Track Macros in App (daily carbs/protein/fat intake)

[aurrore]

The browser log shows a breakdown of your macros for the day, and this is extremely useful, but it is absent in the app. For many people, including myself, it's not only important to track your calorie intake for the day, but also your macronutrient intake (carbohydrates, protein, and fat). When I'm considering my next meal or planning my food for the day, I want to know how much of each macronutrient I have eaten so far, so I don't go overboard. As a busy individual, most of my food logging is done through the app. However, I can not track my macronutrients through the app, which makes it hard for me to regulate my intake.

Here is an example of the "daily totals" macro tracker on the Fitbit browser log:

Extremely helpful. Not only does it show how many grams of each macro I've consumed for the day, but it also shows the percentage of my daily consumption for each macro. The aforementioned is a fabulous feature because I split my daily macro targets into percentages (ie; 30% carbs, 35% fat, 35% protein). This allows to see me where I'm at so far, or even log everything I INTEND to eat and see where that would leave me. Then, I can make adjustments. Really a great feature.

But, again, it's not available on the app. And I think it's really important that this be added, for several reasons:

• A lot of people log most of their food through the day via app because of time restrictions/lack of access to a computer.
• Real time macronutrient tracking helps everyone to meet their goals and adjust planned meals based on where their macronutrients currently stand.
• Macronutrient tracking is just as important as calorie tracking. We need a balance of macronutrients to be happy and healthy.
• Easily accessible (app) macronutrient tracking will help people to see patterns in their diet which are causing them to fall short of what they need, therefore helping them improve their diet.
• Diet and what you eat is just as important as how many calories you consume. Being able to see the macronutrient numbers alongside the calorie numbers will help people become more aware of their diet.

Please give us macronutrient tracking in the app! It's such a wonderful feature of the browser log, and should definitely be prioritized for including it in the app log. Fitbit is an amazing product and can really help people turn their lifestyles around for the better, and adding the macronutrient tracker to the app will only further help those who need direction in the area of diet.

Moderator Edit: updated subject for clarity & Labels

[Dhowe]

I'm actually surprised at how old this is but hasn't been addressed yet. I don't log my food anymore since I know the calories but the other macros are even more important. We should set goals and see where we're at. This would be the best app for tracking. I hate having to use multiple apps. 

[youngpearl]

this would be really helpful for those of us with muscle building goals. I want to know how much protein i'm taking in, but other than going on my computer and checking the log page for food, I have to check each food/drink i've logged individually and write it down to add it up. it would be so much more convenient if each macro had it's own tile in the app, and we could choose which ones we want to add to our dashboards/apps etc. 

[crumpetc]

I really like this suggestion and have been thinking about how to get the nutrient intake to goal information in a concise way. Having a tile for each, with inputting of a goal, would allow you to track daily intake similar to the calorie intake to calorie burn tile. This would be great. I really hope fitbit is looking at this because otherwise they have a stellar platform with the integration of all the data, weight, fitstar, etc. This is the last missing like - but it is a BIG missing link...

[Merunkai]

This feature would be incredibly helpful, and would benefit FitBit as a company by attracting more weight-training focused athletes as customers.

[damaged]

This is just sad. Ignoring such a good feature idea.

[MalachiJones]

I would like to see the macronutrients in the app too.

[FaeryBee]

It would be beneficial to those of us with pre-diabetes or diabetes to have the dashboard calculate the Daily Sugar Intake from the foods logged.  The log shows the calories, protein, fat, fiber and sodium but leaves out this very important component which affects so many people's daily lives.

It seems to be an easy fix and one that would benefit a tremendous number of Fitbit users.

[PhiFitness]

Yes, please add this! I have been tracking macros for about a year now. I just got the fitbit charge 2 and was shocked that this was not an available feature. That's a lot of money spent to not even know if I ate 2,000 calories of proper nutrients or 2,000 calories of junk.  Please add macro tracking! 

[Brandon614]

I second this. We need macros.

[dbrady]

Please add this feature to the mobile app!!!

[FaeryBee]

I would particularly like to see the amount of sugar listed. 

Those of us with pre-diabetes or diabetes need an easy way to track the grams of sugar intake each day.

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@aurrore wrote:

The browser log shows a breakdown of your macros for the day, and this is extremely useful, but it is absent in the app. For many people, including myself, it's not only important to track your calorie intake for the day, but also your macronutrient intake (carbohydrates, protein, and fat). When I'm considering my next meal or planning my food for the day, I want to know how much of each macronutrient I have eaten so far, so I don't go overboard. As a busy individual, most of my food logging is done through the app. However, I can not track my macronutrients through the app, which makes it hard for me to regulate my intake.

Here is an example of the "daily totals" macro tracker on the Fitbit browser log:

Extremely helpful. Not only does it show how many grams of each macro I've consumed for the day, but it also shows the percentage of my daily consumption for each macro. The aforementioned is a fabulous feature because I split my daily macro targets into percentages (ie; 30% carbs, 35% fat, 35% protein). This allows to see me where I'm at so far, or even log everything I INTEND to eat and see where that would leave me. Then, I can make adjustments. Really a great feature.

