What is Macromaxxing?
Macromaxxing (Macromaxxing: Meals & Macros on the App Store) is an iPhone and iPad app made by Velvet Motion in Leiden, the Netherlands. It plans your day of eating to your calories and protein, using recipes for food you actually want to eat.
- What it is
- An iOS app for iPhone and iPad that plans meals to your calories and protein.
- Who it's for
- People who lift or train and want to hit a calorie and protein target with food they enjoy.
- The recipes
- In-app recipes, mostly craveable food made lighter: burgers, fried chicken, pizza, pancakes, tacos, pasta, plus vegetarian and vegan options.
- The numbers
- Calories, protein, carbs and fat for every recipe, worked out per ingredient from USDA FoodData Central.
- Targets
- Worked out from your gender, age, height, weight, training days, job and goal (Mifflin-St Jeor plus activity and goal adjustments). You can edit them.
- Planning
- Plans a full day of meals that lands within 5% of your calories and at or above your protein. Swap any meal and the day stays on target.
- Shopping
- A shopping list for the week's meals, sorted by aisle.
- Logging
- Log planned meals or Quick Add a meal out. Progress shows protein days, calories and weight over time.
- Price
- A subscription through the App Store. The App Store shows the current price in your currency.
- Made by
- Velvet Motion, Leiden, the Netherlands.
189 of the recipes are free to read on this site: browse them. Work out your own targets with the calorie and protein calculator.