How to use CatLena
Step-by-step guides for every feature, with the app screens.
Getting started
- Create your account and fill in your profile
How to sign in to CatLena with Google, Apple or email and fill in the details behind your targets.
- The Today screen
What the CatLena Today screen shows and how to check off the meals and workouts of the day.
CatLena (AI)
- Log by chatting with CatLena
How to tell CatLena what you ate or trained, review the proposal and confirm the entry.
- Pick the right food in the proposal
When the database has more than one food with the name you wrote, CatLena shows the options for you to pick.
- AI credits
How the monthly CatLena AI credits work, where to see how much you used and what happens when they run out.
Nutrition
- Follow your nutrition for the day
How to read the CatLena Nutrition screen: energy, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, water and stamina.
- Log and edit a meal
How to add a meal by hand, calculate the macros with CatLena, mark it as eaten, edit and delete it.
- Save your own recipes
How to save your own recipes and foods in CatLena, with portion and macros, to use when logging.
- Create a recurring meal plan
How to build a plan with a period and weekdays so CatLena fills in the planned meals by itself.
Training
- Log or plan a run
How to add a run in CatLena with distance, time and pace, plan workouts and build intervals in blocks.
- Log a strength workout
How to add a strength workout in CatLena with exercises, sets, reps, load and duration.
- Connect Strava
How to link CatLena to Strava to import runs, walks and strength workouts with real calories, including from Garmin.
- Connect Apple Health or Health Connect
How to sync workouts, steps and sleep from your phone with CatLena, on iPhone (Apple Health) and Android (Health Connect).
Body and metrics
- Log weight, body fat, VO₂ max and sleep
How to log body measurements in CatLena and understand the ranges for BMI, body fat, VO₂ max and sleep.
- See your progress in Metrics
How to use the CatLena Metrics screen to see energy, stamina, macros, weight, body fat, sleep and VO₂ max over time.
Account
- Adjust targets, appearance, language and account
What each section of CatLena Settings does: profile, targets, calculation, appearance, language, memory and sign out.
- Delete your account
How to delete your CatLena account in the app or on the website, what is erased and what happens to your subscription.