Using Meal Plans in a Challenge

You may already be running challenges and have a system down pat. Short term challenges offer heaps of benefits. The same things that attract people to multiple week challenges for their physical fitness can also be relevant to someone looking for nutritional guidance as well. Coupling exercise and food in your next challenge could bring greater results across the board!

Keep it easy

Discuss with your group how their meal plan would work. The benefits of having something personalised that generates each week along with a shopping list. It's really important that you get in there yourself and know how the onboarding works. That way you can clearly explain it to your members and feel confident they will make the most of the options and preferences available to them.

Talk about your choices, including: how to remove any particular proteins, breakfasts, cooking for the family dinner, deciding whether to have a dessert etc - all  things to encourage them to get the most out of the plan. It also helps them get excited! You can help prepare them in the lead up to the challenge by discussing things like removing temptations from the kitchen and pantry before the start date.

All you'll need is your participants email addresses to get started. From within the platform you'll be able to set up the dates for the groups access. Once they've set up their preferences you'll be able to access their plan as well.

Encourage communication

Some people thrive when their sole attention is given to a particular goal within a set time frame. Including nutrition in your challenge allows them to focus and communicate with you around their food goals. You can also use that sense of community that a challenge often brings. Sharing progress, favourite recipes, tips in the kitchen etc can lead to greater success for your participants. Progress in one area often encourages progress in the other. This is the beauty of combining the fitness and the food.

Create positive habits

The  bonus of including meal plans in challenges, is they can lead to long term success. This works by changing clients thinking around food and healthy eating. Being able to see what healthy meals looks like over consecutive weeks gives them the chance to make long term changes. Frequently members will use these sorts of challenges periodically throughout the year.

We often find there are members who will choose to stay on the plan well after the challenge has finished. Many people love not having to think about what to cook. This is great for them and another income stream for you.

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