Meal Prepping Part 1

Hey guys, wanted to take a minute to talk about meal-prep.

So, you just started working out again and you're killing it in the gym! After every workout you get cleaned up, feeling great about yourself (which you should), you take that long awaited look in the mirror.  Every part of you looks great and you feel amazing.  As you stand analyzing your physique you notice the one area not changing as quick as you would’ve liked.  Lets face it, seeing change and seeing results is what your doing this for right?  You’ve seen all the hype on “food prep” and you’ve heard it over and over “Abs are made in the kitchen” but you have no idea where to start much less how to start?  

My family and I have been doing a Paleo diet now for about 6 months and let me be real true with you all……..its not as easy as it looks on Facebook or Instagram!  There are several diets out there now that will give you great results so its truly up to you to do your research and find out which one best fits your lifestyle or your families likes.  With Paleo, we’ve found that it fits pretty dang good with us.  But, the one area that has always been a struggle for us is the time to cook that great healthy meal!!  Who has time to cook all day everyday??  NOT ME!!

As my wife and I started getting more into our healthy choice of eating right we also started seeing more meal prep ideas and how to get more out of the food we were buying.  One of the biggest things we saw was the use of food containers!  For those of you who don’t really know what I’m talking about, it’s the Tupperware of dieting if you will.  We would choose one, maybe two nights of the week totally dedicated to meal prepping (with containers).  Whether your trying to loose weight or make some gains, meal prepping with food containers is a necessity for proportioning your protein and carb in take.

So, you’ve made your list of food and you’ve gone to the grocery store.  What’s next?  Where do I get these “meal prep containers” everyone is using?  Our website which is in the works has a killer food prep item we feel like long term food preppers and newbies can both benefit from.  When we sourced these out, the idea was simple.  A dishwasher safe, microwave safe, bpa free, and really cheap container was what we were looking for to suit our needs.  On our site, a 50 pack (yes, 50, and I’ll explain why in a second) is only 23.99.  That’s less than 50 cents each for 50 trays.  So, 50 trays we feel is the optimal number for one or a couple of people in a household to get the max benefit from.  It allows you to create 20-30 meals in a week, and have trays from last week being washed or in waiting for the next set.  It also gives you enough, that if you do need to throw some away as you go, at less than 50 cents each, you can do so without feeling like you’ve messed up your game plan and equipment reserves.  I know I throw some away here and there, especially if I utilize a heavy tomato based sauce with low-fat ground beef.  I personally hate cleaning those, so I toss one here and there.  

Here's the link if you'd like to purchase

Now, what goes into the trays themself, is up to you and your family.  Whether you follow Paleo, or The Zone, or whatever, consistent tray sizes equal consistent results and consistent packing.  Notice a theme here?  

Be on the lookout for more info on food prep here at www.fitdeviant.com , and check out our upcoming website for awesome fitness tips, meal planning, great workout gear, and more fun stuff.

Brad King

fitdeviant.com

kings@fitdeviant.com

Welcome to FitDeviant

The Beginning of FitDeviant

So, back in 2014, I had this idea of a website and fitness based apparel brand.  Initially, I wanted to really appeal to the Crossfit market.  I participated in a Crossfit box here locally, with my wife, and absolutly loved it.  We attended several times a week, for months, until an injury stopped our attendance.  We always intended to go back, but it never happened.  We ended up joining a Globo-Gym type place, and our attendance is just so-so.  Or, truthfully, poor.

Flash forward a bunch of months, and FitDeviant was still there, lurking in the shadows.  A HUGE project, that if I was going to get it going, I would really have to push myself to make it happen.  But as this time had gone by, I couldn't help but realize, I might not be the right person for the brand.

And I was right.

But who would be?  Who do I know that is fitness driven, with a great personal drive, and all those other qualities of someone helping start a brand or business?  After almost six more months of looking, I'd almost given up.

Until one day, I realized, the answer was there every day.  A simple contact stored in my phone.  A face and voice I'd heard daily in social media, and far too infrequently in person.  My own Niece, Jennifer King, and her husband Brad.

Hear me out on this one.  What happens when you take two great people, with a shared passion for health, but a limited time frame, and a shit ton of hustle and work ethic, then interview them about their dreams and passions for the next ten years?  You get the answer you were looking for all along.

So here we go.  Its time to get this story rolling.  Its the story of FitDeviant, the brand.  Its the story of the King family.  But more interestingly, its the story of how we all struggle and rise in our own personal journey to fitness.  So come follow along, grab a tshirt, watch the blog, lift something heavy, and be fit.  Better yet, be weird and different and fit and sexy too.  Be a FitDeviant ;-)

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