Meal planning support should reduce decision fatigue while preserving control
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“if I had, you know, a weekly meal plan that was sent to me every Sunday or Saturday so I could, you know, make a grocery list and get everything set and know ahead of time what my week is looking like, that would be great... Just if I don't have to, like, think about another thing, they take the thinking out of it for me, that would be great.”
“so much headspace every day is consumed by trying to figure out what we're going to have for dinner. And so if I didn't have to plan meal plan, prep the like, go grocery shopping, figure out how, you know, how much we need for it for the week, and then and then cook it and prepare it, so much of that take it takes up so much mental space and just so much time in my day to have to do that. So that would be one that if I didn't have to do that, would be such a lift.”
“I would like for it to understand our family meal or eating, what we like, what we don't like, what foods we like, our know knowing or understanding our schedule to identify the best healthy and quick options for eating, maybe even the best times to start a meal. And then if it was able to then come up with a grocery list knowing what we have in our refrigerator and come up with a list based on what we need and put that in a shopping cart. So all I have to do is review it and click pay”
“making the final decision maybe on the proposed meal plan because my family is very particular about what they will and will not eat so just making sure that I can kind of look over what's been decided for the week meal wise and just make some you know make adjustments as needed before the ingredients are purchased.”
“It would be nice to have the organization there. Like I said before, maybe something where I'm able to say this is what we have at our house. These are the foods that my family likes to eat. These are the foods my child will actually eat. And from there, coming up with meal ideas and ways, again, that we could fit it into a budget.”
“with meal planning and meal prep, if they were, I would want them to follow, like, our dietary restrictions, macros, whatever parameters there are, and then fully execute, like, plan. And then if it's just meal planning, provide a plan and a shopping list or even, like, send the shopping list to the grocery store so I just have to pick up the groceries.”
“It’s mainly what needs to be bought, when it needs to be bought, knowing how much we have left, and also knowing what we can make for our daughter, whether there are things we can, how should I put it, adjust a little to change recipes from time to time. So yeah, I think there’s also a question of planning when we need to go grocery shopping because usually we do it a bit at the last minute, so it’s a bit of a rush”