If this could build a week at a time I would never stop using it.
Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints
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#32It told me I should eat a minimum of 118.99999999999999 grams of protein. I may bill my customers in picodollars, but I don't eat food in femtograms...
Oof yeah, I've got some rounding errors pretty much throughout the app that I need to fix. Hopefully none in the payment system :) (thanks for that, stripe)
Funny that your UID is Papa_Bear.. and you are having difficulty finding a setting that is "just right"
Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints
#33just eat alkaline and you will be healthy
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#34I'm not drinking 4 cups of whole milk for breakfast. I'm probably never going to eat a cup of almonds and some celery for lunch... I think you need to put some serious work into making sure that each suggestion is appetizing as opposed to rummaging through the pantry and finding something that technically meets the requirements.
There's a sliding scale for this sort of thing For instance: I would happily drink 4 cups (which sounds to me like approx 1litre ... I really dislike 'cup' measurements) of whole milk every morning
I would happily drink [a liter] of whole milk every morning
Same here, plus you could throw in some stevia & cocoa to make it chocolate milk without adding much extra energy.
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#35A good start, but needs a way to distinguish between fat types (unsaturated/saturated/etc.). No way to minimize saturated fat consumption.
Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints
#36I (the submitter) didn't make this, but it's a neat idea, nicely executed. You can set your own nutrient targets, such as, "I want at least 150 g of protein per day" or "I need between 50 and 100 g of carbohydrates", and avoid food groups such as grains (for paleo diets) or meat (for vegetarians).
Then why did you prepend "Show HN:" to the title? "Show HN:" is used to show off work that you've done. Otherwise every post would be a "Show HN:".
I thought "Show HN" was for links that went directly to a webapp, as opposed to an article. Thanks for the correction.
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#37Re: Show HN: App creates a meal plan that satisfies your nutrition constraints
#38I like the simplicity. Obviously your site can only get better. One thing that would interest me in upgrading to a paid account is the opportunity to select how much I'd would like to spend on the food itself, is there any way to take in to account local food prices? Keep it up!
If there is no automated price scrapping based on the local stores in your area, I think an averaged out "Walmart Price", or "Kmart price" would do just fine. I'm not too sure what the price difference is in Walmart stores across the US, but i'd guess it's not that bad.
I guess that if you notice that price databases to be lacking, you could get users to crowdsource it. Even if only serious power users would fill the numbers at first to make them more exact, it should get the ball rolling.