FAQ

Open Nutrition → Day planner. It starts on the selected diary day, normally Today. Use Today, Tomorrow or the date picker. Your saved food and workouts for that day appear at the top.

For today or a past day, Log as eaten saves food to the same Nutrition diary and calorie/macro totals. Plan for later keeps it uneaten. Future-day food is planned only. Tap Log as eaten on a planned row when you eat it, once that day arrives.

Yes, automatically, including repeated foods and servings. Add an optional time without logging again. Diary edits and deletions are reflected here; removing a logged planner row also removes it from Nutrition. Schedule changes save on this device as you go.

Change the activity time or choose Skipped, Done or Still planned. Timing ignores skipped sessions and matches logged workouts and Strava activity. Marking a planned activity Done updates its schedule status; use Workouts to save actual sets or duration. Targets never change just because timing changes.

On Android, open Profile → Settings → Connected apps → Health Connect. Grant permissions and use Sync now. Garmin, Fitbit and other devices contribute only when their companion apps write to Health Connect. Intake does not intercept Bluetooth traffic. You need the Android release containing this connection.

Today’s steps, active calories, workout count and an average from available workout heart-rate samples. Unavailable source data can leave numbers missing or zero. This is not live monitoring and does not automatically add exercise calories to your target or log workouts.

Not yet. It needs the iPhone app and a separate integration. A web browser cannot read Health Connect or Apple Health.

Connect Strava separately in Settings and tap Sync now to import supported activities into Workouts. Available routes and stats support My Progress and coaching. Sync backfills missing details without replacing edited workout names, dates or exercises. Strava imports save privately with your account; Health Connect summaries stay on-device.

Profile → Settings → Data Usage explains storage, use, disconnecting and deletion, with a link to the full Privacy Policy. Disconnecting does not delete records held by your watch provider.

Add multiple searched or scanned foods, review servings, then log them together to a meal. Check everything before saving.

Athlete members can describe food aloud, then review matched foods and amounts before saving. Always check the serving and nutrition.

Use recipe import in Nutrition’s recipes area. Supported pages provide ingredients and nutrition for review. When nutrition is missing, an Athlete AI estimate may be offered; it is not verified label data.

Build a drink by size, base, milk and additions to estimate calories and macros. It is free to try; logging is Athlete-only. Menus and customizations vary, so check your order.

Open it from Profile or Workouts for saved weekly activity totals, streaks, nutrition consistency, weight trends, whole-activity cardio records and lifting PRs. Strava routes appear when available. Share cards show what you choose to share.

It compares saved intake and weight trends to estimate recent energy expenditure, not a watch measurement. Suggested target adjustments need confirmation.

Eligible Athlete members can preview and confirm different saved calorie and macro goals for training and rest days. Meal timing alone never changes targets.

Invite a new member through Gym Partner. Intake checks qualifying signup and first-log activity before granting rewards. Existing accounts and self-referrals do not qualify.

Profile → Settings → Manage personalization preferences includes sound, vibration, next-set suggestions and the refuel banner. Keep-screen-on is optional while logging. Choices stay on this device.

Opt-in path-specific sessions, editable one-more suggestions and a saved-workout debrief compare working-set volume with prior matching sessions. Private Calluses recognize progress. Weekly scale suggestions only apply after confirmation. Safety and recovery come first.

20% off Intake Athlete for nurses and healthcare workers, EMTs and paramedics, firefighters, police officers, and active military or veterans. That is $7.99/month instead of $9.99, or $47.99/year instead of $59.99.

Create a free account and sign in. Go to Profile → Premium plans & purchases → Request discount. Enter your name, profession, work email and employer, and attach a photo of your work badge or ID. Then tap submit.

Every request is reviewed by a person. Your work email (for example a hospital, .gov or .mil address) and your badge photo help us confirm you qualify. Badge photos are private and only used for review.

Usually within one to two days. You will get an email at your work address once you are approved.

Your approval email includes code HERO20 as confirmation. You do not need to type it in Google Play — the discount is tied to your approved Intake account. Open the Intake Android app signed in to that same account, go to the upgrade screen and subscribe. Google Play will show the hero price before you pay.

