Hi everyone!! 

There is an event going on this month at Faith Community Church - so I have volunteered our group to meet at Starbucks this Thursday (10/22/09) ONLY.

The Starbucks is located at 6149 S Balsam Way, Littleton, CO  80123.

Please RSVP me so I know how many people to pull chairs out from under..... (JUST KIDDING!!)

We will be meeting our usual time from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

Feel free to bring a topic idea!! 


****OUR MEETING IS FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND.  WHETHER YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD OR ARE THINKING ABOUT OR ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE WLS.... NO MATTER WHO YOUR SURGEON IS!  COME HELP SUPPORT US!! ******
Yvonne
OH Certified Support Group Leader/Coach
 

Last week we released two major updates. First was the public release of OH Groups where any ObesityHelp member can now create their own Group. Second was the addition of Activity Tracking to Health Tracker, which provides a robust and easy to use tool to track and monitor your exercise and activity. Today we have added My Meals and an Activity vs. Weight Loss Report to Health Tracker. 

My Meals My Meals allows you to group and store multiple food and beverage items as a custom meal that can be used over and over again. If you have meals that you eat on a regular basis, you will no longer need to log each food item individually.

To access My Meals, go to your Health Tracker in My OH and click on the Nutrition tab. You will see My Meals listed under Nutrition.

Creating a new meal works similar to your Food Log. You can search for food items on the right and add the foods to the meal on the left. A Calorie Breakdown chart and Nutrient Summary Label are also available for each meal.

Once a meal is created you can add that meal to your Food Log from My Meals by clicking "i had this" or you can search for the meal from your Food Log.

When searching for a meal to add to your Food Log, all meals will be returned when "My Foods" is selected in search. So, to "drill down" on meals that you have created, select to only show "My Foods." When a new meal is created it may require up to 30 minutes for that meal to be indexed and become searchable.

Activity vs. Weight Loss Report Adding to the Macronutrient and Export Reports previously available, there is now an Activity vs. Weight Loss Report. This report will allow to compare Average Time in Activity vs Weight over time, providing you with further insight into what impact physical activity as on weight loss and weight loss maintenance. In Health Tracker, click Reports and then select Activity vs. Weight Loss.

We hope these additions to Health Track reduce the time required to log your daily food intake and makes it easier to view how physical activity impacts your weight.   Create your first meal now! If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them on the Main Message Board.