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Topic: Health Tracker Update: Meals and Reports
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 MealsMy 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 ReportAdding 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. |
Topic: RE: X post: Shes got the look...
Tinker Bell, Amy and Others....This is happening to me also. I am 7 pounds UNDER projected goal set by Dr. Bruderer and it will be one year since I had my lap RNY November. I just tell people that my body will stop losing weight when IT is ready and until I hear my surgeon's recommendations, I will just wait and see what happens. Why do people assume that you MUST BE SICK???? Hell, I WAS sick, that's why I had the surgery in the first place and now I'm finally Healthy!! Aaaah, but I do enjoy the attention!! haha. I feel great, look great and life is good!!
WESTERN North Dakota Loser,
Sandy
WESTERN North Dakota Loser,
Sandy
Topic: RE: X post: Shes got the look...
Kelly,
It is happening to me too... talk about feeling guilty!! Even my family is telling me "ok, enough now... are you sick??" ... arghhhhhhh.... It can be so frustrating! First having to explain why I am losing weight so fast and now having to explain that Yes, it will stop and yes, I am ok, and YES THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL!!! Good grief! I need a good comeback for these people! lol
Talk to you soon,
Amy
It is happening to me too... talk about feeling guilty!! Even my family is telling me "ok, enough now... are you sick??" ... arghhhhhhh.... It can be so frustrating! First having to explain why I am losing weight so fast and now having to explain that Yes, it will stop and yes, I am ok, and YES THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL!!! Good grief! I need a good comeback for these people! lol
Talk to you soon,
Amy
Amy
if you don't change what you've always done, you're going to keep getting what you've always gotten
if you don't change what you've always done, you're going to keep getting what you've always gotten
Topic: RE: X post: Shes got the look...
Hey Kelly,
you look wonderful, poised, confident.... and if they comment they are just jealous!
Put on your heels and walk proud, girl!
Keep in contact with me , for the meeting, remember Kathi is traveling and its you and me baby!
Peggy
you look wonderful, poised, confident.... and if they comment they are just jealous!
Put on your heels and walk proud, girl!
Keep in contact with me , for the meeting, remember Kathi is traveling and its you and me baby!
Peggy
Some things are better rich.. coffee, men, chocolate
Topic: RE: X post: Shes got the look...
No need to apologize. That is what this board is for is to vent and look for help. We know that you have looked for help and I hope that things improve for you.
By the way, I set a new personal best in the 5k walk this morning. Took 5 minutes off of the 5k walk in May.
Steph
By the way, I set a new personal best in the 5k walk this morning. Took 5 minutes off of the 5k walk in May.
Steph
Topic: X post: Shes got the look...
It has or is finally happening, I am getting those not so good looks. The facial snarls that go with those looks are not pleasant either.
I do not mean physical looks. I mean the looks from others.
It is starting to happen on a regular basis. People will come up to me and say "Your done now,right?", "You can't lose any more weight" "Your nothing but skin and bones" The list can go on and on.
I know I am skin and bones. I am reminded of that daily in the full length mirror. Am I working on stopping the weight lose, heck yeah. Do I want to become malnourished-Heck no! Is it hard to stop it? YES!
Your/My body is going to do what it is going to do. I might still drop a pound or two, I might get some kick back, I might stay where I am at now.
If I were to fall lower then what my body feels is healthy etc.. I would/will seek out medical advice from my doctors,NUT and other medical professional people.
Do, I sound upset, if so I am sorry. I am NOT upset. People just need to know, It is not as easy as they think. It is not a light switch that you just flip up and down to make things stop
Ok, this kind of turned into a rant, sorry LOL
Best of days to all of you and pray for some warmer weather! Snow in the beginning of Oct is crazy!
Kelly/tink
I do not mean physical looks. I mean the looks from others.
It is starting to happen on a regular basis. People will come up to me and say "Your done now,right?", "You can't lose any more weight" "Your nothing but skin and bones" The list can go on and on.
I know I am skin and bones. I am reminded of that daily in the full length mirror. Am I working on stopping the weight lose, heck yeah. Do I want to become malnourished-Heck no! Is it hard to stop it? YES!
Your/My body is going to do what it is going to do. I might still drop a pound or two, I might get some kick back, I might stay where I am at now.
If I were to fall lower then what my body feels is healthy etc.. I would/will seek out medical advice from my doctors,NUT and other medical professional people.
Do, I sound upset, if so I am sorry. I am NOT upset. People just need to know, It is not as easy as they think. It is not a light switch that you just flip up and down to make things stop
Ok, this kind of turned into a rant, sorry LOL
Best of days to all of you and pray for some warmer weather! Snow in the beginning of Oct is crazy!
