User`s guide

MyPersonalDiet User’s Guide 33
8 Options
Choose Tools > Options to access the various options available in MyPersonalDiet. The
options are divided into various pages, each detailed in the following sections.
8.1 General
• Measurement units: lb, mi, in or kg, km, cm.
• Energy units: Calories or Kilojoules
• Select the first day of week, which is taken into account throughout the
application, most notably on the Month view.
• Select Use 1 decimal for body weight to enter weight such as 165.5.
• On Windows Mobile 5.0, check off Show menu bar to display the menu bar
(with button) shown in this document’s pictures. Uncheck it to display two soft
keys: the left key switches from one view to the next, and the right key displays
the main menu.
• Select the color theme to use throughout the application. Here are some
examples:
Figure 29: You can select a color theme to customize the appearance of MyPersonalDiet
8.2 Profile
• Gender: Female or Male
• Birth year using a 4-digit format (i.e. 1972)
• Height, either feet/inches or meters/centimeters, based on the selected
measurement units entered in the General page.
• Usual daily activity level, excluding workouts:
o Light (mostly seated)
o Moderate (mostly standing)
o Active (mostly walking)
o Intense (manual labor).
This is used to adjust your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).
8.3 Health
• 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).