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Hindustan Times
14-07-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Swiss woman uses AI to lose 7 kg: 'Instead of complicated apps I just sent a voice message to ChatGPT each morning'
Cristina Gheiceanu, a Swiss content creator who 'lost 7 kg using ChatGPT', shared her success story on Instagram in a May 15 post. She revealed that she sent daily voice notes to ChatGPT detailing her meals and calorie limits. Cristina said she found this method simple and effective, allowing her to track her food intake and stay consistent without feeling burdened by traditional dieting. Also read | How to lose weight using AI? Woman says she lost 15 kg with 4 prompts that helped her go from 100 to 83 kg Cristina Gheiceanu shared details of her weight loss journey using ChatGPT on Instagram. (Instagram/ Cristina Gheiceanu) Determine your calorie deficit In her post, titled 'How I lost 7 kg with ChatGPT', Cristina gave a glimpse of what her body looked like 5 months ago. In the video, she 'showed exactly' how she used the AI-powered tool to help her her decide her breakfast, keeping her weight loss goals in mind. She said, 'I just start my day with a voice note: 'Hey it is a new day, let's start with 1900 calories'. Then I say what I ate. Because I have been using it for a while, ChatGPT already knows the yoghurt I use, and the protein, fibre, calories it has. When I first started, I had to tell those things, but now ChatGPT remembers.' Cristina added, 'Honestly, it made the whole process feel easy. No calorie counting in my head, no stress – and when I hit my number (daily calorie intake), I just stop. It never felt like a diet, and that is what made it work.' Track your food intake Cristina wrote in her caption, 'At first, ChatGPT helped me figure out my calorie deficit and maintenance level, because you will need a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight. But what really changed everything was using it for daily tracking. Instead of using complicated apps, I just sent a voice message to ChatGPT each morning: what I ate, how many calories I wanted to eat that day — and it did all the work.' Sharing her experience, she added, 'In the beginning, I had to tell it the calories, protein, and fibre in the foods I use. Next time it remembered everything, so I was just telling it to add my yoghurt or my bread. It knew how many calories or protein are in that yoghurt or bread. I kept using the same chat, so it became faster and easier every day. The best part? I asked for everything in a table — so I could clearly see my calories, protein, and fibre at a glance. And if I was missing something, I'd just send a photo of my fridge and get suggestions. It made tracking simple, intuitive, and enjoyable. I eat intuitively, so I don't use it so often, but in the calorie deficit and first month of maintenance, it made all the difference.' ChatGPT can help create customised diet and workout plans based on individual needs and health conditions. Click here to know how a 56-year-old US man lost 11 kg in 46 days using AI, and what you can learn from the diet, routine, workout plan he used for his transformation. Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.
Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Meet the young women using AI websites like ChatGPT to lose weight
Young women are now turning to AI websites like ChatGPT to help them lose weight - amid concerns that being ultra-slim is 'back in fashion'. Health experts have expressed concern about the return of 'heroin chic' fueled by the Ozempic boom, as millions turn to 'skinny jabs' to achieve their dream figures. As a result, weight-loss content has swept social media, with many women now saying they've resorted to using ChatGPT to help achieve their body goals. Cristina Gheiceanu, from Switzerland, lost 24lb after sending a voice note to ChatGPT every morning telling the AI programme what she ate and her calorie limit. She told her 400,000 followers on Instagram how she was able to shed the weight in just five months without using 'complicated apps'. The content creator said: 'I just sent a voice message to ChatGPT each morning with what I ate, how many calories I wanted to eat that day - and it did all the work. 'In the beginning, I had to tell it the calories, protein, and fibre in the foods I use. Next time it remembered everything, so I was just telling to add my yogurt or my bread. 