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Hey everyone, I made this site. It's very much a work in progress, though if your diet already looks as much like the generated output as it does mine, it will
by papa_bear 15y ago
Hey everyone, I made this site. It's very much a work in progress, though if your diet already looks as much like the generated output as it does mine, it will be a great tool! (i.e. eat whatever I can find that barely needs cooking, swallow a shot of olive oil, slight self hatred, etc.)
I would, however, like to learn to cook, so I'm working on implementing recipes and a better food selection (it's clearly not worth learning unless I build something to tell me what to eat and when). Let me know if you have any feedback, and thanks.
- aymeric 15y agoGreat app, exactly what I needed. I am worried about eating 6 eggs per day. Isn't there a risk of cholesterol?
- bretthopper 15y agoNot unless you already have high cholesterol. For most people, cholesterol in your diet isn't much related to your blood cholesterol. Eggs are probably the single best/healthiest food so eat away and enjoy. They're also delicious.
- freehunter 15y agoGreat source of bio-available protein as well.
- mgrouchy 15y agoswap some of the eggs for egg whites, and make up a few calories else where, if you are really worried about cholesterol.
- aymeric 15y agoThanks, will do.
- kokey 15y agoIt's very good, keep at refining it. I also think you're bang on with the UI layout. You're certainly onto something here. I'm sure you'll have a million little feature requests, perhaps you should use somewhere where people can vote on them. Here's mine: - Allow capping the fat intake for a day. - Metric units.
- dwynings 15y agoNice! Hope you don't mind me sharing it with HN :) You might want to look into using Punchfork's API for adding recipes. (http://punchfork.com/api http://punchfork.com/api)
- bobbles 15y agoAny chance on metric measurements? Does anyone use ounce as measurement except the US?
- jsilence 15y agoYes, metric please.
- haraball 15y agoIn the FAQ it says: I used to, but I haven't had time to rework metric units to use the USDA food database. The metric measurements can currently be seen in the info tooltip next to each food. But yes, I'd also like metric units.
- iusable 15y agoYup, vote up on the Metric Units for me too
- mrleinad 15y agoMan, this is exactly what I needed and what I´ve been searching for. I even considered creating it myself. Awesome job!!
- chiaro 15y agoSeems like an excellent idea so far. A low-carb option would be good. Also, if the user ticks "gaining weight" you could tailor the results to reflect that, rather than a simple scale on calorie input. Oh, and a kilojoule option.
- redsparrow 15y agoIf you click the Generator Options button you can customize the ratio of carbs, proteins and fats.
- dorian-graph 15y agoI love it so far. I'm a fit/skinny guy and never been particularly sure on what to eat (I'm ignorant of calories so the 'Not sure' button was brilliant) and your site has been useful. Tie-ins with recipes and what not would be great. Do you plan monetising it somehow?
- GFischer 15y agoThe "Not sure" suggested what I think were too many calories for me, even though I chose "Sedentary" in my lifestyle. Maybe I should have put in my target weight instead of my current weight? (I'm 20 kgs overweight, which according to health statistics is in Obesity type 1 territory)
- ph0rque 15y agoHere's my request: please add Dr. Furhman's eat-to-live diet as one of the options.
- josephjrobison 15y agoThe potential is amazing! Kinks: I unselected all the meat and it told me to have 8oz of steak, 6oz chicken breast, and 8oz of dark meats for breakfast! A great way to start the day if you're a caveman!
- papa_bear 15y agoThanks! It's a bit confusing, but there's a separate breakfast menu. If you click any of the presets, it changes all of the breakfast menu foods too which isn't quite obvious yet.
- alexhaefner 15y agoThis is a really fantastic idea. Especially for people who have issues with eating, I would love to sit down and use this site with them and show them how to get the proper amount of food. (1) It needs tweaking for vegetarians/vegans. (2) My 'breakfast' for 1400 calories had 6 eggs and 1 apple, that's a whole lot of eggs for one meal. Love the idea. Please keep working on it.
- wmat 15y agoFantastic idea. But one suggestion: - remove the requirement for a 5 character or greater username please! Just donated $20 via PayPal to make it happen sooner ;)
- papa_bear 15y agoThanks! I'll poke around my barely existing backend to see what I can do.