About Leanmeal

Leanmeal is a small, evidence-led recipe site — one piece of the much larger weight-loss puzzle. Every recipe lists its ingredients in grams and reports per-serving calories and macros computed live from USDA FoodData Central. There's no guesswork, no spin, and the math is visible.

Why exact calories matter (a bit)

For most people, sustained calorie deficit is the lever that moves weight. "Sustained" matters more than "perfect" — a plan you can hold for months will beat a perfect week you can't repeat. Exact numbers help in two narrow but useful ways: they kill the guessing that creeps into eyeball estimates, and they make trade-offs visible. Swap one ingredient, see what changes.

Why exact calories don't matter (a lot)

USDA per-100 g values are honest averages. Real food varies: a chicken thigh from one farm differs from another, cooking water-loss isn't measured, and a rounded teaspoon is not a measured teaspoon. The numbers here are best-estimates, not gospel. They're tight enough to be useful, loose enough that you shouldn't fret over a ±5 % gap.

What you'll find here

• ~100 recipes across breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks, and a few light desserts.
• Filters by meal type, max calories, max prep time, dietary tags, and allergens.
• A calorie target calculator using the Mifflin–St Jeor BMR formula.
• A 7-day meal plan generator that hits your target ±5 % and assembles a shopping list.
• A daily log with weekly chart, free-text entries with manual kcal, or recipe-with-servings entries.

What you won't find

• Cleanses, detoxes, "fat-burning foods", supplement shilling, or paid tiers.
• Tracking pixels, third-party analytics, or ad networks. Nothing leaves your browser that isn't required to render the page.
• Public ratings or comments — those mostly invite trolls and add little to the food.

Big picture

Food is one input. Sleep, stress, movement, hydration, hormones, medications, and genetics also matter. If something feels off — weight stuck, energy crashing, sleep wrecked — please talk to a qualified clinician. This site is not medical advice.

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