'It knew how many calories or protein is in that yogurt or bread. I kept using the same chat, so it became faster and easier every day.' Cristina said she would ask the programme to put her daily food into a table so she could easily see what was missing from her diet. And sometimes she would even send ChatGPT a picture of her fridge and ask for its suggestions of what she should eat. She added: 'Honestly, it made the whole process feel easy. No calorie counting in my head, no stress. When I hit my number I just stopped. It never felt like a diet and that's what made it work.' Cristina is not the only young woman who is using AI to help her reach her 'dream body' with dieting. Charley, a Brit who is currently living in Australia, said she found a 'life hack' on how to easily get the body you want with limited thinking involved. She calculated that she can eat 1,800 calories a day to lose weight, but said she struggled with understanding how to put meals together to help reach this target. Charley said on TikTok: 'I'm going to ask ChatGPT to write me a weekly meal prep plan that accounts for 1,800 calories a day and see what it comes up with.' When she asked the AI website for a food plan, it told her exactly what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day with a breakdown of the calories for each meal. It told the travel influencer to eat a 300-calorie Greek yogurt parfait bowl for breakfast, followed by a 450-calorie chicken salad bowl for lunch and a 550-calorie dinner of grilled salmon with vegetables. It also recommended Charley to have an apple with peanut butter for a 200-calorie snack and she even asked it to give exact measurements for each element of the meal. She added: 'It does also say on there that ChatGPT is not fully reliable but to me it looks alright so I might have to give this a go. I might've just found a life hack if you're a bit lazy like me.' Eilidh Wells, from Glasgow, Scotland, also had the same idea and wanted ChatGPT to write her one-day meal plan for a diet of 1,200 calories. This is a much smaller amount to the average amount that women should be eating, which is 2,000 calories a day. She said on TikTok: 'I'm in a calorie deficit so I've asked for high protein and low carbs and it's done a pretty good job.' The AI website told her to have a Greek yogurt bowl for breakfast,' which she described as 'very filling', adding that she couldn't eat the whole meal. It then told her to eat grilled chicken lettuce wraps for dinner, but she felt as though the measurements were off and further limited her portion size. She enjoyed ChatGPT's suggestion of having cottage cheese with cucumbers and said that she would continue to eat this as it was 'super filling and a really good snack'. For dinner, it told Eilidh to make a grilled chicken salad that she described as 'samey', adding that she was 'not looking forward' to her meal. She said: 'Everything was bland and the measurements were way off and I feel like the recipe they gave me was for two people. 'I don't know if it's because I've had more protein than usual or if the dish wasn't very appetising but I wasn't hungry for dinner and didn't actually finish them. I've giving ChatGPT's meal plan a five out of ten.' Some are even using the website to help them come up with workout plans for them to do in the gym. Tia Taylor, who is based between Lagos, Nigeria, and Milan, Italy, said she was able to get 'in the best shape of her life' by using AI. She told ChatGPT that she goes to the gym three times a week, adding that her fitness goals are to maintain her current muscle mass while continuing to build muscle 'especially in the upper body and to define my waist'. The 28-year-old urged her followers on TikTok to 'sit back and watch the magic' as it quickly created a full gym routine with a breakdown of each exercise - without the help of a professional personal trainer. It recommended she spend her first day focusing on her lower body and core, before moving onto cardio and waist definition on day two. For her third day, ChatGPT said she should be doing upper body and core work including planks, push ups and dumbbell rows. TikTok users commented on Tia's video and said she was 'so smart' for coming up with the suggestion. Others have used the AI programme to help them envision what they would look like if they were slimmer. Laura, from Hampshire, England, who has already lost 70lb, appeared to use the website for fitness motivation as she asked it to show her an image of what she would look like if she was '50lb lighter'. She said on TikTok: 'I've been down a ChatGPT rabbit hole and I've asked the bot what I'd look like if I was 50lb lighter. If I looked like that, I'd be pretty pleased to be fair.'
