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Setting up a carb cycling meal plan

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Setting up a carb cycling meal plan

Last updated on 05 May, 2026

Carb cycling is when you vary the amount of carbs you intake on a day-to-day basis, usually to get more carbs on your workout days and fewer carbs on your rest days. The specific cycle is up to you, but as long as you can fit the whole cycle into a week, you can set this up with a Premium subscription.

On the website:

From your Planner, select the three-dot menu icon near the upper right and select the "Edit meal settings..." option.

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You can also access this by opening the left sidebar menu and selecting Meals under Plan Settings.

Here, you'll need to toggle off the "Same schedule each day" option so that you can customize each day of the week with unique options. Then, each day will have its own Nutrition Target option that you can adjust as needed. If you haven't already, you can create new Nutrition Targets here.

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Once you make the changes you want and return to your Planner page, you'll have a Regenerate option, which will update the meals in your planner to reflect these changes. Or if you want to leave the current plans as is, you can dismiss this message, and your changes will be automatically applied to the next plans that are generated.

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On the app:

Select the three-dot menu button near the upper right of the Planner page, and select the "Edit Meal Layout" option. You can also access this by going into Preferences in the lower right and selecting Meal Settings in the Plan Settings section.

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Here, you'll need to toggle off the "Same schedule each day" option so that you can customize each day of the week with unique options. Then, each day will have its own Nutrition Target option that you can adjust as needed.

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