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.
You can log food straight into a client's diary from their profile → Nutrition tab → Food Log. The entry counts exactly as if the client had logged it themselves, and shows up in their diary the next time they open that day.
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
- Open the client's Food Log and pick the day you want. Any day works — past or future, with no cutoff.
- Click Log food on the meal you're adding to. BreakfastLunchDinnerSnacks
- Search the Food database or your Custom foods tab. If the item doesn't exist yet, use the Create food tab to add it inline. With Save this food to my library ticked (the default), it's also saved to your custom foods.
- Set the serving.
- Add your selection to the meal.
What you can and can't log
| Action | Available from the dashboard |
|---|---|
| Log a food from the database | Yes |
| Log one of your custom foods | Yes |
| Create a food inline while logging | Yes — optionally saved to your custom foods |
| Log a recipe into the client's diary | No — foods only |
| Attach a photo to what you log | No — items you log never carry a photo |
Clients can log recipes and whole saved meals themselves, and can add meal photos. Those routes are client-side only.
Edit a logged serving
- Open a food row's menu and choose Edit serving size.
- Adjust the amount. A live preview shows the recalculated macros.
- Click Save.
This works on any food row, whether you or the client logged it, including foods grouped under a recipe. Recipe header rows can only be deleted.
Delete logged food
Choose Delete from the row menu, then Delete food to confirm. Deleting a recipe header (confirm with Delete recipe items) deletes every food item logged as part of that recipe, together. 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.
- Amounts logged during a day accumulate — each item keeps its own serving and time — so your entries sit alongside anything the client has already logged that day.
- 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.