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Chapter 3 - Smart health Calendar

The Smart Health Calendar is where you schedule events, add foods to meals and confirm scheduled events. You can review your confirmed Calendar events in the Weight Manager and the Food & Nutrition Manager.
  • Three Calendar views, called Schedule and Food, provide different ways to organize your Events for review.
  • A Date Selector lets you change to a different Calendar date.
  • Lists contain items for you to add to your daily Calendar, making them Events.
  • Meals and Foods have a special focus since they have a lot of details.
  • A planned Event is considered to be unconfirmed. Once you complete an Event, you can mark it confirmed. Confirmed Events appear in graphs and reports in the LIGHTEN UP Weight and Food & Nutrition Managers.
  • Views


    • Two Calendar views organize your daily scheduled Meals and Events by time and meals:
    • Schedule - Events and Meals organized by time of day.
    • Food - Daily Meals including their foods, nutritional totals and nutritional targets.
    There are three ways to select the daily Calendar:
    • Click the Calendar icon in the Home Screen, or
    • Click the Calendar icon in the jump bar, or
    • Select Jump / Calendar from the menu bar.
    You can switch between the Calendar views by selecting View from the menu bar, or by using the appropriate selection tab at the bottom of the Calendar.

    The Schedule View
    The Schedule view sorts Events and Meals by time of day. Meals are highlighted so that they stand out from other Events. If an Event does not have an associated time, it appears in the Events section.

    The Food View
    The Food view gives you a detailed view of all your meals, listing all the foods in each meal and nutritional totals (see the     Food & Nutrition Manager). The Food view also compares your daily nutritional totals with your targets so that you can quickly see how you did that day. You can change nutrient targets and display order by Clicking on the Nutrient Totals area at the bottom of the Food View. Choose targets or display order to make your changes.


  • Calendar Date Selector


    • The Date Selector is located in the upper right part of the Calendar screen. It is used to change the Calendar view to a different date. The Date Selector highlights the date that you are currently viewing. You can select a different day, month, or year, or quickly return to today's date. To go back to today 's date, Click 'Today'.
    To change to a different:
    • Day of the current month. Click the day.
    • Month. Click the name of the month from the month selection bar.
    • Year. Click the previous or next year. Continue to Click the left or right year button until the year that you want is highlighted.
  • Calendar Lists


    • Lists contain items to add to your daily Calendar. All lists are available from the Calendar's Schedule and Health Calendar Views. From the Calendar's Food View, only the lists Foods, My Foods, and Foods - Set Filter... are available.
    The following table shows the lists:

    My EventsEvents you schedule regularly
    My FoodsFoods you eat regularly
    ExercisesFitness exercises and programs
    FoodsAll Food, Named Meals and Recipes in the LifeTime Food & Nutrient list (16.000+ foods)
    Foods - Set Filter...Filter Foods by group, category, or source
    TestsCommon tests & measurements

    Special Lists for frequently used items

      My Events
      My Events is a growing list of all Events that you have added to your Calendar. When you schedule an Event, the Event is added to this list. This makes it easy for you to schedule the Event again. Several Events are already in this list as a convenience for new users: blood pressure, cholesterol, running, walking, and weight, as well as any exercises or diet pills scheduled when you took the Interview. If you search for an item in the My Events list and do not find a march, a button appears allowing you to schedule an Appointment. The appearance of this button allows LIGHTEN UP to be compatible with other MediLife products.

      My Foods
      My Foods is a growing list of foods that you have added to Meals, and of Recipes and Named Meals. When you add a food to a meal, you have the option to add the food to this list and even to define the name for the food as it appears in this list. This makes it easy to find hinds that you eat often.


    Selecting a List
    The list selection bar displays the name of the list currently selected. The very first time you enter the Calendar, the Food View and the Foods list appear. You can change to a different list in one of two ways:
    • Click the selection bar that displays the list name, then drag the cursor to highlight and choose a list name. Release the mouse button to select the highlighted list, or
    • Select List I Select from the Calendar menu bar, and select the list you want.

