How does CalorieSmart work?
CalorieSmart is easy to use. These are some example screens to show how easy it is look up nutrition information and generate detailed reports.
Look Up Nutrition
From the Main Screen, you can search and log for food, exercise and weight.
From the Food section, you can lookup and log food items, add new food items that are not in the database and calculate nutrition content for recipes. In this example, select Lookup, Log Food.
In the Search Screen, you can search by generic name, by restaurant/brand name or search within favorite foods list. We will search for “banana” in the generic option.
The search results show all items with the word “banana” in them. Select banana – small.
The nutrition information for a small banana is shown. You can change the serving size and the nutrition information for the new serving size will be calculated. You can also change the serving measurement to oz or grams, if your prefer.
Food & Exercise Daily Totals
You can generate a number of reports to track your progress. One such report is the Food Daily Totals that shows how many calories you are consuming per day. You can get to this report by pressing “F” when at the Main Menu.
You can get the exercise totals by pressing “E” from the Main Menu. This report shows the total number of minutes spent exercising and also the number of calories burnt for today. You can change the date by choosing the arrow buttons.