Popsugar Health & Fitness Intermittent Fasting Intermittent Fasting Meal Plan Want to Try Out Intermittent Fasting? Here's a 1-Week Kick-Start Plan 22 May 2018 by Hajar Larbah Image Source: Unsplash / Igor Miske Never heard of intermittent fasting but want to try it out? Already an intermittent faster but getting bored with it? A seven-day meal plan is just what you need then! For those new to intermittent fasting, it's a way of eating that doesn't tell you what to eat but rather when to eat. So technically it's not a diet, but you still want to practice healthy eating if you want to reach your weight-loss goals. Instead of limiting calories, intermittent fasting limits the times you can eat to a specific window. There are so many different ways to intermittently fast, but the most common method is called the 16 to 8 split — fasting for 16 hours and eating for eight hours. It may sound really hard at first, but at least eight hours of the 16 is spent sleeping. There's also a lot of downtime between dinner and sleeping that adds up. Just be patient with yourself, and you'll find your body adjusting to this new eating schedule in no time. If you're looking to get started now, what better way than planning what you're going to eat during your eight-hour eating window? Tuesday Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Jenny Sugar Meal #1: Mint chip protein shake Snack: Nuts Meal #2: Vegan chickpea salad Snack: Fruit of choice Meal #3: Mexican tempeh quinoa salad 1 / 5 Wednesday Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Michelle Bell Meal #1: Vegan vanilla protein shake Snack: Yogurt Meal #2: Tuna salad pita sandwiches Snack: Protein bar Meal #3: Asian fried "rice" 2 / 5 Thursday Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Nicole Perry Meal #1: Egg muffins Snack: Fruit of choice Meal #2: Broccoli slaw salad Snack: Dark chocolate and almonds Meal #3: Lemon garlic chicken drumsticks 3 / 5 Friday Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Jenny Sugar Meal #1: 50-calorie chocolate coconut protein balls Snack: Boiled eggs Meal #2: Taco salad Snack: Edamame Meal #3: Thai citrus chicken salad 4 / 5 Saturday Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Lizzie Fuhr Meal #1: Karlie Kloss's protein smoothie Snack: Trail mix Meal #2: Avocado chicken salad Snack: Protein bar Meal #3: Mediterranean quinoa salad 5 / 5 Intermittent FastingDietsDiet TipsWeight Loss