MyPersonalDiet® for iPhone and iPod Touch User’s Guide April 2010 This document applies to MyPersonalDiet® 1.5 and newer for iPhone and iPod Touch Copyright © 2010, VidaOne, Inc. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 What Is MyPersonalDiet®? ................................................................................ 4 1.2 How About Exercising? ...................................................................................... 5 1.3 VidaOne Diet & Fitness for Windows 7, Vista and XP ..................................... 6 1.
Features ..................................................................................................................... 38 9.1 Synchronization ................................................................................................ 38 9.2 Purge Data ......................................................................................................... 40 9.3 Passcode Lock ...................................................................................................
1 Introduction 1.
1.2 How About Exercising? Dieting is not only about food and diet tracking, but also exercising. For this reason, VidaOne also offers MySportTraining (see Figure 2), the most comprehensive fitness software for iPhone and iPod Touch. Figure 2: MySportTraining is the premier fitness application for your iPhone and iPod Touch. MySportTraining offers a variety of features that complement MyPersonalDiet: • • • • • • You can track aerobic (cardio-vascular) and strength training workouts.
1.3 VidaOne Diet & Fitness for Windows 7, Vista and XP MyPersonalDiet is fully compatible with VidaOne Diet & Fitness for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
The synchronization also works when you run VidaOne Diet & Fitness in emulation on Mac OS X using Desktop Parallels® or VMware Fusion™. Figure 4: MyPersonalDiet for iPhone synchronizes with VidaOne Diet & Fitness for Windows. More information about VidaOne Diet & Fitness, including a user’s guide such as this one, is available at www.VidaOne.com/vodf_win.htm. 1.4 Technical Support You can obtain more information about our products, updates, etc.
2 Setting Your Goals The first time you open MyPersonalDiet, the Welcome Wizard introduces you to the application and gathers your preferences and profile information (see Error! Reference source not found.). 2.1 Units and Profile You can specify whether to use American or Metric units, calories or kilojoules, and choose the first day of your week (Saturday, Sunday or Monday). These choices are reflected throughout the application in the various views (Journal, Calendar and Charts).
2.2 Weight Goal Based on your profile, MyPersonalDiet calculates your Body Mass Index (BMI) and presents you with a chart showing your weight vs. various weight ranges (see Figure 5). You can then quickly find out and enter your target weight and as a result, set a realistic weight goal. Figure 5: Based on your profile, MyPersonalDiet helps you identifying your target weight.
2.3 Duration Once your profile and target weight are known, you have to choose how long your diet will take. MyPersonalDiet presents you a period in which you can reach your target weight following a healthy diet (see Figure 6). It is very important to choose a realistic duration (within the proposed range). Not doing so can hurt your health. Figure 6: MyPersonalDiet presents you a period by which you can reach your target weight in a healthy manner. 2.
3 Today View Choose Today in the menu bar to display the Today screen (Figure 7), which displays a diet summary (also shown in the Journal), and allows you to enter a meal, workout, health record (section 4), start a GPS recording (section 7) and synchronize with VidaOne Diet & Fitness (section 9.1). See an immediate assessment of your diet. This icon is shown if you have previously synchronized with VidaOne Diet & Fitness.
4 Meals, Workouts and Health records To view the information you’ve previously entered, go to the Journal (by tapping on the Journal button in the menu bar) and tap on the Meals, Workout or Health buttons at the top of the screen. Figure 8 shows the meals and workouts Figure 8: The Meals, Workouts and Health buttons show the relevant information for a day. The figures above show the meals and workouts for a given day.
4.1 Entering Meals To enter a meal, go to the Today screen and tap the Meal tap the Meal and Add buttons. button, or go to the Journal Select these tabs to enter specific food items for the meal, see nutritional information, enter additional servings, or enter a note. Dishes allow you to combine food items together. You can later enter a dish by selecting it and tapping Add to Meal. Figure 9: The Meal screen allows you to enter food items for a meal.
You can enter the amount by using the keyboard or spinners. The calories and nutrients are then updated below. Tap Add To Meal to add the food item to the meal. Use these buttons to see the complete name, energy information and nutrients for the food item. See where the calories are from (carbs, proteins, fat) at a glance. You are notified if the food is not a good fit for your diet (e.g. a high carb food for a low carb diet).
Then choose the amount (or quantity) you consumed, and the unit. The unit depends on the food item, but “serving”, “g or ml” and “oz” are always listed. The calories (or kilojoules), energy and nutrients are updated according to the amount. Once done, tap Add To Meal to add the food in the meal. A small window will pop up to confirm that the item was added (Figure 12). Food items that you add are also automatically stored in the Favorites list (more about this shortly).
