7. 3 of the 99/1 are about 3 meals

 

[Jbswole40]

I hate moving from 93/7 to 99/1 I can only find the little packs, sams has the big boys in doubles of 93/7. 3 of the 99/1 are about 3 meals

U can always mix them..I strain excess fat out or skim it..I usually buy 93 on up depending what store etc..it is nice to buy the big ones and cook 3 lbs at a time..

 

[Astro95]

I’ve been cooking the day of lately, sometimes it backfires and I don’t have time, but it’s all discipline and using time efficiently. Back when I was in a military academy in my teens and we didn’t have our uniforms ready for inspection or our beds made to the T and shit everyone’s excuse was I didn’t have enough time, funny thing is we all did. Lieutenant would immediately go off in our faces did you not have enough time or you didn’t use your time efficiently, which the response would always be the latter and on the ground you were haha good times. Anyway, I put the rice in the rice cooker whenever and that’s always ready or I buy the wrapped sweet potatoes you pop in the microwave and done. I leave home at 4pm to work come back home between 6:30am and 7:00AM, get up at 11:30 at the gym by noon, if I’m slacking off moving or stay in bed longer I pay. 2h ours or so of working out, 30 minutes cardio, back home between 2:30 and 3:00pm and that’s my hour window to shower and cook my protein, pack it and go. I used to cook maybe 5 days ahead, but my old place had a garage and I had my 2nd fridge in there, don’t have that anymore so it is what it is.

 

[Astro95]

U can always mix them..I strain excess fat out or skim it..I usually buy 93 on up depending what store etc..it is nice to buy the big ones and cook 3 lbs at a time..

I’m strict 99/1 at the moment lol I always drain the juices in the 93/7 and 99/1 whatever little bit. Only thing I wish is they had bulk buys like the 93 it’s annoying buying the little packs and they’re always regular price too. Bought 7 littles ones the other day for like $50

 

[Jbswole40]

I’m strict 99/1 at the moment lol I always drain the juices in the 93/7 and 99/1 whatever little bit. Only thing I wish is they had bulk buys like the 93 it’s annoying buying the little packs and they’re always regular price too. Bought 7 littles ones the other day for like $50

Yea,I have been more strict on that too..the 1lb packs here are 6-7$..I buy others when they out,I love chicken but eating breast multiple xs a day is rough for me..

 

[Jbswole40]

I’ve been cooking the day of lately, sometimes it backfires and I don’t have time, but it’s all discipline and using time efficiently. Back when I was in a military academy in my teens and we didn’t have our uniforms ready for inspection or our beds made to the T and shit everyone’s excuse was I didn’t have enough time, funny thing is we all did. Lieutenant would immediately go off in our faces did you not have enough time or you didn’t use your time efficiently, which the response would always be the latter and on the ground you were haha good times. Anyway, I put the rice in the rice cooker whenever and that’s always ready or I buy the wrapped sweet potatoes you pop in the microwave and done. I leave home at 4pm to work come back home between 6:30am and 7:00AM, get up at 11:30 at the gym by noon, if I’m slacking off moving or stay in bed longer I pay. 2h ours or so of working out, 30 minutes cardio, back home between 2:30 and 3:00pm and that’s my hour window to shower and cook my protein, pack it and go. I used to cook maybe 5 days ahead, but my old place had a garage and I had my 2nd fridge in there, don’t have that anymore so it is what it is.

Damn bro..I thought I didn't sleep much..I grew up in military fam..properly managing time is very important to me ..I'm ocd with it..

 

[Astro95]

Yea,I have been more strict on that too..the 1lb packs here are 6-7$..I buy others when they out,I love chicken but eating breast multiple xs a day is rough for me..

I can go through some fresh chicken, but I don’t cook it the best to begin with, then microwaved or whatever in the topperware it’s just dry and I can’t do all that chewing. Ground turkey easiest I found to just get down and go, along side egg whites.

 

[Jbswole40]

I can go through some fresh chicken, but I don’t cook it the best to begin with, then microwaved or whatever in the topperware it’s just dry and I can’t do all that chewing. Ground turkey easiest I found to just get down and go, along side egg whites.

Lol.yes every time I'm in a store u can bet Bob Evans & ground turkey in my basket lol.i been on grits lately too..loving it .big bowl of eggs and grits all mixed up..

 

[jiffysound]

I can go through some fresh chicken, but I don’t cook it the best to begin with, then microwaved or whatever in the topperware it’s just dry and I can’t do all that chewing. Ground turkey easiest I found to just get down and go, along side egg whites.

You do the egg whites only eh? I always ate the entire egg and my cholesterol HDL and LDL are in the normal range and I eat up to 10 jumbo eggs a day, every day for the last 2 decades.

 

[Astro95]

Damn bro..I thought I didn't sleep much..I grew up in military fam..properly managing time is very important to me ..I'm ocd with it..

I get a snooze when I can, when my body is burned out, it’s an off day and I sleep in. I know when that happens, because I start really hating my job lol currently been working close to 2 months everyday. Maybe 3 days off total split here and there. Yes, time management is crucial. Same could be said for time in the gym, but I love being in there so however long that takes is what’s gonna take.

 

[Nobodyishere]

The night before MAYBE often times I make food the morning of…MAYBE…a lot of times I bust out the grill at work and bring shit to cook.