Nutrition
Calorie Budget Allocation
Calorie budget allocation splits daily or weekly calories across meals and flex pools up front—training days get more anchor calories than rest days.
Calorie budget allocation divides your daily or weekly energy target across meals, snacks, and optional flex pools—breakfast, lunch, dinner, pre-workout, and a social buffer—before the week starts. Bigger anchors on training days and lighter trims on rest days keep weekly average on goal without identical plates daily.
Allocation fails when every meal is equal but hunger is not. Leave ten to fifteen percent unassigned for sauces and underestimates.
Common questions
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How much calorie buffer should you leave unassigned?
Roughly ten to fifteen percent of the day for oils, bites, and logging error works for many trackers. Raise the buffer on travel or restaurant-heavy weeks.
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