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.

I'm not sure why they would take you off the metformin with a lap band - the band does not inflict the same metabolic change a malabsorptive procedure does.

I'm concerned about you hardly eating anything, as you stated. If you're eating too little, your liver can release glucose into your blood to give you evergy since you're not eating enough, which, obviously, means higher blood glucose levels. This is why many people have higher fastnig morning glucose levels even without eating anything overnight - the liver dumps glucose into your body to give you the energy to wake up. Any time you fast (skip meals, eat too little, etc.), this can happen.

Hi my name is Joyce, I just had usrgery 2 weeks ago and have lost 13 pounds I am a type 2 diabetic and my doctor took me off of metformin but has me on injections 2 times a day my blood sugars were in the low 100's the first week and even though I eat hardly anything my blood shugars have gone as high as 277, my doctor says once I get back in the gym my sugars will become more regular and probably stay in the low 100's and probably go even lower. Its very frustrateing to think that they just went from one extreme to another. I can't eat any less than I am eating I have lost a total of 35 pounds since may of 2009. so my weight loss has been pretty fast and steady which is why I do not understand the high bs levels I am at 195lbs and I have 40lbs to go before I will be at my goal weight. The bs fluctuations I am told could take as long as a year to stablize. Is anyone else haveing this problem.

My other question is are you on any medications that affect your blood glucose like steroids or other things??? Does it seem like your body is still stressed or not feeling well.  That always causes my blood sugar to rise.  And as fustrating as it is, try not to get discouraged. Your body feels this, and can be affected by this also.  Work hard, drink your fluids-as much as you can, follow your diet, and control the only thing you can right now: your attitude.  I have learned recently that this is all I have control over, and it is amazing how much better you feel when you have control over your attitude.  Good luck, and definately contact your endo or CDE.

I have changed my mind about bypass and want to have the lap band put in, but its kind of wierd because when i went to dr sapalas office they kind of put down the lap band, but they gainning a member that dose the lap band procedure, im 231 now, totly depressed, i want to get rid of my pcos diabetes and now i think i have endmeritits, :(