Favorite Food Items Whenever you add a food item into a meal, that food item it added to the favorites list. The favorites food item list is accessible from the Food Browser’s Favorites button This shows the most recent food items you entered in a meal; tap on any to select it. Using the Favorites is a quick way for selecting food items you frequently consume. . Tap the Settings button to set the size of the list (the default is 100 items).
Searching Food Items You can search the food database from the Food Browser’s Search button . In the Search window (see Figure 14), enter a word (or part of a word) and tap Search to show the matching food items from the food database and from your own food. Tap on one to select it. You can add multiple words, and use the minus sign (-) to exclude keywords from the search. If you are using VidaOne Diet & Fitness, you can create a food filter to eliminate the food you never consume.
Combining Food Items Into Dishes You can save one or more food items as a dish, and use that dish later on to expedite data entry. From the Meal screen (Figure 9), add a list of food items, then tap New under Dishes. This shows the Add Dish screen (Figure 15), and allows you to enter the dish name, its serving size, the amount of servings it contains and whether one (1) serving should automatically be added when the dish is selected or if you should be prompted for the number of servings instead.
Entering Your Own Food Items You can add your own food items by tapping the Add button in the Food Browser. This shows the Custom Food screen (Figure 16). Enter the name, select a category (the Category screen lets you add your own), select the default serving size (e.g. 100 g, 1 cup, etc.), the calories (or kJ) for that serving, the nutrients and a note if desired. Note When entering the serving size, make sure to enter the weight, not the volume. For instance, a cup (volume) of cereals is approx.
Enter Additional Servings When entering a meal (see Figure 9), select the Servings information for the meal: button to enter extra • Amount of water servings you consumed (one serving is 1 cup or 250 ml). • Extra calories (or kilojoules) for the meal. If all you want is to track is the energetic value of a meal, you can simply enter it there, without providing additional information. Note that the nutrients will remain zero for this meal. • Additional servings for the meal (see Figure 17).
4.2 Entering Workouts To enter a workout, go to the Today screen and tap the Workouts button, or go to the Journal, tap on the Workout and Add buttons. This shows the Workout screen (Figure 18). Use these buttons to enter general information, route, custom fields (when using VidaOne Diet & Fitness) and a note. You can select one of the pre-defined activities or add your own.
Figure 19: When you create your activities, you can enter a measure of the energy your burn, and MyPersonalDiet will be able to conduct accurate calculations based on the time and exertion.
4.3 Entering Health Records To enter a meal, go to the Today screen and tap the Meal button, or go to the Journal tap the Meal and Add buttons. This shows the Health window (Figure 20). You can enter multiple health records per day. You can enter general health information, such as your weight, body fat percentage, blood pressure, mood and activity level. The weight is very important if you are on a diet for MyPersonalDiet to better monitor your progress.
5 Choosing a Diet You can choose the diet you want to follow and identify nutrients to track and the daily energy. From the Journal, choose the Diet tab and Diet button, which shows the Diet screen, composed of the Plan, Nutrients, Energy and Meals (Figure 21), explained in the following sections. Figure 21: The Diet screen allows you to choose a diet plan and track specific nutrients and select your daily energetic requirements to calculate the %DV.
5.1 Diet Plan The Plan page allows you to select one of the following predefined diets: • • • • • • USDA Food Pyramid High Carb Low Carb High Protein Low Protein Low Fat As you select them, the energetic percentage from the major nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and fat) are displayed (see Figure 21, first row, left). In addition, you can choose Custom Plan and select the exact proportion of energy from these nutrients.
5.4 Meals You can enter the time of day and the amount of energy for each meal you consume on a daily basis. Based on that schedule, MyPersonalDiet can determine the meal type of each meal as you enter it, and you can later see using the Meal Schedule chart (section 6.4) whether you follow this schedule or not, and how much energy you consume on average per meal.
6 Monitoring Your Diet MyPersonalDiet provides different methods for monitoring your diet from different perspectives. 6.1 Today View The Today view (section 3) displays the same daily summary (section 6.2) as shown in the Journal . This is a very quick way of tracking daily calories or a specific nutrient. 6.
Figure 23: You can monitor your energetic summary or any nutrient, such as carbohydrates. Diet Summary The diet summary immediately lets you know if you are on track with your diet goal or not. The chart covers the diet period. The vertical blue bar shows the current day and the gray bar shows the target weight (from your initial weight to your target weight). Your actual weight, as entered via health records, is shown in red, whereas the weight trend is shown in blue.
6.3 Month view The Month view shows a snapshot of your diet for a whole month (see Figure 24). Each day is shown as follows: • • • • If you entered a weight for that day, it is shown in black. Otherwise, the target weight (as calculated based on your diet goal) is shown in blue. The weight is shown in gray for days outside the current month. If the weight in within 5% of the target weight, a Congratulations smiley is shown. This means that you are on track with the target weight.