    Searching a List
    Lists contain hundreds, or thousands, of items. You can scroll through a list to find an item. or search a list fir a specific item.
    A search looks for items which contain all the words (or beginnings of words) that you have typed. All matching items appear in a sublist. You can select any item. For example, choose the Tests list and type the letters "wei" in the input field, then Click the Find button. The item weight is highlighted below the input field and its name is echoed at the bottom of the screen. You can Click the 'Use' button to schedule this weight Event now. To schedule an Event you can also Click and drag the list item to the Calendar on the left side of the screen, or you can Double-Click the list item. In either case, the Edit Event dialog box appears for you to fill in the details of the Event.

    Creating a New Exercise, New Test, or New Food
    You can create a new item for the exercise, test, and food lists. First, select the list you want, then select List / Create List Item from the menu bar, or right-Click on any item in the list and select Create List Item. The Create dialog box appears Fill in the fields, then Click 'OK' when done. Whenever you search for an item on any of these lists - if the item not found - a Create button appears to bring you to the Create dialog box.

    Creating a New Diet Pill
    You can create a new drug in the Interview. Select Jump / Home, then Click the Interview button in the Home Screen to start the Interview. If you only want to create a new diet pill, just Click the 'Next' button until Drug 1 of the Drug Schedule appears where you can create a drug. Then Click the 'Next' button to get the end of the Interview and Click 'Done'.

    Viewing a List item
    You can view a selected list item by selecting List / View List Item from the menu bar, or by right-Clicking on any item in the list and selecting View List Item.

    Editing a List item
    You can edit a user-created list item by selecting List / Edit List Item from the menu bar, or by right-Clicking on the item in the list and selecting View List Item.

    Deleting a List item
    If you want to delete a user-entered item on a Calendar list, highlight the item in the list then select List / Delete List Item from the menu bar, or right-Click on the name and select Delete List Item. A confirmation appears. If you Click Delete, it will also delete all uses of the item. Note: If other users are using the item, a second dialog box appears. The other users need to delete all their uses of the item before it can be removed from the list.
  • Calendar Events


    • Events are items scheduled in your Calendar from the lists. Meal Events are discussed in the Foods and Meals section later in this chapter. The intermediary step between the selection of an item on a list and its appearance in the Calendar is an Edit Event dialog box.

    Selecting and Adding an Event to the Calendar
    To add an Event to the Calendar, you select it from a list. First select a list. Then perform one of these three steps:
    • Highlight a List item and Click 'Use' or
    • Double-Click a List item or
    • Click and drag the item from the list to the Calendar. If your cursor briefly switches to a "NO" symbol, try dragging it to a different part of the Calendar or a different Calendar view. You can change views by Clicking the appropriate view tab.
    When the Edit Event dialog box appears, fill in your relevant information.

    Edit Event Dialog Box
    An Edit Event dialog box appears when you select an item from a list, or when you edit a scheduled Calendar Event. A unique Edit Event dialog box for each list item allows you to customize the Event. For example, to record a walking exercise, select the Exercises list. Search for "walk", then Click 'Use' to select it. The Walking dialog box appears, with fields for date, time, duration, distance, intensity, and notes. The date is required; all other fields are optional. If you do not specify a time, the Event is added to your Calendar with no specific time. Click 'Plan' to schedule an Event for more than one day. For information repeating Events, see Scheduling and Editing a Repeating Event. Once you are satisfied with your edits, Click 'OK'. The Event appears in the Calendar for the date indicated and on the My Events list. You can edit it at any time by selecting it directly from the Calendar. To create a new event, or edit an existing event, make your changes in the Edit Event dialog box that is associated with the Event.

    Editing a Scheduled Calendar Event
    To modify a scheduled Calendar Event, you can bring up the Edit Event dialog box in one of two ways:
    • Double-Click the Event, or
    • Click the Event to select it (it becomes highlighted) then select Edit / Edit Event from the Calendar menu bar.
    When the Edit Event dialog box appears, make any changes and Click 'OK' to accept the changes, or 'Cancel' to ignore them. To edit a meal time or the foods in a meal, see     Foods and Meals in this chapter.

