A method, including: determining steady state values for daily caloric parameters that conform a person to weight management goal, the daily caloric parameters including a daily base metabolic rate (BMR) and a target offset from a daily total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), wherein the TDEE includes the BMR determining an intake shortfall for a plurality of days between actual daily offsets and the steady state target offset making a recommendation including food to be consumed to reduce the shortfall, the recommendation effective to account for a transient change in a hunger response resulting from the consumption of the recommended food causing consumption on an up adjustment day and determining transient values for at least one of the daily caloric parameters to be used subsequent to the consumption on the up-adjustment day effective to bring an average of the actual daily offsets closer to the steady state target offset.
