30Kg Gone! Thanks To Meal Prepping

For many people, Sunday evenings are about collapsing in front of the TV, lamenting the end of the weekend.

- Emma Levett

Not so for Nessy Turner. On a Sunday evening you’ll find the 46-year-old Central Coast mum chopping, dicing, frying and portioning.

‘I meal prep for three days on Sunday night. I eat six meals a day, so that’s 18 portions. It actually only takes about an hour,’ Nessy tells New Idea.

And she does it for good reason. Over the past two years, Nessy has formulated a diet and lifestyle that works and, after shedding 30kg, she feels the healthiest she’s ever been.

‘I’ve tried to lose weight about 20 times and this is the only time it’s worked,’ she says. ‘At last I’ve found the right balance and meal prep is a huge part of that for me.’

Nessy’s weight problems began in her early 20s when she stacked on the kilos during her pregnancies with Ali, now 26, and Todd, now 23.

‘I got to triple digits,’ she remembers. ‘I was 101 kilos and, even after the births, I stuck at around 86 kilos.’