The Bodybuilding Meal Prep Cookbook: Macro-Friendly Meals to Prepare, Grab, and Go

I based this purchase on other reviews citing excellent tasty recipes. I was surprised by the level of flavor because when I think body uikding, I think tasteless and boring. This is so much more exciting. I tried to read the intro pages but the theoretical work was a bit too much detail. So I went through my pantry and then went to the store for the extra needd items for week 1 prep. that part was so easy, and I noticed a lot of vegetables came into my cart today. That's how I like it. I also felt guilty because currently I offer my kids lunch snacks that I know they will eat: cookies, chips,and Capri suns. How am I making this healthy stuff for me and not my kids? Back home and prepping, of course they declined any tastes of the food I myself couldn't wait it smelled great! And it also all tastes great! Modifications are very easy. I didn't have red wine vinegar, modify to fancy ACV. Add extra garlic, no problem. And turkey for chicken stock. Everything is what I want to eat. I don't have that, let's eat something unhealthy impulse with these meals prepped and available to me. So you will want some containers for smoothie ingredients and meals. I might consider a double batch of the kale because one barely filled a larger bento box. But a great thing about her book is you try it, it's successful, and you will try it again. It isn't so exhausting that you give up after one time. She's me talky preparing the reader in stages, and for me this works! So there's six weeks worth of meal planning, and recipes just standing alone but organized based on their meal type. It's got weekly shopping lists, an overall time management plan to cook all items efficiently and prepare most efficiently. She has freezer recipes (smoothies) and precook meals (the recipes). She starts the reader off with preparing only two meals per day, but there's tree recipes. This is so smart. Some of us try to be overachievers and then fail after a bit when life happens. So do yourself a favor, learn how to prep a few, add more, and try all the recipes at least once. The first week recipes are: smoothies, turkey meatballs, broiled mushrooms, salsa chicken, and wilted kale. I added an extra smoothie recipe and started with a plan for three meals a day. Two protein smoothies (seeds, fruit, strawberry and the second is strawbwrry- PB, like a sandwich), Turkey meatballs meal, and salsa chicken with kale. This is easy to augment my current routine, and I am excited to try the portions. Her book has small suggestions to add a bit more nutrition so ie. Doing high protein yogurt added to the smoothie, for example. This is a lovely book. I don't think there's a ton of pictures. The recipes are all spiced enough to make me happy. Excellent addition for any athlete out there, not just bodybuilders. I am really excited about trying all the recipes there, they look great. By the time you get to week six you'll make up to give meals a day! I like the graduated approach. It's pretty close to getting top notch advise from someone higher up. Also worth mebtionig is that the clean up is super light and easy. I was looking at this book and another one for "workout hard, cook fast" type of titled books, and I am so very happy I chose this one for clean eating and improving my prep work. I highly recommend this book. Would love more books by this author.

This book is great for those looking to start meal prepping and creating a menu for the week. It takes a step by step process and breaks it down in very easy to understand steps for beginners through experienced food preppers. We love the recipes that we have tried and recommend this book to our clients as a key book to help them get into Food Prepping and meal planning. Great book, easy to read and understand, amazing recipes

I know my BMR and was able to use it to calculate according to the author's instructions and they kept coming out weirdly off. Specifically, the calculations kept giving me somewhere around 25-40 grams of fat/day while cutting which is not healthy. I ended up using a TDEE calculator online with a cutting option and am tracking with cronometer. Once I got that sorted out however, everything was great. I love the recipes and how accessible they are. No weird ingredients and lots of creativity. The macros are calculated for you but with the problems in the beginning I will double check them all.

I have skimmed through the book and read more than a few recipes and have actually made 3 this week. I am new to exercising/strength training and I believe this book has helped me start in the correct direction nutrition wise and with EASE I might add. I would definitely suggest it for new or experienced both alike as I think it is a useful tool in anyone’s strength training and nutrition arsenal!

There are a few good recipes, but most of them lack imagination. Reading over the ingredients, they seem rather bland. Eating healthy shouldn’t mean eating boring. I do like how the book has meal plans and gives you a specific shopping plan for each one. I love that it gives step by step instructions on how to quickly and efficiently meal prep the plans each week. That is a great feature!!! I might spice up some of the recipes by adding more seasonings, hot peppers, and/or salsa. Overall, it is a very useful book for meal prepping and makes eating healthy faster and easier than I thought. It’s a good resource to have on hand and a helpful addition to your kitchen.

This book is so easy to follow. The recipes are delicious and great if you’re on a budget. The ingredients are nothing crazy and if you eat pretty decent and healthy anyway you will have the majority of the ingredients. I’m not in love with meal prepping. We are a sports family so it’s nice to have meals already made I can he’s tip quickly and eat. This is only first week and I’m excited to keep going! I bought this book to cut a little fat I have in certain areas and build muscle and I will be able to hit my goals with these recipes!

I'm enjoying the recipes and learning the art of meal prep. The recipes are really good tasting

I loveeeee, love, loveeeee all of the recipes I've tried from this book. They're all easy to make and keep macronutrients in check. I really can't say enough about it! If you're trying to build your body while eating delicious food this is the book for you. There are meal plan breakdowns but also individual recipes if you're just looking to make something for breakfast, lunch, dinner. There is plenty to choose from and something for everyone in this book.