User`s guide

MyPersonalDiet User’s Guide 13
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 8). It is very important to choose a realistic
duration (within the proposed range). Not doing so can hurt your health. For instance, it is
possible to lose weight faster than the period shown, but this results in muscle mass
losses, and other harmful effects.
Figure 8: MyPersonalDiet presents you a period by which you
can reach your target weight in a healthy manner.
2.4 Diet Summary
With your profile, target weight and diet duration entered, MyPersonalDiet summarizes
your diet and shows you how many calories (or kilojoules) you need to lose (or gain)
every day in order to reach your target weight. This gives you a solid daily guideline to
establish your food and exercises habits.