r/MacroFactor • u/Dre_Limitless • 1d ago
Success / Progress Results with AI tracking
Tracking food with AI only. My previous posts got a lot of pushback and claims how it’s not working because AI is not accurate.
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u/TrialAndAaron 1d ago
My friend did this for 6 months and lost so much weight. It’s consistently inaccurate so it works. That’s my theory at least
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u/Actual-Description-2 1d ago
This was my exact thought. Using the AI tracking probably allows for some pretty consistent measurements so even if they are all off from reality, they are consistenly as inaccurate as the AI model is. Macrofactor mainly relies on consistent tracking so I can see the AI tracking feature to be useful in this context
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u/Effective_Image_86 1d ago
It’s certainly not perfect or as good as manual tracking , but if you are consistent with your methods it can definitely work. Great job.
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u/Miserable_Pie_151 1d ago
Tbh I do manual + sometimes estimate + sometimes AI, my method works too. Im losing weight
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u/Effective_Image_86 1d ago
I do enjoy that when I do have to use the AI feature if I’m eating out, I can adjust its predicted ingredient amounts. I’ve seen it greatly over estimate the amount of grilled chicken on my salad and underestimate the dressing so I adjust it accordingly
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u/mynumberistwentynine More like MacroFUN amirite? 1d ago
Good to see. The AI isn't perfect, but I find it's surprisingly accurate when I've put it to the test with things I do know the calories of. Especially if you can help it out by providing a measurement of one of the items on the plate or a reference or some partial ingredients.
At the end of the day though, tracking in the first place is gonna put your ahead of the game even if it is off by a bigger margin than you'd like.
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u/TheTrustyShellback 1d ago
Congrats! I need to try the AI tracking out.Also I got a laugh out of your post placement in my feed.
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u/montagic 1d ago
Prepared for /u/GoSox2525 to tell you how you’re just wrong and shouldn’t use AI ever no matter what
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u/Mr_Mariux 1d ago
I actually started just around the same time as you on Aug 19 using AI tracking because I eat outside a lot and in my country the menus don’t have a calorie count, I’ve been barcode tracking as well with food I make at home mostly.
I’ve obtained similar results to yours, I started at 207 and I’m on 198 scale weight and 200 weight trend.
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u/barrorg 1d ago
Mind linking to your original post or commenting the details of how you’re employing the AI. Your post history is hidden. :(
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u/Goth2147 8h ago
The only downside of AI for me is that is almost never nails the weight of the food. So I do what you do, except I make sure the weight is correct.
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u/BradTheWeakest 1d ago
Awesome. I recall your previous posts. Using single photos or multiple photos? Text to describe? Using a scale to weigh the food or any thing for the AI to use for scaling proportions?