From 355 lbs to 182 lbs. I finally stopped quitting because I made tracking as easy as taking a photo.

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The author explains that they repeatedly failed diets because the “administrative” work of manual tracking felt like a daily reminder of their struggle.
As a developer, they built an app that estimates calories by letting users take a photo of their plate, using AI to identify ingredients.
By reducing tracking friction, the tool helped them stay consistent and avoid quitting after just a few weeks.
The author reports major weight loss and credits the change not to a stricter diet, but to simpler accountability through easier logging.
They share the project to recruit others who feel overwhelmed by manual tracking and invite feedback on whether the tool helps maintain consistency.

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my progress. For years, I failed every diet because I hated the 'administrative' part of it. Logging every single snack into a database felt like a chore that reminded me of my struggle every day.

Being a developer, I decided to build something for myself to lower the barrier. I built an app where I just take a photo of my plate, and it uses AI to identify the ingredients and estimate the calories. It removed the 'friction' that usually made me quit after three weeks.

I’m now 173 lbs down and I’ve never felt more in control. I realized that for me, the key wasn't a stricter diet, but a simpler way to stay accountable.

I’m sharing this because I’m looking for a few more people who are currently on their journey and feel overwhelmed by manual tracking. I’d love for you to try the tool I built and tell me if it helps you stay as consistent as it helped me.

Keep going, it’s worth it!"

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