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Overview of all of the Dieting Modules
and skill areas
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Diet Evaluation Questions
This is the most helpful program on the entire disk, in
terms of the potential value to the dieter. The heart of the
program is a self-test of 30 items for self-evaluation. You
read each item and decide if it applies to you Never, Always
or somewhere in-between.
It is not so important how you do on the test. What is
important is that every single item is a strong dieting aid
to help you lose weight, change bad eating habits, and help
you stay on whatever diet you may be on. You should not try
to be TOO good and consume less than 1200 calories per day...
and you should make sure that most of the 1200-1400 calories
is food of bulk, like fresh vegetables and fruits. Remember
that a half of a cantaloupe is far more satisfying than one
medium banana.... a whole orange is better than 4 oz. of
orange juice....3 oz. of cooked chicken and two slices of
bread is more satisfying than than a hot-dog and bun (but
both have the same calories).
So you should certainly print out the 30 items and make a
point to try to stick to "ALWAYS" for every one. If you do,
you will be far more successful in both losing weight as well
as keeping it off. Also, you should enjoy the messages in the
message section.
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CALORIE CALCULATOR
Anyone who wants to lose or maintain weight must simply
consume less calories than their body burns. The average woman
will maintain weight at about 2,000 calories a day. For the
average man it is about 2,500. If you eat about 500 calories a
day less that it takes to maintain, you will lose about a pound
a week (if you burn 3,500 more than you eat in a week, you will
lose 1 pound).
Counting calories is not the easiest thing for most people.
After counseling people for several years at a weight control
center, I found that if logging of food eaten and calories
contained was made easier, a person was usually more successful
in losing weight, or knowing the reason why not.
This program contains over 280 foods and their calorie
content per unit (each or per ounce). The first time you run
this program, I strongly suggest you print out the entire list
of foods and their calorie content. Use it as a shopping guide
and as an aid as a meal planner. NOTE: AS REQUESTED BY USERS,
THE PROGRAM NOW CONTAINS FOODS THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON ANYONE'S
DIET, INCLUDING CANDY BARS. THEY ARE LISTED SO THAT IF YOU DO
"BLOW IT" YOU CAN KEEP A LIST OF THE CALORIES CONSUMED. TRY
NOT TO REPEAT EATING OF THESE FOODS. You will see, that at 160
calories PER OUNCE, even an innocent 4 oz. bag of Sunflower
seeds can add 640 calories to your daily total. Also, foods
with refined sugar will set up a chain reaction compelling you
to eat more. Avoid foods with SUCROSE (refined white sugar)
at all costs. If you want sugar, eat fresh fruits. Even 4
whole oranges only have 320 calories and are far more filling
than a couple of candy bars. They are also better for your
body.
Once you start your diet, enter the foods that you have
eaten for a meal or for the entire day. The program will total
the calorie content of the total amount of each food eaten and
give you a total of each meal or keep adding foods for the
whole day.
You can now save the information in the file "CALCALC.LOG".
Every time you save a meal, it is added to this file which you
can print when you wish. If you want to edit this file, use
the NOTEPAD editor that comes with Windows 3.0. You can add or
delete whatever you wish. You can also erase this file and
start a new one automatically if you want to.
The food database "CALCALC.DTA" is a pure ASCII text file
and can be edited or foods added with the NOTEPAD editor.
Just add the food (up to 21 characters), the calorie content
per unit, and the numeric calorie content per unit. If you do
not plan to edit the list, pay no attention to this paragraph,
otherwise, when you view the list, it will become clear to you
what to do. MAKE A COPY OF "CALCALC.DTA" BEFORE EDITING THE
LIST OR ADDING FOODS FROM THE PROGRAM. IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE,
YOU CAN ALWAYS RETRIEVE THE ORIGINAL FILE.
Keeping track of every calorie you eat is the absolute best
way to lose weight. Try to keep the daily calorie total
between 1200 and 1400. At this amount, you should lose between
1 and 3 pounds per week, depending on your beginning weight,
activity level, etc. Do NOT eat less than 1200 calories per
day. You should eat foods with bulk to feel satisfied. Eat a
lot of fresh fruits, raw or cook vegetables, salads (with no
dressing or very small, measured amounts of low-cal dressing)
and low calorie, whole grain breads.
