Weight Loss Program

Adding Food to My Menu

For accurate calculation of your daily caloric intake, you need to regularly enter your daily food consumption into My Menu.

Adding Food to My Menu

To add consumed food to My Menu:

1. Click the Add Food button in the main window. You will see the Add Food window.
2. Select a food from the Food Database or My Food Database.
3. Click the Add Food to My Menu button, or drag the food from the list to My Menu, or right-click the food and select Add Food to My Menu.
4. Enter the serving, then the quantity, and click OK.

Here are alternative ways to get to the Add Food window:

• Right- or left-click the small circular button to the right of the My Menu area and choose Add Food.
• Choose Journal > Add Food in the main menu.
• Right-click inside the My Menu area and choose Add Food.
• Right-click the Weight Loss Program tray icon and choose Add Food from the pop-up menu.

By default, Weight Loss Program gives you step-by-step instructions on how to add food to My Menu each time you use any of the above methods. For more information on this, see Preferences – Tips.

If you want to see My Menu for a particular date, you can do it directly from the Add Food window using the drop-down calendar.

Editing Food in My Menu

You can edit the quantity and the serving of any food you have already added to My Menu.

To edit a food entry in My Menu, you can use any of the following options:

• select the food you want to edit and press F2 on the keyboard;
• right-click the food you want to edit and select Edit from the pop-up menu;
• select the food you want to edit, right- or left-click the small circular button to the right of the My Menu area and select Edit from the pop-up menu.

Deleting Food from My Menu

To delete a food from My Menu, you can use any of the following options:

• select the food you want to delete and press Delete on the keyboard;
• right-click the food you want to delete and select Delete from the pop-up menu;
• select the food you want to delete, right- or left-click the small circular button to the right of the My Menu area and select Delete from the pop-up menu.

Copying Food from My Menu to Another Day

If you tend to eat the same foods regularly you can copy them from previous days instead of adding them from the food databases.

To copy a food from My Menu to another day:

1. In My Menu, select the food item you want to copy, right-click on it and select Copy to from the pop-up menu. Alternatively, you can use the Edit > Copy to command in the main menu or click the small circular button to the right of the My Menu area and select Copy to from the pop-up menu. You will see this window:
   
2. On the calendar, select the day where you want to paste the food and click Paste.

Alternatively, to copy a food from My Menu to another day, you can use the Copy-Paste command.

When adding foods to My Menu, it may be more convenient to use the smaller My Food Database. For more information, see My Food Database.

Food Database	My Food Database