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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 iusable »

bobbles wrote: post #29
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…

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

Yup, vote up on the Metric Units for me too

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by bretthopper »

aymeric wrote: post #21
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…

Great app, exactly what I needed. I am worried about eating 6 eggs per day. Isn't there a risk of cholesterol?

Not 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.

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Post by mgrouchy »

aymeric wrote: post #21
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…

Great app, exactly what I needed. I am worried about eating 6 eggs per day. Isn't there a risk of cholesterol?

swap some of the eggs for egg whites, and make up a few calories else where, if you are really worried about cholesterol.

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by freehunter »

bretthopper wrote: post #43
aymeric wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great app, exactly what I needed. I am worried about eating 6 eggs per day. Isn't there a risk of cholesterol?

Not 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.

Great source of bio-available protein as well.

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by philbarr »

baby wrote: post #26
evolve2k wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I was recommended 8 eggs for breakfast!

Me 6. This is so unhealthy by the way, the yellow part contains far too much cholesterol to be eaten on a daily basis. edit: Seriously? I'm not trolling, ask any dietetic guy if he thinks it's healthy eating that much eggs everyday.

I agree you shouldn't have been downvoted for that. In my opinion, there's far too much downvoting going on at the moment on HN. People should remember that it's only a way to express that you feel a post is inappropriate to the discussion, not that you disagree with the sentiments of the post.

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by ph0rque »

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…

Here's my request: please add Dr. Furhman's eat-to-live diet as one of the options.

Re: Swole.me - The automatic diet planner

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Post by redsparrow »

chiaro wrote: post #34
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.

If you click the Generator Options button you can customize the ratio of carbs, proteins and fats.
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