After months of development and beta testing the newest update to the RP Diet Coach app is finally live. Using your feedback, we’ve redesigned the app to make planning, tracking, and adjusting your nutrition smoother than ever. To help you get up to speed, we’ve answered some of the most common questions about the update below so you can take full advantage of all the changes!
1. I’m not getting enough high quality protein and my green beans are being added to my protein targets, why?
The app has always counted lower-quality proteins in your daily totals and accounted for them in your targets. The difference now is that it’s visible to you, giving you more control over your diet.
While some foods provide lower-quality protein, meals aren’t eaten in isolation. You have a steady flow of high-quality proteins coming in throughout the day, and proteins from different foods complement each other to fill any gaps in essential amino acids.
Our protein targets also have a built-in buffer above the research-backed 0.8g per pound of bodyweight threshold (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28698222/). That means even with some lower-quality protein you’re still comfortably above the level shown to maximize muscle growth and retention.
Previous users might see that some of their meals that used to hit daily targets are now going above those targets. Rather than changing how you eat, go ahead and plan the rest of this week’s meals based on the amounts you want and your previous experience. Make sure to click “Save food macros” when complete. Throughout the day focus on calories and protein in your Day Balance and try to land your calories within 15% of your existing target. During your next weekly review, the app will recalibrate your targets.
2. Why aren’t the macros at the top of my schedule changing when I add my meals?
The app isn’t just a tracker. It’s a powerful meal planner to help you stay on track. You can build and save meals ahead of time, but they don’t count toward your daily totals until you check them in.
Checking in is the key step that confirms what you actually ate and updates your macros with real data. Without checking in, your plan stays as just a plan. Once you check in by swiping the meal on the schedule screen, it becomes an accurate record of your intake so your nutrition stays on point.
3. Where are all of my custom foods?
All of your custom foods are still saved in the app. You can find them two ways: by searching for the food name when you’re creating a meal, or by tapping More on the home screen and opening Custom Foods. From there you can see your entire list, edit any items you’ve created, or add new ones whenever you need.
4. Why aren’t things changing automatically?
Previously, the app took the approach of trying to optimize every change to your day so updates would happen automatically. Now changes that you make will adjust only minor things like the time of meals but not macros. This better aligns with a core RP principle of consistency over perfection while still allowing, but not requiring you to make deeper optimizations. These can be done via the “Optimize” tool which is available from the action menu on the schedule screen or via magic wand in “Edit Schedule”.
Just in case you missed it, check out our article on the latest RP Diet Coach app update for a detailed breakdown of what we’ve changed, and why.
We know the app has changed in a major way and it may take a moment to readjust, but we promise you, these changes were made to help improve your diet experience and success with the RP Diet Coach app. Of course, we’re always keeping an eye on feedback and working to make the app as useful as possible.
