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Dietitian 10/28/10
Welcome, MyNetDiary Newcomers! Please be sure to read my articles on meal planning, nutrition, and exercise. They are found on the main website: http://www.mynetdiary.com/diet-and-weight-loss-resources.html

Also, do you know that MyNetDiary has a blog? We have a wonderful writer on staff and I contribute to the blog as well. Here's the link: http://blog.mynetdiary.com/

It is especially important that you understand how to personalize your weight loss goals as well as nutrient goals. At the very least, read my article on customizing your caloric goals: http://www.mynetdiary.com/customizing-calorie-goals.html

Ultimately, you have to find out what works best for you by recording your food intake and physical activity on a regular basis and tweaking your goals as you go.

We all need inspiration, feedback, and sometimes, just a good listener (or reader in our case)! Take advantage of our Community Forum. When you want a focused support group or team, please consider looking through the existing groups and teams first and see if you want to join. Most groups are open but some are closed. If you want to create your own group, you can do that too and invite others to join you.

If you have questions for me, then please feel free to post me a question on "Ask a Dietitian." I also review the other public forum topics and post there too.

Sharing info with other MND members: Go to MND web version. Go to the forum post of the person you would like to friend. Click on their nickname on the upper left hand corner of the text box. You will land on their page. Scroll down their page, and then change the attitude toward this person from "neutral" to "friendly." Once you do this, you can set your data view options for them in your own Community Profile. The default is not to share data. You can change that option so that you share your data with all members, or share only with members who you are friendly with.

If you want to share info with me, then my nickname is "Dietitian." I think we all benefit from sharing info with each other so we can learn from each other.

I will periodically repost this same message so that new members can see it. Please forgive the repeats.

Best,

Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD

Rvenneman 11/03/10
I can not see the benefit of an upgraded membership, Can anyone shed some light?

Dietitian 11/03/10 replied to Rvenneman
This would be a good standalone forum topic. There are users who upgrade - would be great to hear from them. I like the expanded nutrient list since I track a number of nutrients other than the standard set.
Best,
Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD

Ccmandel 11/04/10
I think the upgraded membership allows you to synch your membership on a smartphone -- essential for me!

Chanbell 11/04/10
i have a smart phone and it did it automatically with the free membership

Ccmandel 11/06/10
It may depend on the smartphone type -- Kathy noted the ability to track nutrients -- this might make a difference -- not really sure about the differences.

Dietitian 11/10/10
Welcome, MyNetDiary Newcomers! Please be sure to read my articles on meal planning, nutrition, and exercise. They are found on the main website: http://www.mynetdiary.com/diet-and-weight-loss-resources.html

Also, do you know that MyNetDiary has a blog? We have a wonderful writer on staff and I contribute to the blog as well. Here's the link: http://blog.mynetdiary.com/

It is especially important that you understand how to personalize your weight loss goals as well as nutrient goals. At the very least, read my article on customizing your caloric goals: http://www.mynetdiary.com/customizing-calorie-goals.html

Ultimately, you have to find out what works best for you by recording your food intake and physical activity on a regular basis and tweaking your goals as you go.

We all need inspiration, feedback, and sometimes, just a good listener (or reader in our case)! Take advantage of our Community Forum. When you want a focused support group or team, please consider looking through the existing groups and teams first and see if you want to join. Most groups are open but some are closed. If you want to create your own group, you can do that too and invite others to join you.

If you have questions for me, then please feel free to post me a question on "Ask a Dietitian." I also review the other public forum topics and post there too.

Sharing info with other MND members: Go to MND web version. Go to the forum post of the person you would like to friend. Click on their nickname on the upper left hand corner of the text box. You will land on their page. Scroll down their page, and then change the attitude toward this person from "neutral" to "friendly." Once you do this, you can set your data view options for them in your own Community Profile. The default is not to share data. You can change that option so that you share your data with all members, or share only with members who you are friendly with.

If you want to share info with me, then my nickname is "Dietitian." I think we all benefit from sharing info with each other so we can learn from each other.

I will periodically repost this same message so that new members can see it. Please forgive the repeats.

Best,

Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD

Consulting Dietitian with MyNetDiary

Ohiodieter 11/26/10
is there an easy default number of calories per step when using a pedometer?

Moni67 11/29/10
I'm all set to start tomorrow, looks simple to use so it's just my willpower and motivation I'll have to work on!

Dietitian 11/29/10 replied to Moni67
Fantastic! Be sure to ask questions on forum when they come up.

Best,

Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD

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