How to Set Up Basic Scheduling and Leftovers (Website) – Real Plans Support

Access your Settings

Click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the website (this is where you access your Settings)
Select My Meal Plan or Whole30 Meal Plan
This opens the Diet and Schedule page where you can specify dietary restrictions as well as make adjustments to your schedule.
To make changes to your diet or schedule, click on the Detail page

Toggle Use macro-driven meal plans to On or Off
- When macro-driven meal plans are toggled on, the options on the Diet and Schedule page will change as a recipe or leftover will be scheduled for every meal during the week
- Note: Macro-driven meal plans are not available when Whole30 functions are active
- Note: Macro-driven meal plans require the Macro Tracker add-on subscription
For the Whole30 diet type, you will select:
- Start date for your Whole30
- Length of your Whole30
- Note: A Whole30 subscription is required to access the Whole30 functions
Change your diet type by selecting an option from the dropdown menu
Set Advanced dietary restrictions to exclude entire food groups and/or individual ingredients

Change the default number of servings for each meal
Select how many dinners you will cook each week
- Use the slider to select the number of recipes that will be cooked for dinner during the week
Check the box next to Do you want enough for leftovers? if you would like the meal plan to use leftovers for some of the meals
- Note: Leftovers will be scheduled during lunches and/or dinners based on the number of dinner recipes selected
Select the appropriate number for How many extra leftover portions would you like to make?
- This is the number of extra portions of each recipe that you want to make
- For example, if you normally cook for 4 and would like to have 2 extra portions of a meal leftover so you can have this for lunch the next day, you would select 2 here.
Select the appropriate number for Over how many meals do you want to spread these leftovers
- This is how many meals each recipe will be used for a leftover
- For example, if you select 1, each dinner will be used as a leftover one time. But if you select 2, each dinner will be used as a leftover two times during the week.

Select the types of meals that you want scheduled for lunches
- I want leftovers from dinner - the meal planner will use any leftovers from the dinner recipes and schedule them for lunches
- I want to make lunchbox meals to take out of the house - the meal planner will schedule grab and go recipes that you can make ahead
- I prefer something that is quick to make - the meal planner will schedule quick and easy recipes
- I don’t want to schedule anything at all- the meal planner will not schedule any lunch recipes during the week
Select how many lunches will be needed each week
- This is the number of lunch meals that you want to cook each week
- For example, if you select 5 meals, then recipes will be provided for 5 meals. If leftovers are also available, they will fill in empty lunch slots

Select the types of meals that you want scheduled for breakfasts
- I don’t need to plan for breakfast - the meal planner will not schedule any breakfast recipes during the week
- I make a different breakfast a few times a week - the meal planner will schedule several different recipes, based on the number of recipes you have selected that you want to make for breakfast
- I make a big batch of breakfast items that are used all week - the meal planner will schedule the number of recipes you have selected to make and will automatically plan for leftovers of those recipes
- I enjoy smoothies in the morning - the meal planner will schedule smoothies for all breakfasts, based on the number of breakfasts selected that you want to make each week
Select how many breakfasts will be needed each week
- This is the number of breakfast meals that you want to cook each week
- For example, if you select 5 meals, then recipes will be provided for 5 meals.

To completely customize your schedule, click on Customized scheduling
- Note: Customizing a schedule will override all of the basic scheduling settings explained above

Update my plan
- Applies your changes to the current week and future weeks
- This removes all of the recipes on your meal plan, including the current week, and schedules all new recipes using your new settings
Update my future plan
- Applies your changes on the following week's meal plan
- The current week will not change

If you need assistance, please send us an email at support(at)realplans.com.