    Confirmation of Calendar Events
    LIGHTEN UP distinguishes between Events that you actually did and Events that you did not do. Events that you actually did are called confirmed, while others are unconfirmed.
    Confirmed Events have a V sign in the Calendar margin next to the Event. LIGHTEN UP managers create graphs and reports of confirmed Events only.

    To confirm an event:
    • Click the checkbox to the left of the Event in the Calendar, or
    • Select the Event: then select Edit / Confirm Selected Events from the Calendar menu bar.
    When you create or edit an Event, LIGHTEN UP automatically confirms the Event if the date for which it is scheduled is earlier than the Calendar date that you are currently viewing.
    When you are done editing, a V sign appears in the Calendar margin next to the Event.
    If you spot a mistake, you can unconfirm an Event by either Clicking the Event's checkbox to remove the V sign, or by selecting the Event and choosing Edit / Unconfirm Selected Events from the Calendar menu bar.

    Deleting an Event
    To delete an Event, Click the Event to highlight and select it; then select Edit / Delete from the Calendar menu bar. In the Food view of the Calendar, you can delete a food from a meal in the same way.
    To delete all Events in a day, first select Edit / Select All from the menu bar; then select Edit / Delete from the menu bar.

    Scheduling a Repeating Event
    To schedule a repeating Event, select an item from a list and Click 'Use'. The edit Event dialog box appears. Click 'Plan'. You are given several choices of repeating patterns. Some patterns let you set the starting date for the repeating Events, the ending date, and any exceptions to the pattern.
    Click 'OK' again to submit the Event for all the days specified. If any days are earlier than the date you are currently viewing, you are given the option to have the earlier Events automatically confirmed.

    Editing a Repeating Event
    You can edit one or all occurrences of unconfirmed, unedited repeating Events. To modify a repeating Event in the Calendar:
    • To edit a specific occurrence of a Repeating Event, Double-Click the Event, or Click the Event to select it (it becomes highlighted). Then select Edit / Edit Event from the Calendar menu bar. When the Edit Event dialog box appears, you cannot change the date, but you can make any other changes. Then Click 'OK' to accept the changes, or 'Cancel' to ignore them or
    • To edit all unconfirmed, unedited occurrences of a Repeating Event, Click on one occurrence of the Event in the Calendar to select it (it becomes highlighted), then select Edit / Edit Plan from the Calendar menu bar. When the Plan Scheduler dialog box appears, you can make any changes then Click 'OK' to accept the changes, or 'Cancel' to ignore them.
    Confirming a Repeating Event
    You can confirm a repeating Event the same way as you confirm a non-repeating Event. For more information, see the section Confirmation of Calendar Events in this chapter.

    Deleting a Repeating Event
    To delete a repeating Event, click the Event to highlight and select it. Then select Edit / Delete from the Calendar menu bar. You are given the choice to delete only that single Event, or all unconfirmed, unedited occurrences of this Event in the repeating Plan.


  • Foods and Meals


    • Meals are Calendar Events to which you add foods. There are so many details associated with meals and foods that they have their own Calendar view, called Food. To change to the Food view from the Schedule view. Click the Food tab.
    The Food view of the Calendar lists all the foods in your meals including nutritional daily totals and targets. It shows the Meal names and the time of day that they are scheduled. It also shows you the totals of your top four nutrients for each meal.
    Each day is pre-scheduled with Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, plus up to three additional snacks which you may set in the Food & Nutrition Manager, Meal Times. You can also create as many additional snacks as you want on any particular day in the Calendar.
    You cannot delete or rename Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner. If you want to schedule a snack, you can name it and set the time for it. If you change your plans, you can delete the snack. LIGHTEN UP provides you with a list of foods to add to meals. You can save the contents of a Meal to a Named Meal, so that you can schedule that Meal at any time, without choosing all the foods again. You can also define Recipes. When Named Meals are added to Calendar Meals, their contents are copied to the Calendar Meal. When Recipes are added to Calendar Meals, the contents remain hidden and only the Recipe name is copied to the Calendar Meal.

    Scheduling a New Meal
    Meals are scheduled in the Calendar. To schedule a new meal, from the menu bar, select Calendar / Schedule a New Meal, or Click the margin beside the meals and select Schedule a New Meal. When you have completed the fields. Click 'OK'.

