Our Story: From Frustration to Freedom

📖 Chapter 1: The Breaking Point

It was January 2025. Like millions of people, I (Krish Sah, founder) made a New Year's resolution to lose weight. I'd tried everything - keto, paleo, intermittent fasting - but nothing stuck.

Then a doctor said the words that changed everything: "Just track your calories. It's simple math."

Simple? I downloaded the top calorie tracking app. Within 3 days, I was exhausted:

• Weighing every ingredient before cooking
• Calculating portions with measuring cups
• Searching databases for 20 minutes to find "homemade chicken stir-fry"
• Guessing portions when eating out (which felt pointless)

The breaking point came when I spent 15 minutes weighing salad ingredients at 2 AM because I'd forgotten to log dinner. I broke down crying. This was supposed to help me, not control my life.

💡 Chapter 2: The Discovery

Frustrated, I researched how nutritionists actually teach portion control. That's when I discovered something incredible:

Professional dietitians don't use food scales with their clients.

They use hands. Your palm for protein. Your fist for carbs. Your thumb for fats. It's called the "hand portion method," and it's been used by nutritionists for decades.

Why? Because your hand is always with you, proportionate to your body size, and doesn't require batteries!

I tried it for a week. No scales. No measuring cups. Just my hands and common sense.

It worked. I lost 2 pounds that week - the same as when I was obsessively weighing food. But this time, I actually enjoyed my meals. I ate out without anxiety. I didn't spend 30 minutes logging dinner.

🚀 Chapter 3: Building CaloriesSnap

I couldn't find a single calorie tracker that used visual portions. Every app required weighing or measuring. So I built one myself.

The first version was terrible - just a spreadsheet where I'd type food names and select portion sizes. But it worked! I shared it with friends who were also trying to lose weight.

Within 2 weeks, 23 friends were using my spreadsheet. They had the same feedback:

"This is so much easier than MyFitnessPal!"
"I can actually track my calories at restaurants now!"
"Why doesn't something like this already exist?"

That's when I realized: I wasn't the only one struggling. Millions of people were frustrated with traditional calorie tracking. They needed CaloriesSnap.