Why should I use My Diet Wiz?
Getting Informed on Food:
My Diet Wiz is a great tool for getting educated about how many calories and nutrients are in different foods and how much you need to eat to lose weight. You will be amazed how many calories are in some of your favorite foods.
With My Diet Wiz's large food database it is easy to find out which foods fill you more per given calories and are more effective in your dieting strategy.
Counting Calories:
A lot of people go on diets of one sort or another, but are not successful at losing weight or keeping the weight off. One of the main reasons for this is that a lot of diets focus on the type of food consumed but sidestep total calorie consumption.
On one hand one may follow a certain diet regimen, eating certain foods, but if at the end of the day the total calories of those consumed foods is not sufficiently bellow your metabolic rate, the person will not be successful at losing the amount of weight they wanted to.
One may on the other hand follow a given diet regimen, where the amount of consumed calories is very low, but may go too far in calorie restriction where one then gets too hungry or gets too many food cravings, which then results in not following the diet plan.
For these reasons it is an advantage to use My Diet Wiz. By using My Diet Wiz you will be assured the amount of calories you consume is low enough for you to lose the amount of weight you want to, and you will also know that you are not restricting your calories too much.
It is generally agreed that if you want to be successful at losing weight, and just as importantly, be successful at keeping it off, one should lose weight slowly.
When trying to lose weight slowly, the necessary calorie reduction is not great, and without using some method to keep track food intake it is easy to misjudge the amount of calories consumed.
Use of My Diet Wiz will enable you to lower your calorie intake just enough for long term success.
How does it work?
My Diet Wiz keeps track of your Daily Food Intake and Body Weight , My Diet Wiz then calculates your Metabolic Rate and determines Daily Calorie Intake Targets based on your desired Weight Goal.
My Diet Wiz is also useful for managing your Nutrient Intake Levels, with Graphs and Tables available for food intake history as well as for My Diet Wiz food lists.
Typical Usage of My Diet Wiz:
- Start as a New User.
- Set your Target Weight (to loose, maintain or gain), and set your Target Date.
- Record your Weight at least once a week. Every day or every second day is preferable.
- Record your intake of food in the Diary Food Log. As with weight entry it is preferable to make entries every day or every second day. For accuracy of calculations it is also best to log all food eaten for a given day or make no entries at all.
- Use My Diet Wiz's Target Calories recommendation to plan your daily food consumption to meet the Target Calories.
Do I need to record what I eat every day?
No,
My Diet Wiz does not require food entry every day. As a general rule it is better to record all the food eaten in a given day, or record none.
My Diet Wiz will not work accurately if for example you enter only half the food eaten in a day on a frequent basis. On balance you should not skip too many days entering food as the program calculations again will not accurately reflect your progress.
Do I need to record my weight every day?
No, one entry every day is ideally best, but My Diet Wiz will work without weight being entered every day. It should be noted that the more days you skip, the less potentialy representative My Diet Wiz's data will be of your dieting progress. At the very minimum it is recommended that weight is recorded at least once a week.
Does My Diet Wiz use take a lot of time?
Not at all. Daily weight and food entry does not take much time. You can speed things up by entering foods that you consume on a regular basis into the Favorite Foods list. Another way to enter foods faster is to use the Recipe Entry function to save a food that is made up of different ingredients or foods. That way you don't have to enter individual ingredients or foods every time.
What is the best way to use My Diet Wiz?
General:
The more accurate you are with the entry of Body Weight and Food Amounts, the more accurate will be My Diet Wiz's representation of your progress. Note that you don't have to enter weight or food intake every day for My Diet Wiz to be a useful tool in your dieting or weight loss strategy, but daily usage will insure you are using it to maximum effect.
Weight Entry:
For ongoing use of My Diet Wiz and accurate calculations it is recommended to record your weight daily, and use a scale which measures in 0.2 lbs or 0.1 kg increments or better. For accurate weight representation it is also better to weigh yourself at approximately the same time each day, with approximately the same amount of clothing.
Food Entry:
As a general rule it is better to record all the food eaten in a given day, or record none. The programs calculations will be less accurate if for example you enter only half the food eaten in a day on a frequent basis. On balance it is best not skip too many days entering food as again the program calculations will be less accurate in reflecting your progress.
Activity/Exercise Entry:
Usage of My Diet Wiz does not require for you to enter Exercise, as your initial Activity Level setting and ongoing daily calculations of metabolic rate will account for a persons average daily activity and exercise. For Activity or Exercise that does not fall into the persons average activity category, you can use the Exercise Log.
Note that the reference for calculation of actual extra calories burned by the selected Activity is your average metabolic rate. So if for example the activity you choose is sleep or sitting, the calculation result will most likely be negative, lowering your day's calorie budget.
What do I need to use My Diet Wiz?
You need:
Recommended:
- A food weight scale
- Measuring cups and spoons
What Diet will My Diet Wiz work with?
My Diet Wiz will work with any diet preference, including any of the following:
Can I use My Diet Wiz to maintain my current weight?
Yes, all you have to do is set the
Target Weight the same as your current weight.
Can I use My Diet Wiz to gain weight?
Yes, just set you
Target Weight higher than your current weight.
How do I install and run the software?
- Download the My Diet Wiz setup file to your computer.
- Click and Run the downloaded setup file as administrator or a user with administrator privileges, if running Windows NT, 2000 or XP. On Vista run setup as admistrator or if installing as standard user supply administrator password when asked for. Otherwise if running Windows 98, 98SE or ME install as any user.
- The program will install.
- Run the installed My Diet Wiz program.
- When you run the program for the first time click on Start as New User to register as the first user.
- Also use the Start as New User button to register any additional users.
- After filling out the New User screen information the Diet Target screen will open.
- Set your targets in the Diet Target screen.
- You are now ready to use My Diet Wiz.
What is the difference between the Trial version and the Registered version?
Functionally, the Trial version is the same as the Registered version. The only difference is that the Trial version is time limited.
What are the installation requirements?
Operating System:
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Windows 98, ME, NT4(SP6), 2000, XP, Vista |
| Memory: |
256 MB (512 MB Vista) |
| Video: |
16 bit color (Thousands of Colors), 1024x768 or better recommended |
| Disk Space: |
25 MB |
| Internet: |
Connection required for updates checking
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What is the Upgrade Policy?
- Updates: Changes in minor revision numbers, for example 1.1.x to 1.2.x , are considered Updates and are free to registered users of the same major revision number.
- Upgrades: Changes in major revision numbers, for example 1.x.x to 2.x.x , are considered Upgrades and will be available to registered users of a previous major revision release, at a discount to the regular price.
