Man. I just want to say. Finding you has changed my life. I’m on my 3rd week of lower calorie meal preps from you. I work in the field and having your meals has made my weight loss easy.
This account is amazing, 90% of which is the no nonsense commentary and straightforward and believable recipes. But please do not discount the other 10% which includes the dry wit and different ways to hold a fork. Stay hydrated, friends.
I made this recipe, using 7%fat turkey mince, got portions to 433 per portion and got happily 6 servings from it- it's is a gorgeous recipe , thanks so much for posting- your videos are awesome !!!
Hey Josh, thanks looks awesome. I'm going to make it this week. I started cutting about a year and a half ago. My first recipe of yours I tried was spring rolls. I also make rice bowls with ground turkey or ground chicken, sometimes chimichurri sometimes pork tenderloin. Bottom line I went from 264 lbs. to 164 lbs. Wasn't a struggle with these great recipes to make. You're right, calories are king. Thanks again!
Hi Josh. Thank you again for these low calorie meals. I'm down from 309 to 269 and I want to thank you so much for teaching me. I've been going to the gym regularly and been making some friends along the way. I just want to ask if it's okay if I could swap the kale for spinach or does that mess up the recipe? Once again, thank you Josh. ❤️
Your recipes have allowed me to lose 8 pounds in 3 weeks; from 170 to 162. Been using your under 500 calorie recipes for all 3 meals and it's been great. Few more pounds and I'll be ready for summer!
@@Wenisssss in others he has suggested cabbage. The only reason is that it won’t wilt and can be put in as a filler to make more volume. But spinach works aswell and it’s just preference
BBQ sauces that don't look that fancy design wise usually are the best, since these brands don't have that much experience advertising or whatever but the sauce was banging enough to get put on the shelves anyways
Josh, I make firecracker beer and honey garlic turkey on a rotation weekly. This will be added to the rotation. My girl can not eat any dairy and alot of your meals are dairy free. Thanks.
Just found your channel and it's a life saver. I meal prep lunches each week and have a hard time finding good recipes that match my calorie intake, and macros.
i know we're technically in a recession but damn, the current situation could be a lot worse. wait for a year or two, then you will see what recession trully is and we'll see if we will joke about it like today
I've been eating the same thing everyday for the past few months cuz I'm broke. 1 egg in the morning and a piece of whole wheat toast with avocado, 2 cheesy bean and rice burritos from Taco Bell for lunch during the work week (only $2), brown rice and grilled chicken thighs with mixed frozen veggies for dinner and greek yogurt with blueberries as a snack. I literally spend less than $120 per month on food and I'm still solid and healthy. Sometimes I even spend less than that, I've lost around 40 lbs of stubborn body fat in the process so being broke af has some benefits lol. I went from 230 lbs to 190 relatively quick. I've come to realize that I don't ever need to eat at an expensive restaurant again
bro thanks ive been on a cut at my uni and its quite easy out here to track calories but at home i find it harder as I eat what my parents cook but im excited to do some of these meal prep to continue the cut and do some cooking at home
Hey Josh! Another great recipe. Please create recipes or variants of recipes that being the protein up to about 100g of protein but between 1000-1200 calories. I do OMAD and am trying to lose weight, but you need enough protein so that more of the weight you lose is fat rather then lean mass.
Hi Josh, i recently started following your low cal meal preps for both lunch and dinner. I love having only to cook once a week and not have to think about what to make for every meal. Not to mention i lost a few pounds in a month! Do you have any suggestions on what kind of veggies i can substitute for the meat? I do enjoy occasional veggie only meals, but still would like the fullness that protein and fat offers. Thank you very much for your recipes and videos!
Thank you for the great videos. Is there any chance a sale comes around again for the membership? Im really trying to save money, but I do appreciate your content
hey Josh...... im curious do you have any vegetarian options? or do you really hate veggies that much that you only hide them in mac and cheese ??? hehe
What is that countertop burner you always use? It's not included in the Amazon list of stuff you use and I don't want to purchase one unless I know my cast iron fits on it.