6.4 Charts View The Charts view presents various charts to get a quick snapshot of various aspects of your diet. Figure 25: The Charts view lets you visualize all elements of your diet. You can choose what to display from the list on the top left corner. The list contains the following: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Calories Calories (Net) Calories per Hour Meal Schedule Points (if enabled, see section 8.
You can chose the period of the chart being shown by tapping the Period entry. You can choose one of the predefined periods (e.g. “Today”, “This week”, “Last week”, etc.) or choose your own period by choosing “Other”. You will then be prompted to enter the start and end dates. Some charts can display a dotted horizontal line that represents the average.
Figure 26: The Results window shows if your actual weight, eating habits and exercises habits are ok based on your goals, and makes some recommendations accordingly.
7 GPS Recording One of the most exciting features of MyPersonalDiet is the GPS recording of your outdoor workouts. It automatically records the duration and distance of a workout, and you can review these values, your pace, even the course completed so far on a map, at any time during the workout. Note: Results are far more accurate on a 3Gs than older models due to the device’s significantly-enhanced location tracking capabilities.
You can listen to your favorite music while working out. Tap here to configure how laps how recorded, what units to display, and set some options. Figure 28: The GPS Recording screen lets you record live your outdoor workouts. Tap the Map button to see your actual route on Google Maps. When you’re done working out, tap Stop and Save Workout. You can then enter more information about the workout (see section 4.2 for details) and also review the full route on Google Maps.
Live Recording Tips The GPS recording will stop if you exit the application, lock the screen, turn your device off, or if the battery level falls below 20% or so. The following tips will ensure that your record is fully recorded: • • • Reduce the brightness of your screen Turn Wi-Fi off Make sure your iPhone is fully charged before working out.
8 Settings MyPersonalDiet has various settings to personalize how the data is presented, accessible via More in the navigation bar. 8.1 General Settings The General Settings button allows you to change the following settings: • • • Units, either American or Metric Energy units, either calories or kilojoules. Usual daily activity level, excluding workouts: o Light (mostly seated) o Moderate (mostly standing) o Active (mostly walking) o Intense (manual labor).
applicable. Note that some nutrients do not have percent daily values (monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat and sugars). • Various Health options: o Enter values to adjust the calculation of the BMR and workout energy expenditure (see section 9 for details). The values are expressed in percentage and range from -100 to 100 (0 is the default). o Choose Track points for points to be displayed along food items and meals. You can also enter your daily points target, which you can track in the Day view.
9 Features 9.1 Synchronization MyPersonalDiet fully synchronizes with VidaOne Diet & Fitness for Windows (www.vidaone.com/vodf_win.htm) via Wi-Fi, allowing you to use your PC and iPhone to track your health and fitness, and make (precious!) backup of the MyPersonalDiet data. The synchronization also works when using VidaOne Diet & Fitness under Parallels Desktop® and VMware Fusion™ on Mac OS X. PDF documents that explain how to setup each emulator are available at the web address above.
Make sure Wi-Fi is ON. Enter the computer address with the dots (.) Figure 30: The Synchronization screen with a computer address and port. If the synchronization does not happen, make sure that Wi-Fi is turned ON on your iPhone, and that the address and port are entered correctly. On your PC, you might also have to modify your firewall settings to let VidaOne Diet & Fitness receive the incoming connections.
9.2 Purge Data To reduce and save storage space, you can delete past workout and health data that you no longer need. Purging data erases information that cannot be recovered from MyPersonalDiet. The data that is erased is workout and health information. Custom names such as activity names, exercises, intervals, etc. are not erased. If you are using VidaOne Diet & Fitness for Windows, records that are purged will also be deleted from your PC after synchronizing.
9.3 Passcode Lock To make sure no one but you accesses MyPersonalDiet, you can set a Passcode, which you will have to enter every time you open MyPersonalDiet (Figure 32). To set or reset the Passcode, choose More in the navigation bar, tap on the Data button and select Passcode Lock. Figure 32: The Passcode screen allows you to keep your data for yourself.
10 What To Do Next? How to use MyPersonalDiet depends on your motivation behind tracking your food intake. Here are a few suggestions: • Browse the food database. You will be amazed to find out what nutrients are in the food you consume. • Save common food items into dishes, which you can select later on to speed up entry. • If your weight is not an issue but you want to make sure you follow a balanced diet, choose a diet plan and enter any nutrient limit if any, and keep entering food.
energy value by 15% when you enter a workout. Changing this value is reflected when adding new or editing existing workouts. Whatever your goals are, MyPersonalDiet is designed to work for you, not the other way around. Remember that the first days of use will demand a little more because you need to find your food from the large food database. But as the favorite food and meal lists grow, entering a meal will be done in seconds after a few days.
