CatLena

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.

Add a meal

  1. Open Nutrition and go to the day you want.
  2. Tap Meal, next to Recipes and Plan.
  3. Give it a name: Breakfast, Lunch, Snack.
  4. Tap Item and write the description and the quantity of each food ("scrambled egg", "2 units").
  5. Tap Calculate. CatLena fills in the calories and macros of each item, using your recipes, the food database and, last, an estimate.
  6. Review and tap Add meal.
Nutrition screen with the Meal button highlighted
The Meal button is above the list of meals.
New meal form
With no items, you can also type the totals directly.

Planned or eaten

The meal is added as planned. Tap the circle next to it when you eat: it then counts toward the day total.

Edit or delete

On the meal row, the pencil opens the editor and the trash can deletes it.