How ChatGPT Helped Me Create a Nigerian Diet Plan — and Why AI Is Friend, Not Foe.

This week, I sought the assistance of the ever-helpful ChatGPT to create a diet plan that would help me lose 7kg by the end of May. Surprisingly (maybe not so), ChatGPT came up with a meal plan I didn’t even argue with. If I had done this myself, I would have spent a long time thinking and curating this list. But with ChatGPT, all I had to do was input my current weight and my goal. It generated a detailed plan, including how many calories I’d be losing per meal and per week. All I had to do was copy and paste it into my Notion planner. This is what AI does—it assists. And once we understand that, I believe the fear of AI "taking over" will begin to fade. When we see it as a tool that speeds up our work, our mindset shifts. Yes, AI will replace some jobs, but it will also create new ones. That’s why we need to adapt, learn how to use AI, and integrate it into our workflow. This way, we stay relevant in today's job market and global economy. There has never been a time when innovation didn’t replace older methods of doing things, usually by a landslide. People used to walk long distances to reach their destinations — now we have cars and planes that get us there in minutes/hours. The world is changing fast, and the key is to adapt quickly and learn the tools we need to thrive and keep moving forward with it. And with that, I live to write another day.

May 7, 2025 - 04:57

How ChatGPT Helped Me Create a Nigerian Diet Plan — and Why AI Is Friend, Not Foe.

This week, I sought the assistance of the ever-helpful ChatGPT to create a diet plan that would help me lose 7kg by the end of May.

Surprisingly (maybe not so), ChatGPT came up with a meal plan I didn’t even argue with.

If I had done this myself, I would have spent a long time thinking and curating this list. But with ChatGPT, all I had to do was input my current weight and my goal.

It generated a detailed plan, including how many calories I’d be losing per meal and per week. All I had to do was copy and paste it into my Notion planner.

This is what AI does—it assists. And once we understand that, I believe the fear of AI "taking over" will begin to fade. When we see it as a tool that speeds up our work, our mindset shifts.

Yes, AI will replace some jobs, but it will also create new ones. That’s why we need to adapt, learn how to use AI, and integrate it into our workflow. This way, we stay relevant in today's job market and global economy.

There has never been a time when innovation didn’t replace older methods of doing things, usually by a landslide.

People used to walk long distances to reach their destinations — now we have cars and planes that get us there in minutes/hours.

The world is changing fast, and the key is to adapt quickly and learn the tools we need to thrive and keep moving forward with it.

And with that, I live to write another day.