u/alex_s1919

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a small app called Glycio. The idea is simple: instead of manually logging meals, you scan food (barcode or photo of any meal/product) and it estimates sugar/carbs instantly.

Originally I built it because I noticed most nutrition apps become exhausting after a few days. Too much manual input, too many numbers, too much friction.

So I started focusing more on:

• reducing effort,
• making tracking feel lightweight,
• and helping people stay consistent rather than “perfect”.

What I’m trying to understand now is the habit side of it.

For people here who successfully built health-related habits:

• what made the habit actually stick?
• reminders?
• streaks?
• visual progress?
• social accountability?
• simplicity?
• something else?

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from people who’ve struggled with consistency before.

Not trying to spam — mostly trying to learn what actually helps people sustain habits long term.

I’ve been experimenting a lot with intermittent fasting lately, and one thing I noticed is that some meals make fasting later feel almost effortless… while others make me insanely hungry a few hours later.

The weird part is that it’s often the foods I thought were “healthy”.

Stuff like granola, smoothies, sauces, protein snacks, etc.

I started tracking sugar/carbs more closely and honestly it explained a lot. Some meals were causing way bigger spikes/crashes than I expected.

Now I’m trying to focus more on stable energy instead of just calories. I just wanted to share this info. Maybe is usefull for you too.

Would love to know what foods surprised you the most once you actually paid attention to carbs/sugar.

For me it was sauces and “healthy” snacks 😅

I started scanning/tracking meals recently and some stuff is way less keto-friendly than it looks.

I want to hear yours.

Hello everyone!

I'm working on a mobile app to help people track sugar intake more easily by scanning a meal or a barcode and wanted to get honest input from people who actually live with T2D daily.

Is knowing the sugar content of food instantly useful in your routine, or is it something you've already figured out? Do you actively check labels or use any tools for this?

Not promoting anything — genuinely want to understand if this is a real problem worth solving or if people with T2D have already found their own solutions.

Thank you!

I'm a solo developer from Romania. Day job in construction and real estate, building apps nights and weekends for the past 6 months.

Last week I launched Glycio — a sugar tracker for Android. The idea is simple: scan any food or barcode and see the sugar content instantly. No calorie counting, no complexity.

The numbers so far:

• 4 users on launch day
• $0 revenue
• $200 spent on ads (75% of clicks went to iPhone users. App is Android only. I didn't know that I can change the target OS🤦)

But here's what the numbers don't show:

A mom whose daughter was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes installed the app and wrote me the most detailed bug report I've ever received. Fixed everything within 24 hours. She's now on 3 months free Pro.

A guy with a Samsung reported scroll bugs on the onboarding. Fixed same day.

49 strangers on Reddit took time to tell me what's wrong with my product. That's not failure — that's the most valuable thing that's happened since I launched.

The lesson I'm taking into week 2:

Momentum doesn't come from the metrics. It comes from staying in the game long enough for the right people to find you.

Still early. Still figuring it out. But I'm not stopping.

What kept you going in your first weeks?

I'm a solo developer from Romania. Day job in construction, building apps on the side. 6 months of work. Launched last week.

Day 1: 4 users. Day 6: still counting.

The rational part of my brain says the numbers are too small to mean anything. The other part notices things like this: a mom whose daughter was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes installed the app, wrote me a detailed bug report, and said she hopes it helps her family.

That's one person. But that one person is exactly who I built it for.

I don't have a growth hack or a viral moment to share. What I have is the realization that building something real. Even small, even slow but attracts real people with real problems.

The hardest part of early stage isn't the code or the marketing. It's staying convinced that the thing you're building matters when the metrics don't reflect it yet.

Still here. Still shipping.

Anyone else in the early grind?