Entering in your Diet Diary |
Note the top dark bar that illustrates your daily Calories Eaten, Calories Burned (during Physical Activity), and Calories Remaining. These calorie values adjust with food entries and with each physical activity entered. Daily Calorie Goal minus Calories Eaten plus Calories burned during physical activity equals Calories Remaining. |
Enter a Food Item |
To enter a food item for the current day, tap the “+” button next to the meal (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack. If you would like to enter a food item for a previous day, tap the arrows at the top of the screen and select the date you would like. You can move forward or backward using this feature. Foods will be color coded based on the meal they were added. For example, all foods entered under breakfast will be Blue, those entered for lunch will be Orange, Dinner in Red, and Snacks in Green. For adding a new food item, you will have the option to Search for a food to select, add or use a Favorite, create a Custom food/meal/recipe, enter Water intake, or Cancel. |
Search |
Select this option to search for the food item you would like to add. Simply start typing the name of the food, locate it in the Search Results, select the serving size and how many servings you ate. When this is done, your food will be listed under the meal name (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack). |
To Mark a Food as a “Favorite” |
Using the Search option, locate the food as explained above [under Search]. Once you locate the food in the Search Results, select it to add it to your food list. Once the food is added to your list, simply tap the Star icon to highlight it in yellow. It will now be included in your “Favorites” list. To remove the food from your Favorites list, just tap the Star icon again. This will remove the yellow highlight, and will remove the food from your Favorites list. |
Favorite |
Use this option to select from the list of foods you have marked as Favorites. Remember, you can mark a food as a “Favorite” when entering food items into your meals. |
Custom |
Custom Single Food, Combo Meals, or Recipes can be created with this feature. First, create a name for your custom item, and enter the requested information. Then your custom food, meal, or recipe will be added to the database and can be searched by the name it was assigned. These custom entries are usually something you use often, so they are automatically stored as a Favorite for ease of future entries. |
Water |
To enter the amount of water you drink, simply add the number of bottles or cups/ounces as you would with any food entry. |
Hunger and Mood Entry |
We recommend that you enter your Hunger Level and Mood with each meal. This is helpful to monitor your hunger level and determine moods that may affect what and how much you eat. |