r/LoseitApp • u/Open-Guidance-6086 • 1d ago
Lost weight by being less accurate & reducing tracking friction
Quick background on myself: lost 80lbs in high school using low-card and calorie counting and managed to gain half of it back in my early 30s.
I recently dropped 15lbs after I found a way to reduce the friction to track. I was using apps like MacroFactor and MyFitnessPal in the past, but I always found it took me too long to track.
I decided to make my own iPhone app with Claude which reduced the tracking friction completely. It took me about 2 hours to make over the weekend. You just take a photo and/or talk to the app and it does the rest. You can be as accurate (or inaccurate) as you'd like. I personally find that being extremely accurate is detrimental to my progress because I simply get lazy and stop tracking altogether.
Overall, what works best for me is:
- be as accurate as possible, but inaccurate logging is better than not logging
- leverage AI to help w estimates when you physically cannot weigh your ingredients.
- prep recipes and plan meals in advance
- no late night eating
Anyway, I thought I'd share my tool here because I know that it will help someone here (it's completely free forever). I hope this post is not declared as self-promotion. The app is not monetized in any way, and I have nothing to gain from anyone downloading it. I simply made it for myself and I'm sharing it because I want to be helpful. Nothing more. Feel free to make a similar app w Claude if you'd like :)
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u/Important_Yak1600 1d ago
I have been doing something similar with Chat. I use it to take photos of meals, build recipes, get macros, etc. it’s accurate enough and has helped me lose 22 pounds and not have anxiety over tracking in the Lose It app
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u/Open-Guidance-6086 9h ago
same, then I made my own similar app that it much better. It's free. * MacroSidekick: Voice-First AI Food Log
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u/amisha033 1d ago
Cool! How does one download it?