Adaptive Calorie Goals

Adaptive Calorie Goals adjust your daily calories using recent activity, intake, and body-weight trends to keep you on track.

What it uses

SignalSourceEffect on goal
Weight trend (7–14 day)Morning scale with moving averageRising trend during a fat-loss phase reduces calories or raises activity. Falling trend during a gain phase increases calories.
Energy expenditureWearables and logged trainingHigher output increases calories or relaxes deficit to maintain planned rate of change.
Logged intake vs targetFood logs and adherenceIf intake is consistently below target, goals may rise to protect recovery. If intake is above, goals may tighten.
Recovery and sleepWearablesPoor recovery can trigger smaller deficits or maintenance days.
Training loadPlanned workoutsHeavy weeks get more fuel; deload weeks often get less.

Update cadence

Calorie goals update after enough new data arrives. Most users see small adjustments weekly. Larger shifts wait for stable trends, not single-day swings.

Guardrails

Goals never drop below safe floors set from your profile and never jump so high that adherence breaks. Protein targets stay steady. Carbs and fats flex first.

Quick reference

PhaseTypical adjustment windowPrimary lever
Fat loss−5% to −20% of TDEECalories down or steps up
Maintenance±0% of TDEEHold steady, refine macros
Muscle gain+5% to +15% of TDEECalories up on training days

How Fuel uses it

Fuel blends wearables, food logs, and scale trends to set daily calories and macro targets. The system favors small, frequent corrections over rare, large changes.

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