Others eat mainly vegetarian but eat meat once or twice a week or once or twice a month.
However you follow it, the main goal of the flexitarian diet is to eat more vegetarian meals.
Whatever your motivation may be, there are some clear benefits to eating more plants.
Jason Donnelly
How We Create Meal Plans
Registered dietitians thoughtfully createEatingWellsmeal plans to be easy-to-follow and delicious.
While we previously included meal plans and modifications for 1,200 calories, we no longer do.
Frequently Asked Questions
We no longer provide modifications for 1,200-calorie days in our meal plans.
Jason Donnelly
What Is a Flexitarian Diet Plan?
The flexitarian diet is a bit hard to define because, well, it’s a flexible plan.
How you want to structure it is completely up to you.
Snack (125 calories)
Lunch (420 calories)
P.M. natural peanut butter to breakfast and add 3 Tbsp.
chopped walnuts to the A.M. snack.
Day 2
Breakfast (272 calories)
A.M.
Snack (268 calories)
Lunch (425 calories)
P.M. chopped walnuts at the P.M. snack.
Day 3
A.M. natural peanut butter to the A.M. snack and add 1 large pear to lunch.
Day 4
A.M.
Snack (182 calories)
P.M.
Snack (131 calories)
Lunch (334 calories)
P.M. U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025.
Jason Donnelly
