This site could make a whole bunch of money if it just put together a shopping cart on Amazon for me and took the referral money.
NZ: countdown.co.nz
Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers
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#162This site could make a whole bunch of money if it just put together a shopping cart on Amazon for me and took the referral money.
Good tip. Australia: Woolworths.com.au Mainland Europe/Asia: Carrefour group. UK/Asia: Tesco group. One potentially interesting Asian market to consider is Singapore (almost certain supermarket delivery services must exist there due to regionally high income levels and tiny geography, plus it's full of office-dwelling cosmetic-concern types).
I don't see woolworths.com.au having the wherewithall to embrace something like this. Might be worth chatting with someone more "hungry" (sorry, couldn't resist) - e.g. http://www.hellofresh.com.au/
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#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
The name of the site is Eat this much ;) But indeed, for the site to plan a person’s total caloric intake, it really should include popular liquids (it does plan shakes and smoothies). Coffee and tea contain very little calories, but once you add milk and sugar (including syrups), it really adds up fast. Sodas and energy drinks are packed with calories. If you like to drink, alcoholic beverages really should be accou…
"A 12 oz beer contains about 300 kcalories." That's an exaggeration. Here are a few mainstream beers I looked up on that site- Sam Adams Boston Lager: 175, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 175, PBR: 144, Guinness Draught: 128
You’re right, thanks. Fixed.
It does mean that if you drink 5 pints during a night on the town, you ingest 1100 kcalories. For me, that would mean half of my recommended daily caloric intake.
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#164The idea didn't really seem that exciting to me, but the execution of this is very impressive indeed. I'm going to be using this to demonstrate what I mean by an effective user interface.
The abstraction of complexity until the very moment its needed is masterful here. Its simple right up until you need it to be complicated. Hat is off.
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#165One thing that would be really useful would be a "family mode". My wife and I are currently working out together. I want to gain weight, she wants to lose or maintain weight while losing fat and gaining muscle. We always eat together and it's unrealistic for us to cook two different meals every time. Ideally it could propose a meal for two at least for the main 3 meals and tell us the proportion of the meal that she…
I added the family meal planning feature a few days ago, but it's more simple than what you're asking - it basically just scales up that meal X times in your grocery list, so the rest of your family is forced to eat whatever random meals my site spits out :-) Something like an account link would be awesome, but would some serious complexity to my algorithm. Definitely something to shoot for though.
That 'family mode' is a good start, but to be really useful it would be awesome to be able to specify different constraints/preferences/etc per family member, and yet have the resulting recipes work (or be modifiable) for the entire family. For example, the recipe book The Adaptable Feast is great for families that have a mix of vegetarians/vegans/omnivores. It would be great if your site could handle this type of situation too. Overall, awesome job! :)
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#166man I was about to start building this exact thing hahah. nice work!
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#167Strange feature request: I'd love to be able to specify dietary requirements on a per-meal basic. My partner is vegan, so I'll normally cook vegan dinners, but like to get meat into lunch/the occasional breakfast.
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#168This is awesome i am really impressed.
Signed up right now
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#169I 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 the exact same experience. Everything that was even remotely confusing had an explanatory link. How active am I? Link. What is 14% body fat? Link (to pictures!). That's great UX.
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#170Awesome- I was considering doing something like this as well. After following the Soylent posts (http://robrhinehart.com/?p=424), I'm interested to know if I'm nutrient deficient.
Since EatThisMuch already shows the micronutrients per meal, is there a way you could show daily deficiencies as well?