The Best Meal & Fitness Subscription Boxes for Athletes This Summer

Delivery boxes are all the rage these days. But what if you’re an athlete or fitness-minded guy who isn’t interested in a weekly calorie-bomb box of chocolates or other fattening foods? Or, say you’re sticking to a diet like Paleo, Clean, or Keto. Are there any good plans that suit your needs? There are. Here are the best subscription boxes for athletes.

It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for a high-protein meat diet, a low-calorie, plant-based plan, or even just some daily motivation to keep you striving to achieve your fitness goals. There’s something here for every fit guy—and girl. You can load up on healthy snacks to keep you from munching on junk food between meals, and score great fitness items like weights and chalk. You can even have Martha Stewart pick out your weekly diet, if you’d like. The possibilities are astounding.

Here are the top subscription boxes for athletes:

1. 1. ButcherBox

   2. Marley Spoon

   3. Love With Food

   4. HelloFresh

   5. Sunbasket

   6. Forks Over Knives

   7. Diet-to-Go

   8. Homebistro

   9. Kettlebell Kitchen

   10. Trifecta Nutrition

   11. BistroMD

   12. Habit

   13. Gainz Box

Subscribe to any of these, and you’ll be well on the path to a healthier you.

The bottom line is this: If you want to lose weight, you need to create what experts call a calorie deficit—that is, you have to burn more calories than you take in. It’s that simple. Exercise all you want—you’ll probably add muscle, build endurance, and get stronger. But if you’re still binging, eating junk food, and not cutting back on portion size and high-caloric ingredients, you likely won’t lose any weight at all.

If you’re an athlete, you need to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Otherwise, you’re just fooling yourself. Sure, you can enjoy a huge meal once in a while. it’s okay to go have a bunch of beers at the game with your buddies. These moments of weakness are fine. (You’ll pay for them later, but what the heck.) But if you’re not committed to a daily regimen of activity and enthusiasm, then spending an hour a day in the gym isn’t going to make that belly disappear.

So check out one of these awesome subscription delivery services, and unleash your inner athlete.

from Men's Journal http://bit.ly/2ZCbbSW