I'm sure he does since he gives exact amount of oil, plus based on these ingredients, where else would the fat come from in the breakdown. Barely anything other than the oil had fat. The turkey had 7% fat (what he recommended). So 2lbs = 908 grams × 0.07 ÷ 5 = 12.7 g of fat. Then throughout the recipe he added 38g of oil, so ÷ by 5 = 7.6. 20.3 g total with turkey and added oil. His final breakdown had 23 g fats. So makes sense
Low calorie?!??! I'm trying to gain weight and I can BARELY get to 300 calories a meal. Its a huge struggle. To have a prepared meal be almost 500 calories is amazing! I doubt I would be able to finish it though
I normally don't comment but I have to say, this is literally the best nutritious meal I have ever made!! I've been trying to eat healthier but it's difficult when I have zero cooking experience and no one else in the household can cook. I took out the onions and added snap peas and it was incredible!! I also used my homemade bbq sauce so I had more control of what I ate. This experience has inspired me to cook more meals, you have my gratitude good sir! Thank you!
These are great, meal prepping saves so much time. These lighter recipes are good for lunches, I'm crossing my fingers for some more bulking meal prep recipes soon though. The Big Boy Chilli is one of my favourites from this channel, the hamBULKer helper is great as well. Sometimes I wish I wasn't 6'4", I need so many calories to maintain my weight
I’m very thankful for you Josh… I had tried everything to lose weight! Everything… I was doing everything as instructed to do so, yet nothing was working…. A few months ago I started watching your channel and making all your recipes… by some amazing twist of fate, I found 2 packages of 50 meal prep containers on clearance for $3.34 each… sounds stupid, but I felt like it was a sign!! (My heath has been really struggling)… So I’m 2 months in and I’ve already lost 15 lbs!! I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I’m a 53 year old female… so my weight loss will be a lot slower at my age! So thank you so much! Much love from Oregon 🌲🌲💕~Trina~💕
The key to weight loss is staying hydrated actually. I don't think the mixing bowl you're using is a big enough vessel to drink from to stay sufficiently hydrated. Try out something bigger and let me know what you think!
I really like your recipes but I don't really meal prep, what I actually do is cut the amounts of protein and carbs in your recipes by half and keep the vegetables the same amount or arround 75% (because I really like vegetables) and eat the same thing for luch and dinner because I don't like eating food from the day before and like this I only have to cook once a day. Like this I try to eat arround 1800 calories between lunch and dinner and arround 400 for breakfast because I eat only 3 times a day.
I don't cook for myself due to having an anxiety how food borne illnesses. Anytime I even think about cooking my pulse goes up, blood pressure increases, sweating, and general uneasiness. Not anymore but I used to cook eggs every once and a while but I would have to overcook them severely to alleviate my anxiety to eat them. I'm not really sure what to do. It's probably more of a mental issue than it is related to cooking. So i don't really know what I'm doing here I just feel helpless and lost
I'm good. Thanks for checking in. I just had some real life stuff that required my attention the last month or so. I've got a new video ready for upload this Sunday
Thanks for all your meal prep videos, have made a few of your recipes so far and signed up on the website for even more inspiration. it makes me have more control over my daily cravings (thanks snackcity), and I have more energy for other stuff when only cooking once each week. But I feel like you use alot of meat in some of the recipes, for 1 person having 200g meat each day seems like alot. but it fits the recipie volume and makes it delicious. And for this, if I don't like sweet potatoes, can I just use regular with no issue, knowing they don't taste the same, or will you suggest something else instead of regular potatoes?
The key to weight loss is actually bowl water. - Josh Cortis 2023
it can't be discounted thats for sure
1:45 "it doesn't deserve anymore than that" had me ROLLIN!
Man. I just want to say. Finding you has changed my life. I’m on my 3rd week of lower calorie meal preps from you. I work in the field and having your meals has made my weight loss easy.
This account is amazing, 90% of which is the no nonsense commentary and straightforward and believable recipes. But please do not discount the other 10% which includes the dry wit and different ways to hold a fork. Stay hydrated, friends.
I made this recipe, using 7%fat turkey mince, got portions to 433 per portion and got happily 6 servings from it- it's is a gorgeous recipe , thanks so much for posting- your videos are awesome !!!
