diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts b/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts
index c8df3b011..6bef65ebd 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export enum ImagePosition {
 }
 
 export interface UserMealPlanPreferences {
+  numberOfDaysPast: number;
   numberOfDays: number;
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export function useUserMealPlanPreferences(): Ref<UserMealPlanPreferences> {
   const fromStorage = useLocalStorage(
     "meal-planner-preferences",
     {
+      numberOfDaysPast: 0,
       numberOfDays: 7,
     },
     { mergeDefaults: true },
diff --git a/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json b/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json
index 211c9dda4..bccbbcf1a 100644
--- a/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json
+++ b/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@
     "any-household": "Any Household",
     "no-meal-plan-defined-yet": "No meal plan defined yet",
     "no-meal-planned-for-today": "No meal planned for today",
+    "numberOfDaysPast-hint": "Number of days in the past on page load",
+    "numberOfDaysPast-label": "Default Days in the Past",
     "numberOfDays-hint": "Number of days on page load",
     "numberOfDays-label": "Default Days",
     "only-recipes-with-these-categories-will-be-used-in-meal-plans": "Only recipes with these categories will be used in Meal Plans",
@@ -1471,4 +1473,4 @@
     "min-length": "Must Be At Least {min} Characters",
     "max-length": "Must Be At Most {max} Character|Must Be At Most {max} Characters"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner.vue b/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner.vue
index 9140d7953..d6ad1b96a 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner.vue
+++ b/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner.vue
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
           :local="$i18n.locale"
         />
 
+        <v-card-text>
+          <v-number-input
+            v-model="numberOfDaysPast"
+            :min="0"
+            control-variant="stacked"
+            inset
+            :label="$t('meal-plan.numberOfDaysPast-label')"
+            :hint="$t('meal-plan.numberOfDaysPast-hint')"
+            persistent-hint
+          />
+        </v-card-text>
+
         <v-card-text>
           <v-number-input
             v-model="numberOfDays"
@@ -111,7 +123,11 @@ useSeoMeta({
 });
 
 const mealPlanPreferences = useUserMealPlanPreferences();
+const numberOfDaysPast = ref<number>(mealPlanPreferences.value.numberOfDaysPast || 0);
 const numberOfDays = ref<number>(mealPlanPreferences.value.numberOfDays || 7);
+watch(numberOfDaysPast, (val) => {
+  mealPlanPreferences.value.numberOfDaysPast = Number(val);
+});
 watch(numberOfDays, (val) => {
   mealPlanPreferences.value.numberOfDays = Number(val);
 });
@@ -135,7 +151,7 @@ function safeParseISO(date: string, fallback: Date | undefined = undefined) {
 }
 
 // Initialize dates from query parameters or defaults
-const initialStartDate = safeParseISO(route.query.start as string, new Date());
+const initialStartDate = safeParseISO(route.query.start as string, addDays(new Date(), adjustForToday(-numberOfDaysPast.value)));
 const initialEndDate = safeParseISO(route.query.end as string, addDays(new Date(), adjustForToday(numberOfDays.value)));
 
 const state = ref({
@@ -163,7 +179,7 @@ const weekRange = computed(() => {
     return { start, end };
   }
   return {
-    start: new Date(),
+    start: addDays(new Date(), adjustForToday(-numberOfDaysPast.value)),
     end: addDays(new Date(), adjustForToday(numberOfDays.value)),
   };
 });
@@ -193,9 +209,9 @@ function filterMealByDate(date: Date) {
 }
 
 function adjustForToday(days: number) {
-  // The use case for this function is "how many days are we adding to 'today'?"
-  // e.g. If the user wants 7 days, we substract one to do "today + 6"
-  return days > 0 ? days - 1 : days + 1;
+  // e.g. If the user wants 7 days, we subtract one to do "today + 6"
+  // e.g. If the user wants 2 days in the past, we keep it the same to do "today - 2"
+  return days > 0 ? days - 1 : days;
 }
 
 const days = computed(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner/view.vue b/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner/view.vue
index 473dac46c..8e741bbf7 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner/view.vue
+++ b/frontend/pages/household/mealplan/planner/view.vue
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
           <v-container class="px-0 d-flex align-center" height="56px">
             <v-row no-gutters style="width: 100%;">
               <v-col cols="10" class="d-flex align-center">
-                <p class="pl-2 my-1">
+                <p class="pl-2 my-1" :class="{ 'text-primary': isToday(day.date) }">
                   {{ $d(day.date, "short") }}
                 </p>
               </v-col>
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { isSameDay } from "date-fns";
+
 import type { MealsByDate } from "./types";
 import type { ReadPlanEntry } from "~/lib/api/types/meal-plan";
 import GroupMealPlanDayContextMenu from "~/components/Domain/Household/GroupMealPlanDayContextMenu.vue";
@@ -126,4 +128,8 @@ const plan = computed<Days[]>(() => {
     return acc;
   }, [] as Days[]);
 });
+
+const isToday = (date: Date) => {
+  return isSameDay(date, new Date());
+};
 </script>