![]() Especially when you’re able to approach it without judgment. We spend a lot of time looking back to move forward. This is something I work with my clients on, it's the first step of meal planning. Looking back at how you’ve planned/eaten in the past isn’t to judge what you did/didn't do, it’s a great opportunity to OBJECTIVELY look back at what made life easier for you, what didn’t, and what you can change to make cooking/eating easier in the future. You have to look back at how you’ve planned & eaten in the past to plan in the future This approach will make eating much more enjoyable. That's why we need to look at meal planning for one as something different than 'traditional' meal planning. We automatically just take what works for them & implement that into our own lives, and are left feeling frustrated and stuck. The thing is that your life as a single person is very different than anyone else’s life who is cooking for their family. If you’ve made this mistake of thinking you absolutely have to stick to your plan, you’re not alone, but now is the time to rethink cooking & planning, because you deserve better than to believe that you either can’t plan anything or have to plan everything & stick to it. It’s integral to my meal planning for one process. Flexibility is the key to enjoying cooking, sticking to it, and making it actually work for you. But it’s time to change the way you think about planning & cooking. If you’ve made this mistake that I have made, and many of my clients have made, that’s ok. Why does it have to be don’t plan at all or plan everything and stick to it? So they don’t plan, and they end up wasting food, cooking less than they want, and hating it all. That's why rethinking how you plan meals is really important. I’ve heard from many people who cook for one & from many clients that they don’t want to plan their meals because they don’t want to be stuck having to make those foods. Think about it, what would you do if you could do anything? It’s great insight to see what you want to focus your time on and what you want to outsource. Meal planning should revolve around merging your reality with your dream.īeing flexible is also a game changer. This is a fun question I ask all my one on one clients and people in the Solo Cook’s program. ![]() Think about how you’d eat if you could eat/cook anything. If you want to work through these feelings more quickly than you can do on your own, check out the Solo Cook’s Program or schedule a call to see if I can help you through one on one nutrition counseling. You may realize it’s a step in the process that you hate (this is something we talk about in the Solo Cook’s Program), you may realize you’ve made cooking more complicated than it needs to be or that you really hate meal planning. This is a great time to turn inward and think about why you hate cooking. Meal planning for one is not just about planning homemade meals, it's about feeding yourself.īut I do want to add a caveat, you may hate one particular aspect of cooking, that you can easily change and find joy in cooking. Forcing yourself to cook when you hate it will never lead you to like cooking. The great thing is that there are so many options for you! Frozen meals, semi-fully prepared meals, take-out, grocery store deli, meal delivery kits, etc. I hear it a lot, “I hate cooking, but I have to” First off the bat, DON’T FORCE YOURSELF TO COOK THEN. Here are a couple meal planning ground rules: Hate cooking? Don’t force yourself to cook As cliche as meal planning is, and as much as I hate what it implies, meal planning for one is crucial to cooking more at home if you want to. And that’s easy! Recipes are great, but to cook, you need a plan. Not you or your determination, you just need to switch what you’re doing. Same goes for you, if you’ve tried to cook more, but haven’t followed through or stuck to it, your methods may be the reason. They get so excited for these recipes, but, often don’t actually use them. That's where meal planning for one comes in.īefore I go into it more, it’s not their fault that they don’t make them as they hoped they would. I have shared lots of these recipes here and created a free 10 recipe cookbook to download. And they always say they want single serving recipes. I’ve asked my audience and clients about what they want to make cooking for one easy A LOT. Here are a couple resources to get you started:.I also want to answer a few practical questions I hear a lot:.You have to look back at how you’ve planned & eaten in the past to plan in the future.Think about how you’d eat if you could eat/cook anything. ![]() Hate cooking? Don’t force yourself to cook.Here are a couple meal planning ground rules:.
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