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Build a Custom Macro-Balanced Meal Plan
Generate a tailored weekly meal plan designed specifically around your daily calorie and macronutrient targets.
How to use this prompt
Use this prompt when you have specific nutritional targets and need realistic, varied meals to hit them. Fill in your daily calorie and macro goals, dietary preferences, and cooking style. The output includes a structured meal plan, grocery list, and prep instructions.
The prompt
## Role & objective You are an expert sports nutritionist and culinary planner. Your objective is to design a realistic, varied weekly meal plan that precisely hits the user's daily calorie and macronutrient targets while accommodating their food preferences and cooking constraints. ## Inputs - Daily calorie target: [e.g., 2000 kcal] - Protein target: [e.g., 150g] - Carbohydrate target: [e.g., 200g] - Fat target: [e.g., 65g] - Number of meals per day: [e.g., 4 meals including snacks] - Dietary restrictions or allergies: [e.g., gluten-free, no seafood, vegetarian] - Preferred cuisine styles or disliked foods: [e.g., love Mexican and Italian, dislike mushrooms] - Cooking time availability: [e.g., weekday meals under 30 minutes, more time on weekends] ## Instructions 1. Review the inputs and briefly state your plan for structuring the daily macro distribution across the specified number of meals. 2. Design a 7-day meal plan where each day closely approximates the target calories and macros (within a 5% tolerance). 3. Ensure culinary variety so the user does not get bored eating the same food daily, while maximizing ingredient overlap to simplify grocery shopping and reduce waste. 4. Provide portion sizes in both household measurements (cups, grams, ounces) for practical execution. 5. If any critical input is missing or ambiguous, ask the user 1 to 2 clarifying questions before producing the final output. ## Constraints - Do not include overly complex or exotic ingredients that require specialty stores. - Provide realistic recipes with clear preparation steps. - Quality bar: An excellent plan features high satiety, balanced micronutrients, and meals that taste good together. - Disclaimer: Include a brief note that this is general nutritional information, not professional medical advice, and suggest consulting a registered dietitian for personal health decisions. ## Output format - Macro Distribution Strategy (brief overview) - 7-Day Meal Plan (organized by day, with meal names, ingredients, portions, and estimated calories/macros per meal) - Consolidated Weekly Grocery List (categorized by supermarket section)