Dieter - Active plan

The active plan is the diet you're following right now. Dieter shows you what to eat each day, and you tick off the meals you've eaten.

How to set a plan as active

Open a diet from the list in the Diets tab.
Tap Set as active.
Choose when you start: From today or From tomorrow.

Only one plan can be active at a time. If another plan is already running, the app asks whether to replace it. The previous plan doesn't disappear, it stays on your list of diets.

For a plan from the library, first take it with the Take this plan button. The app opens your copy, and that's where you'll find Set as active.

Where to find it

While the plan is running, a bar with its name and day sits above your list of diets, for example Day 2 of 7. Tap the bar to open the Active plan screen.

What the screen shows

The plan name with the label Your own plan or From your dietitian.
Day: use the arrows to go to the previous or next day. If the plan's author named the day, for example "Training day", the name appears under the date.
Meals in the order of the plan, each with its meal time name and calories. Tap a meal to see the recipe.
Total for the day: calories for the whole day.
Salt, vitamins and minerals for the whole day, from USDA data. When some ingredients have no data, the value is marked "at least", because it's a lower limit.

If salt goes over 5 g on a given day, or saturated fat provides more than 10% of the energy, you'll see a note with the WHO recommendation under the table.

Ticking off meals

Tap the circle next to a meal once you've eaten it. The Ticked 3 of 5 counter counts meals, not calories. Nothing turns red when you eat something different: the plan is an average over many days, and one different day doesn't spoil anything.

Your ticks stay on your phone only. They're not sent to the server and nobody but you can see them, not even your dietitian. They're cleared when you end the plan or start it again.

When the plan doesn't match your calories

If you've set your calorie target and the plan's average falls outside your tolerance (±200 kcal by default), you'll see both numbers and the difference under the plan name. In the library, the My calories filter shows plans closer to your target. More in the Calorie calculator article.

This note doesn't appear for plans from a dietitian, because the dietitian builds the plan around the goal you agreed on together.

End of the plan

Days before the start and after the end of the plan are marked Outside the plan.
When the plan comes to an end, you'll see Plan finished and two buttons: Start again (the same plan from today) or End plan.
End plan is also at the bottom of every day. The bar disappears from your list of diets, but the diet itself stays in your diets.

A plan from your dietitian

If you work with a dietitian, a plan proposal may appear above your list of diets. Tap Answer and choose From today, From tomorrow or Not now. An accepted plan carries the From your dietitian label.