Your Complete Guide To Easy Meal Prep

If you’re kicking butt with your CORE DE FORCE workouts but not seeing the results you expected, chances are you need to pay closer attention to your nutrition. Nutrition is a key component to any fitness program, and probably what people struggle with the most- including myself!

Lucky for us, the nutrition experts at Beachbody have broken down the 1,800-2,100 calorie level CORE DE FORCE eating plan to make meal-prep as simple as possible using the Portion Control Containers:

CORE DE FORCE Meal Prep for the 1,800–2,100 Calorie Level

The CORE DE FORCE meal prep follows the program’s Eating Plan and makes planning — and eating! — healthy meals straightforward and delicious, so you can begin to see results faster. Don’t have CORE DE FORCE? Get it here!

When you’re trying to get in knock-out shape, you need to fuel those hard-hitting workouts with the right foods in the proper portions. But figuring out what to eat to get killer results shouldn’t have to be a battle. This meal prep plan removes the guesswork, keeps you satisfied, and your goals on track.

If you haven’t already, use the simple calculation on page 1 of the CORE DE FORCE Eating Plan to figure out your Calorie Target and the corresponding Food Plan that is right for you. This meal prep menu follows Plan C, the 1,800–2,100 calorie level. If you are eating at a different calorie level, you can adjust this meal plan or try one of the following:

How Much Can You Eat During CORE DE FORCE?

The answer is: A lot! We’ve created this menu to give you three square meals and two satisfying snacks each day. This CORE DE FORCE meal plan for the 1,800–2,100 calorie level contains the recommended servings for week one and week four of your fitness program (we’ll get to weeks two and three in a moment). The nutrition plan uses color-coded portion-control containers to measure out the amounts of foods you’ll eat each day so you’ll get the right combination of macronutrients and won’t ever have to count calories. Green is veggies, purple is fruits, red is protein, yellow is carbs, blue is healthy fats, and orange is for seeds and dressings. Each day you get:

5 green containers
3 purple containers
5 red containers
4 yellow containers
1 blue container
1 orange container
5 teaspoons

Each week, as your workouts become more intense, you’ll increase your calories a little bit to keep your metabolism burning fat. In the second and third week of CORE DE FORCE you’ll add more containers to get the extra nutrition you’ll need to support your workouts. During week two, add an extra serving of fruit each day (equivalent to one purple container). In week three, continue to eat the additional fruit, and add one more serving of healthy fats (equivalent to one blue container) each day. Then, in week four, you’ll return to the container amounts from the first week to finish strong and get amazing results. We’ve made suggestions in the menu below for how you can add those extra containers to this meal plan to use it during the second and third weeks of your CORE DE FORCE fitness program.

This light and healthy meal prep menu is pescatarian, meaning it’s mostly vegetarian with a daily serving of salmon or tuna. Both fish are loaded with good-for-you omega-3 fatty acids. Plus, this pescatarian meal prep can be budget friendly, if you buy frozen salmon, frozen blueberries, and shop in the bulk bins for the nuts, seeds, and oats. You’ll also be left with bread and tortillas that you can use in future weeks (freeze the extras in tightly sealed bags). So, take the comprehensive grocery list below to the store, and then get busy in the kitchen on meal prep day with our step-by-step guide!

This meal plan includes a daily, protein-rich Shakeology snack. Don’t have Shakeology yet? Get all of the delicious Shakeology flavors here.