The Delights of Meal Prep Deliveries
- skylerstiskin
- Apr 7, 2022
- 4 min read
Meal prepping. Sounds boring, bland, restrictive, and unappealing. As someone who revolves their life around health and fitness, maintaining a nutritional and balanced diet has been key to reaching my goals and staying persistent in the gym and most importantly... feeling good in my own body.
In a perfect world, after a relaxing and productive day of cleaning the apartment, grabbing a coffee with a friend, and grocery shopping, it is now 6:00 pm and you start to feel your hunger creep up. There is no better day then Sunday to prepare for the week with portioned-sized meals that you can grab on-the-go throughout the week. Now that the fridge is fully restocked, you cook a family sized package of chicken breast, brown rice, and roasted veggies for the next few days. Sounds delicious and healthy right? But how delicious does that really sound when you now have to eat chicken, rice, and vegetables every single day until it's all gone!
Let's just cut to the chase. I have tried to create this "perfect" scenario for months now, but instead, I find myself only having enough discipline to eat the same meal two or three times a week. That means that I am not only wasting 4-5 meals, but I am wasting money that I could have saved if I just cooked what I was craving for that day! After habitually failing at trying to meal prep, I have found some of my favorite meal prep companies here in Tampa that create flavorful, macro-friendly, clean, and fresh meals inspired by some of your favorite home-cooked recipes.
Below are a few of my favorite meal prep services that I will use when I know I have a busy week ahead of me.
Served nationwide.
A veteran owned lifestyle meal plan company. Fresh, chef prepared meals (Conventional, Ketogenic, and Plant Based) delivered to your home or office every week with the "largest rotating menu in the industry". They are nationwide and available in 40,000+ zip codes around the United States. On top of partnering with various health and wellness companies around the Tampa Bay area and beyond, Eat Right participates in a meal for meal donation to Feeding America- Feeding Tampa Bay!
Location and Hours:
Mon- Friday (9:00am - 5:00pm), Saturday (9:00am - 2:00pm), Sunday (Closed)
Address: 1008 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33602
Serves to Hyde Park and nearby areas.
Fitlife Foods consists of freshly prepared meals that are ready to enjoy when you are. Their chefs start with never-frozen, all-natural ingredients, prepare 39 original sauces and craft 13 different spice blends that go into more than 65 unique menu items. Whether you're tracking calories, are vegetarian, eating low-carb, paleo, gluten-free or following your macronutrients, Fitlife can help you customize a simple and balanced meal plan that works for you based on your real wellness numbers like BMR, BMI and more. How do they do this you may ask? Well, Project U is a free one-on-one health and wellness coaching that offers unlimited consultations and support with your Wellness Coach, access to your personal BMR, and insight on new menu items and discounts!
Location and Hours:
Mon- Thur (7:00am - 9:00pm), Fri (7:00am - 8:00pm), Sat (10:00am - 6:00pm), Sun (10:00am - 9:00pm)
Address: 1902-B South Dale Mabry Highway Carriage Trade Plaza, Tampa, FL 33629
Serves to Tampa and nearby areas.
Another highly rated meal prep service; however, what differentiates themselves from others is that on every Monday they update a menu that goes live with new exciting menu items. The order deadline is Thursday at 1 Meals are freshly prepared over the weekend for you to pick up some or all of your meals on Sunday or Monday. Can pickup at one of our locations or have them delivered to your house. Choose how many meals you want. Choose the meals you crave. You are in full control. No subscriptions. Everything is done online, macros and ingredients are labeled online as well!
Location and Hours:
Mon (10:30am - 12:30am) Tue-Thu (open 24 hours), Fri (12am - 1pm), Sat (closed), Sun(1:30am - 12:30pm)
Address: 4450 Pet Ln Ste 107 Lutz, FL 33559
The inside scoop...
You don't need to meal prep to stay in shape, but it will help you stay consistent, save you time spent in the kitchen and the grocery store, and can keep you accountable for maintaining a healthy diet. So, whether you're tracking calories, are vegetarian, eating low-carb, paleo, gluten-free or following your macronutrients any of these meal prep companies can create specialized meals curated around your goals and needs! Meal prepping does not have to be stressful, bland, and unappetizing. These local meal prep companies create delicious and fresh meals to help you learn how to portion control, eat healthy, save money & time, and most importantly avoid wasting food!
For more local meal prep delivery options, check out the "Top 10 Best Meal Prep Delivery in Tampa, FL" according to Yelp here.
As someone who has tried meal prepping multiple times, I can definitely relate about not being disciplined enough to eat the same meal 4-5 times a week. I spend so much on eating out and am actively trying to slow it down, so I definitely have to try these meal prep delivery places!!
These are very informative, I believe dieting is just as important as the workouts themselves so I loved learning from this blog.
These actually look really cool. I'm very lazy and hate meal prepping but I keep trying to find a way to get it to work for me. This is something I will definitely be checking out hope it's not too expensive for me 😶
I had no idea that Tampa had meal-prep delivery services! I always have a hard time finding time in my day to cook meals during school and work. I can't wait to try these out!