In short. Send macro targets as a recommendation built from the client’s own numbers. They choose Use these or Keep mine, and you review the week, not the day.
Targets that arrive as a PDF
A PDF tells a client what to eat and asks nothing back. It cannot show how the numbers were reached, and it cannot be checked against what the client actually ate. The first week looks fine. By the third, it has not been opened.
Start from the client’s own numbers
When a client shares nutrition with you, the coach view shows how their calories were worked out: their BMR by the formula they chose, their maintenance estimate, the pace table and their current target. As you type a recommendation it updates, with a note when you go under their BMR. You are working from the same maths the client sees.
Recommend, do not impose
A recommendation shows up on the client’s Nutrition screen. They choose Use these or Keep mine. It never applies itself, only one is open at a time, and a new one replaces the old. If they use it, their target changes from today.
That small choice matters. A client who picked the number owns it. A client who was handed it audits it.
Mind the minimum
The app has a minimum calorie target. If your number falls under it, you see a warning as you enter it. If the client uses the recommendation, their target is held at the minimum with a plain explanation of why, so nobody is surprised by what the app shows.
Review the week, not the day
Nutrition’s Week view adds each day against its own target into a running total. When you review a client’s food, look at complete days and the weekly average, not the one bad dinner. See a calorie deficit is a week, not a day.
Let a reminder help
For a client following targets they accepted from you, a reminder at 8 pm on their own clock asks if nothing has been logged that day. It is gentle, and it is a switch the client controls.
Quick answers
- Can a client ignore my recommendation? Yes. Keep mine changes nothing, and a recommendation never applies itself.
- What if my numbers are under the minimum? You see a warning as you enter them. If the client uses the recommendation, their target is held at the minimum with an explanation.
- Does the client have to share their food log? Yes. Nutrition has to be shared for you to see it, and the client can stop sharing at any time.
Where One Fitness Hub helps
- Nutrition coaching app shows the whole flow from sharing to recommendation.
- Nutrition tracking covers barcodes, label reading, the food library and targets.
- TDEE and macro calculator turns maintenance into a protein, carb and fat split.
This post is general information about using the app, not medical or dietary advice. Targets and estimates in the app are fitness estimates for adults 18 and over.
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