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Julie235 05/05/13
Hi I have never seriously counting calories. My husband and I have started on the Michael Mosley fasting diet (2 days at 400-500 cals per week) as that is the only one we agree on. This site is great to keep track on fasting days but also provides more health tips for the other days. I wonder what the dietician's opinion is of this diet? Thanks! So far we are on track.

Dietician 05/06/13 replied to Julie235
According to an article on Mosley's background, he's a banker turned TV producer, and medical training drop out. I'm not sure what qualifies him to act like a nutrition expert, since he has no background. But that hasn't stopped plenty of other diet "gurus" from selling books. His idea that you can eat very little 2 days a week, and eat more normally on the other days while sticking to a Mediterranean diet is nothing new and not terribly revolutionary. The Mediterranean Diet has plenty of research to back it up. As for the 2-day very low calorie intake, here's what will happen: you'll lose some extra water weight, which may be motivational, but water weight comes back when you eat more normally. If you can resist the increased hunger and still stick to lower calorie intake for the rest of the week, you would eventually lose fat weight. Unfortunately, it's easy for people to jump on a bandwagon like this for a week or two, especially as loss of water weight makes the diet look successful. But then those 2 fasting days per week start to get old. Life interferes, etc. The much better lifelong plan is to just eat moderately less calories, add daily exercise and, yes, stick to a Mediterranean Diet.
Donna P Feldman MS RDN

Jeyrry 05/11/13 replied to Julie235
Hi Julie, there is a summary of some of what's known about fasting diets on nursingtimes.net. They more or less conclude that it's probably not recommended. Good luck whatever you do! http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/nutrition/does-the-52-intermittent-fasting-diet-work/5053765.article

Mommy_fletch 09/30/13
Hi. Quick question. I was reading the "online diet and exercise diaries" info. Could you just clarify something for me?
I have myself on a calorie budget of 1350 calories. When I exercise I only see the remaining calories adjusted in the "Anaysis" section and not under the "Meal- Food Left" I am new to counting calories. Should I be eating back at least some of those exercise calories? I run about 4-5 days a week and on average burn about 500 calories. I love the idea of being able to consume more calories. So I guess I am asking. Is my goal to stay at 1350 regardless of exercise or does my 1350 become 1850 if I workout? Is this a normal practice for everyday life? I am hoping it is, b/c 1350 calories seems like so little food, also if I do not eat them does that also mean I will lose weight quicker or do I risk slowing my metabolism by eating too few calories when considering the calories I have burned through exercise. Thanks. I hope I was able to communicate my question without being too confusing.

Dietitian 09/30/13 replied to Mommy_fletch
Hi Mommy_Fletch, the idea is that you can eat back some or all of the exercise calories depending upon your appetite. The Daily Analysis was designed to account for that exercise logged to help you know how to adjust calories intake.

Having said that, some folks choose not to "eat back" some or all of their exercise calories and just stick with the Target Calories.

If your overall activity level is set at "sedentary" and you log exercise, then personally, I feel better when I follow Daily Analysis rather than just following the lower Target Calories value.

You can learn more about calories calculations at MND in this article on the main website: http://www.mynetdiary.com/customizing-calorie-goals.html

Best,
Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD, CDE

Newmum 10/20/13
Hi, I am new to this app, and am really happy I found it. I searched through so many apps looking for something that could help me track my calories AND my vitamins and minerals, and this was the only one that was useful. I am using it to help me track my diet throughout my pregnancy, and have set my goals based on how much weight my doctor thinks I should gain, as well as my due date.
The most exciting thing about this app, to me, is that you can track not only your calories and carbs, but also all the vitamins and minerals that are so vital during pregnancy...my question is, though, is it possible to personalise, or customise, the daily nutrient requirements section? There does not seem to be a way to adjust your daily requirements of, for example, folic acid or iron, but my needs are different because I am pregnant. Is there any way to do this, something I may have missed??

Dietitian 10/21/13 replied to Newmum
Customizing nutrient goals -yes, you can do this Newmum but you need to login to the web program to customize the full range of nutrients you wish to track. Read more about it in this article: http://www.mynetdiary.com/customizing-nutrient-goals.html

In the U.S., we use the IOM/DRIs and you can acces the values with this interactive website (or just use values you have in mind): http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/fnic/interactiveDRI/

Let me know if you need more help!

Best,
Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD, CDE

Alesharussell 11/14/13
how do you know they exercise count are the right count

U4927171 11/18/13 replied to Alesharussell
I would like to say Hi to everyone. I am a newbie to mynetdiary. I always used Weight Watchers to lose weight in the past which was successful for me.

Now, I have a lot of medical conditions ( I had a stroke, Now I have Type2 diabetes, severe Neuropathy, High Cholesterol, High Blood pressure, Kidney failure, Heart disease, chronic and severe pain, Diverticulitis and Migraines).

Now weight watchers can't help me to lose the 80 plus pounds my doctors want me to lose since I keep having medical problems. They say I can have another stroke or worse a heart attack.

My doctors put me on a strict program of Carb counting ( 45 at each meal & 15 twice a day for snacks). How do I customize this?

In addition, I have to limit my sodium to 2000mg, my water intake to 2 quarts of non-caffeinated liquids daily. Again, how do I convert all of this in mynetdiary?

How do I balance what I eat to cover the requirements for diabetes AND Diverticulitis?

Help!!!

Samsam 11/18/13 replied to U4927171
Hi there, I have been login my food while doing the dukan diet just so I can make sure I don't go overboard eating too much although I'm allowed to eat as much as I want! I had 3days set back this week where I ate badly, coz I was frustrated I didn't loose anymore, I'm back to my diet now again but I feel I'm not getting anywhere. Can you pls check my data and tell me where I am failing? I very often over exaggerate my entries for example although I don't eat my whole meal I still enter the full calorie measure so it always keeps me on my toes. Thank you

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