Seriously awesome. I have to say though, you're not charging enough! Find a reason to add another tier!
Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers
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#193This is awesome. It needs a "vegetarian" or "broke" feature.
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#194Phenomenal execution! At first, I was thinking "oh not another of these sites", but then I found the various options and features and was floored. I wasn't even in the market for a meal planner, but this may have convinced me otherwise.
My only criticisms are that the hover-overs (such as for the thumbs-up and the lock) take too long and aren't descriptive enough. I think the timer is set to 2s or so? I had already given up on them originally, and then went back to try it again and barely noticed as I moved off it that it had one. Also, there's nothing in the walkthrough that mentions the "like" button....is it supposed to show up on my FB? or it'll just be weighted heavier in the future?
A possible feature (I don't think it has this) would be able to export in calendar(s) format, i.e. I could generate a week's menu and then import it into a calendar app. Just an idea.
Again, well done on the site, and good luck!
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#195Well done. Maybe the first Show HN app I've ever sent to family and friends.
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#196Well done, but my initial trials kept suggesting a diet that was too high in carbs and too low in protein.
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#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually started building something like this several years ago, also looking to get into pricing info and historical data, but killed it when trying to figure out how to source the data. Edit: Also awesome job :) I will be checking this out!
For the nutrition component at least, the USDA has a very messy, difficult to navigate, but still quite useful database of nutritional information for almost every possible ingredient. And there are several sources of structured recipe data available online. The tricky part is mapping recipe line items and preparation instructions onto the USDA data set, but once you figure that out you can get a pretty decent approx…
At least the USDA provides database dumps (http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR2...). Unfortunately, it comes with a 128 page guide on how to actually parse it into something useful.
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#198I am surprised and delighted by this site! I cannot stress enough how well this nailed the contingencies that may come up when I was just using this. My first thought, I actually don't know how many calories I should eat--BAM there is a button that helps me generate it. What if I want to lose weight? BAM! Button for that option. Then I see the meals generated and I think, well, I'm a vegetarian so this chicken won't…
Yeah, this is absolutely amazing. papa_bear: if you integrated this with a service like Instacart, I can only imagine how much money you could make.
I think it depends.. instacart is SF based, and there are a lot more people in the world.
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#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree wholeheartedly. My point was that 33% of fats in your diet isn’t hard to accomplish. Also, as far as ‘good’ vs ‘bad’ fats go, aforementioned recipe did quite alright. It’s transfat and saturated fats you have to watch — fat in and of itself is needed for our bodies to function. However, I wouldn't just eat Tofu Scramble for breakfast. I need complex carbs not to feel hungry soon after. I can do without carbs…
Ah yeah, interesting feedback, maybe there's some tweaking to be done to take satiety into account.
It’s not so much about feeling satiated, I can be satisfied with just a simple green salad. I choose oats and flax for breakfast because they have a low glycemic index (GI), which means they’re turned into energy over a longer period of time, keeping me from feeling hungry longer.
But yeah, it would be good if the site would take the GI index of ingredients into account.
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#200Awesome! I am from India, so pretty much useless for me. Need food locale's. Like Yesterday!!! Be quick about it. And India first, please.