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Meals, foods and water

How to log meals with a photo of your plate, search foods in the USDA FoodData Central database, track calories and macros by day, and set water reminders.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Meals (meal photo and food search)

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The Meals tab shows one day at a time. At the top are the day's calories against your goal, the balance between what you burned and what you ate, and three rings for carbs, protein and fat - each with what you had and your goal. Below is "Log meal", with the meal types ready (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack): each one shows the day's total and has a "+" to add a meal by photo or by typing.

Move between days

The arrows next to the date go one day back or forward, and tapping the date opens a month calendar with the days that have meals logged highlighted - so you quickly find where you left off. Everything you log goes into the day open on the screen, not necessarily today.

Log a meal

  1. 1Tap the "+" on the meal type (breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack).
  2. 2Choose "Meal photo" for the AI to estimate it, or "Type it" to enter the values and search for foods by name.
  3. 3With a photo: check the estimate (calories, macros and the items identified) and fix anything before saving. Each meal gets a confidence level (low, medium or high).
  4. 4Save. The meal is added right away under the chosen type, on the day open on the screen, and the photo uploads in the background. If the image upload fails, the meal is still complete, just without the photo. The time is automatic - you don't need to enter it.

Search foods by name

When you type a meal, the search uses the USDA FoodData Central database, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and each result shows where its numbers came from. Portions are in grams, with ounces shown alongside, and many foods also have household measures, such as a cup. The search also finds close matches when you make a small typo, and the food database is kept on your phone, so it works without internet.

Daily deficit or surplus

When your watch or phone measures the calories you burned that day, the screen highlights the difference between what you burned and what you ate: a deficit (in green) when you burned more than you ate, a surplus (in red) when it's the other way around. The "?" next to it explains the math: Calories Burned = Basal Metabolic Rate + Movement Outside Workouts + Activities. Without a calorie burn measurement for the day, this block doesn't appear - we'd rather show nothing than a guess.

Calorie and macro goals

Tap any of the carb, protein or fat rings to edit the day's goals (calories and the three macros). What you save there applies to every day and is the same goal shown in Profile and used for badges.

Favorites: log again with one tap

Have the same breakfast every day? Tap the star on a meal you've already logged and give the favorite a name. It becomes a shortcut in the "Log again" bar: when you tap it, the app asks which meal to log it as (the same dish can be lunch one day and dinner the next) and creates the meal on the day open on the screen. Removing the favorite doesn't delete meals you've already logged.

Badges for goals met

Closing the day, the week or the month within your goal earns a badge, which stays on the day you earned it. They all come from a period that's already over. The "Badges for goals met" section explains each one and where to find them.

The meal photo is kept for 60 days. After that it's removed automatically and the meal stays complete: calories, macronutrients and the items identified. This keeps the image storage from growing without limit.

For a better estimate, photograph the plate from above, in good light, with all the food visible. Calories and macros are estimates, not exact measurements.

Water

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The Water card on Home shows how much you've had today against your goal. Tapping the card opens the Water screen, laid out like Meals: the day's total with the goal bar, each entry of the day (with the time and the option to remove it) and navigation by day with arrows and a calendar.

Log water and see your history

  1. 1Choose the glass size (from 4 to 24 fl oz, or 100 to 750 ml in metric) and tap the "I drank" button.
  2. 2Each glass becomes a line for the day, with the time - you can remove a specific entry if you made a mistake.
  3. 3The arrows and the calendar move through the days; the visible history covers the last 90 days.
  4. 4You can only log for today: yesterday's glass can't be drunk now.

Reminders to drink water

  1. 1On the Water screen, turn on "Remind me to drink water".
  2. 2Choose the interval (for example, every 2 hours) and the time window (for example, 8 am to 10 pm).
  3. 3Save. Your phone reminds you at those times, even with the app closed - and tapping the reminder opens the Water screen so you can log the glass.
  4. 4The active reminder shows up in the app's bell, under "Water reminder".

Your water goal is in Profile, next to your nutrition goals. With your weight entered, the app suggests a value (35 ml per kilogram of body weight, about 0.54 fl oz per pound) - adjust it as you like.