Meal Planning Examples

Terra145

I am working on putting together a weekly meal plan for myself. I would love to see what/how other people do this. I am thinking of using excel, so I can track protein/fat/carbs.

Thanks for sharing!

drachfit

i cook 7 portions of each meal so i have one each day. i just add my shopping list into a myfitnesspal Recipe and set the number of servings to "7."

simple example recipe would be like:

chicken breast, boneless skinless 3.5lbs
white jasmine rice, 3.5 cups dry
broccoli florets, frozen, 8 cups

then i would get 7 meals each containing 0.5lbs chicken, 0.5C rice, and 1.2 cups of broccoli. it doesnt matter if i'm not exact with my portions since the total for the week is still the same. After cooking i divide into 7 tupperware tubs and stick em in the fridge for lunch.

works with any recipe, you can make it as fancy as you want, just add all the ingredients and divide it into the number of servings you want out of it.

myfitnesspal does the work of tracking the macros and calories for each recipe anyway.

Terra145

Thanks for the tip! I did find this awesome website- www.eatthismuch.com! Totally free and let's you put in your own specifications on calories/carbs/fat/protein. Just what I was looking for! Even makes you a shopping list.