How do I set macro and calorie goals for a client?
Set a client's daily calorie and macro targets, tune the variance band, and control which nutrition numbers they see.
Macro targets define what "on track" means for a client: daily goals for calories, protein, carbs, and fat, plus a variance band around the calorie goal. Set them on the client's profile → Nutrition tab → Macro Targets.
Until you set anything, a client starts with every target disabled and a 10% variance.
Set a client's daily macro targets
- On the Macro Targets sub-tab, enable each target you want to use — calories, protein, carbs, fat — and enter its value.
- Choose how to set protein, carbs, and fat: Grams, or a percentage of the calorie goal (shown as Percent of your calorie figure). Percentages are whole numbers up to 100.
- When all three macros are enabled and set in grams, the calorie value is derived from them automatically.
- Click Save changes. Everything commits at once.
Set the variance band
Variance is the wiggle room around the calorie goal, entered as a percentage. A readout shows the resulting accepted calorie range as you change it.
At 10% variance, a 2,000 kcal goal accepts 1,800–2,200 kcal.
Target settings at a glance
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | Daily calorie goal; derived automatically when all three macros are set in grams | Disabled |
| Protein / carbs / fat | Daily macro goals, in grams or as a whole-number percentage of the calorie goal | Disabled |
| Variance | How far off the calorie goal still counts as on target, 0–100% | 10% |
| Date overrides | Different targets on specific days | None |
What counts as an on-target day
A day is on target when the client's total logged calories fall inside the variance band around the calorie goal. It needs an enabled calorie goal above zero and food logged that day. This is what drives the client's on-target streaks.
The same band is used elsewhere, judged slightly differently:
- The rings on the client's dashboard check calories and each enabled macro against its own goal.
- Your Food Log week view shows Target met or Off target based on the week's average daily calories.
A variance saved as 0 counts as 10% for streaks, but the rings and your Target met pill then accept only an exact hit. Leave variance above 0 to keep them in step. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, and a day still in progress doesn't break a streak.
Control which nutrition numbers a client sees
Open the client's profile → Settings tab → Nutrition. Changes save automatically.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show calories & macros | When off, the client app hides every calorie and macro figure — the food logger, targets card, meal and plan totals, food details | On |
| Your recommended foods | Shows your recommended foods list first in the client's food picker | Off |
| Your custom foods | Shows your custom foods in the client's food search | Off |
The public food database stays available whatever these settings say.
Set account-level defaults for new clients
Your account's display settings have a Nutrition section with the same three settings as defaults: Show macros for clients, Show recommended foods in search, and Show custom foods in search. Click Save changes to keep them. They apply to every client created after you save and don't change existing clients.