Health Benefits Of Meal Planning
                     HEALTH BENEFITS OF 
MEAL PLANNING
Introduction
Whether you’re trying to lose weight, or just 
improve your diet, meal planning is an easy step to 
help you reach your goals. There are numerous 
advantages of planning out your meals in advance 
that can not only save your waistline, but also 
improve your health.
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Save time
Planning your meals for the week can help you to 
manage your time better. We spend a lot of time 
deciding what to eat, grocery shopping, cooking and 
then cleaning up after dinner. 
By planning ahead and organizing your meals, it 
means there’s no more last minute trips to the 
shops and reduces the aimless wandering and 
overspending when you’re there.
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Portion control
If your goals are weight loss driven, prepping in 
advance can help you manage your portion sizes 
which means you’ll be less likely to overeat. 
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Reduces the 
amount of food 
waste 
Whether you’re planning out your meals or using a 
food delivery service to manage your meal prep, it 
can help reduce the amount of food you waste. 
We can all be a little guilty of wasting food, but by 
only buying what you need and using the 
ingredients as close to when you purchase them can 
reduce what ends up in the bin at the end of the 
week. 
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Reduces the 
stress of cooking 
last minute
By having your meals organised ahead of time can 
reduce the dreaded ‘what’s for dinner?’ question. 
We know planning dinner can be an unnecessary 
stress, particularly on weeknights when you have to 
race home from work and try and get a healthy, 
nutritious meal on the table.
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Save money
With meal planning, you can be more prepared, and 
this reduces impulse buying of unnecessary 
groceries at the shops. A lot of which will be thrown 
away anyway. It also means you can cut down your 
spending on takeaways and eating out. 
Meal planning can help you become more aware of 
how much money you’re spending on food.
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Avoid unhealthy 
options
Meal planning helps to make the easy option a 
healthy one. Instead of heading to the drive-through 
or picking up an unhealthy takeaway on the way 
home, knowing you have a meal ready for you at 
home can eliminate the temptation of unhealthy 
last minute options. 
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Enjoy more 
variety
When we’re busy, it can be easy to cook the same 
thing over and over again. Meal planning helps to 
ensure you’re eating a variety of different foods, 
and it can help you eat more fruit and vegetables, 
which can help reduce the risk of chronic lifestyle 
diseases. 
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Streamlines shopping 
and decreases food 
waste
Meal planning helps reduce food waste and mitigate 
needless shopping trips by utilizing what's already 
on hand. 
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