I tend to be a large portion person so this on top of some cauliflower rice is going to be one if my go too! Thank you
Hey Josh, thanks looks awesome. I'm going to make it this week. I started cutting about a year and a half ago. My first recipe of yours I tried was spring rolls. I also make rice bowls with ground turkey or ground chicken, sometimes chimichurri sometimes pork tenderloin. Bottom line I went from 264 lbs. to 164 lbs. Wasn't a struggle with these great recipes to make. You're right, calories are king. Thanks again!
amazing, congrats on the success 😎
That's some incredible weight loss, congrats!
Congratulations!
Hi Josh. Thank you again for these low calorie meals. I'm down from 309 to 269 and I want to thank you so much for teaching me. I've been going to the gym regularly and been making some friends along the way. I just want to ask if it's okay if I could swap the kale for spinach or does that mess up the recipe? Once again, thank you Josh. ❤️
Hell yeah, keep up the work!
Shouldn't really matter. Spinach will probably wilt down more than the kale so it wont provide as much volume but it shouldn't effect the taste much.
@@rusty9514 Thank you Rusty for the tips ❤️
yeah that would probably be fine. You can probably just turn off the heat and fold it in at the last step
I’m at 317 down from 365 in January. Josh has literally been the main reason for it so I know exactly how you feel 😂
Your recipes have allowed me to lose 8 pounds in 3 weeks; from 170 to 162. Been using your under 500 calorie recipes for all 3 meals and it's been great. Few more pounds and I'll be ready for summer!
The water bowl my god lmao
Josh is slowly becoming a kale fan and doesn't want to admit it to himself or others.
If you say that again I will have you arrested. I put the kale in on accident
I assume you can just replace the kale with spinach right?
@@Wenisssss in others he has suggested cabbage. The only reason is that it won’t wilt and can be put in as a filler to make more volume. But spinach works aswell and it’s just preference
Please learn to love the potato skins people. They take some getting used to but a lot of the flavor and the nutrition comes from them.
Looks yummy! But that water bowl LOL
My FAVORITE one of yours! But love that you have such a variety of easy meals.
BBQ sauces that don't look that fancy design wise usually are the best, since these brands don't have that much experience advertising or whatever but the sauce was banging enough to get put on the shelves anyways
I made this last week. it's an absolute cheat code for staying full for a long time on a small serving.
Josh, I make firecracker beer and honey garlic turkey on a rotation weekly. This will be added to the rotation. My girl can not eat any dairy and alot of your meals are dairy free. Thanks.
you hold your fork like a caveman just like me, respect
Josh threw that kale in the bowl like he was handling fresh dog do with his bare hands.
Just found your channel and it's a life saver. I meal prep lunches each week and have a hard time finding good recipes that match my calorie intake, and macros.
following just for the series on how to use the random items that came free with an HEB meal deal
The bowl gag got me good
I don't know what's better - this amazing meal or you drinking water out of a giant bowl! =)))
“I’m not gonna pass that up, we’re in a recession!” Favorite line. 😂
i know we're technically in a recession but damn, the current situation could be a lot worse. wait for a year or two, then you will see what recession trully is and we'll see if we will joke about it like today
I've been eating the same thing everyday for the past few months cuz I'm broke. 1 egg in the morning and a piece of whole wheat toast with avocado, 2 cheesy bean and rice burritos from Taco Bell for lunch during the work week (only $2), brown rice and grilled chicken thighs with mixed frozen veggies for dinner and greek yogurt with blueberries as a snack. I literally spend less than $120 per month on food and I'm still solid and healthy. Sometimes I even spend less than that, I've lost around 40 lbs of stubborn body fat in the process so being broke af has some benefits lol. I went from 230 lbs to 190 relatively quick. I've come to realize that I don't ever need to eat at an expensive restaurant again
I'll be making this this weekend. Thanks
Cant wait to try this friday
Due is drinking outta the bowl! LOL!
great job, sinking the hips to lift that mattress with your legs.
Great recipe as well.., probably make this for my kiddos this week.
6:10 now that’s a grip!
Josh can you make a meatloaf? Seems like it would be something easy to make, quick, and could load macros into it. Best.