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DIET FOOD SHOPPER
This program is simply a shopping list of diet food
items that you might want to get when you go shopping. There
are about 180 items in the list. The program will present a
"screenful" at a time for you to select from or, using the
SCROLL BAR for More Items, the next screenful will appear.
The program is self-prompting and if you decide you do not
want a print-out, you can stop the program to end at any time.
The program uses the file "DIETSHOP.DTA" to read the list
of foods. You can add to or change the list using any text
processor in NON-DOCUMENT mode. Just make sure that "END" is
always the last item in the list.
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AVERAGE WEIGHT LOSS
This is a section designed to let you record your
weekly weigh-ins along with the date. When you have entered
one or more records you can total and average your weight loss.
Then you can store the dates and amounts in a file. The next
time you want to add to the records, just load the existing
file and add the current week to it. The program will do the
new calculations and allow you to store both the old and the
new data in the file "LOSS.DTA". You can also elect to make
a hardcopy on your printer.
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GOAL WEIGHT PROJECTIONS
This program allows you to play the "what-if" game
with the computer and your dieting. It allows you to input
your current or starting weight. Then, you give it your goal
weight, and finally, about how many pounds per week you think
you will be able to lose. It will then calculate on the
printer or screen, how many weeks it will take along with a
place to record actual dates. This becomes a projection of
how long it will take to get to goal and gives you a target
weight each week to shoot for. This can be one of the "ROAD-
MAPS" for your success.
If you have already been dieting and have an accurate
weekly weight loss to enter, then your target weights and
dates will be far more accurate. You can re-run the program
at any time during your diet to get new "on-target" values to
help you reach your projected goals.
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CALORIES.DOC
This is a function to let you calculate and to
see the effect caloric intake has on weight loss. The program
works best when you have been on a diet for 6 weeks or more
and have kept a count of your daily (therefore weekly)
calorie intake. However, you can give the program estimated
values and it will calculate them. The big benefit is to let
you see how as little as 250 calories a day, more or less,
can result in 1/2 pound gain or loss per week.
There is quite a bit to learn from this short and
compact program.
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DIETING PRINCIPLES
This is a text file of dieting principles and ideas. It is
narrative and is about 6 pages long. You can view it on the
screen or print it out on your printer. There are narrative
ideas and suggestions in many of the problem areas of dieting
like, "eating-out" and what to do while cooking and then
later when cleaning up (without cleaning OUT) the kitchen.
No single program in this series is a "catch-all" of every
dieting idea and suggestion. DIETTEST comes close. But if you
will read and/or run every one of the programs on this
disk, you will have covered the material contained in a multi-
week dieting program. Having been a Weight-Control Program
counselor and lecturer for 2 years, I should know.
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REASONS.DOC
This is not a program to run, it is a text file to read and
can be read from the main program.
REASONS is a psychological message. Many dieters that fail to
get to goal weight or to stay there can blame faulty
reasoning about getting thin. Books have been written on the
subject and several are suggested in the text.
This is a condensed message, but the potential for good to
help you be successful is great. Read it carefully several
times....perhaps print-out a copy to study later. Don't
underestimate the power. It can truly free you to be yourself
and feel good about it. Then you can lose weight, if that is
what YOU choose to do, for the right REASONS.
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DIETHOME.TXT
DIETHOME is not a program, it is a story to read.
The purpose of this little "true-life" story, is to let
you see how easy it is to get tempted to snack and what you
might do about it. It's for when you are home, alone, and
voices begin coming from the "fridge." Print out a copy if
you wish to refer to it later.
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FOOD LOG FORM
The food logging form should be printed on paper. Make copies
of it and have one with you at all times. Every time you eat
anything, log it on the form. Total the calories at the end of
the day to see how you are doing. Logging your food is one of
the TOP MOST IMPORTANT things you can do in losing weight.
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