Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist? Nutrition

So I have to “get ahead” of the calories or I’m eating right before fitness app for muscle gain and a larger than I’d want meal before bed. It kinda depends on where I am in my base/build/etc. I changed my check-in day to Wednesday because that gives my system enough time to get back to normal. Mondays after a weekend of 2.5-4 hour or more rides, I frequently have a weight spike from water retention and such, but everything typically settles down by Wednesday. Then I’m almost 2k over what I needed.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

But it’s nice (interesting/different) that MF removes this kind of thinking all together. Yeah and in the dedicated Hexis thread on this forum. Not sure why it’s getting positive reviews in this thread.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

• One of my biggest points of friction with Crono is “guessing” what I’m going to need today.
• In long ultras I tend to work in “real” food, so I practice that in training.
• It estimates fuel needs based on the scheduled workouts in addition to intra-workout fuel recommendations.
• Both of these apps take your training plan and your completed rides and create bespoke macro and calorie goals based on your nutrition goals.
• On a day with a threshold workout it suggested I only consume 150g carbs (yes, for the whole day!) and 180g of protein.
• I’ve emailed about a refund but doubt they will honor the prior 90 day policy.

Can we all appreciate how horrendous the Fuelin app is. Could do a balls out session and it’s still getting registered as z2. No difference in calories or carbs between zone 1 or z2 nor between z3/4/5. Nothing else.Recommendations are extremely low for maintenance calories even “gain” has me eating barely enough.Terrible. It estimates fuel needs based on the scheduled workouts in addition to intra-workout fuel recommendations.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

If MF removes that friction while still hitting targets during gain/cut cycles. There’s already some things I like about it. Its approach is legitimately “different” than how other trackers approach nutrition tracking.

And at a time investment that’s a tiny, tiny fraction of other important things like just simply feeding myself or training. I’ve emailed about a refund but doubt they will honor the prior 90 day policy. I’ve switched over to Hexis and will give it a try. Initial impressions are positive – for the same workouts this weekend it is suggesting ~5, ,800 calories and heavier on the carbs during the workout. I just think I need some help to re-evaluate my nutritional needs.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

Nevermind a diet that requires this much effort. But it’s ok, because you think people that don’t wanna do this have bigger problems. Personally, when I’m very active I tend to under eat and lose weight. And when I’m very sedentary I tend to over eat and gain weight. It adjusts recommended calories on a weekly check-in, and it works out remarkably well.

The main difference is the up front nutrition estimate and adjustments based on actual response in weight trends. One of my biggest points of friction with Crono is “guessing” what I’m going to need today. The RMR + a little is enough….like 2k calories.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

On a day with a threshold workout it suggested I only consume 150g carbs (yes, for the whole day!) and 180g of protein. I think Fuelin is actually irresponsible and potentially dangerous in it’s recommendations. I’m trying to lose a couple of kg but it’s strategy to do that was so unessecarily aggressive and unsustainable. And it builds an intuition that I can use to make better choices when I’m not tracking because I know the nutritional ‘cost’ of various things much better. Just a note that the entire “special sauce” of MacroFactor is exactly that it accurately determines your calorie expenditure based on your weight response.

It doesn’t take that much with a good tracker. And, generally, if your weight management is fine without tracking that’s awesome. After the workout the apps sync the actual TSS/duration/intensity/etc. From Trainingspeaks/Garmin etc. and replace the planned template workout. As far as I know, the various apps all sync with Trainingpeaks and other services, too.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

So I’ll give it a shot see how it goes. In the beginning it had glitches in the user interfaces, which I wrote in this forum as well. It still worked well with the nutrition guidance. When I took these issues to them they were super defensive and acted like I just wasn’t trying hard enough.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

And that’s what I have my baseline set to. But do I have weights and 1.5h of intervals? And I usually knock these out in the afternoon or evening.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

Especially after I got a DEXA and was able to use lean mass for RMR…it increased my calories by 150 over the general population estimate for my weight/age. For me, good nutrition and tracking noticeably help in getting the results I want in the shortest time frame. Particularly with weight gain and loss.

Does a genuinely good “AI” nutrition app exist?

Yeah, I was going to recommend MacroFactor myself. I’m down about 20 pounds from this time last year. It’s nice and simple, and the fact that it only looks at calories in vs. weight trends makes it so much more effective. I use Macrofactor and have been tracking and weighing food since about December. If I leave the scale out on the kitchen counter it adds less than a minute to every meal. If you don’t have that sort of energy you got other problems going on.