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A flexible seven-day sample menu for adults taking a GLP-1 medication who have less appetite. It emphasizes small, protein-forward meals without setting calorie, nutrient, or portion targets. Any care-team meal plan, fluid limit, protein target, diabetes plan, or meal-timing guidance takes priority.
This flexible week keeps meals small and protein-forward when a GLP-1 medication lowers your appetite.
Choose the option you tolerate, eat the protein first, and save unfinished food for later.
Day 1 · 3 meals, 1 optional
Day 2 · 3 meals, 1 optional
Day 3 · 3 meals, 1 optional
Day 4 · 3 meals, 1 optional
Day 5 · 3 meals, 1 optional
Day 6 · 3 meals, 1 optional
Day 7 · 3 meals, 1 optional
This sample sets no calorie, nutrient, or portion targets, so let comfort and your clinical plan guide you.
Eat slowly, stop at comfortable fullness, and save the rest for later.
Begin each meal with its protein-rich food.
Include more than one protein each day plus a few plants and a tolerated grain, bean, or potato.
Keep an approved drink nearby and sip regularly within any fluid limit.
Use soup, yogurt, eggs, rice, or a smoothie when another texture feels difficult.
Use the smaller meal as a snack, split a larger meal, or skip it.
Your care team's instructions always take priority over this sample menu.
Use any prescribed meal plan, fluid limit, protein target, diabetes plan, or meal-timing guidance instead.
If you have diabetes or take glucose-lowering medication, check your clinical plan before changing meal timing.
Contact your prescriber or dietitian if nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea persists or you cannot maintain fluids.
Pull back on common triggers while digestive symptoms are active.
Skip very large portions and do not eat quickly or past comfortable fullness.
Go easier on fried or especially high-fat meals, alcohol, and foods that reliably trigger symptoms.
Try not to follow a long gap without food with a heavy meal.
A few flexible basics make smaller meals easier to assemble.
Prepare one animal or plant protein for several meals.
Cook one grain or a batch of potatoes.
Prepare one tray of vegetables.
Stock yogurt, eggs, tofu, canned beans, soup ingredients, and frozen produce.
Choose two sauces or seasonings you already tolerate.
Change the food while keeping protein, a carbohydrate base, produce, flavor, and fluid in the meal.
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