Weekend Project: VisualizeFit.com

http://visualizefit.com

by katieben • 14 years ago

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visualizefit.com

rmATinnovafy• 14 years ago

Nice project.

Would post it to reddit.com/r/loseit

That is a community of people losing weight, and your app would really be a hit with them.

katieben12• 14 years ago

Ooh, cool, okay! Thanks! :)

cfcosta• 14 years ago

Nice project!

katieben12• 14 years ago

Thanks! :)

kbadk• 14 years ago

Could be cool if you didn't only work with lbs/feet/inches instead of metres/kgs.

katieben12• 14 years ago

On my to-do list. Thanks :)

kinow• 14 years ago

+1 :) I'll forward this to my young brother, he really needs some motivation, but we use kg/meter here in Brazil too. Thanks!!!

aethr• 14 years ago

I understand the need for the social sharing widgets, but they feel really obtrusive at the top of the page. Presumably at that point of reading the page you don't yet know what it is you're being asked to share?

I dunno, this is probably my personal preference more than a professional opinion, but I would suggest moving them below the example image.

Best of luck, it looks like a great inspirational tool!

katieben12• 14 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. :) I've made it prominent for now in hopes that it's clear how people can help the project - share so we can get lots more inspirational stories, but if it gets more annoying than useful, I'll move it. Thanks! And thanks for the encouragement! :)

teeray• 14 years ago

+1 - It was the first thing my eyes were drawn to when the page loaded

Whitespace• 14 years ago

I understand most people trying to become more fit are overweight, but I entered in 175 lbs. as my starting weight and 190 lbs. as my target weight, and I was disappointed to see that I was only show people who dropped down from 300+ to 190 lbs.

What about those of us who are thin to begin with?

katieben12• 14 years ago

Hey there - I'll be showing stories of all kinds, though right now I just don't have that much data so the code is pulling everything. I need more stories! If you guys have a story of your own or know anyone, please submit or send them my way! :)

katieben12• 14 years ago

(and I'm in a similar boat too). I'm already healthy, but just want flat abs - I started this tool because I wanted to get a better idea of what I had to do to get that - how much weight to lose, or if I needed to be building muscle and not losing weight. I'm on MyFitnessPal, and a lot of women seemed to have that question. Working to get all types in here!

olalonde2• 14 years ago

Seems to be targeted at people who want to lose weight. It would be nice if, when you chose a target weight higher than yours, it would show someone who has gained weight through muscle (rather than fat).

katieben12• 14 years ago

I definitely want to target weight gain OR loss - or even staying the same, just trading fat for muscle - I just don't have enough stories yet so the code is pulling everything. Help me get some by sharing and telling your friends, or submitting yours! :)

olalonde2• 14 years ago

No story to contribute myself but I bet you can find some on http://bodybuilding.com forums.

1123581321• 14 years ago

Interesting idea. Two pieces of feedback:

1. I am a tall-ish person and care the most about height compatibility.

2. Add a time period option. For example, going from 220 to 190 in 60 days isn't like 180 days.

katieben12• 14 years ago

Ooh, good call. Thanks. :)

darkc0der• 14 years ago

Hi Nice project you hacked this website in a weekend? It's pretty cool

codebeaker• 14 years ago

Way to exclude mainland Europe through your short-sighted decision to use Imperial units.

There's simply no valid reason (and hacked in a weekend doesn't cut it) to store units in Imperial, let me choose, as as an engineer I abhor laziness in building such sites, in 2012, more than ever I18n and L17n are more important than ever, even within sites only offered in English language.

(plus the maths on converting weights is more sane with metric units, I just don't get it)

DirtyAndy• 14 years ago

I would say the developer has thought about their own requirements and knowledge, much like you have in your comment by thinking only of Europe whereas pretty much every other country/region in the world uses metric.

Whilst creating an application that deals with different units is not a massive amount of extra work, launching a minimal viable product to 300 million people in a country that has a major obesity problem is probably not a bad start. And when I say not a lot of extra work, 2-4 hours depending on experience of units, server side and client side, data store, would be very optimistic, hundreds if you are moving towards a more complex project. Quite a bit on top of what was only a weekend project.

pvidler• 14 years ago

Europe does use the metric system, it's presumably the developer that doesn't (in terms of countries, just the US and sometimes the UK?). Really, supporting metric and imperial should be trivial — minutes rather than hours.

The issue I see is that you aren't going to get publicity like this twice. "We now support metric" isn't news that will show up on my radar in the same way that this announcement did; how many will bookmark this and check back later, if it doesn't work for them now?

apricot13• 14 years ago

I LOVE this, seeing before/after photos is the most motivating part of dieting, for me at least!

You should include a dropdown that says whether they used a specific type of diet, 'healthy eating & exercise', 'atkins', 'weightwatchers', 'dukan', 'cabbage soup' ! it would be quite interesting to see the results.

katieben12• 14 years ago

Thanks! Thanks for the feedback! :) Haha, I love your idea, that's awesome - I'll do that. :) Thanks!

Weekend Project: VisualizeFit.com

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