[conradbez]

I fully agree that anything to the extreme can be detrimental and therefor unsustainable and ineffective. I will say that I have seen great value in building up a rough mental model of (1) how energy dense various foods are (2) where my routines / habits are causing me to over consume energy.

I agree having a compulsion to weigh everything you eat for fear of "failing" isn't very productive. But on the other hand I think there is genuine utility in knowing roughly what percentage of your daily energy comes from your typical breakfast / lunch / drinks / dinner / snacks etc etc.

Where I feel my approach beats the typical calorie tracker is that it doesn't encourage micro-counting or even reaching a specific goal, but rather just keeps you informed. This makes it very easy to know where your energy came from and thus gives you power to increase / decrease as needed.

Definitely take your point on the other factors - but for many people, I think, it would help knowing what a maintenance day of eating looks / feels like.

[thenaturalist]

Super nice to see you have first hand experience and a differentiated perspective on the topic.

My comment was a bit overzealous as I've seen the negative effects in the extreme (anorexia) in people.

Fantastic if you can incorporate that differentiation into your product.