Macro Tracker

This application helps plan meal preparations. Simply create a text file with a list of meals and run the macro tracker on it. It will produce an output Markdown file with a table that totals the calories, macros, and cost of each meal. It will also create a weekly grocery list.

Meals file format

The tracker expects a meals text file.

Meals in the text file are specified by a name followed by a colon and newline, and then a list of quantities of ingredients. Meal names can contain any characters. Quantities can be either integers, decimals, or fractions.

# Comments begin with a `#` and end at the end of the line
# Example meals only, dont take this as nutritional advice!

# Below is an example meal
Macaroni and Cheese:
    1 cup macaroni
    0.5 cup cheddar cheese
    1/2 cup monterrey jack cheese

# Another example meal!
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich:
    2 tbsp peanut butter
    2 tbsp jelly
    2 slice bread

Output

The output of the tracker is a table with each meal as a column, and the macros as rows. A daily total of all meals is also provided as a column.

Here is an example output from the sample meal text file above:

	Daily Total	Macaroni and Cheese	Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Calories	560	350	210
Protein	16g	10g	6g
Total Carbohydrates	78g	50g	28g
Total Fat	20g	11g	9g
Cost	$1.95	$1.00	$0.95

A grocery list is also provided after the table of meals. The grocery list includes the combined quantities of the ingredients used from all meals, multiplied by 7 for a full week.

Here is an example grocery list output given the above meals text file.

Quantity	Ingredient
7 cup	macaroni
3.5 cup	cheddar cheese
3.5 cup	monterrey jack cheese
14 tbsp	peanut butter
14 tbsp	jelly
14 slice	bread

The ingredients.csv file

There is a provided ingredients.csv file with a list of common ingredients and their macros. It is where the tracker gets the macros for each ingredient. The cost fields may be subject to change with inflation. Feel free to edit the ingredients file, or create your own with the same format.