Why Calorie Tracking Apps Are Making Triathletes Slower

Your calorie tracking app says you're on target. So why are your long sessions falling apart?
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Calorie and macro tracking apps were built for the sedentary population — not for a triathlete training 10 to 20 hours a week. Sports Dietitian Taryn Richardson breaks down why the model falls over for athletes, how your wearable device can be off by up to 93% on calorie burn, why percentage-based protein targets cut your protein when you need it most, and why hitting your macros is not the same as knowing how to eat.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: doing everything right and still going backwards
02:42 Why calorie apps were built for weight loss, not endurance sport
05:29 Apps treat food as a budget. Your body treats it as fuel
06:59 Stanford research: how inaccurate is your wearable's calorie burn?
09:01 Why we're all terrible at estimating what we actually eat
11:22 The percentage protein problem — and why it's built backwards for athletes
14:16 Hitting your macros is not the same as eating well
16:59 How to eat for a light day versus a heavy training block
18:28 When life throws a curveball — the app can't help you adapt
20:18 How quickly under fuelling shows up (2023 REDS consensus statement)
21:39 What fuelling for the work required actually means
22:39 Real athlete example 1: under fuelled despite doing exactly what the app said
24:44 Real athlete example 2: vegan athlete whose app could never meet her needs
27:04 Summary: macros versus nourishment, the knowledge gap and what to do next

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