The Bodybuilder's Meal Prep Cookbook: 64 Make-Ahead Recipes and 8 Macro-Friendly Meal Plans (The Bodybuilder's Kitchen) Paperback – March 19, 2024

My daughter asked me to help her with her diet and exercise , the first person I thought of was Erin Stern. I own all of her books and all of them are great , this one is no exception.I’ve cooked 4 recipes so far and all of them are HOME RUNS!! The whole family loves them , the recipes are quick , delicious and ( obviously) macro friendly. I would recommend this book to anybody.

I wish I had this book years ago!! This is the best meal prep book I’ve read and I’ve read a lot! It has so many good recipes with all macros broken down. Which you would expect from a meal prep book. However, Erin has also gone into DETAIL how to put each recipe together to reach your specific goals with instructions on how to prep her recipes for the whole week. Making your meal prep simple and easy to follow! Love this book.

Really enjoying the recipes in this book, easy to follow and portion out. Also includes shopping lists which is very helpful!

So this is a lovely book with beautiful pictures. Its well written and very clear and concise. I am using it for the first time today and these are my issues so far:I bought all the ingredients online and had them delivered to save myself time.I have made the energy balls, the taco bake, the Greek style turkey burgers, and the peach chia yogurts....and I will say that this is a TON of work and I'm still not finished! I will have to finish the final prep tomorrow. Now I cook all the time; every day actually, but making this much food at one time is taking literally my entire day. I'm sure having my kids home doesn't help but still.Now and this is a BIG one:You have to be careful what brands you buy. The yougurt I bought had less protien than what the recipe said it would for the amount and somehow when I plugged the recipe into My Fitness Pal the calories and macros in general were not what was stated in the book. So you really need to be careful and check the brands you're buying and enter them into a fitness app yourself to get accurate macros. Please do not rely solely on the recipes given because you don't know what brands she is using. You need to count your calories and macros based on what YOU are using! If you do not do this then you could very easily go over your calories for the day by hundreds of calories! So after all this work you will wonder why you aren't losing wieght and what a shame that would be. So just be aware of these things.It's an entire day of prep, not just a few hours...unless you work very quickly and have no distractions at all.So with all this in mind, I would still recommend this book and I'm sure it gets easier as you keep doing it as with all things :)

There is an unfathomable variety of books about meals for active people. What makes this one special is what is combined in one space, and what is stripped away. Stern provides a simple and quick segment on macronutrients and calculating caloric needs. She explains how to adjust macronutrients based on whether you are bulking, trimming or maintaining. There are no wasted words artificially boosting page count. Many other books in this area drop a hundred and fifty recipes on the reader, and leave them to fend for themselves.The meals in the book are organized into weekly meal prep and come with a shopping list. Equally as important, she has a single page set of cooking directions for each week, which allow you to prepare all the meals in about an hour total. And just to make sure you aren’t caught unawares, Stern includes a list of kitchen equipment you’ll need to prepare all of her recipes. Bravo Erin Stern. And thank you.

This book is a great way to start meal prepping but for someone who is starting out meal prepping for the first time, it’s a good way to start. However, the reason I gave it 3 stars is because there was a lot of missing information here. There are so many questions that need to be answered. It’s not enough information to start meal prepping.The recipes are good. The problem is that I’m still lost. There are so many questions that I have like when do I know when to bulk, cut, or maintain? How do I measure my food? Raw or cooked? What’s the easiest way to track calories and macros? Can our macros change everyday or do we need to follow the same one for a few weeks? how do I measure a pot full of food? How do I measure cooked meals if the raw weight is not present? Do I have to eat the same calories everyday or can I eat low calories one day and high on another? How do I cook a full meal to reach my macros and calories? how do I get flexible with my diet? How do I plan a cheat meal and how do I take a cheat meal? If I make one meal and the rest is left overs, how do I know how many calories are in those left overs? How do I measure those left overs? how do we know how much grams are in that meal? How many fats proteins and carbs? If I plan a meal for tomorrow, how do I know how many calories and macros will be in that meal? How do I incorporate low carb high carb high fat low carb, etc. will it be different everyday? There are so many questions that need to be answered. I’m not saying the book is bad but if I want to learn how to meal prep, there has to be more information on how to start. We may never know how much we are eating unless we know how to measure the food. It doesn’t show you how to use the food scale. It doesn’t tell you if the measurements should be cooked or raw. It doesn’t teach you how to gather up all the ingredients and add them all up. How can we create a meal that fits our macros and calories? We can’t just guess and say “okay this is 300 calories”, when you know it’s not the correct measurement. I think there should be a book created only for how to diet like a bodybuilder or for athletes. Or even for people who want to stay fit, lean, ripped, year round. There should be a book dedicated to all the information we need in order to reach or nutrition goals. It should be called something like “how to diet like a bodybuilder” or “how to eat to look strong and lean year round”. Or even a book called “the complete guide to eating like a bodybuilder”. Something like that. In conclusion, this book is still worth keeping but just need to know more about eating, dieting, meal prepping, counting calories and macros, and eating well to stay strong and lean year round.

I got this for my husband for Christmas, & he. LOVES it! It has great recipes that have easy instructions, it includes grocery lists and the calories and macros, and the meals are delicious!!!