If you’re not provided with both macros and education on how to include flexible foods, a meal plan can become very restrictive. If you often go to restaurants, friends and family for dinner, a traditional meal plan can become very difficult to stick to. Yep, a meal plan can either improve or mess up your adherence. Which can be an issue, because you want to know how to do without one too. Without it you may see results, but you won’t truly understand why and how.īecause you don’t understand the why and how, you may become dependent on the plan. Education is the foundation of long term success. Simply following a plan (that you didn’t create yourself) is convenient, but doesn’t teach you about nutrition. How often you’ll have to adjust your macros and portions will depend on the phase you’re in and how well your body’s responding to your plan at the time. If you have a solid understanding of how nutrition and macros work, you should be able to make adjustments to your plan without a problem. But especially if you know what you’re going to be eating on a weekly basis, you’ll make things a whole lot easier for yourself. Food prepping becomes infinitely easier.įood prepping is already something I recommend, because it can save you a ton of time.Personally, that’s what I do for things like rice, oats, etc. This can even save you money if you buy certain products in bulk. When you know exactly what you’re going to eat, how many times a week, you can create a weekly shopping list. This can also help you stick to your nutrition. You know exactly what, how much, how often and when to eat. Following a plan can be very convenient when you have a busy schedule, because it takes the guesswork out of the equation.

Meal plan based on macros