Weekly food system reset
Meal Prep
Strategies
Simple Sunday prep that makes the training week easier without turning the kitchen into a side job.
Short listPrep levelSnack prepBackup meal
Start here
Pick the short list. Prep what will actually get eaten. Stock the backup meal.
Prep rules
Cook enough to be useful, not enough to look impressive.
Prep snacks too, not just lunches and dinners.
Training days usually need more starch and more total food than lighter days.
Next action
Choose one prep day the family can actually protect.
Choose one cheap backup meal before the week gets hectic.
Restock one snack bin that covers school and practice.
What not to do
Do not prep like a photo shoot and ignore whether the athlete will eat it by midweek.Do not prep only meals and forget the snack system.Do not treat semi-prep like failure when it is the version that actually survives the week.
Meal prep is a durability tool. It reduces the number of times the week gets to win.