1:14 vegetables” 😂😂
plz do more of the cold meal prep meals. luv your vids, I just take my meals to work an have to eat on the road a lot. keep up the great work bro!
This looks so good. 🤤 Will be making.
This is so delicious and simple, thank you!
My boy here on his Kale transformation
take that back no im not
bro thanks ive been on a cut at my uni and its quite easy out here to track calories but at home i find it harder as I eat what my parents cook but im excited to do some of these meal prep to continue the cut and do some cooking at home
cant wait to try it
Just finished preppin. This turned out so damn good!
One thing to help with reheating. Is to use a damp paper towel in the microwave
Hey Josh! Another great recipe. Please create recipes or variants of recipes that being the protein up to about 100g of protein but between 1000-1200 calories. I do OMAD and am trying to lose weight, but you need enough protein so that more of the weight you lose is fat rather then lean mass.
Shirtless Josh makes the best videos
I love these videos
He’s done it again.
Hi Josh, i recently started following your low cal meal preps for both lunch and dinner. I love having only to cook once a week and not have to think about what to make for every meal. Not to mention i lost a few pounds in a month! Do you have any suggestions on what kind of veggies i can substitute for the meat? I do enjoy occasional veggie only meals, but still would like the fullness that protein and fat offers. Thank you very much for your recipes and videos!
Daddy needs to stack some cheddar. You are hilarious 😂
it was the bowl water for me 😂
Hey, what are the name of those new crystal containers?
Maybe from overcooking during prep, but I always find diced bell peppers not performing well in the microwave
Dinosaur kale is regular kale. The frilly leaved one is a nuclear mutant....
Josh, what brand/model induction cooktop are you using?
i'm just here to support the fork comments.
Do you think Spinach would work as a good alternative to Kale? We're kale haters in this household.
yeah probably
Thank you for the great videos. Is there any chance a sale comes around again for the membership? Im really trying to save money, but I do appreciate your content
Dude's shredded & he thinks he needs to "slim down a bit". Next thing you know Josh will be in a Gym-Shark sponsorship.
hey Josh...... im curious do you have any vegetarian options? or do you really hate veggies that much that you only hide them in mac and cheese ??? hehe
Yo Josh, what class container are you using? They look sick.
What is that countertop burner you always use? It's not included in the Amazon list of stuff you use and I don't want to purchase one unless I know my cast iron fits on it.
It’s complete dog shit and you don’t want it
bulk meals please
Microsoft Paint .. lol so true!!
Quick question. When adding up calories for the recipes, do you add the calories for the oil that is used?
I'm sure he does since he gives exact amount of oil, plus based on these ingredients, where else would the fat come from in the breakdown. Barely anything other than the oil had fat. The turkey had 7% fat (what he recommended). So 2lbs = 908 grams × 0.07 ÷ 5 = 12.7 g of fat. Then throughout the recipe he added 38g of oil, so ÷ by 5 = 7.6. 20.3 g total with turkey and added oil. His final breakdown had 23 g fats. So makes sense
Yeah I'm fairly sure he's mentioned at some point in the past that he includes exact amounts of oil used for that reason.
yes of course
Great video but have u guys noticed the way he uses a fork haha
Very cool, but why are you drinking water in a bowl? You ain't no SnoopDog!
I hate cleaning more than vegetables. Put aluminum foil down on the pan to cut back how often you need to clean them.
Low calorie?!??! I'm trying to gain weight and I can BARELY get to 300 calories a meal. Its a huge struggle. To have a prepared meal be almost 500 calories is amazing! I doubt I would be able to finish it though
You can add healthy fats to your meals. Also you can try weight gainer shakes.
why don't you drink out of a 5 gallon bucket?
Do you find peppers and/or onions make you feel bloated?
no
I'm impressed w/ the more recent, liberal usage of the real devil's lettuce- kale.
Looks like no one noticed that the bowl keeps getting bigger
Vegetbales
first omg im so happy
Would be nice to know the volume of food. Some of the TMPM stuff has left me feeling a bit hungry. I guess you can always add more vegetables but...
the dishes I use are 28-30oz for reference
i would have to switch the sweet potatoes cause they are gross
Did?........did he just drink water out of a bowl?
