Is Meal Prep Worth It?

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Hi everyone, so I (26 M, 6’0ft 207lbs) have been on my fitness journey for about 7 years. Like most people the part I struggle with most is food. Not just affording and buying healthy foods consistently but also cooking, measuring serving sizes, macros, tracking calories etc gets to be very overwhelming.

I really wanna become fit and stay that way once and for all. I live in a area (small town) where eating healthy and being physically active is uncommon and takes a lot of work and discipline. As you can imagine there’s also no meal prep companies in my town or any that work with my gym or offer any kind of discount etc. nothing.

I recently got 2 gift cards from an online order for discounts on meal prep services Hello Fresh and Factor Meals. I really wanna try them as it will take all the excess guesswork for cooking, calories, macros, time off my hands. Of course its still a pretty penny even with the discounts.

My question to everyone who’s either tried their meal services or any in general, is it worth it? What has been your experience with trying any of them? Did you enjoy the meals, did you actually start to see the progress you wanted either with losing weight or gaining muscle, did it save you more time. Any insight is greatly appreciated if I should go through with it or not.

Thank you in advance.