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Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by mrleinad »

papa_bear wrote: post #14

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…

Man, this is exactly what I needed and what I´ve been searching for. I even considered creating it myself. Awesome job!!

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by brador »

At first I was like, yawn...another recipe site...then I tried it. This is awesome! From the pie charts to the info popups, it's clear you've polished this a fair bit.

There's so much more that can be done with this good luck and keep at it!

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by [deleted] »

dwynings wrote: post #4
saiko-chriskun wrote: post #2

zomg this is awesome! :D I was actually about to start building something really similar to this. basically the recipe part your blog mentions- you'd throw in everything you have in your kitchen and it'd spit out stuff you can make with it. but yeah I've been in the eating healthier / start cooking more mood recently, but also starting to be more active, so I wanted to make sure I was getting everything I needed. Cal…

To be clear, I didn't make it – just found it!

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Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by chiaro »

papa_bear wrote: post #14

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…

Seems 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.

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by dorian-graph »

papa_bear wrote: post #14

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…

I 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?

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by haraball »

jsilence wrote: post #30
bobbles wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any chance on metric measurements? Does anyone use ounce as measurement except the US?

Yes, metric please.

In 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.

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by ryanklee »

PLejeck wrote: post #7

It told me I should eat a cup of avocado and 2 cups of skim milk for dinner. I'm confused and rather appalled by the thought of having that for any meal. Additionally, I've heard stories of it telling people to eat 8 eggs for breakfast, so I'm a bit wary. (No, the 8 eggs for breakfast was not a diet for Gaston, either)

I was told to eat 6 eggs for breakfast + yogurt (and banana?) as part of a 4 meal/2000 cal plan. I love eggs... but six?! That's just crazy talk.
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