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How to Build a Nutrition Plan Using Meals & Recipes

This guide walks you through how to build or edit a nutrition plan using meals and individual food items. This method allows you to structure a client’s plan based on real foods and recipes, while automatically calculating calories and macronutrients.

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Written by Jacob Elliott
Updated over a month ago

Step 1: Navigate to Nutrition Plans

  1. Open the Nutrition tab.

  2. Select Nutrition Plans.

  3. Choose the nutrition plan you want to create or edit for the specific client.

Step 2: Enable Food Portions for Meals

  1. Scroll down slightly within the nutrition plan.

  2. Toggle on Assign Food Portions to Meals.

  3. Once enabled, you’ll see the Plan Portion Method options.

Step 3: Choose Your Portion Method

By default, the plan will be set to Auto-Portion Foods.

Option 1: Auto-Portion Foods (Recommended for most use cases)

  • Add individual food items directly to each meal.

  • The system will automatically calculate calories and macros based on the foods selected.

  • This is ideal when building plans around specific meals or recipes.

Option 2: Set Meal Macros to Portions

  • Select Set Meal Macros to Portions if you prefer to define meals by macro targets.

  • Add foods to each meal and the total calories and macros will adjust based on the foods included.

  • This approach is useful when you want tighter control over per-meal macro distribution.

Step 4: Review Macro Targets

  • Scroll back up to view the macronutrient targets.

  • These targets show what is planned versus what is required, updating dynamically as foods and meals are added.

Step 5: Save the Plan

Once you’re happy with the meals, foods, and macro targets:

  • Click Done or Save to apply the nutrition plan to the client.

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