Hello! I did a week of meal prep yesterday and wanted to share my menu and grocery list. I get a lot of questions like:
“What must I eat while training for my half marathon?” (or insert any race distance in there!)
“What do you eat after running?”
“Do you create meal plans for runners?”
So, I’ve been collecting all your questions about what runners must eat to post a lot more menu plans and lists of best practices for fueling. For now let’s look at the meals I put together for a busy week. This indicates there’s not a lot of variety but there are a lot of ‘grab and go’ healthy meals that will be prepped for Monday through Friday.
This is what I’m eating this week so it’s not a formal plan but is what’s on my menu!
Let me know if you have any questions…
How I meal Prep for Running
For my grocery list I normally make sure I have at least – 5 options for carbs, 4 options for protein, 5 veggies and 3 kinds of fruit and 3 options for healthy fats. From there I can build a lot of different healthy meals. but I normally have a lot more than that when I use freezer and pantry staples.
My meal plan for Running this week:
Breakfast: Overnight Oats Monday through Thursday, fast French toast on Friday
Lunch: Hummus wrap on Monday, Leftovers the rest of the week
Dinner: Stuffed sweet potato with beans or chicken, Burrito bowls, Homemade Pizza
Pre-run: this week I’ll probably do PB toast considering that I’m obsessed with crunchy PB lately and I drink spark before running
Post-run: If I don’t eat breakfast ideal after I’ll make Camiseta Tigres UANL a protein shake or have yogurt
Snacks: trail mix, Yogurt, Popcorn, Whatever else I scrounge up…
Breakfast meal Prep:
Overnight oats with yogurt, oats, fruit and nuts – I just mixed these up in small mason jars. This is a very easy ‘grab and go’ breakfast that you can make ahead for the week.
It’s terrific for a post-run or post-workout meal because it has a good combination of carbs and protein if you use Greek yogurt. regular yogurt (non-Greek yogurt) and milk alternative yogurts don’t have as much protein so check the nutrition info if you are choosing another type.
Lunch and dinner meal Prep:
To Do List:
Steam rice – use a steamer and follow package directions for 5 servings (or a lot more if Camiseta Manchester City you are prepping extra). I added cilantro and lime juice & lime zest to rice considering that I was using it in a chipotle inspired burrito bowl.
Cook sweet potatoes – I ‘baked’ these in the crockpot (see directions here). You can bake them in the oven but I think they come out so good this way.
Bake chicken for burrito bowls – cut raw chicken into 1 inch pieces and season with garlic, chili powder, cumin, S&P. Chop onion. combine and bake at 350 degrees until chicken is done. cooking time depends on how thick the pieces are – mine took about 25 minutes.
Bake chicken for stuffed sweet potatoes – optional. You can stuff them with beans & nuts and either add chicken or switch out the beans for chicken.
Chop vegetables & roast or cook veggies that you like to eat cooked
Rinse off beans
Sweet potatoes: let amazing a bit before managing – they are incredibly hot and juicy. cut open, mash a bit and combine with beans or baked chicken. serve with your favorite green veggie.
Burrito bowls: build the burrito bowls by portioning out a serving of spinach, rice, beans, chicken, corn, salsa and veggies into each container.
Anything not on the list – like the salmon… I made for dinner during the week and cooked that evening.
What I eat before a run and snacks – I didn’t prep those this time but I’ll include them in an upcoming menu!
Question: Do you plan out what you’re having for breakfast, lunch and dinner or just ‘wing it’?
Do you meal prep?
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