    Editing the Name and Time of a Meal
    To modify a meal's name or time from the Schedule View, Click the meal to select it. then select Calendar / Edit Meal Properties from the menu bar. From the Food view, Click the margin beside the meal whose properties you want to modify and select Edit Meal Properties. When you have completed the fields, Click 'OK'.

    Adding a Food, New Named Meal, or Recipe to a Calendar Meal
    The Foods list contains thousands of foods, saved meals (Named Meals) and Recipes (see also Saving the Contents of a Meal as a New Named Meal, and The Meal and Recipe Editors, later in this chapter). It is easier to search the Foods list for one of these, than it is tot scroll through the list. To add a food, Named Meal, or Recipe to a Calendar meal, go to the Smart Health Calendar and select either Foods, or My Foods.

    Searching the Foods list
    A search looks for items which contain all the words (or beginnings of words) that you have typed in the search input field. All matching items appear in a sublist. If you don't find the food you are looking for, you can create one (see Creating a New Food, Saving the Contents of a Meal as a New Named Meal, and The Meal and Recipe Editors later in this chapter).

    Clearing and Resetting the Foods list after a Search
    To clear the input field and reset the Foods list to the original contents, Click the X button. How to Search
    To search the Foods list, type the name of the item you want to match in the input field to the left of the 'Find' button. To start the search Click the 'Find' button, or press [Enter]. If a search returns several choices you can select any one.

    Selecting an Item from the Search
    Highlight the item by a single Click. The full name of the highlighted item appears at the bottom of the screen. Click 'Use' to add this food to a meal or Click and drag the food to a Calendar meal on the left side of the screen, or Double-Click the list item. In each case, the Edit Food dialog box appears. Enter the information that applies.
    For example, select the Foods list and type apple sauce in the input field. Click the 'Find' button. Foods with the words apple and sauce in their names appear in a sublist. USDA foods are listed first, then Brand-names and Restaurant foods.

    A Description of an Edit Food Dialog Box
    An Edit Food dialog box appears when you use a food from the Foods list, or the My Foods list, or edit a food in a Meal, or when you create a new food. To add a cup of 1% Milk to today's Breakfast, for example, select the Foods list from the Calendar screen. Double-Click 1% Milk to select it. A Food dialog box appears with the information for the food, 1% Milk. Choose the serving size from the serving size dropdown list. Select the Meal tot add this food to from the Add to Meal: dropdown list. The option box, Add to My Foods as: is checked and shows the name of the Food in the edit field. This option adds the food tot the My Foods list. under the original name or a name you type. Once you are satisfied with your edits, Click 'OK' to see the food appear in the selected Meal. You can edit it any time by selecting it directly in the Meal in the Food Calendar view. Creating a New Food
    If you want tot create a new food, select List / Create List Item from the menu bar, or right-Click on any name in the Foods list and select Create List Item. The Create a Food dialog box appears. Make your changes then Click 'OK' when done.
    Whenever you search for a food that is not in the Foods list, or the My Foods list, a "New Food" button appears. Click 'Create a New Food' to bring up the Create a Food dialog box and enter as much nutrient information for the food as you can. When you complete the fields, Click 'OK' to add the new food to the Foods list. If an Edit Food dialog box appears, you can schedule the food immediately. If you cancel, the new food does not appear in any meal yet, though it is still in the Foods list.

    Editing a User-entered Food
    If you want to change the definition of a food that you created, highlight the food in the Foods list then select List / Edit List Item from the menu bar, or right-Click on the name and select Edit List Item. The Edit a Food dialog box appears, similar to the Create a Food dialog box. Make your changes; then Click 'OK' when done.

    Viewing a Food
    If you want to view a food, select one of the food lists and highlight the food in the list. Then select List / View List Item from the menu bar, or right-Click on the name and select View List Item. The View a Food dialog box appears, but no changes can he made.

    Deleting a User-entered Food
    If you want tot delete a user-entered food on the Foods list, highlight the food in the list, then select List / Delete List Item from the menu bar, or right-Click on the name and select Delete List Item. A confirmation appears. If you Click Delete, it will also delete all uses of the item. Note: If other users are using the item, they need to delete all their uses of the item, too, before it can be removed from the list.

