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Meals, foods and macros in meal plans

Add meals and foods to a meal plan, set or calculate daily calories and macros, and give options and substitutions. Also covers totals that don't add up.

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Add and organize the meals in a meal plan

In MyFitnessClient Nutrition, add library or new meals to a meal plan and organize each meal's name, time, note and order.

Add, edit and remove foods in a meal

In MyFitnessClient Nutrition, add foods to a meal in a meal plan with the right quantity and unit, and edit or remove the ones already there.

Build a plan with the food and meal side panel

In MyFitnessClient, the Nutrition side panel adds foods and meals from your library to the meal plan in one step or by dragging, without opening dialogs.

Set a plan's daily calorie and macro goals

In MyFitnessClient Nutrition, you set a meal plan's daily calories and macros and see whether each day's meals meet them.

Calculate a client's calories and macros with the calculator

In MyFitnessClient, the Nutrition Macro Calculator estimates a client's calories and macros and moves them into the plan's daily goals.

Create meal options for the client to choose from

In MyFitnessClient, the Nutrition module gives a meal in the plan several options, each with its own foods, and the client picks the one they eat.

Add substitutions for a food in the plan

In MyFitnessClient Nutrition, add equivalent substitutions to a food in the meal plan, so the client can swap it for one of them.

How substitution suggestions are chosen

In MyFitnessClient, the Nutrition module suggests equivalent foods when a food is swapped. See which qualify, how they are ordered and in what quantity.

Meal plan totals are missing or do not add up to the calories

It happens when a food is missing a value or the goal macros do not add up to the calories. See each MyFitnessClient Nutrition warning and its fix.