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Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by papa_bear »

HorizonXP wrote: post #98
blocke wrote: post #58

Oh wow. Simply wow. I've wanted this without knowing I've wanted it. This probably sounds sad but the effort and potential anxiety required in trying to pick the right foods and what I might want to eat often means I just get lazy and eat out instead. A case where having an astounding number of options often leaves one wanting to pick none of the above. This is a great idea. Edit: Mobile website please!

I actually have wanted this for a long time, and seriously considered making it myself. I'm much happier that someone else did this. You have one user already. I love that you have presets for Atkins/Keto, and that you allow me to remove certain types of items like beef and pork. That has been sorely missing from others I've seen like this. If you integrate this with Instacart, I would love you forever.

I asked them about some kind of integration when I first launched, but because I had a pretty small userbase they dropped the conversation after a couple emails. Now that it's grown, maybe I'll prod them again.

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by scott_karana »

orangethirty wrote: post #94

I want to pay you $10 a month to be able to use this. Please include a recipe/ingredients list for me to be able to go grocery shopping. Plus give me a weekly list of my meals so I dont have to think about what to cook or eat.

Absolutely agreed. Having to manage the logistics of groceries while eating healthy can be quite a chore!

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by mikegreco »

coob wrote: post #17

Very impressed. However, I had to laugh at this meal suggestion: http://imgur.com/tVz5WCp Not two things that usually go together!

Melon and sausage is something I've never heard of, but melon and prosciutto is actually a very common Italian dish (that's also quite tasty!) [1]

I imagine if you got the right type of savory sausage, it'd be delicious.

[1]:http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/melon-wrapped-...

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by mietek »

This is fantastic. Thank you for explicitly listing keto, and for allowing to customize the exact amount of macronutrients.

That being said: The custom macronutrient range sliders are a bit unintuitive. I think both range sliders and percentages should be displayed at the same time, and both should be kept in sync.

How can I see exactly which ingredients will go into my meals? I've disabled all fruit, but I still got a meal with melons in it.

Also, I'd like to replace non-fat yoghurt with full-fat yoghurt in my meals. How can I do this?

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

papa_bear wrote: post #119
w1ntermute wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The site doesn't seem to include drinks. Do you plan on adding them?

I had it suggesting whole milk for a while, but a lot of people complained that it was giving them too much whole milk so I just removed it entirely. My algorithm doesn't give any special treatment to drinks, but maybe it should to output something more realistic looking. I use the site myself, and the way I handle drinks is with the "locking" feature (via the lock icon next to a food or meal). If I know I'm going to…

Ohh, thanks for the tip, I hadn’t noticed the ‘Add dish’ button. From there, you can search for milk in the ‘Basic foods’ section. Makes sense that I should manually add it, instead of having my drinks planned out.

But what happens if I end up drinking or eating more than was planned? Can I go back and edit the menu the day after? Also, does the site track calorie intake and progress over time?

I’ve used Livestrong’s MyPlate calorie tracker for quite some time, in which I would record my caloric intake every day. Of course, that’s after the fact, so it’s a different approach to minding calories than what your site does.

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by nirvanatikku »

smspence wrote: post #49
GuiA wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Idk, portion size seems fairly explicit in my post. This picture sums up nicely what a french meal would look like: http://i.imgur.com/5XRulJK.png With the appetizer plate topmost, dessert in the middle, main course at the bottom of the picture. It's also common for hungry/active people to have a second serving of the main course; a third helping would be rare.

How is that a "French" meal? You can eat those types of foods anywhere... I have had many meals that look exactly like that here in the U.S., both cooked at home and out at restaurants. Don't believe what you read on Reddit, HN, and other websites that hate Americans. Not all Americans eat McDonald's burgers and fries and other crappy processed food for every meal. We are just like anyone else. Some of us (not all) a…

"Not all Americans eat McDonald's burgers and fries and other crappy processed food for every meal. We are just like anyone else. "

I'm sorry, but the food here in the US is ABSURD. Aside from burgers and fries, there are few places that one can get an _affordable_ healthy meal. Two things jump out at me here: the portions and sodium.

In order to remain somewhat healthy, you have to cook or actively go out of your way and purchase food that turns out to cost more. "It's a mixture." does not accurately describe the US - I do believe it's off-balance here; more folks do consume such food.

I'm originally from Hong Kong, which gives me a slightly different perpective than most, but everything that I eat out in the east: tastes amazing, can be extremely affordable, doesn't make me feel bloated or 'full' when I'm done and is absolutely incredible.

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by papa_bear »

theboss wrote: post #93

I will give you all of my money if you include support for dietary restrictions. I have food allergies and can't consume milk.

You can uncheck milk from the Meal options menu - just click the "Meal options" button on the right side, and a bit down the page there's a big checklist of foods you can filter out of the meal plans.

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

ericd wrote: post #76
alexchamberlain wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing most people in Europe would eat (a lot) less fat than 33%.

33% of calories from fat means less than 33% by weight, since it's more calorie dense, and I actually don't doubt that they eat that much. If you've never cooked much French cuisine, there are a lot of cream based sauces...

The site had a nice breakfast suggestion for me: ‘Tofu Scramble’, containing: tofu (14g fat), vegetable oil (14g fat), dijon mustard and low-fat milk. The dish contains 400 kcalories, 260 of those are from fats (that’s 65 percent!).

http://www.eatthismuch.com/recipe/view/tofu-scramble,1565/

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by papa_bear »

RakshaC wrote: post #11

Really impressive. Hope to get the Mobile app soon. Any plans for other recipe sites integration?

Hopefully soon! I've talked to a few recipe sites and none have been interested in collaborating directly. I might try to add an option to let users scrape a recipe directly via a url, but I'm not 100% sure about the legality of it.

Re: Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers

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Post by _delirium »

27182818284 wrote: post #2

I 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…

I had sort of the opposite experience: my preferences aren't possible to indicate in the interface at all. I don't have "formal" preferences: I don't really care whether something is lamb or beef or chicken or pork or whatever. And I'm not interested in fad diets like Keto or Scientology or Paleo.

Instead, I want my food to taste good while fitting into nutritional/budget constraints. What "tastes good" means varies, but in my case, I like generally strong-flavored foods, like spicy foods or garlicky foods.

There are a whole pile of ways to satisfy that. I like Greek food, I like Mexican food, I like Arab food, I like Indian food, and several other styles besides. But I don't like bland food. Most of what this tool generates is weird bland stuff, and I can't find any way to tell it to stop doing that.

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