User Dialog
The User dialog allows you to enter your personal information, plan your diet and setup nutrition goals.
Please Note:
The information in this dialog is designed to help you make informed decisions about your health and is not a substitute for medical advice.
DietController is not intended for women who are pregnant or breast-feeding, or for any person under the age of 18. The estimates for Metabolic rate and body fat% are not valid in these cases. Also the RDA values shown on the Nutrition Goals page will be incorrect. |
The User dialog can be shown in several ways:
- By pressing the
button on the toolbar.
- Using the menu options Options/Current User...
- By Selecting Edit or New from the Users Dialog
You can setup multiple users, all sharing the same food and exercise database, using the Users Dialog.
The dialog has four tab pages:
Detail Page
Use this page to enter your basic details and Metabolic rate. The metabolic
rate (the number of calories you need each day to maintain your current body
weight) is an important value that allows the program to determine how many
calories you have remaining each day, be sure to enter or estimate a value for
this field.
Diet Plan Page
This page allows you to plan your weight loss diet. Enter your starting weight and date then use the remaining fields to plan your diet. Once you have entered your diet plan details press the 'Calculate Diet Plan' button to summarize your plan details and update the Body Mass Index chart with your start and end weight.
When choosing your diet plan use the 'Specify Goal by Entering' dropdown to select which values in the next 5 fields you wish to enter to specify your goal, the other fields will be updated when you press the 'Calculate Diet Plan' button.
Note: the Body Mass Index chart can only draw correctly if you have entered your correct height on the Details tab.
Goals Page
This page allows you to set personal nutrition goals.
The calculation at the top of the page shows how many calories you have left from your Metabolic Rate (entered on the Details page) when your diet plan is taken into acount, this figure is inserted into the Nutrition Goals table below on the calories row.
The second section of this page allows you to choose the percentage values for macro-nutrients, if you choose a value from the dropdown other than 'Undefined' the assosiated values in the Nutrition Goals table will be filled in (and cannot be edited).
Use the Goal column in the Nutrition Goals table to enter your own goal values for the values that have not be auto-entered for you.
Notes Page
Use the notes page to enter free text comments about individual users.
