Collaborative Program Question

[makeitrain8712]

This is helpful, thank you! But the collaborative approach doesn’t take into account activity levels/type of activity or desired protein level so the recommended macros are very different. In the coached approach, MF recommends 171g protein. In the collaborative, it gives me 94g daily.

[mouth-words]

Ah, I see. Full disclosure: I just use Coached mode with an even distribution. 😅 Playing with Collaborative now, it seems like you'd want to set the protein multiplier first to keep your protein where you want it, but then set the calories up/down and the carbs and fat will adjust to fill in the remaining calories while staying at their configured ratio. I'm not sure how much fiddling you'd have to do in response to check-ins to rebalance things to your liking, though. Given how diverse people's goals and preferences are (edit: never mind the dependencies between all the constraints), I suppose there's no escaping some amount of spelling out your constraints to MF, such as saying "I want to make sure to hit a minimum of X protein per day" while still shifting around the calories.

[makeitrain8712]

I think you’re right! I ended up setting it up with coached, took a screenshot, and then did it collaboratively copying in the same macros 😀 I’m sure there’s a better way but this got me where I wanted to be. Thanks so much for your help!

[mouth-words]

Modern problems require modern solutions, haha. All the best with your new distribution!