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Nico
Founder of Fabee. Sports coach, NASM certified.
I'm a sports coach, and I've built a few businesses around health and well-being. I'm NASM certified, a Precision Nutrition student, Croix-Rouge certified, and a self-taught biohacker. I'm passionate about bodybuilding and I track everything: my sleep, my training, what I eat. Fabee is the app I wanted for it. Here I write about food, training and habits, with the science behind them.
21 posts by Nico
- What's new Fabee 1.5: set your goal and plan it with your AI coach Pick your goal and tell your AI coach a date. It checks the pace is safe before anything changes. Plus a goal page in your weekly recap, and your waist, hips, body fat and photos next to your weight.I want to be 74 kg by March March works, at a steady pace.
- Guides Can you count calories without a food scale? Yes. Your hand is a good enough measuring tool, and logging every day matters more than weighing every gram. Here's the hand method, and when a scale is worth it.Do I need to weigh my rice? No. Say a bowl and I'll use a normal portion.
- What's new Fabee 1.4: share your week and your meals Fabee 1.4 turns a page of your weekly recap or a meal photo into a card for your Stories. Plus a friendlier first chat and a note when a new version is out.Can I share my week? Yes. Open your recap and tap Share.
- Alternatives Cronometer alternative: tracking that talks back Cronometer tracks 84 nutrients from a verified database. Fabee logs a meal from one message or a photo and coaches you from your log. Here's how they compare.All that tapping, every meal. Tell me what you ate. I'll do the tapping.
- What's new Fabee 1.3: ask your AI coach "this or that?" Ask "this or that?" and see both options side by side against what's left today. Plus menu photos, Health labels and your last days in the sidebar.The shake or the frozen yogurt? The yogurt fits. The shake goes about 50 over.
- What's new Fabee 1.2: connect Apple Health to your AI coach Fabee 1.2 reads Apple Health. Your AI coach sees your sleep, steps, workouts and weigh-ins, and each meal can show your glucose after it.Why am I so hungry today? You slept 5h40 last night. Short nights make most people hungrier.
- What's new Fabee 1.1: ask your AI coach about cravings and more Fabee 1.1 is the version that launched on the App Store. Ask your AI coach about protein, hunger or eating out, scan a pack, get a weekly recap.I always snack at night. Help? Let's look at it. What time do you usually have dinner?
- Alternatives Lose It! alternative: log a meal in one message Lose It! is a classic calorie budget with a big food database. Fabee logs a meal from one message or a photo and coaches you from your log. Here's how they compare.Tired of searching every food. Then don't. Just tell me what you ate.
- Guides How to not overeat at Thanksgiving You don't have to skip the pie. Eight simple habits to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, eat until you're satisfied instead of stuffed, and get back on track the next day.Should I skip the pie? No. Have the pie. Here's how to not overdo it.
- Science Why am I not losing weight in a calorie deficit? You're eating less and the scale won't move. Usually it's water, logging gaps or your body adapting, not a broken metabolism. Here's how to tell, and what to do.I'm eating less. Nothing moves. Let's look at your last three weeks first.
- Alternatives Cal AI alternative: a calorie counter you text Cal AI is built around a photo, and you can also describe a meal or scan a barcode. Fabee logs from one message or a photo, remembers you and coaches you from your log. Here's how they compare.Can I just type my meals? That's what I'm for. Tell me what you ate.
- Alternatives MacroFactor alternative: macros by message, with a coach you talk to MacroFactor adjusts your macros every week from your data. Fabee logs a meal from one message and talks you through your numbers. Here's how they compare.Logging macros takes forever. Just tell me what you ate. I'll do the macros.
- Alternatives Why not just use ChatGPT to count calories? ChatGPT can guess what's on your plate. It can't keep your food diary, and that's the part that makes counting work.Can't I just use ChatGPT? It can guess a meal. It won't keep your diary.
- Guides How many calories should I eat a day? Most adults need 1,600 to 3,000 calories a day. Work out your own number in a minute, then see how much to eat to lose, keep or gain weight.How many calories should I eat? Let's work out your number. Takes a minute.
- Science How many calories are in your drinks? A beer is about 150 calories, a glass of wine about 125, a piña colada nearly 500. Why drinks add up faster than food, and how to drink less without giving it up.Two glasses of wine tonight. Logged. That's about 250 calories.
- Science Why does my weight go up and down every day? Gaining a kilo overnight isn't fat. Daily swings come from water, salt, carbs, food in your gut and your cycle. Here's what moves the scale, and how to weigh yourself so it makes sense.I gained a kilo overnight?! That's water, not fat. It'll settle in a few days.
- Guides How to stop eating at night Night snacking usually starts during the day, with too little food, too little protein or too little sleep. How to find your reason, and seven habits that actually help.I always snack after 9 pm. Let's look at your day first. It starts there.
- Science Does bad sleep make you hungrier? Yes. After short nights people eat about 385 calories more a day, crave high-calorie food, and lose more muscle when dieting. Why it happens, and how to sleep better.Slept 5 hours. Starving today. Short nights do that. Let's plan your day.
- Guides Calorie and macro tracking for athletes Making weight, fuelling hard training or on a strict plan? How much protein, carbs and fat athletes need, and how to track it to the gram without the busywork.180 g chicken, 250 g rice. Logged to the gram. On track for today.
- Guides How to track macros for bodybuilding Bulking or cutting, how many calories, how much protein, carbs and fat bodybuilders need, and how to track it to the gram without living in a food database.Prep starts Monday. 12 weeks. Let's set your macros and stick to them.
- Guides How much protein do I need a day? Most active adults need 1.6 to 2.2 g of protein per kg of body weight a day. Work out your own number, per meal and in palms on your plate.How much protein do I need? About a palm at each meal. Let's get your number.