Wtf is this your drinking cup? Food making bowl?
45 minutes? what am I, made of time?
Sponsored videos are a no go.
Drop the kale, it’s no good for you
What is the name of that solo burner you're using???
I normally don't comment but I have to say, this is literally the best nutritious meal I have ever made!! I've been trying to eat healthier but it's difficult when I have zero cooking experience and no one else in the household can cook. I took out the onions and added snap peas and it was incredible!! I also used my homemade bbq sauce so I had more control of what I ate. This experience has inspired me to cook more meals, you have my gratitude good sir! Thank you!
These are great, meal prepping saves so much time. These lighter recipes are good for lunches, I'm crossing my fingers for some more bulking meal prep recipes soon though. The Big Boy Chilli is one of my favourites from this channel, the hamBULKer helper is great as well. Sometimes I wish I wasn't 6'4", I need so many calories to maintain my weight
Bro, the way he holds a fork and drinks water from a bowl. 😂😂😂😂😂
The fork holding is what kills me. I really enjoy these videos.
I’m very thankful for you Josh… I had tried everything to lose weight! Everything… I was doing everything as instructed to do so, yet nothing was working….
A few months ago I started watching your channel and making all your recipes… by some amazing twist of fate, I found 2 packages of 50 meal prep containers on clearance for $3.34 each… sounds stupid, but I felt like it was a sign!! (My heath has been really struggling)…
So I’m 2 months in and I’ve already lost 15 lbs!! I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I’m a 53 year old female… so my weight loss will be a lot slower at my age!
So thank you so much!
Much love from Oregon 🌲🌲💕~Trina~💕
I still cook your Buffalo chicken rice bowls regularly. It has become a staple of my meal prep for work. 🙏🏽
Josh here, always making bowl'd choices.
That is not how you hold a fork!
The key to weight loss is staying hydrated actually. I don't think the mixing bowl you're using is a big enough vessel to drink from to stay sufficiently hydrated. Try out something bigger and let me know what you think!
I'll see what i can do
I really like your recipes but I don't really meal prep, what I actually do is cut the amounts of protein and carbs in your recipes by half and keep the vegetables the same amount or arround 75% (because I really like vegetables) and eat the same thing for luch and dinner because I don't like eating food from the day before and like this I only have to cook once a day. Like this I try to eat arround 1800 calories between lunch and dinner and arround 400 for breakfast because I eat only 3 times a day.
I just acknowledged how you hold the fork and it's unsettling me
You've changed my life. Cups are obsolete
Great looking recipe but, does he not have any cups to drink from?
I don't cook for myself due to having an anxiety how food borne illnesses. Anytime I even think about cooking my pulse goes up, blood pressure increases, sweating, and general uneasiness. Not anymore but I used to cook eggs every once and a while but I would have to overcook them severely to alleviate my anxiety to eat them. I'm not really sure what to do. It's probably more of a mental issue than it is related to cooking. So i don't really know what I'm doing here I just feel helpless and lost
therapy
Name of the recipe is "Turkey" but it uses beef on the website?
Did you say kale was retched? Lol!
can you make a good protein meal with ground bison ? with like 700 calories
mainly for bulking, but i can’t eat 1000 calorie meal, jus too big
Is everything ok with Josh? Its been two weeks since an upload.
I'm good. Thanks for checking in. I just had some real life stuff that required my attention the last month or so. I've got a new video ready for upload this Sunday
The bowl size change 😂
Where do you buy dino kale?
Thanks for all your meal prep videos, have made a few of your recipes so far and signed up on the website for even more inspiration.
it makes me have more control over my daily cravings (thanks snackcity), and I have more energy for other stuff when only cooking once each week.
But I feel like you use alot of meat in some of the recipes, for 1 person having 200g meat each day seems like alot. but it fits the recipie volume and makes it delicious.
And for this, if I don't like sweet potatoes, can I just use regular with no issue, knowing they don't taste the same, or will you suggest something else instead of regular potatoes?
how come you suddenly realized how to use a fork properly on video ~700? i never thought Id see the day.
never mind.... got to 6:12 and you went back to regularly scheduled programming. carry on.
.... the bowl of water..... i watch every week and am amazed every time.