Manage Your Plans
To get started with a professionally prepared nutrition plan, click “Manage plans” on the navigation bar, then select “Choose a pre-defined plan”.
Choose a pre-defined plan
Here you will find complete plans which are tailored for all aspects of your requirements including the fitness objective you set within your profile i.e. bulk, maintain, taper or cut. You will be able to choose a Vegetarian option if you wish.
To use the plan, select the plan name in the left hand screen, then click “Copy to My Plans” which appears at the bottom of the screen. A dialog box will appear asking you to confirm that you want to copy the selected plan. Click “Copy” to continue.
In a few seconds the plan you have selected will be copied into your personal plans section where you will be able to customise it, if you wish to do so. Another dialog box will appear to let you know the plan has been copied successfully. Click “My Plans” in the dialog box to continue.
As this is your first plan, when you arrive at “Your plans” the plan you have just copied will be the only one shown. To open the plan and explore its contents, select the plan name and click “Customise” at the bottom of the screen.
Navigating Within a Plan
When you click “Customise” to open a plan, it opens up showing the first meal of Day 1.
At the top of the left hand screen is the plan title. Below the title, the number of days within the plan is shown. plan:one pre-defined plans contain seven days. Click on any day and the relevant daily menu will open.
On the left hand side of the screen you will see the time and name of each meal. When you click on a meal name, its details open up in the right hand screen to reveal the General Properties of the meal, the Menu and the Nutrition, expressed in calories.
plan:one is a very powerful program and it is possible to make changes to every element of the meal. However, at this stage, we will show you how to alter the time and meal description only, so that your plan will work perfectly with your timetable.
Change meal time and description
If your plan indicates that breakfast is at 08:00 and you want to change it to the earlier time of 06:30, select the meal name in the left hand screen to open up the meal details screen on the right.
- Click on “Edit” at the bottom right hand of the screen.
- The fields for Time, Description and Portion become active.
- In the Time field, delete 08:00 and type in 06:30. You can change your meal description in the same way.
- Then click “Save” and the new time and description will now display.
Repeat this for each meal time or name you wish to alter and for each day in your plan. Once you are satisfied with the meal times and descriptions you are just seconds away from printing out your first complete plan.
Viewing and Printing Your Plan
To view and print your plan, select Day 1, click “Printer Friendly” at the bottom of the left hand screen and your complete daily menu opens in a new window of your browser, in a print ready format. All of the details you need for each meal are included: the quantities of each ingredient and all of the recipes – all perfectly matched to your requirements. Print this out from your browser and then close the window to return to plan:one.
Well done! You have produced your first, fully customised plan:one plan. To start using your plan, you must first activate it.