Do you meal prep, or are you still struggling with your food choices? Sometimes, when it comes to keeping a healthy lifestyle and eating on a budget, food planning is the answer. Mastering the practice of meal prepping is one way that tackles the overwhelm of having to think about what to eat and stay healthy.

In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Mia, the CEO of PlanSimple, author of Plan Simple Meals, founder of Mealtime Mastery, and motivational speaker. She helps women create a life that feels balanced by planning for good food, making time for relationships, and parenting development.

Listen in to learn how to practice meal planning 24 hours earlier to take the pressure away and ensure you’re making healthy decisions.

Key Takeaways:

·      Have intention and a plan to master the gradual process of knowing how to cook.

·      How to practice meal planning 24 hours earlier to ensure you’re making healthy decisions.

·      The benefits of having meal planning practices like improving your health.

·      Having a work-life balance where your to-do list is combined and tasks support each other.

·      How to get clear on where your overwhelm is coming from and work towards achieving ease.

·      Think of 3 important things that you can accomplish, plan for them, and start building your planning muscle.

Episode Timeline:

·      [2:28] The life experiences that led Mia to get relaxed in the kitchen and lead a healthy lifestyle.

·      [8:03] Tips on how to plan your meals in a simple and health-conscious way.

·      [14:11] Mia shares her meal planning habits and how they’ve improved her health.

·      [16:05] How she combines her tasks and works on them as a whole to have a balance.

·      [19:41] How to become aware of your relationship with both overwhelm and ease.

Quotes:

·      “Any planning that you do for food, business, or anything that you’re doing is just a gift from your past self to your future self, so you can really be in the moment.”- Mia [9:09]

·      “The reason that planning for food is really helpful is; the average person thinks about what they’re eating anywhere from half an hour to an hour a day that they could be thinking of creative ideas.”- Mia [12:44]

Links Mentioned:

·      Website: https://plansimple.com/

·      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plansimple.co/

Connect with Mia: https://plansimple.com/

Follow along on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveyourpb/

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