BeforeEat
Snap it, know it — then work it off!
AI reads your food and tells you the calories and the workout it takes
67
Foods
47
Diet tips
13
Workout guides
AI
Live analysis
Why photograph your food before you eat?
Losing weight starts with knowing what you actually eat. But looking up and logging the calories of every meal is a chore.
BeforeEat uses AI to read a photo of your meal and work out the calories and nutrition on its own. Three seconds before you eat is all it takes.
Eat what you enjoy — but knowing how much exercise it costs makes a healthy routine far easier to keep.
What exactly is a calorie?
A calorie (cal) is a unit of energy: the heat needed to raise 1 g of water by 1°C. The calories on food labels are really kilocalories (kcal), and 1 kcal is 1,000 cal.
Your body takes in energy from food and spends it on basal metabolism — breathing, your heartbeat — and on movement. Take in more than you spend and you gain weight; spend more than you take in and you lose it.
Worth knowing
- • Daily guideline for adult men: about 2,500 kcal
- • Daily guideline for adult women: about 2,000 kcal
- • Deficit needed to lose 1 kg of body weight: about 7,700 kcal
Three principles of healthy weight loss
1. Cut calories gradually
Crash dieting is what brings the weight back. Hold a deficit of 300–500 kcal a day and you lose a healthy 0.3–0.5 kg a week.
2. Keep your nutrients balanced
You need carbohydrate, protein and fat in reasonable proportions. Protein especially preserves muscle and keeps you full, so aim for 1–1.5 g per kilogram of body weight.
3. Train consistently alongside it
Combining cardio with resistance work raises your metabolic rate, which makes the weight much easier to manage. Aim for 30 minutes or more, three to five times a week.
What it does
AI food recognition
One photo identifies each dish and analyses its calories individually.
Calorie analysis
See the estimated calories and nutrients of what it found, instantly.
Exercise equivalent
Find out how much exercise it takes to burn what you just ate.
Meal history
Log what you eat each day and check your weekly calorie intake.
Diet tips
47 science-backed diet tips, ready when you need them.
Calorie dictionary
Look up calories and nutrition for 67 foods any time.
Who made this
BeforeEat Team
We wanted healthy eating to be easier to start. This is our way of walking the first step with you.
How it works
Photograph the food
Before you eat, take a photo or pick one from your gallery.
AI analysis
The AI recognises the dish and calculates the calories.
See the result
Check the calories, the nutrients and the exercise it would take.
Save the record
Save the meal and keep track of your daily and weekly calories.
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Start right now
One photo is the first step toward eating well