Introducing Activity-Adjusted Carb and Fat Targets

When activity raises your calorie allowance but your macro targets stay still, the day can tell two different stories. PlateLens now lets you choose whether burned calories change calories alone or also raise carbohydrate and fat for that day.

One activity bonus, three ways to use it

Your nutrition plan still provides the base targets. The activity setting decides what happens on top of that plan as synced movement or manually logged exercise is added.

Your existing carb and fat balance stays intact

When carbohydrate and fat adjustment is on, PlateLens shares the activity calorie bonus using the same energy proportion as your personalized base carbohydrate and fat targets. It then converts those shares into grams using 4 kcal per gram of carbohydrate and 9 kcal per gram of fat, with targets rounded to whole grams.

Protein stays anchored to the nutrition plan instead of changing every time activity changes. Micronutrient targets also remain fixed. Net carbs derive from the carbohydrate target, so their daily comparison follows the adjusted carbohydrate target.

One effective target across PlateLens

PlateLens keeps the base plan and the day's activity adjustment distinct, then shows the effective target wherever intake for that date is compared with a target.

Past days keep their own context

Open days use the plan and preferences that currently apply. Once a day is closed, PlateLens keeps its base targets and activity preferences. Synced or manually logged activity remains tied to its actual date, so a closed day's effective target can still update if one of those activity sources changes. Changing the preference later does not judge old intake against today's plan.

The Support guide explains how PlateLens labels reconstructed historical targets and what happens when there is not enough data for a meaningful comparison.

Count each workout once

The activity bonus combines movement synced from your phone or wearable with exercise you log manually. Do not manually add the same workout that your wearable already counted, or it can be included twice.

Your base calorie target normally includes an everyday amount of movement. If the activity level you selected already assumes your workouts, adding all measured exercise on top can over-credit the day. In that case, turn the calorie adjustment off or choose a base activity level that excludes those workouts.

How to choose your mode

On iPhone or Android, open More → Nutrition & Goals. On the web, open Targets → Daily targets. Turn on Add burned calories to goal, then choose whether to enable Adjust carbs and fat for activity. The second option only appears while the calorie adjustment is on.