Documentation

Getting started with Glycogo

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Log In

Create an account to save your data and enable syncing

Create an account to save food logs, custom foods, and settings, and to enable Intervals.icu sync. Your data is linked to your account and persists across sessions.

Food logs and custom foods saved to your account
Settings and targets remembered between visits
Required for Intervals.icu training sync
Trend history stored and available over time
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Configure Settings

Set your energy availability, macronutrient targets, and training intensity scaling

Start by entering your bodyweight and body fat percentage — or use the appearance estimator if you don't know your exact number. These are used to calculate your fat-free mass (FFM), which is the basis for all calorie targets.

Your Energy Availability (EA) sets how many calories are available for body functions per kilogram of fat-free mass. An EA of around 40–45 kcal/kg FFM is considered optimal for health and performance. Below 30 kcal/kg is associated with REDs (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) and is not recommended for extended periods.

From your EA target, set your baseline carbohydrate and protein targets in %. These targets apply on rest days and form the foundation of your daily nutrition.

Finally, configure how your within-session carbohydrate intake and calories added for training scale with session intensity. Targets increase with RPE, so you eat more on the hard days with longer harder sessions, and less on easy ones.

See the Settings Reference below for a full description of every parameter.

Search thousands of foods from the Open Food Facts database, or add custom foods with full macro and serving-size control. Head to the Food Database tab to manage your library.

Search the Open Food Facts database for verified nutritional data
Add custom foods with your own macros and serving sizes
Edit macros and serving sizes at any time
Your custom foods are saved to your account for reuse
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Add or Sync Training Sessions

Manual entry or automatic import via Intervals.icu

Enter session duration and RPE manually to calculate fuel targets, or sync planned and completed sessions via Intervals.icu — a free training hub that connects with Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, Suunto, Apple Watch, and more.

Each session generates its own pre-, during-, and post-session fuelling targets based on duration and RPE. These sit alongside your baseline daily targets so you always know how much to eat and when.

RPE-based scaling is proven to be a suitable tool to determine calorie and carbohydrate intake (Rothschild, 2025). Hourly effort is based on The Borg CR100 scale®. RPE Reference
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Plan and Log Nutrition

Templates, smart suggestions, and flexible entry

Select multiple foods and specify weight or serving-based amounts per meal. Glycogo shows your remaining calorie and carbohydrate targets in real time as you build your log.

Save food combinations as Meal Templates and reload them with one click
Turn yesterday's log into today's or start fresh. No re-entering the same foods
Use Suggest Quantities to automatically calculate amounts that best match your remaining targets
Log pre-, during-, and post-workout nutrition separately for each session
AI

AI Nutrition Assistant

Context-aware coaching, photo logging, and meal suggestions

New

Open the AI Assistant tab to log food faster and get intelligent nutrition support tailored to your goals, training load, and daily targets. The assistant has full context about your sessions, remaining macros, and what you've already logged.

Fast-log food

Describe a meal in plain text and have it added to your log instantly.

Estimate from photo

Snap or upload a photo of your meal and let the assistant identify foods and estimate macros automatically.

Meal suggestions

Receive meal ideas based on your current log and remaining targets, and add them directly to your day.

Fuelling advice

Ask for session-specific guidance on what and when to eat around your training, informed by sports nutrition best practices.

Suggested meals can be added to your log directly from the chat.
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Save Your Day & Track Trends

Build a history and watch your fuelling patterns over time

Save daily totals to populate trend charts and optionally upload to Intervals.icu so your nutrition data sits alongside your training data in one place. Use Reset Day to clear the log and begin a new entry.

Daily totals saved and displayed in trend charts over time
See how actual intake compares to targets across training load fluctuations
Sync daily totals to Intervals.icu wellness fields alongside your training metrics
Use Reset Day to start a fresh log for a new date

Energy and Macronutrient Targets

These determine your baseline energy and macronutrient requirements without considering training expenditure.

MacronutrientRecommended Baseline Range
Energy Availabilitykcal/kg FFM Calories available for body functions after accounting for exercise cost:
  • 25–30 — Low. Prolonged periods in this range are associated with REDs, hormonal disruption, and impaired recovery.
  • 30–40 — Moderate. Appropriate for weight loss phases but may impair adaptation over time.
  • 40–50 — Optimal. Supports health, hormonal function, and training adaptation for most athletes.
  • 50–55 — High. Suited to heavy training blocks and growth phases.
Carbohydratesg/kg2–4 g per kg bodyweight per day
Proteing/kg1.2–2.2 g per kg bodyweight per day
Fatg/kg1–1.5 g per kg bodyweight per day

Session-Based Parameters

These parameters control how your targets scale up with training session intensity and duration.

ParameterDescription
Calories/hr Upper & LowerRange of extra calories per hour added above baseline during a session. Scales with RPE — at low RPE you hit the lower bound, at high RPE you approach the upper.
Carbohydrates/hr Upper & LowerRange of carbohydrates per hour consumed during training. Scales with RPE. The lower value applies to easy sessions; the upper to high-intensity efforts.
RPE Inflection PointThe RPE at which the rise in carbohydrate intake with intensity is centered around. Lower values support higher fuelling for moderate sessions or gut-training. Higher values keep carbohydrate intake low until high-intensity efforts.
Min Duration for CarbsSession must exceed this threshold (minutes) before within-session carbohydrates are added. Recommended: 60–90 min. Keeps carbohydrate targets appropriate for short sessions.

Session RPE is based on the Borg CR100 Scale® and reflects the overall difficulty of the session to determine cabohydrates per hour and caloric expenditure.

RPE Description Typical Session Feel Approximate Intensity
0–10Very EasyRecovery effort with minimal physiological strain.Zone 1
10–20EasyRelaxed aerobic training with comfortable conversation.Low Zone 1
20–30Steady EasyLight endurance work with slightly elevated breathing.Zone 1–2
30–40ModerateComfortable aerobic training requiring some focus.Zone 2
40–50Moderately HardSteady endurance work with noticeable effort.Upper Zone 2
50–60StrongPurposeful aerobic training with controlled strain.Zone 3
60–70HardDemanding but sustainable training requiring concentration.Upper Zone 3
70–80Very HardHeavy sustained effort. Threshold-style sessions for many athletes.Zone 4
80–90Extremely HardVery demanding session load with limited recovery between efforts.High Zone 4 / mixed Zone 5
90–100Maximal Session LoadMaximal effort sustainable for 30–60 minutes, or an extremely hard interval session with short recoveries.Top of Zone 4 or dense Zone 5 intervals
If logged as a single session, interval recoveries, warm-up, and cool-down periods are included and may reduce overall session RPE despite very high peak efforts.

Scientific References

Carbohydrate & Energy from Training Load Rothschild et al. (2025). A Novel Method to Predict Carbohydrate and Energy Expenditure During Endurance Exercise. Sports Medicine, 55(3):753–774.
doi:10.1007/s40279-024-02131-z
Carbohydrate Periodisation Impey et al. (2018). Fuel for the Work Required: A Theoretical Framework for CHO Periodization. Frontiers in Physiology.
doi:10.3389/fphys.2018.01405
Carbohydrate Intake During Exercise Burke et al. (2011). Carbohydrates for training and competition. Journal of Sports Sciences.
doi:10.1080/02640414.2011.585473
Protein Requirements for Athletes Morton et al. (2018). A systematic review on protein supplementation and resistance training. British Journal of Sports Medicine.
doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097608
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) Mountjoy et al. (2023). 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(17):1073–1097.
Food Nutritional Data U.S. Department of Agriculture. FoodData Central.
fdc.nal.usda.gov