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Macro Goal Setting Options

Enhanced flexibility in Macro Goal Settings for coaches

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Written by Emma
Updated this week

Coaches now have greater flexibility when setting nutrition goals for clients, with three available options:

  • All Macros

  • Calories Only

  • Protein and Calories


Coach web app

In the pop-up for setting macro goals, you’ll find three options to choose from:

  1. All Macros: You will set goals for all macros (Protein, Carbs, and Fat)

  2. Calories Only: You will only need to set a goal for Calories.

  3. Protein and Calories: You will need to set goals for both Calories and Protein.

Note: If setting goals by grams, the Calorie value must be at least 4 × the number of grams of Protein (since each gram of protein equals 4 calories, if you're setting goals by grams, the calorie value must reflect at least the energy from protein alone).

If setting goals by percentage, Protein must be ≤ 100% of total calories.

Macros without a set goal (or set to 0) will be displayed with a dash symbol “–” in the Macros tab.


Coach mobile app

Navigate to the client profile you’d like to set macros for → open the Overview tab → select Macros → then tap Set Goals in the top right corner to access the Calculate Your Client's Macro Goals screen.

Note: When using the auto-calculate option, the default macro goal setting will be All Macros.

You can then edit macro goal settings for your client.

You can also change the setting of macro goals when setting/editing the goal manually.


Sync with Dietary Preferences

The macro goals you set will automatically be displayed in the Dietary Preferences section of the client’s Meal Plan tab and reflect the selections made in the Macro Goal settings pop-up.

Based on the selected Macro Goal setting, you can also update the Macro Goals Generation Settings to generate meals aligned with that goal.

Here’s how:

  • If the setting is set to All Macros, you’ll see all three options available when generating a meal plan. You can choose any of them to generate a plan that best fits your client’s needs.

  • If the Macro Goal Setting is set to Calories Only, the meal plan will be generated based on calories only.

  • If the setting is Protein and Calories, you’ll have two options available when generating a meal plan: Calories Only and Protein and Calories.


What your clients will experience

Clients will only be able to view and edit the macro goals that were set by their coach. Depending on the setting, they can adjust: all macros (protein, carbs, fat), protein and calories only, or just calories.

For Weekly and Daily view of Protein and Calories setting:

  • Weekly View

  • Daily View

If the goal is set to Calories Only, the Daily View will display Calories only.

Note: Clients can still log all macros (protein, carbs, and fat) when adding meals, regardless of which macro goal setting is used.

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