Read the pattern, leave the scorecard

Illustrative photograph. Credits and sources.

Know what the colors represent

Busog labels protein, carbohydrate and fat wherever it uses color. Each macro total comes from scaled food records. The chart shows those totals against the editable gram targets derived from your chosen energy split.

Percent of which goal

The circles in Macro balance show the proportion of the calorie target recorded on each day. The lines below describe each macro as a proportion of its own gram target. Future days use hatching, so an unrecorded day does not look like measured zero intake.

Averages are context

Progress calculates averages over the selected 7, 30 or 90 days. A partially logged day is still partial data. Busog starts you with a sample diary so the chart has something to show; your own entries replace it as you log.

A record is not a grade

A number above or below a target is information about the record and its assumptions. It is not a moral judgment. You can edit the goal, correct an entry or simply return to the next meal. The interface should make those choices easy.

Open Busog and the food library. Ingredient references: USDA FoodData Central.