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Athlete body intelligence

MettleSense Lean · Athlete Body Intelligence

The scale is
lying to you.
We'll tell you exactly
why — and when it stops.

A body intelligence system for athletes. Logs your food from plain English, decodes every weight fluctuation with peer-reviewed science, and tracks your recovery the way a sports physiologist would.

229
Food aliases (chai→tea, dahi→curd…)
200+
Athlete sessions tested
5
Recovery metrics
4
Weight prediction drivers with resolve dates
0
Barcodes, dropdowns, or manual forms
The problem every nutrition app ignores

They tell you what you ate.
None explain what happened.

Generic app says

"You're over your calorie target."

Lean says

"You had 54g added sugar — Sugar Bomb™. Glycogen repletion at 150g × 3g water per gram = ~450g water weight. Scale normalises in 3–5 days. Here's the date."

Weight Intelligence

Your scale spike has a name.

50g

Sugar Bomb™

Added sugar above 50g/day triggers the Sugar Bomb flag. The mechanism, cited: 150g glycogen repletion × 3g water per gram of glycogen = ~450g water spike on the scale.

Olsson & Saltin, 1970 · Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

AHA warning badge fires earlier — 36g for men, 25g for women. You see the badge before the scale moves. Not after. American Heart Association, 2016 · Circulation

Lean — Weight trend 9–15 May: Sugar Bomb and Workout Glycogen flagged, water retention +1.3–2.8 kg, resolve date 19 May
Sugar Bomb
3–5 days

Clean eating resolve window. Added sugar >50g/day.

Carb Spike
3 days

Total carbs >220g, non-sugar-bomb.

Glycogen Reload
2–4 days

+0.3–0.8 kg after a Z3+ training session ≥15 min.

Medication Retention
Per medication

Tracked individually against your medication reference sheet.

Medication Intelligence

Your medication
shows up on the scale.

Some medications cause clinically documented water or weight retention. Lean tracks each individually — with the mechanism, expected magnitude, and the exact date it resolves.

Corticosteroids
Days–weeks

Sodium retention via mineralocorticoid effect. e.g. Prednisone, Dexamethasone. Magnitude scales with dose and duration.

NSAIDs
24–72 hrs

COX inhibition → reduced renal prostaglandin → sodium + water retention. e.g. Ibuprofen, Naproxen.

Antihistamines
24–48 hrs

H1-blockade reduces fluid mobilisation in some users. Mild effect. e.g. Cetirizine, Loratadine.

Hormonal contraceptives
Cyclical

Oestrogen upregulates aldosterone via the RAAS axis → cyclical water retention of 0.5–2 kg.

Recovery Intelligence

The same metrics your
sports physiologist uses.

EPOC by zone, ACWR injury risk, sodium sweat loss, glycogen window — computed from your actual session data, not population estimates. Run 10.25 km, 87 min. Every number cited.

Lean — Workout intelligence: Run 10.25km, EPOC, ACWR 0.99, electrolytes, glycogen
Input

No forms. No dropdowns.
No barcode scanner.

Type: "suji chilla 125g, 2 cups chai, 1 apple" — Lean logs it. One call. Done.

Lean — Macros scorecard: Protein 94.9g, Carbs 153g, Added sugar 0g — every food item broken down by meal
Fuzzy Logic

Levenshtein + SequenceMatcher + Double Metaphone phonetic matching. Typos, regional spellings, phonetic variants — all resolved.

229 Food Aliases

chai→tea · dahi→curd · pohe→poha · badam→almonds · mangoo→mango · penar burj→paneer bhurji.

Daily Pattern Learner

Fires at 06:00 every morning. Hot-item cache resolves your 50 most frequent foods in O(1). The more you log, the faster it gets.

Dual Food Database

IFCT 2017 for every Indian food. USDA FoodData Central for Western foods. No "curry — 200 kcal" placeholders.

Sports Science

Every number has a citation.

EPOC by Zone

Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption

Z1: 3% · Z2: 5% · Z3: 8% · Z4: 10% · Z5: 13% of active kcal.

PubMed 32656951
Recovery Hours

Time until your system clears

Z1/Z2: 12h · Z3: 24h · Z4: 36h · Z5: 48h.

PubMed 30067591
ACWR

Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio

7-day kcal ÷ (28-day kcal ÷ 4). Safe: 0.8–1.3 · Monitor: 1.3–1.5 · High Risk: >1.5.

PMC 7047972
Sodium Intelligence

Electrolyte replacement, auto-calculated

Sweat loss: Z1 300 mg/hr → Z5 800 mg/hr. Pulled from food log. No manual entry.

PMC 6373370
Indian Food Native

Built for how India eats.

Roti. Dal. Rajma. Chole. Paneer bhurji. Suji chilla. Paratha. Curd. Soya nuggets. Papaya. Pistachios. Every item sourced from IFCT 2017. Every macro citation-traceable. No generic Indian food bucket.

Garmin Native

Your zones. Not a population average.

Lean uses your personal Garmin zones, calibrated from your lactate threshold heart rate. Your physiology. Your 12-year data. Every EPOC and recovery calculation reflects that.

MettleSense Lean is a nutrition and performance tracking tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Consult a qualified clinician or sports nutritionist for personalised health guidance.

Get in touch

For more details, reach out to our team.

support@mettlesense.com