Warning! The recipes are delicious! How can they not be? They are high fat! Will this book help you lose weight? Maybe. It depends on what your caloric needs and macro nutrients needs are. Did Healthy Meal Prep help me lose weight? No. I was keen to experiment with this book. I made only these recipes set out in the week long menu design for 3 solid months. I gained a lot of weight very fast! Why? First, each weeks menus total between 2,000-2,200 calories. I now know, through experience, that I personally only need 1,200 calories to maintain my weight for my activity level. I am sedentary all day but I lift weights 3-4 times a week for 30 minuets. I am a female 5’3”and 120 pounds. Second the HIGH FAT totals, packed on the pounds! By meticulous tracking my food on my fitness pal, and through trial and error On different diets, I now know, that I drop body fat only when I eat below 35 grams total fat for the day. If I go over 40 grams of fat I will gain a pound a week. I tried the keto diet for 6 months and I only lost 5 pounds. This books is NOT a keto diet. Keto is super low carb and sky high fat. Healthy Meal Prep does have moderately carbs but super high fat. The key to shedding fat, is you need to know how many calories you need for your activity level. This book may work well for a more active woman or a much taller woman or a man. Especially if they need a 2,000 calorie, very high fat, moderate carbohydrates diet. For example, in this book, chapter, Healthy Game Day weeks menu has 2,185 calories, 119g fat, 142g carbohydrates, 34 g fiber and a whopping 127g Fat. Chapter, Cozy Comfort food week menu, has 2,144 calories, 150g protein, 146g carbohydrates, 31g fiber, and 107g fat. Second, if your trying to loose body fat, you have to track your macros and you have to know how many calories YOU need for your body in order to drop body fat and keep your muscle. This cookbook is Higher FAT and moderate carbohydrates. I am 5’3”, 120 pound female, and I lift heavy four times a week. I used this book for three months to test the recipes out and they are delicious! Except for the peanut butter overnight oats. But, I will give this to my brother-in-law, who needs 2,000 calories and more fat. Unfortunately for me, the fat I eat over 35g per day, is the fat I wear! I have been lifting weights for 3 years. So I finally have my live lean macros dialed in. This book was a useful lesson in how to gain weight fast!
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I have tried many many meal prep things online and in cookbooks and this is the first one that I can say I LOVE. What I've been looking for: all the instructions are in one place. It tells you chop up the veggies for meal #2 while meal #1 cooks so you don't have to figure it all out yourself or waste time. I have done several weeks of this by now. I don't personally find the portions large enough most of the time, which is my only complaint. Everything has been delicious, so you really don't get bored. Lots of veggies, which is exactly what I was looking for in my recipes. Biggest thing: it takes practice. My first 2 weeks took me ~8 hours to cook everything. My fourth week took me 2 hours. Invest in good, glass tupperware with locking lids to keep air out & keep food fresh.
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- Amanda BlainReviewed in Canada on July 3, 2018
The Last Meal Prep book you will need.
Love fit couple cooks. The book is full of great recipes and they match many of the YouTubes that they have done. Lots of different choices and food. My copy is already covered in food stuff from using it so often.Amanda BlainThe Last Meal Prep book you will need.
Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2018
The food is so tasty! You can tell that Adam is a chef, and uses spices and techniques that are easy enough to do in your own kitchen. Why buy taco seasoning which will be expensive and have a ton of extra fillers and yucky stuff... when Adam and Stephanie show you which simple spices to use in your own home?
I mix up some of the days from the schedule they have, if I happen to not like something in their proposed week. Easy to do. If you are thinking of getting into meal prep, have a look at these guys and this book. It can change your life and help you get stated on eating healthy tasty foods.
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stefanoReviewed in Italy on August 31, 2018
Ottime ricette salutari che fanno risparmiare tempo
