Letting Claude plan every family meal: down 9 kg in a summer, never felt like a diet
Rob_Bob_you_choose · reddit · 2026-08-14
A Reddit user exported their Nextcloud Cookbook recipes to a spare Google Drive, added a Bluetooth scale for weight/TDEE plus written goals, and now Claude plans all family meals — portions (with max sizes) go into Google Calendar, shopping lists are auto-generated, and prep reminders are set. Result: 9 kg down this summer while eating more and better than before.
His point about the prompt: it's about writing down rules, not clever wording:
- Stats & targets: height, weight, TDEE, calorie band, protein target
- Fixed meal times (08:00/12:30/16:00/18:30) instead of hunger cues
- Portion ceilings per meal, written as maximums
- Everything weighed, cooked weight first with raw weight in brackets
- An explicit ban on suggesting bigger portions or extra dishes; calorie gaps filled with dense items like nuts or oil
Claude even added 16:00 and 21:00 snack slots, and the author stresses he still enjoys cooking — the setup gives him a reason to keep doing it.
More from Apps
- I benchmarked Hark, Instinct and Muse on 6 tasks — only 2 points separated them — AgentWorkinc · 2026-10-16
- Only 4.5% of US consumers pay for AI, but the top 1% of spenders drive 19.5% of revenue — dumpshoot · 2026-10-16
- Australian e-commerce brand AI bots look identical, likely from one vendor — gaganghotra_ · 2026-10-16
- Small business owner gives his AI assistant Dot its own phone number to handle clients — Early-Protection2386 · 2026-10-16
- Obsidian plugin Qiaomu AI RSS adds text-to-speech with karaoke highlighting — vista8 · 2026-10-16
- Solo seller builds voice-driven fulfillment center on Shopify, shipped 150 orders — RachelVT42 · 2026-10-16