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How do I log food on a client's behalf?

Add, correct, and remove entries in a client's diary from the web dashboard — for check-in catch-ups and in-person clients.

Jeremy

Written by Jeremy

You can log food straight into a client's diary from their profile → Nutrition tab → Food Log. The entry appears in the client app immediately, exactly as if the client had logged it themselves.

This is the fastest way to catch up a client who reports their food at a check-in, or to keep an in-person client's diary accurate.

Log food for a client

  1. Open the client's Food Log and pick the day you want. Any day works — past or future, with no cutoff.
  2. Click Log food on the meal you're adding to: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, or Snacks.
  3. Search the verified food database or your custom foods. You can also create a new custom food inline if the item doesn't exist yet.
  4. Set the serving.
  5. Confirm.

No notification is sent to the client.

What you can and can't log

ActionAvailable from the dashboard
Log a food from the databaseYes
Log one of your custom foodsYes
Create a custom food inline while loggingYes
Log a recipe into the client's diaryNo — foods only
Attach a photo to what you logNo — items you log never carry a photo

Clients can log recipes and whole saved meals themselves, and can add one meal photo per meal per day. Those routes are client-side only.

Edit a logged serving

  1. Open the item's row menu and choose Edit serving size.
  2. Adjust the amount. A live preview shows the recalculated macros.
  3. Save.

This works on anything in the log, whether you or the client logged it.

Delete logged food

Use the row's delete action and confirm.

  • Deleting a recipe header deletes every food item logged as part of that recipe, together.
  • Deletion is permanent — there's no way to restore a removed entry.
  • The entries disappear from the client app, and no notification is sent.

Things to watch out for

  • What you log counts towards the client's day exactly like their own entries, so it affects their calorie totals, on-target days, and streaks.
  • If you're logging for a day the client is also logging, add items rather than replacing them — amounts accumulate through the day and each item keeps its own serving and time.
  • The picker you use here searches the verified database and your custom foods. The per-client "Your custom foods" and "Your recommended foods" settings control what the client finds in their own search, not what you can log.
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