    Displaying Nutrients in the Foods list
    To see the nutrient information in either the Foods list, or the My Foods list. Click the box labeled Nutrients. The serving size and your top two nutrients appear for all the foods (see the     Food & Nutrition Manager). The LifeTime Foodbook offers you a full screen version of the Smart Health Calendar Foods list and shows more nutrients for each food. To select the LifeTime Foodbook, Click its button in the Home Screen or select Jump / Foodbook from the menu bar.

    Filtering the Foods list
    You can limit the search for any food in the Foods list to a specific food group, such as Dairy, Fruits, or Beverages, or to a specific category within a food group, such as Dairy/Milk.
    You can also limit the search tot any or all of these food sources:
    • USDA foods
    • Brand-name foods
    • Restaurant
    • User-entered
    These limited searches are called filters.
    Published by the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA foods are a generic list of foods, for example, "apple." Brand-name foods are associated with a particular commercial manufacturer, such as Kraft. Restaurant foods are associated with restaurants such as Wendv's. User-entered foods are created and named by you.

      Choosing a Food Filter
      Click the list button and select Foods - Set Filter... to choose a food filter. Select a Food Group such as Dairy. You can narrow your search by selecting a Category, such as Cheese Click 'OK' when done. The list selection button shows the selected Food Group - Cheese, in this example.
      For example, to see only brand-name fresh fruits:
      • Click the list button and select Foods - Set Filter... The Filter list contents dialog box appears.
      • Click the Group down arrow and select Fruit.
      • Click the Category down arrow and select Fresh Fruit.
      • In the Data Sources section, de-select all sources except Brand-name foods.
      • Click 'OK'.
      Only brand-name fresh fruits appear on the list. To turn filters off, Click the list button and select Foods. To turn filters on, Click the list button and select Foods - Set Filter....

      Searching the Foods - Set Filter list
      If you don't find the food you are looking for, two buttons appear, Search entire Food List and Create a New Food. These give you the option to search the entire Foods list for the food you specified. or to create a new food. Try searching the entire food list first, before creating a new food that might already be somewhere else in the Foods list.

    Saving the Contents of a Meal as a New Named Meal
    You may want to plan the same meal more than once, and it would be tedious tot add all the foods each time you want tot plan that meal. LIGHTEN UP lets you define a meal by saving the contents of a meal to a Named Meal. Named Meals can then he added tot Calendar meals where their contents are copied. This is like adding all the foods but it all happens by adding one Named Meal instead. If the recipient Meal actually has some foods in it already, the foods from the Named Meal are added to those.
    To save the contents of a meal:
    • when you are in the Food view, click the margin beside the meals.
    • when you are in the Schedule view, select the meal you want tot save, then choose Calendar from the menu bar.
      Select Save as New Named Meal. When you have completed the fields, Click 'OK'.
    The properties and contents of a Named Meal can be viewed and modified in the Meal Editor. See the section, The Meal Editor for more information.

    The Meal and Recipe Editors
    You can create a Named Meal, so that you can schedule that Meal at any time, without choosing all the foods again. You can also define your own Recipes.

      Where to find Named Meals and Recipes
      Named Meals and Recipes are found in the Calendar Foods list by searching for them by name. When they are first created. they are also added to the My Foods list.

      How Named Meals and Recipes appear in Calendar Meals
      When Named Meals are added to Calendar Meals, their contents are copied to the Calendar Meal. If the Named Meal is latter edited in the Meal Editor, this has no effect on any Calendar meals tot which the Named Meal was added.
      When Recipes are added to Calendar Meals, their contents remain hidden and only the Recipe name is copied to the Calendar Meal. If the Recipe is later edited in the Recipe Editor, it is also changed in any Calendar Meals that include the Recipe.

      The Meal Editor
      The Meal Editor lets you create new Named Meals, and manage Named Meals that were saved in the Smart Health Calendar. To get to the Meal Editor, select Jump / Meal Editor. You can create, edit, rename, delete, and search for meals in the Meal Editor. The Meal Editor screen consists of several sections.

