1) A good cooler in which to store and carry your meals for the day. (Tip – before buying one, however, make sure there’s enough room to carry a few meals and a few shaker bottles – see below).

2) Five small Tupperware-type containers. These containers will be for storing and transporting your daily meals. Make sure they are small enough to fit into your cooler but large enough to accommodate a full meal. If you’re going to microwave, choose glass. If not, plastic will do.

3) Five large Tupperware-type containers. These containers are for storing larger quantities of food. For instance, if you chop your veggies for the week or cook all your chicken breasts for the week, store them in one of these. Again, if you’re going to microwave, choose glass. If not, plastic will do.

4) Three Rubbermaid Chuggable drink containers — 1L size. These containers are for your liquid supplements. Be sure to choose the blue top variety as these are far and away the best drink containers out there. Most others leak.
When choosing to prep your own food and carry meals with you, it’s important to find the right food support systems to facilitate your success. This list will give you a good start. As you experiment with your own personal meal planning strategies, you’ll probably find others. Don’t hesitate to visit us at www.johnberardi.com and share with us some of tools you’re using.