Inspiration
The inspiration for this project was we both struggle with eating mindfully and know people around us with eating disorders. As college students, we often eat foods readily available not considering if we are getting the right amount of nutrients. We see our friends running out the door without a proper breakfast. Calorie Tracking apps are very popular and may aid people in weightloss or mindful eating but the quantitative value of calories might be harmful to look at. Personally, calorie tracking can be toxic to many women looking for a healthier lifestyle change as they hyperfixate on that number and may undereat. This is why we create this project, similar to a calorie counter, but counts macros instead.
What it does
This webapp allows a user to input their personal details such as their height,weight, activity level to then calculate their daily macro nutrient needs. The webapp also allows a user to log and track their macronutrients of the food they eat
How we built it
we built this project using python, Flask, html, and css using vscode
Challenges we ran into
Because we are beginners, we ran into a lot of challenges regarding the technologies to use. We would run into many bugs and our code would crash and not work at all. We decided to just work with what we know and build on that using python instead of frameworks we did not understand to build a prototype for our app.
As of now, we have a lot of bugs and defects, so our app does not work as intended regarding the food log and accessing the nutritional values from the FDC database to be implemented onto the food log.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of the backend aspect of our project that actually calculates the macronutrients a person needs
What we learned
From this project, we learned how to work as a team. We also learned how to navigate and use Git as this was the first project we used it for.
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