Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.

 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

I do understand where your coming from Amy. And I would find that hurtful and rude as well, but I'm sure it wasn't his intention of course. He just didn't think about it and how something as simple yet delicious would effect you. It'll take some getting used to of course, like everything else. I'm looking forward to my surgery and going through all the changes, and on the other side, I'm not because of the things I may never get to taste or have again. But I'm ready. I can do it. And so can you! I know I don't know you that well yet, but I can sense you are strong and determined. Things will get better.

Wow!  You look great! Congrats on your success!   (((hugs))) Amanda

still really swollen - but I can tell already results are going to be great.  I'll take more when the swelling goes down where it's easier to see the difference in a pic. 

It's okay.  One of the good things about all this is that I have time to come on here! 

I woke up with a migraine this morning which made me nausiated.  They give you phenregan (I know I'm butchering the spelling on that, but y'all get the idea.) to avoid nausia because you DO NOT want to throw up after these procedures.  All those stomach muscles contracting like that... I really almost want to cry thinking about it.  But I haven't had trouble with nausia until I woke up with this migraine.

BUT, thankfully I have vicoden on hand from this surgery, so I ate one with breakfast and sat very still until my head started to feel better.  So I'm fine now.

My super swollen breasts are what hurt now just because they are so swollen.  OUCH! 

I had a gas feeling last night that bloated me up and couldn't expel it.  But now I don't know whether or not that was really gas or just a bloat that felt like gas - because I don't remember ever expelling it but the feeling is gone this morning.  The menstral cramp feeling is gone this morning too.  I still have the sensation like something is tearing inside me every once in a while.  I thought all that was weird until I posted about on the plastic surgery board on here and others chimed in that that was all normal. 

I haven't coughed up any blood today and no more last night.  I still can't believe I had NPPE.  My research shows that only 1/2 of a 10th of a percent of people have it.  There is no common thread that makes people more at risk for it - although it is most likely to occur in healthy men in their 20s - 30s.  It can be caused by various things (not just anesthesia from surgery) like heart failure, trauma or even swimming.  Who knew?!?!? 

Oh well.  I'm done with surgeries anyway.  I won't be able to afford to get my inner thighs done for years and by then I probably won't care enough to have it done.  BUT... I am going to look SOOOO smokin' hot when I heal from this (if I do say so myself). 

I'll post before and after pics as soon as I can!

Wen