Meal planning 101

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Smash your clean eating goals by learning how to create the perfect meal plan using these tips from Ultimate Performance’s new book, Body Transformation Meal Plan Design.

TEXT PEH YI WEN

“A top tip to simplify the meal planning process is to create one or two regular meals for each meal time. For example, making it part of your routine to have eggs for breakfast and chicken salad for lunch.” AUTHORS NICK MITCHELL AND JONATHAN TAYLOR Use the right tools Set daily nutrition targets and keep a detailed log of your meals with nutrition tracking applications like My Fitness Pal. To prevent portion distortion, keep your serving sizes in check with a food scale – digital for extra accuracy. After cooking, meat and fish tend to lose fluids and weigh less, while starchy carbs like pasta absorb water, so it’s ideal to weigh your foods before tossing them onto the pan. Schedule your meals regularly Work in four meals round the clock at…

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Shape Singapore (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2018

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