Hello hello hello hello! Today, oh hang on a second... today is one of those days that has
absolutely gotten away from me i wanted to talk a little bit about like
my meal planning and my meal prep. Tomorrow I have a tattoo appointment and it's a big one because
we're starting on the leg. I'm actually, I'll bring you guys with me and I'll show you what it looks
like afterwards but I just find it's nice to have an idea of meals for the week - that way I
know what I'm getting, I'm not making too much food waste. Also I'm feeling very animated like
I'm talking with my hands too much today. Trust me, it's worse in real life. I hit people, I knock
things over, it is just pure chaos. So you're lucky you're behind the screen. You don't have to deal
with the wrath of my hands. So one tip that I have for you is to keep a stockpile of recipes that you
like to use. Whether it's because you enjoy the flavour or if you're more on like the fitness kick
side of things because they help you get to your goals. What I like to do is in my Google Chrome
browser - I have a bookmarks folder called like 'Recipes' and then I sub-category it. So
it could be like chicken, it could be like one pan recipes, it could be beef, it could be you know and
I just separate it into different categories. So if I'm feeling like something in particular
I know where to go looking for that or like I said, I'll just scroll on my blog and be like
'what do I feel like'. Once you've got your master list of recipes you can go through your pantry,
you can go through your freezer, your fridge and see what ingredients that you have that line up
with the recipes that you really enjoy. I know I've mentioned this app like a billion times in the
past but it's because I've used it for years - Lifesum. I have done sponsorships with them before
in the past but I do pay for a pro membership and I always have just because it gives you the
ability to edit your macros in your profile. So if you want to edit your macros, you go -> settings
-> personal details is where you set your calorie amount and then when you go -> nutrition settings
it will let you edit your macros and so you can just like change them depending on what you need
at the time. So that's what mine is set up to at the moment and then a really really big mistake
(which is very easily remedied) that I see a lot of people make when they're trying to do
the calorie/ macro thing is they just count their calories on macros as they go throughout the day.
Hear me out, just plan your day out with it. Use it as like a tool to plan out everything you can eat
and I guarantee it's gonna feel a lot better for you because you'll get more balanced meals in.
So I like to plan my day backwards - I'll start with dinner then I do lunch or breakfast, whichever
and then I use my snacks just to like fill in the gaps but what I'm gonna do now is I'm actually
going to dehydrate some strawberries in the oven. I've got some bananas which are getting a little
bit old so I'm going to chop them up and I'm going to put them in the freezer and then I'm going to
meal prep a meal which I can pack with me tomorrow because it will be tomorrow's lunch and the next
day's lunch which I've planned in. It's just going to be pretty basic - it's a chicken and teriyaki
dish. So I find I like to plan days out like two to three days worth of meals in advance. You can plan
out the whole week if you want to plan out the whole week but I never would cook a whole week's
worth of food in one go. I'll only ever cook three - max four days worth of food because firstly, fridge
space - I don't have the biggest fridge or the biggest kitchen in the world. It's, uh, quite small.
I'll pick two to three main dishes which I'll make a few of and then I also like to prep one or two
snacks and I've already made some chopped coconut protein balls which - oh my god - they're my favourite
ones! If you guys saw the last vlog that I did I shared how to make them in that vlog. Normally
then I would write my shopping list and I use the app 'Bring' for that. I've mentioned it a few
This is the brand that I found that I bought for the teriyaki stir fry so no added sugar.
The ingredients list actually looks pretty good and I'll read out the macros because you probably
can't read it from here. So there's 4 servings in a packet and each serving has only 14 calories.
There's 2.9 grams of carbs with 0.7 grams of sugar. So keeping my PCOS in mind, I tend to try and keep
my sugars reasonably low most of the time. It's not never, it's just lower. Obviously hardly any protein
0.4 grams but I'm not trying to get protein from a sauce and then fat is less than 0.1 gram. So what
I'm going to do is I'm going to chop some chicken into a pan and I'm going to put some salt on it.
Then I'm going to let the veggies cook down a little bit before I add in this sauce. Now if
you want to prep it all together to make it easy what you can do is actually take your rice and
just put it in the pan or noodles or whatever you want to use and mix it through but just so I'm
a little bit more accurate with my macros what I'm actually going to do is cook the chicken and
veggies with the sauce and a little bit of olive oil in one go and then I'm actually going to
add my rice in separately just so I can measure my rice portions a little bit more accurately.
Good morning! I have not eaten yet today and I'm so hungry! I have, oh you can't even see that. I've
got a scale and things here. I'm not moving my camera now. Um, I've got my chicken dish that I
made yesterday and I've just popped some rice in it. I changed it into a smaller container because
it just fit in my bag a little bit better and then I've got my eggs and rice dish which I planned out
and now I'm going to make my smoothie. I was just kind of saving it because I like to
have a meal right before I get tattooed. So I've got some banana, frozen zucchini, protein powder,
unsweetened cocoa, almond butter... I'm gonna pack this with me and I'm gonna eat it before we start.
Actually you know what, look I was gonna do a close-up but it's all
healing and like gooey. I'll just put a photo on the screen that Chris (my artist) he took like
straight after he did it because it's looking a little bit red and a little bit angry now.
This is my favourite aftercare cream for anyone who is interested. I've used so many different
kinds including like the Bepanthen and all that sort of thing, um, but this is by far my favourite
because I feel like it literally speeds up the healing process. It's um, they are certified cruelty
free and actually, oh it says they're certified organic and it's vegan too so if that sparks your
interest you might want to go have a look at them. I wanted to chat, I wanted to check in. I wanted to
show you my tattoo and I also wanted to share another thing which I'm meal prepping today so
sometimes I'll do all my meal prep in one go like when I film a meal prep video
I'll just prep everything at once and sometimes I do it more like this where it's just broken
apart into different things. So tonight I'm having roast vegetables with some chicken. I've also got
a recipe for it so I'll leave that link in the description box but this afternoon I am feeling
super tired, um, so I wanted to say thank you for watching all the way through this video.
I appreciate you so much. I shall say goodbye and I'll leave you with this vegetable prep
which I am doing for tonight's dinner and tomorrows lunch. See you next time!