Right now the Hero discount applies to subscriptions in the Android app through Google Play.

You can send a new request with a work email or a clearer badge photo, or email intakemacro@gmail.com.

Your day at a glance: the calorie ring shows calories eaten versus your goal, and the bars show protein, carbs and fat. Below is your meal diary for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

Use the day switcher at the top to move back and forward and view or log any day.

Your morning briefing with calorie and macro targets, a weigh-in reminder and today’s sessions from accepted running and Legend training plans. Enter actual cardio or run minutes and tap Mark done to save the session in Workouts. Lifting uses the workout log for sets and weights. Tap to open, shrink or hide until tomorrow. Athlete members also get coaching notes.

Nutrition → Day planner shows your saved food and workouts for the selected day alongside optional future plans. Log as eaten saves food to Nutrition; Plan for later stays uneaten. Set optional food times and plan lifting, cardio or walks. Skipped activities no longer affect timing, and targets do not change automatically.

A Bullseye is a day where you land close to your calorie and protein targets. Days in a row build your streak, and you unlock milestones at 7, 14, 30, 60 and 100 days.

Search by name, scan a barcode, snap the Nutrition Facts label, or take a photo of your meal for an AI estimate. You can also create your own foods or quick-add calories.

Yes. Foods you log offline are saved on your phone and sync when you reconnect.

Foods from trusted databases are labeled. Values you enter yourself are kept private and are never shown as verified.

Add the foods you keep at home — Un-crustables, Halo Top, ground beef, anything — with an optional count of how many are left. Tap Solve remaining and Intake suggests combinations that fit your leftover calories and macros, with craving filters like sweet, savory or high-protein. Suggestions are never logged automatically; when you log one, the count goes down.

Yes. Every scanned or searched food can be edited before you log it, and saved barcodes can be edited later. Your own values stay private and are never shown as verified.

Within three hours of a saved lifting session, Home shows the protein and carbs that session called for, based on your body weight, hard sets, muscle groups, RIR and goal. Food you already logged after the session counts toward it. Turn the banner off in Profile → Settings.

From 6 PM, Home shows how your day landed and one high-protein option to save it, pulled from your pantry or a menu nearby. It never changes your targets.

Profile → Travel. Set your dates and Intake keeps your targets, shows a maintenance preview, suggests equipment substitutions for hotel gyms and lets you pause Legend days while you are away.

Yes. The Day planner has a sleep field for hours and how rested you feel, saved on this device. Poor sleep or many training days in a row makes next-set suggestions gentler.

Build a workout, pick exercises from the catalog by muscle group, and log sets with weight and reps. Cardio is logged in minutes.

Intake spots your personal records automatically from your saved sets and shows them in your history.

A rest timer between sets and a plate calculator that shows which plates to load on each side.

After a completed set, Intake can suggest the next weight or reps from your own history, your goal and whether you are in Standard, Hardcore or Legend mode. The suggestion is editable: change the weight and reps first if you like, then tap Yes, use it to fill the next set, or No thanks to skip it for that exercise. Turn it off in Profile → Settings.

Workouts → Lifts. Log a lift with sets and reps, then open any lift to see its history, personal records, session volume and estimated 1RM chart.

Intake compares each muscle group's recent progressive overload over four weeks and points out the one lagging most, so you know what to train next.

Your goals and body stats, weight progress, trophies and badges, reminders, settings, privacy and your subscription.

Update your goal (cut, maintain or bulk), weight, height and activity. Intake recalculates your daily calories and macros.

Every daily plan is saved so you can look back, with a weekly summary of calories, macros and weight.

Profile → Athlete focus. Pick Fat Loss & Tone, Endurance & Running, Strength & Bodybuilding, or All-Around Athlete. It changes which cards and words lead your Home tab. Switch any time — nothing is hidden, deleted or lost.

Profile → Settings → Account → Delete account. Type DELETE to confirm. Your account, sign-in and saved records are permanently removed and you are signed out. Google Play subscriptions must be canceled separately in Google Play.

