There are a few MyFitnessPal settings we recommend changing so the app works properly with your MacroRx+ prescription.

-Set your week to start on Monday

Each Monday morning, after weighing in, you’ll submit a weekly view of your calorie and macro data so your progress can be reviewed and your calorie and/or macro prescription adjusted when needed.

To change this setting:

Person icon (upper right) → Settings → Start of the Week → Monday

-Don’t log your exercise in MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal can add calories to your daily goal when exercise is logged. We don’t want it doing that. Your MacroRx+ calorie prescription already takes your normal activity level into consideration.

Continue exercising as usual, but don’t use MyFitnessPal’s added exercise calories as additional calories available to eat.

-Turn off step tracking

For the same reason, we don’t want MyFitnessPal adjusting your available calories based on steps recorded by your phone or fitness watch.

To turn this off:

Person icon (upper right) → Steps → Don’t track steps

You can still track your steps with your phone, watch or another fitness app if you’d like — we simply don’t want those steps changing the calorie numbers you’re using for MacroRx+.

-Share your food diary

Sharing your diary allows your coaches and the MacroRx+ community to see more than your daily screenshots. This can be helpful when making food suggestions or identifying patterns that may be making your prescription harder to hit.

To change your diary-sharing setting:

Settings → Sharing & Privacy → Diary Sharing → Public or Friends Only

Once these settings are configured, MyFitnessPal becomes a tracking tool for your MacroRx+ prescription rather than allowing the app to determine how much you should eat.