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.

Hi All,

I am sure many of you notice that as time goes on the old timers post less and less I guess that is because we are haivng so much fun enjoying our new lives.
Well I am 11 months our today I was not really planning on posting until my one year mark but something happened in the past couple of days. Originally when I started this journey I had wanted to weigh about 150 and be a size 7-8 well I made it there and when I did I thought well I would really like to be 135-140 and a size 4 -6 so I continued to lose. I reached 145 and a size 6 and I began to notice that I did not really like the way my face looked or my breasts and neck and people were telling me that I should gain some weight I was looking sick and unhealthy. (It is amazing how weight loss can become so addictive so be careful) anyway I decided that I was going to change my weight goal back to 145 and then yippee I could come on the boards and announce I had finally reached goal. I ate like a pig the last two days and I woke up this morning only to find myself below goal weight I had lost 2 pounds CRAZY!!!!!!!! I never thought I would get to goal let alone below it now at 143. 
Anyway I wanted to let all the newbies know that It does work and you can reach your goal. And to remember to be careful not to lose too much. I am actually laughing as I write this because I can remember reading posts of people trying to stop losing weight and only wishing I had their problem I guess it goes to say be careful what you wish for you just might get it.
I still plan to post on my one year and check in every now and then as I laways liked hearing from those further out and helping newbies along the way.
Thank you everyone for all your support .

Cheers

MO

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

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!

AMERIHEALTH DENIED ME A REVISION THAT IS ESSENTAL TO MY WELL BEING. I HAD MY STOMACH DILATED THREE TIES IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. MY DOC SAID IF THE FIRST DILATION DOESNT WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REVISION. THEY ARE GIVING ME A HARD TIME.IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN SAY TOMORROW AT MY 2ND LEVEL APPEAL TO HAVE THEM PAY FOR THIS REVISION.IM  5'7 AND 170 POUNDD I NEED THIS SURGERY BECAUSE MY NUTRITIONAL STATUS IS VERY POOR.







TANBITHA

Hi Frances!

WOW, this sounds like an awesome event...I wish I could be there...

I was born, raised, and lived in Hammond until a year ago...live in Kansas City, MO now.

Have a wonderful time and congrats on your journey!

Sheilah