Daily Mail
30-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Move over Mounjaro! Now young women are using ChatGPT to shed the pounds - as one woman reveals she lost 7kg in a month by sending AI pictures of her fridge
Young women are now turning to AI websites like ChatGPT to help them lose weight - amid concerns that being ultra-slim is 'back in fashion'. Health experts have previously expressed concern about the return of 'heroin chic' fuelled by the Ozempic boom, as millions turn to 'skinny jabs' to achieve their dream figures - inspired by the models who dominated runways in the Noughties. As a result, weight loss content has swept social media over the past five years, with many women now saying they've resorted to using ChatGPT to help achieve their body goals. Cristina Gheiceanu, from Switzerland, lost 1st and 10lbs after sending a voice note to ChatGPT every morning telling the AI programme what she ate and her calorie limit. She told her 400,000 followers on Instagram how she was able to shed the weight in just five months without using 'complicated apps'. The content creator said: 'I just sent a voice message to ChatGPT each morning with what I ate, how many calories I wanted to eat that day - and it did all the work. 'In the beginning, I had to tell it the calories, protein, and fibre in the foods I use. Next time it remembered everything, so I was just telling to add my yogurt or my bread. 'It knew how many calories or protein is in that yogurt or bread. I kept using the same chat, so it became faster and easier every day.' Cristina said she would ask the programme to put her daily food into a table so she could easily see what was missing from her diet. And sometimes she would even send ChatGPT a picture of her fridge and ask for its suggestions of what she should eat. 'Honestly, it made the whole process feel easy,' Cristina added. 'No calorie counting in my head, no stress. When I hit my number I just stopped. It never felt like a diet and that's what made it work.' Cristina's clip racked up more than two million views on Instagram and hundreds of comments from users - who had a split opinion on the use of AI. One penned: ' When they say that AI will make humanity forget how to think, this is what they mean. Calorie counting and macro tracking is a very simple, if a little tedious, system you should be able to easily do without ChatGPT. 'The environmental cost to the planet in terms of energy expenditure and water usage that it takes for AI to do something you could do yourself is appalling, and honestly, shameful.' Another said: 'this is a horrific use of AI, the amount of water wasted and heating generated to answer a query that could easily be solved by following a simple meal plan... please look into it before continuing to use ChatGPT in this manner.' When Charley asked the AI website for a food plan, it told her exactly what to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner every single day with a breakdown of the calories for each meal Cristina divided opinion on her video with some people saying that she should not be using AI and others admitting they have used it themselves to help with dieting But others said they had been using it too, with a third writing: 'ChatGPT created a cycle syncing weekly diet for me, which has been awesome. 'It also gives me ideas on how to boost my nutrition, metabolism, and balance hormones based on foods. A fourth commented: 'I've been using ChatGPT for my insulin resistance diet and it has been a game changer! I already lost 10 pounds and have been able to fix my insulin issues.' But Cristina is not the only young woman who is using AI to help her reach her 'dream body' with dieting. Charley, a Brit who is currently living in Australia, said she found a 'life hack' on how to easily get the body you want with limited thinking involved. She calculated that she can eat 1,800 calories a day to lose weight, but said she struggled with understanding how to put meals together to help reach this target. Charley said on TikTok: 'I'm going to ask ChatGPT to write me a weekly meal prep plan that accounts for 1,800 calories a day and see what it comes up with.' When she asked the AI website for a food plan, it told her exactly what to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner every single day with a breakdown of the calories for each meal. It told the travel influencer to eat a 300-calorie Greek yogurt parfait bowl for breakfast, followed by a 450-calorie chicken salad bowl for lunch and a 550-calorie dinner of grilled salmon with vegetables. It also recommended Charley to have an apple with peanut butter for a 200-calorie snack and she even asked it to give exact measurements for each element of the meal. The AI website told her to have a Greek yogurt bowl for breakfast,' which she described as 'very filling,' adding that she couldn't finish the meal 'It does also say on there that ChatGPT is not fully reliable but to me it looks alright so I might have to give this a go,' she added. 'I might've just found a life hack if you're a bit lazy like me.' Eilidh Wells, from Glasgow, also had the same idea and wanted ChatGPT to write her one-day meal plan for a diet of 1,200 calories. This is a much smaller amount to the average amount that women should be eating, which is 2,000 calories a day. On average men need 2,500 calories a day to maintain their weight, according to the NHS. 