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## Where the plan comes from

| You are | Your nutrition plan |
| --- | --- |
| An individual | Built by Straton from your setup answers, then adjusted over time. See [How your plan adapts](/individuals/how-your-plan-adapts) |
| A coach client | Created and set active by your coach |

If the Nutrition tab shows "No plan yet", no plan is active for you. Coach
clients should ask their coach to assign a plan and set it active.

## The Nutrition tab

- **Calorie card**: eaten so far, your target, calories left, and protein, carbs
  and fat.
- **Today's plan**: each meal with its target. A meal may offer several options.
- **View plan**: the full plan with daily targets and every meal. This page is
  read-only.
- **Logged today**: what you have logged.
- **View previous logs**: your log history.

## Logging a planned meal

1. Tap a meal under **Today's plan**.
2. Choose an option if there is more than one.
3. Adjust portions or add foods if you ate something different.
4. Save.

## Logging something else

1. Tap **Log New** at the top right.
2. Use the tabs:
   - **Search**: search the food library. Popular foods are listed before you
     type.
   - **Recipes**: your saved recipes.
   - **Custom**: foods you created.
3. Tap foods to select them. Tap into a food to set the portion and unit.
4. Tap **Add food**.

The meal is filed by time of day:

| Time | Meal |
| --- | --- |
| 4:00 to 11:00 | Breakfast |
| 11:00 to 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00 to 18:00 | Snack |
| Any other time | Dinner |

### Custom foods

In the **Custom** tab, create a food with a name, serving weight, calories,
protein, fat and carbs. You can add a photo. Swipe left on a custom food to edit
or delete it.

### Recipes

In the **Recipes** tab, create a recipe with a name, number of servings and
ingredients. Macros per serving are calculated for you. Swipe left to edit or
delete.

Deleting a custom food or recipe does not change meals you already logged.

## What is not available

- Scanning barcodes.
- Logging by taking a photo of your food.
- Quick-adding calories without choosing a food.
- A water tracker. Water may appear as a habit instead.
- Editing or deleting a meal after it is logged.
- Changing your calorie or macro targets yourself. For individuals, Straton
  adjusts them over time. For coach clients, the coach sets them.

## For coach clients

Your coach can see what you log, along with calorie and macro adherence. Foods
and recipes you create are visible to your coach too.

## For individuals

Logging food needs an active subscription. Logging on most days is what lets
Straton fine-tune your calorie target.

## Common questions

**I logged a meal by mistake.**
A logged meal cannot be removed in the app at the moment. Coach clients can let
their coach know. Individuals can contact support if it matters for their
targets.

**I can't find a food.**
Try a simpler search term, or create it as a custom food.

**"Those foods can't be logged yet."**
One of the selected foods is missing nutrition details. Pick a different entry
or create a custom food.

**My targets changed.**
Individuals: Straton adjusted them based on your logged food and weigh-ins. Coach
clients: your coach updated your plan.

**The meal went into the wrong slot.**
The meal is assigned by the time you log it. Log planned meals from **Today's
plan** to put them in the right slot.