Crazy Diets

There are many crazy fad diets that are "shown" to give people massive results. Modern scientists and nutrition experts reject them all. This app gives people the ability to see which is best by vote.

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Inspiration

Within the past year, I have become committed to rock climbing. It is an excellent sport but has obvious physical limitations. The skinner a person the greater the advantage they have. I originally attempted cutting the amount of food I intake and eating healthier to become lighter. Unfortunately, I would not be able to resist the temptation of eating out with my friends, leading to over the course of 3 months only dropping 2 pounds. I decided to go extreme on what is considered a "fad" diet. I went on keto for a bit over 2 weeks, and in that short period of time, I lost 10+ pounds. I have never been so happy in my life, or as good at rock climbing. To me sacrificing my normal eating habits for 2 weeks instead of 10 months was worth every moment. I believe that some "fad" diets help reach your goal, whether it is gaining muscle or losing weight, faster than the traditional methods. Therefore I decided to build this mobile application so users can vote on what "fad" diets actually work.

What it does

  • The app allows users to look through a list of diets and like which ones that they are interested in.
  • Each diet has a description of how it works to reach a goal, and a process to follow to participate in the diet.
  • Users can rate diets, therefore, providing feedback to other users.
  • Users are allowed to create new diets that others can view and rate.

How we built it

I built the mobile application using Android Studio. Using Flutter gives it the ability to run on Android and IOS mobile devices. I used interactive GUIs and routes to give the user the ability to travel between them. First I created the login page to give the user a friendly welcome. Upon clicking the "Sign in" button, a route is activated to bring the app to the home GUI of the app. A class called Global was created, which housed static variables so I can keep track of all the lists and diets.

Challenges we ran into

This was my second time ever using Android Studio, so the lack of experience was a huge challenge for me. Originally I had no clue where to start, and then when I tried building a couple of buttons everything just crashed. In the beginning, nothing worked how I wanted it to because I didn't understand any of it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I feel accomplished in two major ways. First off, I feel like I have a really big understanding of Android Studio now, and can definitely use it in developing future projects, even though I knew next to nothing about it before the Hackathon. Secondly, I was able to complete my project fully and completely. I completed everything that I set out to do, and with a little more work this app could actually be used in the real world.

What we learned

As I've said before, I have learned not only how to use Android Studio but the ability to understand the code so I can use it for future projects. I also learned that from my previous hackathon, I have improved a huge amount and can develop projects in unknown terrain more smoothly than before.

What's next for Crazy Diets

  • A formal overhaul, in all honestly the current can be improved.
  • Allow pictures to be added to recipes.
  • Create a server to store all the information so the app becomes viable to multiple people.
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