Weight Loss Meal Plans

Cooked in Middlesbrough, delivered to your door

A weight loss meal plan only works if you actually eat it, and that is the part most plans get wrong. Ours is cooked for you in our Middlesbrough kitchen, portioned to around 300 calories a main, labelled with its calories and macros, and delivered chilled to your door. There is nothing to weigh, nothing to log and nothing to decide at 7pm when the decision usually goes wrong.

Two ways to order

Build your own. The meal builder lets you choose the weight loss portion size and pick as many meals as you want from over 1,300 meal combinations. Dishes include Chicken Tikka, Peri Peri Chicken, Beef Bolognese, Seasoned Pork Tenderloin, Sweet Chilli Steak Strips and more, each with your choice of carbohydrate and vegetables. Weight loss meals are £4.85 each, however many you order.

A full week, done for you. The 1500 calorie plan (£95) and the 1800 calorie plan (£100) give you five days of breakfasts, three mains a day and a daily snack, chosen by you and added up on screen as you build, so you know the total for every day before you pay. The calculator on the plans page uses your height, weight, age and activity to point you at the right one.

Why it works

Weight loss is a calorie deficit held for long enough to matter. What breaks a deficit is not the plan, it is the gaps: the lunch you did not bring, the dinner you were too tired to cook, the portion that was bigger than you thought. Prepped meals close those gaps. Every tray is the size it says it is, protein is high enough to keep you full and hold on to muscle while the fat comes off, and the week's food is already in the fridge, so the only decision left is which one to heat up.

The plans were built by Mike Hind MBE, IFBB Coach and Advanced Sports Nutritional Advisor, whose coaching helped Dibsy, one of the best-known weight loss stories in the North East, lose 20 stone. The same principles run through every meal we cook: real food, honest portions, and a structure people can keep up for months rather than days.

What a week looks like

Most people order enough meals to cover their weekday lunches and dinners, add breakfasts such as high protein overnight oats or protein pancakes, and keep a low calorie cheesecake or granola yoghurt for the afternoon. Local customers split their order across two delivery days so everything is eaten fresh. Meals arrive chilled, ready to heat and eat, or can be frozen on the day they arrive.

Delivery

Every TS postcode is covered by our own van on Sunday evening, Monday or Thursday, with delivery at £7.50 and collection available from 33 Metcalfe Road, Middlesbrough TS6 6PT. Everywhere else in mainland UK, DPD deliver on Wednesday for £7.50, with the meals packed in a keep-cool liner with ice packs. See the full list on our delivery areas page.

Questions about weight loss meal plans

How many calories are the weight loss meals?

Around 300 calories a main, with the exact figure for each dish shown as you build and printed on the tray.

Will I be hungry?

The meals are high in protein and built around real carbohydrates and vegetables, which is what keeps people full on a lower target. If a lower plan leaves you short, step up to the maintenance portion or add a breakfast and a snack, and the calculator will show you where that lands.

Can I mix weight loss meals with bigger portions?

Portion size is set per order. If two of you are eating to different targets, place two orders and they arrive together.

Do I have to commit to anything?

No. Order a week at a time, change the meals every time, and stop whenever you like. Every online order earns 5% back in Meal Money towards the next one.

Build your weight loss meal prep or see this week's menu. Macro Based Diet has cooked in Middlesbrough since 2018 and is rated 4.9 on Google from nearly 200 reviews.