Being Organised Can Help Your Wellness - Here’s Why
Did you know that keeping organized can affect your mental and physical wellbeing, and massively improve your wellness?
It’s very important to recognize the value of good habits, especially nowadays when we’re facing constant changes in our lifestyle dictated by the worldwide pandemic.
We all have been put in stressful situations in the last couple of weeks - some of you were asked to work from home whilst looking after your families and kids who didn’t go to school. Others had to carry on traveling to work during the lockdown and at the same time remain vigilant, trying to stay safe.
Situations like that push us outside our comfort zone and very often create a domino effect where one failed task sets off a chain of similar events, and we end up in a situation where we’re finding it hard to catch up and pull ourselves together.
This is why preparing food and staying organized is crucial - no matter what your lifestyle is.
Staying organized means that you are less likely to feel stressed, you can find more time for other tasks and it helps build confidence with cooking.
Preparing meals in advance means that you get the benefit of having more time the following day. You can also save more money due to less food waste.
But, where to begin?
Write a weekly plan of meals - this will remove the arduous process of working out what to eat on a daily basis making it less boring and repetitive. Preparing meals should give you satisfaction and elevate confidence, and in turn your wellbeing.
For those commuting to work, it’s very helpful to have a specific lunch box and a water bottle that you use for meals outside of the home. It helps if they are aesthetically pleasing too!
Everyone has different needs of course, based on factors such as activity level, body type, age, gender, or personal situation, but everyone can plan and it works miracles.
I created a list of 10 quick tips to help you with your daily meal prep:
Make a vegetable or fruit smoothie in the morning. It’s super quick and super effective - you can freeze it the night before and take it out the following day, and your meal is ready.
Make at least two vegetable or salad dishes ahead of time to have throughout the week. This way you just have to add your other macros.
Prepare two small homemade snacks such as protein balls or savory veggies snacks to make it foolproof and ensure you eat well throughout the day.
Make a new recipe every week to keep you engaged and boost kitchen confidence, otherwise, you are relying on the same ingredients all the time.
Use your favorite meals or ingredients as your batch meals so that you have meals in the week ready to eat that you love.
Make sure you stock your favorite foods and ingredients to reach out to when time is tight. These may be from frozen, jars, prepared vegetables, or ready to use lentils, rice, or beans.
Make one-pot dishes such as soups, stir fry, casserole, or roasted vegetables.
Use everything up! Add mashed bananas to sourdough or, use avocado instead of butter!
Freezing fruits such a bananas, grapes, cherries, and berries to eat some natural sugars. Add mashed fruit to natural yogurt for a healthy hit of vitamins.
Crisp up & roast up your vegetables and root in the oven, and add spice, salt, or marinades. Kale crisps. Parsnip crisps. Carrot crisps. Beetroot crisps. A perfect rooted snack on a budget!
Today’s bonus - a quick and easy recipe that can be done overnight so you can sleep a bit longer in the morning. Enjoy!
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