Diet plan?

tartz95
tartz95 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey there, I’m new and I’m curious if MFP offers a diet plan to follow? I am vegan and I’d like to follow a program to make sure I’m eating the right foods at the right time and eating the correct portion control.

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  • bridget5401
    bridget5401 Posts: 1 Member
    I've been wondering the same thing! Would be so nice to have a balanced vegan meal plan to follow!
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,758 Member
    Mfp's diet plan consists of calorie counting. This basically consists of eating what you like/want to eat as long as you stay within yoof calories calories.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,261 Member
    There are some diet plans in MFP, but only in premium MFP (not the free version) and I believe only in the MFP phone/tablet apps (not web browser MFP).

    I've glanced at them, and it seemed like they were more like guided ways to customize your eating, rather than very structured "eat these specific meals", but I could be wrong.

    You might get some good input from this group for MFP-ers who are vegan, vegetarian, or plant-centric omnivores:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/145477-herbivores-of-mfp

    I know of an outside app that does structured meal plans (for free, even without an account, though there are more features if you sign up for a free account, even more if you pay for premium there):

    https://www.eatthismuch.com/

    I have zero affiliation with them, don't get compensated for linking their site, and don't even use them myself. (Having someone else specify my meals is exactly the opposite of what works best for me personally! Not judging those who want that, though.) I've just played with the free version out of curiosity.

    Another good, science-based resource for vegan nutrition information is this one:

    https://veganhealth.org/

    The content there is written by registered dietitians who are themselves vegan, so they don't go in for the nonsense that some of the sketchy vegan advocacy sites publish. (Full disclosure: I'm not vegan, but have been vegetarian for nearly 50 years. I'm 100% not a shill for Big Meat. ;) ).

    Best wishes!

    P.S. FWIW, this is pretty much what I did when starting out here to revamp my vegetarian eating to lose weight in a way that avoided the "tell me exactly what to eat" model:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

    That won't be perfect for everyone, either. IMO, no one thing is the universal solution. Personalizing tactics to our own preferences, strengths, limitations and lifestyles is IMO a key success factor. This is just one point on the continuum between very unstructured/self-directed and very structured plans.

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