How to Assign Food and Recipes to a Client Nutrition Plan

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.

Written By Jacob Elliott

Last updated About 1 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.

(Once you have created your nutrition plan)

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

  • Add individual food items directly to each meal.

  • Adding foods to meal this way, will not affect the calories or macros on the programmed meal.

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.

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.