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Despite a Pinterest<\/a> board full of healthy meal ideas<\/a>, every time 6 p.m. rolls around, you find yourself scrambling to fill your plate. Maybe you\u2019ve tried those fancy meal delivery services<\/a>, but preparing all that food before it goes to waste can easily cue panic-mode. And wasn\u2019t cooking supposed to be fun?<\/p>\n The good news: You can still get some <\/em>hand holding, while still getting to pick out your own groceries. (How else can you make sure your kale is up to snuff?). Plus, there\u2019s no need to worry about busy travel or co-habitation schedules. We know that when you\u2019re spending half the week at your significant other\u2019s place, you\u2019re not<\/em> about to lug spaghetti squash all over town.<\/p>\n Your outside-the-pizza-box solution: Meal planning services. The premise is that you\u2019ll get a full week\u2019s menus, customized to your own preferences and health goals, sent right to your inbox (or smartphone). It\u2019s then up to you to purchase the food (though some of these companies will give you the option of ordering ingredients directly through their sites). As for having someone come over to cook them? #lifegoals. Until then, here\u2019s the inside scoop on the latest meal plan<\/a> services, and how to pick the right one for you.<\/p>\n Best for: Weight loss Pricing:<\/strong> $29.99 for three months<\/p>\n RELATED:<\/strong> 5 Brilliant Apps to Make Meal Planning Easy<\/a><\/p>\n Best for: Fit foodies Pricing:<\/strong> $100 per\u00a0month; 10% off for the first 10 readers to sign up with code DAILYBURN<\/p>\n RELATED: <\/strong>What the Heck Are Macros?<\/a><\/p>\n Best for: Forgetful cooks Pricing:<\/strong> $69 for a six-month plan (~$12\/month) or use code BURN10 for $10 off any plan<\/p>\n Best for: Singles<\/strong> Pricing:<\/strong> $14 per month; use code DAILYBURN30 for 30% off any annual plan<\/p>\n RELATED:<\/strong> Printable Meal Planning Templates to Simplify Your Life<\/a><\/p>\n Best for: New cooks Pricing:<\/strong> $8 per month<\/p>\n Best for: Macro junkies<\/strong> Pricing:<\/strong> Free plans or $7 per month for a premium version, which allows further customization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tried meal delivery services but can\u2019t cook all that food in time? These meal plan services change all that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":58277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,18],"tags":[292,71,341,388],"class_list":["post-58179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-nutrition","category-health","category-weight-loss","tag-meal-prep","tag-nutrition","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The 6 Best Meal Plan Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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1.\u00a0eMeals
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\n<\/strong>With plans ranging from low-calorie to heart-healthy to portion control, our friends at eMeals provide plans to help you meet your weight loss or management goals. Diabetic or vegetarian? You\u2019re covered, too. The app helps you build grocery lists that you can then send to grocery delivery services like Instacart or stores like Whole Foods. Or, you can just head into the store like everyone else. The difference? You\u2019ll be armed with a plan.<\/p>\n![\"Best](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10031900\/designed_to_fit.jpg\")
2.Designed to Fit Nutrition
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\n<\/strong>If you\u2019re reading here, we assume you like to work out. Good news: the plans take into account your fitness routine and goals \u2014\u00a0and even give you different calorie and macro options for rest days. (You are taking rest days<\/a>, right?) The system is based on macros (hint: carbs, protein and fat), and all of your meals are calculated to make sure you can realistically hit those numbers. For more accountability, the coaches offer one-on-one support.<\/p>\n![\"Best](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10031853\/platejoy.jpg\")
3.\u00a0PlateJoy<\/a>
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\n<\/strong>Who doesn\u2019t want a little more joy on their plate? PlateJoy gives you a lifestyle quiz to make sure that the meals they suggest are ones you\u2019ll actually make. After all, it doesn\u2019t matter how good a recipe looks if spending an hour in the kitchen each night is not in the cards. You\u2019re also assigned a personal coach to help you meet your nutrition goals. Our favorite feature: The Digital Pantry, which keeps track of the ingredients in your kitchen to save you from buying double \u201cjust in case\u201d (guilty as charged).<\/p>\n![\"Best](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10031851\/fresh-20.jpg\")
4.\u00a0The Fresh 20<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nSingle, living solo and slightly<\/em> annoyed that most of these services are designed for couples and families? You\u2019re not alone. And luckily, The Fresh 20 is different \u2014 it offers plans designed specifically for solo cooks, in addition to couples and families. Its name comes from the concept that 20 ingredients can be the entirety of your shopping list and that it will only take you 20 minutes to shop. They\u2019ve even simplified the prep process for you so you\u2019ll only need one hour to prep for the entire week. Now that\u2019s prepping like a pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Best](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10031846\/Cook-Smarts.jpg\")
5.\u00a0CookSmarts
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\n<\/strong>Sure, you can manage to make meals that are mostly edible, but can you say you really know what you\u2019re doing in the kitchen? Jess Dang, the creator of Cook Smarts, was teaching in-home cooking lessons when she realized that most people aren\u2019t <\/em>all that savvy in the kitchen. And so Cook Smarts, which offers meal plans and<\/em> cooking tutorials<\/a>, was born. The service will also let you customize your recipes to fit as many or as few serving sizes as you need.<\/p>\n![\"Best](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10031840\/Meal-Plan-Service.jpg\")
6.\u00a0Eat This Much<\/a>
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\nThis site takes all of the guesswork out of the calculations that many healthy eating plans require. Based on your preferences, it breaks down the macros and calories you need to hit your goals and selects which recipes fit the bill. Each recipe also highlights the estimated cost per serving, so you can eat right without going broke. Like other similar services, it also integrates with Instacart and other online grocery shopping services to have the ingredients delivered to you.<\/p>\n