Stopped trying to meal prep every Sunday and finally stuck with it for 3 weeks straight

I kept beating myself up for failing at Sunday meal prep for like 2 years. Would spend 4 hours cooking on Sunday then hate eating the same thing by Wednesday and end up ordering pizza. What finally worked was just cooking one extra portion of dinner every night and putting it in a container for lunch the next day. No extra time, no boredom, and I actually did it for 3 weeks without skipping. Has anyone else found a weirdly specific twist on a habit that made it click when the normal way failed?

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craig.mila29d ago

So you basically meal prepped while lying to yourself, genius.

young.kim29d ago

Lying to yourself" is a strong way to put it. Maybe they just needed a small win to keep going and the prep felt like progress even if it wasn't perfect. A half step forward still moves you somewhere.