FREE 9+ Sample Printable Meal Planner in Excel | PDF

Meal planning is not an easy task. From a perspective of someone who has not done it yet, it is just simply writing on blank boxes all the foods that one has to take on certain times of the day. On the other hand, if you have already tried eating as planned, nothing is ever easy. That is when meal planners enter the scenario.

A meal planner is a list of foods a person needs to prepare, eat and continue to keep track on for a certain period of time. It also includes the shedule on when to eat certain foods, and the time of the day where a certain meal plan has to be taken. A list of Sample Plans can help you along the way should you want to plan your meals ahead of time.

Printable Weekly Meal Planner

Printable Monthly Meal Planner

Printable Daily Meal Planner

Blank Meal Planner Printable

Planning your food intake per meal varies on your personal needs or the goals that you want to achieve. Commonly, you can see three meal planner formats that are as follows:

• Daily Meal Planner. This kind of meal planning totally works for people who need to take care of their calorie counts. Since it is on a daily basis, they can keep track of the number of calories per meal that they have already taken.
• Weekly Meal Planner. Planning for seven days a week can be tough as it needs consistency in terms of the budget to be used and the amount of food that is needed to be prepared. This works for families and groups who wanted to assure that the entire week is already planned and covered in terms of meals. If you think you need a weekly meal plan but does not know how to do it, you can look at Sample Weekly Meal Plans for references.
• Monthly Meal Planner. Creating a meal planner for one month is best for people who have long-term goals. As an example, athletes and a lot of body builders do this because they have to take care of their physique and stamina.

You may check Sample Meal Plannings to know the meal plan that is right for you.

Standard Meal Planner Printable

Printable Healthy Meal Planner

Baby Meal Planner Printable

Printable Meal Planner Chart

Family Meal Planner

Food Group Meal Planner

Also, meal plans are done for different purposes and some of them are for

• Health Issues and Fitness Goals. Knowing the foods that are right and allowed for you to eat will be easy to monitor. For ideas on how to create one, you can read samples at Healthy Meal Plan Samples.
• Family Meal Planning. This is mainly used for the purpose of budgeting and assuring that all members of the family are getting their proper amount of nutrition.
• Group Meal Planning. Nothing can be more fun than planning your meals together with friends and sharing food depending on what has been agreed upon by the group.
• Self-Improvement. Following what is written on your meal planners can help you to either lose or gain weight and get the correct share of nutrients, carbs, and vitamins that your body needs.
• Baby and/or Toddler Care. Meal planning is important for babies and toddlers as there is a limited kind of food that they can take.

If you have already identified the meal plan that is right for you, you can check our meal planner samples on the links given above so you can already start making your own.