I find it silly that this product is exclusively “for men”. The biggest weight loss apps out there — My Fitness Pal, LoseIt, — are gender neutral. I’ve never even seen a “female-centric” weight loss app.
This turned me off immediately.
Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
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Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#42Why would a weight loss app for men be different from one for women?
Thanks for asking. When it comes to leading brands or apps within the weight loss space they are all heavily geared towards women. Think of the top 3 brands, weight watchers, Nutrisystem, Jenny Craig. With apps you got the same problem or you pretty much faced with just trackers. So, just from a branding play alone something needs to exist that men feel comfortable using while receiving guidance. I don't know any guy…
What app are you talking about that is geared towards women?
Have you not heard of My Fitness Pal?
Did it not occur to you that you’re losing out on a huge market that also needs a no-fuss way to lose weight?
Women aren’t stupid. You don’t need to make things pink to sell to women. You don’t need to exclude women entirely to appeal to men.
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#43Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really.
Don't they burn completely different amounts of calories a day as a baseline?
That’s purely a matter of size.
While on average men burn more calories a day, the ideal macronutrient ratios for men and women are exactly the same. Gram amaounts of each macronutrient will be different depending on the person’s weight.
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Typically men want to get rid of their boobs. Women don’t.
Also (edit: some) women tend to be worried about weights work making them 'too big' (despite this being much less of a risk) while men often enjoy weights more than cardio.
This app has nothing to do with weightlifting, though.
And for the record, there are literally millions of female lifters out there...
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#46hit a weird bug initially, got to the point where it asked how much water I drank-- I answered "5", and then it reverted to telling me it'll never put me on a diet
Hey, thanks for trying it out! yeah, we asked a few questions that require you to rate things from 1-10 so in order for Lyle to differentiate we asked that you add "glasses" at the end of your answer. but we need to work on making that flow clearer. Thanks again for trying it out.
I ran into the same issue.
If you haven't, I'd check out some other popular chat bots for their UX. Ex.: Woebot https://www.facebook.com/drwoebot/
Having buttons for things like "continue", "go on" or "not right now" is something I took for granted. No need to have me type it if there's a limited set of acceptable responses.
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#47Do you have a site/mailing list where we can sign up for alerts regarding launch of the Android app? I'd like to try this, but do not have an iPhone. Without having tried the app, my biggest complaint with apps such as these is that they recommend recipes/meals (great!) but cannot take into account certain things that I won't eat (tomatoes, most cheeses, low preference for fish). Does Lyle take these things into acco…
before you sign up and start talking with Lyle we do ask about your preferences where you can say whether you cheese, nuts etc. Tomatoes not at the moment unfortunately but we'll be getting smarter for sure.
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#48Sounds interesting, and I'll probably try it when it comes out for Android. Though at the minute I am just inputting my calorie intake into Samsung Health and making sure I don't eat more than 1500 calories a day (weekdays anyway, it all goes to hell a bit at weekends). Nevertheless I lose about a lb a week so the naieve approach seems to work. I presume if I don't tailor my food intake appropriately I could be in da…
We're not actually a calorie counter at all. In fact, we kind of are against it. We provide weekly nutritional programs, let you order the groceries you need from the programs and then we check in with you daily to make sure you're sticking with it. Just like a dietitian or nutritionist would. People fall out of love with trackers and calorie counters very quickly so we wanted to create something that was to the point, provided value and didn't require you to log "225g of chicken breast" every time you had one :)
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't they burn completely different amounts of calories a day as a baseline?
If you count around a 10-20% difference as "completely different amounts". Your height, weight, and activity level play a bigger role.
I mean I'd change jobs for a 20% difference in salary so yeah I do consider them "completely different".
Re: Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
#50> “How did you hear about me?” Hacker News > “I don’t understand that. I’m getting on the subway - give me an hour!” While paraphrased, the above conversation is essentially the extent of my conversation with Lyle. I would really recommend removing dialogue from the bot that makes it seem like a real person. I know your app didn’t just get on the subway.
thanks for the feedback. We thought making him human-like was a good thing. Can you share more about what you don't like about the interaction? Something I can discuss with the team. Thank you!
It's disingenuous? Why not just say "I've got to look into that and will get back to you."?