Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by cimmanom on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @07:53AM
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Why would a weight loss app for men be different from one for women?
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Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by philiplyle on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:09AM
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Thanks for asking. When it comes to leading brands or apps within the weight loss space they are all heavily geared towards women. Think of the top 3 brands, weight watchers, Nutrisystem, Jenny Craig. With apps you got the same problem or you pretty much faced with just trackers. So, just from a branding play alone something needs to exist that men feel comfortable using while receiving guidance. I don't know any guys who would use weight watchers or sweat by Kayla. Guys want things straight with no fluff which is why we're not a tracker or a calorie counter. We tell guys what to eat and offer them the option of having the groceries they need delivered. Men need more options.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by cimmanom on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:30AM
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Some of us ladies want things straightforward too. Just saying.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by philiplyle on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:34AM
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Totally! We just felt that women have way more options than guys who just want to lose a couple of pounds.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by magic_beans on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:39AM
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What app are you talking about that is geared towards women?
Have you not heard of My Fitness Pal?
Did it not occur to you that you’re losing out on a huge market that also needs a no-fuss way to lose weight?
Women aren’t stupid. You don’t need to make things pink to sell to women. You don’t need to exclude women entirely to appeal to men.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by tzahola on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:07AM
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Typically men want to get rid of their boobs. Women don’t.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by slazaro on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:49AM
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AFAIK it's impossible to target where you want your weight loss, so this should be irrelevant.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by tzahola on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @01:12PM
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True. But sufficient amount of broscience can convince people of the contrary.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by taneq on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:12AM
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Also (edit: some) women tend to be worried about weights work making them 'too big' (despite this being much less of a risk) while men often enjoy weights more than cardio.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by cimmanom on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:31AM
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Maybe some have that concern. Others of us recognize that it's silly. Also that you can't target weight loss to avoid affecting your boobs. Seems like education is the problem, not gender.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by magic_beans on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:42AM
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This app has nothing to do with weightlifting, though.
And for the record, there are literally millions of female lifters out there...
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by philiplyle on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:40AM
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in a nutshell lol
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by taneq on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:10AM
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Men and women have different nutritional needs and physiologies?
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by RobertDeNiro on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:27AM
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Not really.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by whywhywhywhy on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:31AM
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Don't they burn completely different amounts of calories a day as a baseline?
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by magic_beans on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:41AM
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That’s purely a matter of size.
While on average men burn more calories a day, the ideal macronutrient ratios for men and women are exactly the same. Gram amaounts of each macronutrient will be different depending on the person’s weight.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by suprfnk on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @09:40AM
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If you count around a 10-20% difference as "completely different amounts". Your height, weight, and activity level play a bigger role.
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by whywhywhywhy on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:41AM
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I mean I'd change jobs for a 20% difference in salary so yeah I do consider them "completely different".
Re:Show HN: Lyle – An AI-Powered Weight Loss App for Men
by philiplyle on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:33AM
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That too!!