Kelly/tink
Maintaining! Start weight 257,Current weight 122,Loss of 135# and 114 inches,Size 22-24W now size 4 to 0 (zero),Healthy life=Priceless
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Topic: RE: 10 day post-surgery check up
you are doing great! try not to drive yourself crazy with the scale ok?
congrats!
congrats!
Topic: Groups & Activity
The last several months have been fairly busy ones here at OH and we are really excited
about this upcoming release. First, long overdue is the public release of OH Groups. You
will now be able to start and manage your own public groups. Second, is a major update
to Health Tracker....Activity! We are planning to release these new features on Wednesday evening, October 7, 2009.
OH Groups
Getting to OH Groups is easy. Just click on the Groups tab at the top of any page on ObesityHelp. OH Groups allows you to start and manage your own groups, you can find groups that suit your interests and find support groups in your area. |
If you are looking for an OH Group that focuses on a specific topic, you can browse groups by category. |
Activity
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To get to your Activity Tracker, click “My OH" at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select “Health Tracker" on the left and then click the “Activity" tab. |
Understanding your total daily caloric expenditure requires more than just knowing how many calories you burned on the treadmill. In your Health Tracker settings area you are now able to estimate the caloric expenditure of your resting metabolic rate (RMR) and lifestyle. These estimates are integrated and displayed with the caloric expenditure of the activities you have logged. |
Your exercise log allows you to search for and add strength training exercises, cardiovascular exercises and general activities to your daily log. Caloric expenditure is auto calculated for a number of activities already included in our database of exercises. Pie charts display details about caloric expenditure and time for each type of activity. |
Sets can be added and subtracted from strength training exercises. Reps and weight used can be entered for each set. |
A number of details can be tracked for cardiovascular exercises and general activities. Some of these variables include, time, distance, calories burned, average heart rate, average power, altitude gained and average grade. |
If you can’t find the exercise or activity you have participated in, you can also add your own custom exercises. |
| Other updates include the ability to create list of your favorite exercises, reports have been updated to include a number of activity items, the nutrition search has been enhanced and we have managed to slip in a sweet macronutrient report under the “Reports" tab. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the features in this release, please submit those here. If your are new to ObesityHelp or have not used ObesityHelp's Health Tracker before, you can learn about the first release here and the second release here. Need help using Health Tracker? Click here for help. Enjoy! |
Topic: RE: 10 day post-surgery check up
Summer,
Sounds like your doing wonderful!
Keep up the grand work, keep sipping,walking and get in those meds and proteins. What seems impossible now, will be a faded memory later.
Kelly/tink
Sounds like your doing wonderful!
Keep up the grand work, keep sipping,walking and get in those meds and proteins. What seems impossible now, will be a faded memory later.
Kelly/tink
Maintaining! Start weight 257,Current weight 122,Loss of 135# and 114 inches,Size 22-24W now size 4 to 0 (zero),Healthy life=Priceless
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Topic: 10 day post-surgery check up
Hey everyone.
This morning I traveled to Park Rapids for my 10 day post-surgery appt with Sandy. First, I must say I am so glad to have had the stitches removed!
Secondly, since I knew I would be "weighing in" today, I stepped on the scale at home and it had me down 15#. By the time I drove 90 mins and drank a ton of water, their scale had me at a loss of 11#.........either way I am just glad to see the scale going down!
My next appt in MHD, which I am thankful for....less traveling! Did you all know that they have a support group too? So two weeks after our next group, I will be attending one at the clinic before my next appt. Since Sandy gave me clearance to use the treadmill and elliptical, I am determined to be down 10# at my next check-in. Just a little challenge for myself.
Hope your all doing well and staying warm. I so would love to eat some chili when its this cold!
See you all soon.
Summer
This morning I traveled to Park Rapids for my 10 day post-surgery appt with Sandy. First, I must say I am so glad to have had the stitches removed!
Secondly, since I knew I would be "weighing in" today, I stepped on the scale at home and it had me down 15#. By the time I drove 90 mins and drank a ton of water, their scale had me at a loss of 11#.........either way I am just glad to see the scale going down!
My next appt in MHD, which I am thankful for....less traveling! Did you all know that they have a support group too? So two weeks after our next group, I will be attending one at the clinic before my next appt. Since Sandy gave me clearance to use the treadmill and elliptical, I am determined to be down 10# at my next check-in. Just a little challenge for myself.
Hope your all doing well and staying warm. I so would love to eat some chili when its this cold!
See you all soon.
Summer
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