Your first day with Gauge

Gauge takes about two minutes to set up, and everything it asks feeds one thing: daily targets that match how you actually train.

The AI consent screen

Before anything else, Gauge explains that it runs on AI and exactly what data powers it — your food logs, imported images, health profile, training history, and (optionally) approximate location. Logging, nutrition analysis, and Coach all run on this, so Gauge needs your okay before it can work.

Setup, briefly

You'll walk through your basics (name, age, height, weight), your goal weight, your activity level, and then the part that makes Gauge different — how you train:

• "I have a race coming up" — tell Gauge the event and date, and it fuels toward it.
• "Training, no race yet" — pick your style: endurance (running, riding, swimming) or strength & functional (lifting, grappling).
• "Not training right now" — no problem; Gauge works as a straightforward, goal-driven tracker.

Setup ends with Your fueling plan: your daily calories and macros, with a "Behind the math" card showing exactly how they were computed. You can adjust everything later in Settings.

After setup

You'll see the Gauge Pro trial offer — take the 14-day free trial or tap Continue with the free plan. The free tier gives you 5 entries per day, for today; the trial unlocks everything.

Then you're on Home. Three things to try on day one:

1. Log your first meal — type it, say it, or (on Pro) snap it. Plain language works: "two eggs and toast."
2. Check the chip at the top — that's your day type, the reason today's targets are what they are.
3. Watch the bar at the bottom — calories and macros against today's targets. Tap the totals to flip between eaten and remaining.

From there, connect Strava or your health app in Settings → Connections, and let your training start shaping your fuel.