This Week in Health and Fitness: Glo Launches New Meal Plan Service
Most of us know the importance of eating healthily, but the reality of planning and prepping healthy meals is often easier said than done. This is where meal plans come in. The latest meal plan to hit the market is courtesy of Glo Kitchen and Fitness, whose food has already attracted a solid following over the years.
Glo currently offers two different meal plans: Glo Fit (1,600 kcal or 2,200 kcal), designed for people who are training hard at the gym but finding it difficult to get a balanced amount of protein, fats, and healthy carbs, and Glo Fresh, (1,200 kcal to 1,800 kcal), a lighter program aimed at those who want to shed a few pounds or simply clean up their current diet.
Both plans are available on a weekly or monthly basis and you can choose to order either two main meals and one snack or three main meals and two snacks, depending on the amount of flexibility you want to keep in your diet and the number of calories you want to consume.
For the next couple of weeks, there are discounts on meal plans when you order via Glo's online store, making a Glo Fresh (three meals per day) RMB 754.2 per week and RMB 2,869.2 per month (down from RMB 838 and RMB 3,188, respectively) and Glo Fit (three meals per day) RMB 934.2 per week and RMB 3,599.1 per month (down from RMB 1,038 and RMB 3,999, respectively).
Although many people who order do so precisely because they don't really want to think about their food, you needn't worry about getting bored. Dishes vary throughout the week or month, depending on which plan you're doing. For example, a typical day on the Glo Fresh plan might include a banana and almond butter multigrain sandwich for breakfast, a mid-morning matcha smoothie, a miso steak buckwheat power bowl for lunch, some hummus and veggie sticks to get you through the afternoon slump, and a dinner of spicy fish tacos.
Special dietary needs including paleo, vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free can be catered for upon request.
If you fancy seeing what it's like to have your every alimentary need taken care of for a few days, enter Glo's DIY competition over the next four weekends for a chance to win a three-day meal plan worth RMB 628. Each weekend has a different theme (see the poster above) and all you have to do is go to one of their brick-and-mortar locations, order what you need from their DIY menu, create your masterpiece, and then send a picture of your creation to the Glo WeChat account (glo-for-it).
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