Food
Meal Builder
Start with a meal you already eat and explore how to make it more nourishing, satisfying and enjoyable. Find a useful adjustment that fits your preferences and everyday life.
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What could you notice?
What your meal already provides, what keeps you satisfied and where something may be missing. You may discover that one addition improves the meal, or that taste, convenience and preparation matter as much as choosing the ingredients.
How to use it
Choose a breakfast, lunch or dinner you regularly eat. Write down what it contains and what you want to keep.
Explore the meal’s protein, fibre, healthy fats and carbohydrate base, alongside its overall nutrition, satiety and enjoyment.
Choose one useful adjustment, consider what would make it enjoyable to repeat and plan a fallback for busy days.
Try the meal and review how satisfying, enjoyable and practical it was. Notice your energy afterwards without assuming that the meal explains everything you feel.
YOUR NEXT SMALL SHIFT
Look for a pattern.
Choose one experiment.
Try your smallest useful adjustment the next time you eat this meal. It might be adding beans to soup, including a protein source at breakfast or making vegetables more enjoyable with a dressing. Keep what works and adjust what does not.
At a glance
Format
Printable PDF
Best used for
Noticing sleep patterns over time
Created by
Dr. Saartje Jooris | The Health Shift
An educational tool for reflection. It does not diagnose a condition.
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