You don't have a discipline problem. You don't have structure in your week.
You know your macros. You've known them for months. And you still end up at 8 p.m. staring into the fridge, eating whatever's there, and starting over Monday.
The problem
Knowing your numbers is the easy part. Living them is the hard part.
Every week you have to turn a training schedule into meals, portions, one grocery trip and a prep session. Hard days need more food. Rest days need less. Most apps give you one flat target and leave all of that to you.
So you either spend your Sunday doing math, or you wing it. Winging it is how the week falls apart.
The proof
I was 220 pounds in eighth grade. I spent ten years losing and regaining the same weight.
In 2022 I stopped guessing. I counted macros and treated my week like a process. I got down to 150 and kept it off. Today I train for ultramarathons.
But I did it all by hand, every week. So I built Mero to do it for me:
- It sets your targets. Tell it your goal, your body and your training week. Mero works out your calories and macros, so you don't have to.
- It plans every meal for the week around your hard, easy and rest days. More carbs on hard days, less on rest days, protein steady.
- It sizes every portion to that day's macros. No weighing guesswork, no math.
- It gives you one grocery list, sorted by store section. One trip covers the week.
- It plans your prep. A batch-prep plan, one step at a time, so Sunday takes an hour instead of the afternoon.
- It tells you what to eat today. Today's meals and training, in order.
- It moves when your week moves. Shift a workout and Today reorders around it. Your meals and grocery list stay put.
- It gets better every week. Check meals off if you want. Mero uses that and your weight trend to shape next week's plan, and the draft is ready every Friday morning.
Your move
See your week for free at getmero.co/macro-meal-planner. If you want it every week, Mero is on the App Store for iPhone in the U.S.: 7 days free, then $9.99 a month.
And if you want more apps built like this, support the launch. One email.
— Matt McCabe, founder