Setting Macro Targets

What this is

A MacroTarget is a single daily target row per client containing:

• Total daily calories
• Protein grams
• Carbs grams
• Fat grams

There's only one active target per client at a time — when you update it, the new values apply to all future days.

The Food Journal widget (client side) compares the client's logged meals against this target so they see daily totals and remaining macros.

Step-by-step

1. Open the client (/clients/[clientId]).
2. Click the Nutrition tab.
3. The MacroTargetForm is at the top of the tab.
4. Enter:

• Calories (e.g. 2400)
• Protein g (e.g. 180)
• Carbs g (e.g. 240)
• Fat g (e.g. 80)

1. Click Save. A toast confirms.

How it relates to the food journal

• The client logs each meal at /dashboard/client → Food Journal widget.
• Each meal has its own kcal + P/C/F numbers.
• The widget sums today's entries and shows progress vs your target.
• You see read-only summary at /clients/[id] → Nutrition tab → FoodJournalSummary (last 7 days).

Sanity checks

When you save, the system validates:

• Calories: 0-10000.
• Each macro: 0-1000g.
• Calories should roughly match the macros (4 kcal/g protein + carbs, 9 kcal/g fat). The form does NOT enforce this — but reviewing the totals as you save catches typos.

Common pitfalls

Where to find this

• Page: /clients/[clientId] → Nutrition tab.
• Component: MacroTargetForm.
• API: GET/PUT /api/clients/[id]/macro-target.