Coach chat, coaching notes in your daily plan, the body-fat goal planner, Dine Out restaurant menus, Grab & Go snacks, the Athlete Cook Book, the Grocery List and more.

Find restaurant chains near you and see menu items that fit your remaining calories and macros. Search by cuisine — Italian, Mexican, Chinese, sushi, tacos, burgers — or by restaurant within 15 miles, with menus including Panera, Starbucks, Dunkin', Dutch Bros and 7 Brew. Tap "Order on DoorDash" to open that restaurant in DoorDash and get it delivered.

On Android, manage or cancel your subscription in Google Play → Payments & subscriptions. Use "Restore purchases" on the upgrade screen if you reinstall.

Profile → Discover & train → Community. It has four tabs: Feed, Groups, Friends and Challenges. You need a free account.

Feed posts are Friends-only unless you pick Everyone. Group posts are seen by that group's members (and anyone browsing a public group). Private groups need an invite code.

Search or browse groups, tap Join, then post discussions and comment. Anyone can create a group; the creator can remove posts and members.

Open Friends and tap Challenge beside their name. They are invited automatically; pick a challenge type and start.

Tap the flag on a post, comment or group to report it to the Intake team. Tap the block icon to block a member; you won't see each other's posts or comments. Community must stay professional: cussing, sexual content, slurs and links are blocked, every attempt is sent to the Intake team, and violations can get an account closed.

Yes. Profile → Discover & train → Run plans. First mile (6 weeks) is free. 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon and 50K ultra plans are part of Athlete. Mark runs done as you go; progress saves on your device.

Yes. Tap the heart on any exercise in Workouts. Tap the Favorites chip to see only those, and favorites always show first.

Yes. Export a compatible workout CSV from your previous app, then open Workouts and tap "Import workouts". Preview the entries before importing. Supported sets, weights and set types come over. You need to be signed in; CSV formats vary by app.

Yes. Export a compatible nutrition-summary CSV from your previous app, then open Nutrition and tap "Import nutrition". Preview the entries before importing. Each meal’s daily totals are added to your diary. CSV formats vary by app.

Tag each set as Normal, Warm-up, Drop or Failure. Warm-ups never count toward PRs or working volume. RIR is how many reps you had left in the tank (0 = failure). e1RM is your estimated one-rep max from that set's weight and reps.

Intake's own list plus about 740 more exercises with how-to steps from the open, public-domain Free Exercise DB. Tap the info icon on an exercise to see the steps.

In Nutrition, open My recipes, add the ingredients for the whole batch (from favorites or typed in), set how many servings it makes and save. Then tap the recipe to log one serving any day.

Tap +8, +16 or +32 oz on Home to log water toward your daily goal. The daily check-in saves sleep, energy and hunger on this device, and Coach uses it for today's advice.

Direct, structured coaching for Athlete members. It never punishes missed logs or changes targets without approval.

Optional Mass, Shred or Lean Muscle paths with suitability screening and adjustable nutrition estimates. Targets change only when you tap Apply.

Mass starts near a 10% surplus, Lean Muscle near 5%, and Shred near a 15% deficit. General adult protein starts at 1.8 g/kg for Mass and 2.0 g/kg for Lean Muscle and Shred, using total body weight. Fat and training carbohydrate allowances must fit before a target is offered. These are product defaults, not clinical prescriptions.

Strikes and demotion have been removed. Missing logs are unknown; normal fluctuations, steady sessions and planned deloads are not failures.

Weekly reviews need substantial food logs and weigh-ins across two weeks. Suggested changes are capped at 150 cal/day per review, require approval and wait at least seven days after the previous adjustment. Scale changes cannot identify fat or muscle.

Pregnancy/breastfeeding, eating-disorder concerns, medically managed diets or possible low-energy symptoms require qualified support. Infeasible macro allocations also require review, rather than silently cutting carbohydrate or displaying negative macros.

A comparison with your recorded working sets, not a requirement to add volume every session. Recovery and periodization matter.

Yes. Pause today for recovery on the Home path check-in. No punishment workouts or skipped meals.