'I'm in a calorie deficit so I've asked for high protein and low carbs and it's done a pretty good job,' Eilidh said on TikTok. The AI website told her to have a Greek yogurt bowl for breakfast,' which she described as 'very filling', adding that she couldn't eat the whole meal. It then told her to eat grilled chicken lettuce wraps for dinner, but she felt as though the measurements were off and further limited her portion size. She enjoyed ChatGPT's suggestion of having cottage cheese with cucumbers and said that she would continue to eat this as it was 'super filling and a really good snack'. For dinner, it told Eilidh to make a grilled chicken salad that she described as 'samey', adding that she was 'not looking forward' to her meal. 'Everything was bland and the measurements were way off and I feel like the recipe they gave me was for two people,' she said. Tia urged her followers on TikTok to 'sit back and watch the magic' as it quickly created a full gym routine with a breakdown of each exercise, without the help of a professional personal trainer Laura reveals what ChatGPT thinks she would look like if she was 50 pounds lighter 'I don't know if it's because I've had more protein than usual or if the dish wasn't very appetising but I wasn't hungry for dinner and didn't actually finish them. I've giving ChatGPT's meal plan a five out of ten.' Some are even using the website to help them come up with workout plans for them to do in the gym. Tia Taylor, who is based between Lagos and Milan, said she was able to get 'in the best shape of her life' by using AI. She told ChatGPT that she goes to the gym three times a week, adding that her fitness goals are to maintain her current muscle mass while continuing to build muscle 'especially in the upper body and to define my waist'. The 28-year-old urged her followers on TikTok to 'sit back and watch the magic' as it quickly created a full gym routine with a breakdown of each exercise - without the help of a professional personal trainer. It recommended she spend her first day focusing on her lower body and core, before moving onto cardio and waist definition on day two. For her third day, ChatGPT said she should be doing upper body and core work including planks, push ups and dumbbell rows. TikTok users commented on Tia's video and said she was 'so smart' for coming up with the suggestion. Others have used the AI programme to help them envision what they would look like if they were slimmer. Laura, from Hampshire who has already lost 70 pounds, appeared to use the website for fitness motivation as she asked it to show her an image of what she would look like if she was '50 pounds lighter'. She said on TikTok: 'I've been down a ChatGPT rabbit hole and I've asked the bot what I'd look like if I was 50 pounds lighter. If I looked like that, I'd be pretty pleased to be fair.'
Hindustan Times
11-06-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Woman shares easy recipes of top 3 desserts that helped her lose 7 kg: 'They are low in calories and high in protein'
Cristina Gheiceanu, a blogger based in Switzerland, took to Instagram on June 2 to share the recipe of three desserts that are 'low in calories and high in protein'. She added, this 'makes them perfect if you're trying to lose or maintain weight – without feeling restricted'. Cristina called these desserts – 'delicious, filling, and super easy to make'. Also read | Woman who lost 7 kg in 2 months, made 'belly fat disappear' recommends this dessert recipe to fight sugar cravings She wrote in her caption, 'Fat loss comes down to one thing: a calorie deficit. But that doesn't mean you have to give up treats to get results... here are the recipes for three cakes – enjoy, and let me know which one you try first... being fit and healthy can be so easy. Enjoy.' Cristina went on to share her recipe for strawberry cheesecake, which has 533 calories and 30 gram of protein, lemon cake with 600 calories and 30 gram of protein and a cacao cake that 430 calories and also 21 gram of protein. She titled her post: 'Top 3 desserts that helped me lose 7 kg'. A post shared by Cristina Gheiceanu (@cristinagheiceanu) ⦿ Ingredients: 1 ripe banana, 1 egg, 200 gram Greek yogurt ⦿ Method: Cristina said, 'Mix them all together and bake for 25 minutes at 180C. Let it in the switched-off oven for another 20 min. Add cream cheese (Philadelphia) on top, strawberry jam (unsweetened) and strawberries.' ⦿ Ingredients for cake: 2 eggs, 100 gram Greek yoghurt, 60 gram flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla sugar, juice from ½ lemon (around 4 tsp), lemon zest Ingredients for icing: 50 gram Greek yoghurt, 2 tsp honey ⦿ Method: 'Mix all cake ingredients. Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes. Let cool and top with the yogurt-honey icing,' Cristina said. ⦿ Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas, 2 eggs, 2.5 tbsp unsweetened cacao powder, 1 tsp baking powder ⦿ Method: Cristina added, 'Blend everything until smooth. Bake at 180°C for 25–30 minutes. Cut it and then add mashed raspberries and some pistachio cream (optional).' Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.
