FAQs
Quick answers to common questions
How Often Do I Need to Log and Weigh In?The honest minimums for the adaptive features — and what more consistency buys you.Why Did My Targets Change (or Not)?Targets never move behind your back — here's the full list of ways they can change.How Accurate Is AI Food Logging?Very useful, honestly imperfect — how to think about photo and voice estimates.Why Don't My Macros Add Up to My Calories?Small mismatches between 4/4/9 math and the displayed numbers are normal — here's where they come from.What If I Can't Log Accurately?Restaurant plates, buffets, someone else's cooking — the playbook for un-weighable days.Your Expenditure vs. TDEE CalculatorsA calculator tells you what the average person with your stats burns. Gravl tells you what you burn. Here is why the two drift apart, and which to believe.Is My Data Shared with Gravl Workouts?Body data, yes — it's one account. Your food diary, no.Does Gravl Macros Work Offline?What works without a connection, what needs one, and how your data syncs when you're back.Does My Watch's Calorie Burn Count?Gravl Macros never reads the calories your watch says you burned. Here is what it does read instead, and why your training still shows up in the number.Why Hasn't My Expenditure Moved Since My Training Changed?A real change in how much you move takes two to three weeks to surface. Here is why the lag is deliberate, and what to check if it lasts longer.Does a New Program Reset My Expenditure?No. Your expenditure belongs to you, not to your program. Here is exactly what starting a new program restarts, and what carries straight through.What Should I Do When I'm Sick?A week of illness moves your intake, your weight and your motivation at once. What to log, what to ignore, and what not to change on the way out.Does Gravl Macros Handle Body Recomposition?Losing fat while gaining muscle keeps the scale still. Why that doesn't confuse your expenditure, and which numbers to watch instead.