How to hide the calories and track just protein
An easier way to ease into tracking
Calorie totals give you the heebie-jeebies?
When you’re just getting started tracking or have had a prior not-so-great relationship with “calorie counting,” getting back into it can seem daunting.
However, there are quite a few reasons why you still may want to keep track of your food without seeing the calorie totals, such as:
Being able to keep track of certain micronutrients for health purposes
Ensuring overall protein intake is in a good place
Allow you to ease back into an environment of being aware of calorie intake.
So what does it look like?
How Do I set it up?
Navigate to:
More >
Display >
For Summary Column select ‘Protein’
Toggle off Show Energy Summary
Toggle off Show Macronutrient Breakdown
Update Diary Group settings
Navigate to:
More >
Display >
Diary Settings >
Show Group Subtotals set as: Same as Summary Column in Diary
Update Summary
Navigate to:
More >
Targets >
Nutrient Targets >
Lipids & Carbohydrates >
Toggle OFF the visibility of energy
Just like energy, navigate to:
More >
Targets >
Nutrient Targets >
Lipids & Carbohydrates >
Toggle OFF the visibility of fat and carbs
Update Protein goal
Navigate to:
More >
Targets >
Macro Targets >
Toggle to “Set macros using” fixed
Input your protein goal or set to “0"
In COnclusion
If you’re trying to ease back into tracking, this could be a great option as you gather baseline data without trying to back into a perfect calorie number.
If needed, you can always drill into macro totals via the daily summary report later!
