The Weight Manager allows you to keep track of your weight, and compute your percent body fat. The day viewed may be changed by using the yellow left/right arrows. (As always, holding down option while clicking on an arrow moves by a week, holding down command moves by a month)
You can bring up this window by selecting Weight Manager from the Windows menu.
For each day, there are four entries you can make:
Activity level - This usually does not change much from day to day, and as a default, your previous day's activity level will be copied over to a new day. You may of course override this and select a different activity level. Your activity level is used when computing your Basal Metabolism.
The five activity levels are:
Sedentary, and have crashed dieted during the past two years.
Sedentary.
Moderately Active - exercise three to four times a week.
Very Active - exercise more than four times a week.
Extremely Active - exercise six or seven times a week for more than one hour duration.
Weight - This is entered in either pounds or kilograms, as selected in the Preferences.
[note: for the time being, please only use pounds and inches, not metric units]
Body Measurements - There are two body measurements, used to compute percent body fat. The location for these two measurements differs for men and women. For men it is the circumference of the wrist and waist. For women, it is the measurement of the hips and abdomen.
Six calculations are displayed, they are:
Calories Consumed - The total calories of all foods eaten during the day.
Basal Metabolism - The estimated calories burned by your body during the day.
Caloric Surplus/Deficit - The difference between the previous two numbers.
Weight Gain/Loss - The previous number, converted into the estimated change in body weight.
Percent Body Fat - The estimated percent of your weight that is body fat.
Body Mass Index - A calculation taking into account your height, weight and body fat. Essentially, it indicates whether you are considered overweight, underweight, or of normal weight.