But, again, it's not available on the app. And I think it's really important that this be added, for several reasons:

• A lot of people log most of their food through the day via app because of time restrictions/lack of access to a computer.
• Real time macronutrient tracking helps everyone to meet their goals and adjust planned meals based on where their macronutrients currently stand.
• Macronutrient tracking is just as important as calorie tracking. We need a balance of macronutrients to be happy and healthy.
• Easily accessible (app) macronutrient tracking will help people to see patterns in their diet which are causing them to fall short of what they need, therefore helping them improve their diet.
• Diet and what you eat is just as important as how many calories you consume. Being able to see the macronutrient numbers alongside the calorie numbers will help people become more aware of their diet.

Please give us macronutrient tracking in the app! It's such a wonderful feature of the browser log, and should definitely be prioritized for including it in the app log. Fitbit is an amazing product and can really help people turn their lifestyles around for the better, and adding the macronutrient tracker to the app will only further help those who need direction in the area of diet.

Moderator Edit: Edited suggestion title.

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[hassi2k7]

i'm really happy to see such great response to this suggestion. let's keep up writing to this idea to show fitbit the importance of the macro tracking. i think this feature should be one of the basics of an nutrition tracker and fitness app - so please fitbit, after all this years and hundrets of comments, bring this to the app.

[A.ROQ]

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@aurrore wrote:

The browser log shows a breakdown of your macros for the day, and this is extremely useful, but it is absent in the app. For many people, including myself, it's not only important to track your calorie intake for the day, but also your macronutrient intake (carbohydrates, protein, and fat). When I'm considering my next meal or planning my food for the day, I want to know how much of each macronutrient I have eaten so far, so I don't go overboard. As a busy individual, most of my food logging is done through the app. However, I can not track my macronutrients through the app, which makes it hard for me to regulate my intake.

Here is an example of the "daily totals" macro tracker on the Fitbit browser log:

Extremely helpful. Not only does it show how many grams of each macro I've consumed for the day, but it also shows the percentage of my daily consumption for each macro. The aforementioned is a fabulous feature because I split my daily macro targets into percentages (ie; 30% carbs, 35% fat, 35% protein). This allows to see me where I'm at so far, or even log everything I INTEND to eat and see where that would leave me. Then, I can make adjustments. Really a great feature.

But, again, it's not available on the app. And I think it's really important that this be added, for several reasons:

• A lot of people log most of their food through the day via app because of time restrictions/lack of access to a computer.
• Real time macronutrient tracking helps everyone to meet their goals and adjust planned meals based on where their macronutrients currently stand.
• Macronutrient tracking is just as important as calorie tracking. We need a balance of macronutrients to be happy and healthy.
• Easily accessible (app) macronutrient tracking will help people to see patterns in their diet which are causing them to fall short of what they need, therefore helping them improve their diet.
• Diet and what you eat is just as important as how many calories you consume. Being able to see the macronutrient numbers alongside the calorie numbers will help people become more aware of their diet.

Please give us macronutrient tracking in the app! It's such a wonderful feature of the browser log, and should definitely be prioritized for including it in the app log. Fitbit is an amazing product and can really help people turn their lifestyles around for the better, and adding the macronutrient tracker to the app will only further help those who need direction in the area of diet.

Moderator Edit: Edited suggestion title.

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This is a must-have! Without the app is incomplete and almost useless to serious athletes. Please get this on the app as soon as possible. Macro nutrients are the biggest downfall of the app, as it stands.

[Mjaspan21]

Adding macros would make this app and the Fitbit app even better. I want to be able to use one app to track my fitness/activity and help me track my meals

[Skyfe93]

Totally agree! This is one of the mayor features Fitbit lacks and I would really love to have. As mentioned it's a pretty vital feature for anyone who's serious about their fitness goals. Therefore I actually expected macro's to be part of the daily overview but since it's not I really hope this feature will be implemented soon - it would really complete the app.

[sanns526]

I can't believe how many years users have been asking for this and Fitbit STILL hasn't implemented. Get on the ball Fitbit!

[Realgoals]

When will a macronutrient tracking enhancement/feature be available for use on the Fitbit Mobile App? 

[Marojas]

I track my carbs daily using a different app. Would love it if Fitbit offered that option.

[mdphd2b]

This would make life easier - have been tracking net carbs for 2 years and it's working. Without having it on FitBit app, I have to log in 2 different apps.

[Rosy2k]

I would love to be able to track my Carbs, Protein and Fat in one spot.
Do you mind sharing the name of App you use for Carb tracking? So i can take a look at it.


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[Mjaspan21]

I use "calorie count". It's the first app I downloaded when I started tracking and I just like the layout and the chart that shows how much carbs, protein, and fat I have consumed

[OCR_Icarus]

Upvoted!! It would be so useful to see if I've hit my customized carbs, fat, protein macros for the day and set a reminder in the evening if I am short a certain amount of macros.

[SunsetRunner]

We really need this function on the mobile app. 

[jdf25]

Please add macros to app!!  Trying to stay with Fitbit but it seems crazy that something so fundamental would not be available in the app.

[Sunshine2790]

Dear Fitbit,

I am counting my Protein, Carbs, and Fat and noticed there isn't an option to customize my intake for these items.  It would be great if you could include that feature.