Activity-adjusted calorie and macro targets
Activity can change how much energy is available today. PlateLens lets you choose how that change appears in your targets without changing the nutrition plan you configured.
The three modes
Activity adjustment off
Burned activity is recorded, but it does not increase the day's calorie, carbohydrate or fat targets.
Calories only
Burned activity increases the day's calorie target. Protein, carbohydrate, fat and micronutrient targets stay at their configured values.
Calories plus carbs and fat
Burned activity increases the calorie target and the same calorie bonus is shared between carbohydrate and fat in the same energy proportion as your personalized base carbohydrate and fat targets. Protein and micronutrient targets stay fixed.
Where to change it
- iPhone or Android: open More → Nutrition & Goals and turn on Add burned calories to goal. Once it is on, Adjust carbs and fat for activity appears directly below it.
- Web: open Targets → Daily targets and turn on Add burned calories to goal. Once it is on, Adjust carbs and fat for activity appears directly below it.
- Apple Watch: the Watch reflects the preference from your account. Change the setting on iPhone; it is not editable on the Watch.
How activity is counted
The activity bonus combines movement synced from your phone or wearable with exercise you log manually. These sources are added together. Do not manually log a workout your wearable already counted, or the same activity can be included twice.
Your base calorie target normally includes an everyday amount of movement. If the activity level in your profile already assumes your workouts, adding all measured exercise on top can over-credit the day. Turn off Add burned calories to goal or choose a base activity level that excludes those workouts if that better matches your plan.
What changes on screen
Home, Today, Diary comparisons, metric details and meal contribution views use the effective target for that date. When carbohydrate and fat adjustment is enabled, their targets can rise as activity is added; protein and micronutrients remain unchanged.
On mobile, carbohydrate and fat details show the base target, the amount added from activity and today's effective target when the activity adds at least one gram. On the web, metric details show the effective target and identify the amount added from activity.
On Apple Watch, Home, rings and complications use the effective target. Open carbohydrate or fat details to see Base, Activity and Today's target, plus contextual help.
Weekly and monthly PDF reports use the effective targets for the logged diary days included in the report. When daily targets vary, the period target is identified as a daily average.
Net carbs derive from the carbohydrate target, so their comparison follows the same activity adjustment.
Going over protein or fat is shown neutrally rather than as a failure. Calories and carbohydrate keep their range-based over-target warning.
The carbohydrate and fat preference does not change Daily Score or League scoring.
Past days
A closed day keeps the base targets and activity preferences that belong to that date. Synced or manually logged activity remains tied to its actual date, so the effective target can still update if one of those activity sources changes. When an exact historical protein, carbohydrate or fat target is unavailable, PlateLens may use the best target that can be reconstructed from available account data and labels it Estimated target; calories are not labeled estimated. Changing a setting now does not reinterpret old intake against today's plan. If neither a stored snapshot nor a reconstruction is available, PlateLens omits the comparison.
Still unsure which mode fits you? Contact PlateLens Support.