      Creating a Named Meal
      To create a meal, Click Create. Type the name of the meal in the Create a Named Meal dialog box and Click 'OK'. The meal is added to the Meal List and its name appear in the Current Meal Name field. It can now be edited.

      Using a Named Meal in a Calendar Meal
      To use a Named Meal in a Calendar meal, first go to the Smart Health Calendar. Then search for the Named Meal name in the Calendar Foods list. Add the Named Meal to your Calendar meal as you would add a food. The content of the Named Meal are copied to the Calendar Meal.

      Editing a Named Meal
      To add a food to a Named Meal, select the meal name in the Meal List. Then Click and drag the food from the Foods list to the meal contents area. To delete a food from a Named Meal, highlight the food in the Meal Contents area and choose Edit / Delete from the menu bar. Your Named Meal is now changed, but any Calendar Meal to which this Named Meal was added in unchanged.

      Renaming a Named Meal
      To rename a Named Meal, select the meal name in the Meal List and Click 'Rename'. Type the new meal name in the Rename a Named Meal dialog box, then Click 'OK'. The new name appears in the Meal List and is selected.

      Deleting a Named Meal
      To delete a Named Meal, select the name from the Meal List, then Click 'Delete'. Click 'OK' in the Delete a Named Meal dialog box if this is the Named Meal you want to delete.

      Searching for a Named Meal
      To search the Meal List for a Named Meal, Click 'Find'. Type the name or partial name of the Named Meal in the Find a Named Meal dialog box, then Click 'OK'.

      Named Meals cannot have Duplicate Foods
      When adding a food to a Named Meal, if the food is already in the Named Meal, the new occurrence replaces the existing one. For example, if you have 1 cup of orange juice in the Named Meal already and you select 2 cups of orange juice from the Foods list to add to the same Named Meal, it overwrites the existing entry. So if you really want 3 cups in the Named Meal, edit the orange juice food in the Named Meal and change the serving site to 3 cups.

      Duplicate Foods
      In the Food View of the Calendar you CAN have a food more than once in a scheduled meal. If you decide to select such a meal and save it as a Named Meal, identical foods are combined and their serving sizes are added, so that it is only listed once in the Named Meal in the Meal Editor. This feature preserves serving amounts and nutrient totals for that meal.

    The Recipe Editor
    The Recipe Editor lets you create your own recipes. You can select the Recipe Editor from the Diet & Weight Manager, or from the menu bar - select Jump / Recipe Editor. You can create, edit, rename, delete, and search for Recipes in the Recipe Editor. The Recipe Editor screen consists of several sections.
      Creating a Recipe
      To create a Recipe, Click 'Create'. Type the name of the Recipe in the Create a New Recipe dialog box and Click 'OK'. The Recipe is added to the recipe list and is selected.

      Editing a Recipe
      Select a Recipe by Clicking on the name of the Recipe in the Recipe List. The name of the Recipe appears on the left with the Recipe instructions and the contents of the Recipe listed below it in the Recipe Contents field. Fill in the number of servings, serving size and Recipe instructions. To add a food to a Recipe, Click and drag it from the Foods list to the meal contents area, below the instructions area. To add a new line to the instructions, press [Enter]. To delete a food, highlight it in the Recipe and select Edit / Delete flow the menu bar. To delete instructions from the Recipe, simply highlight the text and backspace, or type over it. Your Recipe is now changed and all Calendar meals that contain this Recipe are also changed.

      Renaming a Recipe
      To rename a Recipe, Click 'Rename'. Type the new name in the Rename a Recipe dialog box, then Click 'OK'. The new name appear in the Recipe List.

      Deleting a Recipe
      To delete a Recipe, select the name from the Recipe List, then Click 'Delete'. Then Click 'OK' in the Delete a Recipe dialog box if this is the Recipe you want to delete.

      Searching for a Recipe
      To search the Recipe List for a Recipe, Click 'Find'. Type the name or partial name of the Recipe in the Find a Recipe dialog box and Click 'OK'.

      Using a Recipe in a Calendar Meal
      To use a Recipe in a Calendar meal, first go to the Smart Health Calendar. Then search for the Recipe name in the Calendar Foods list. Add the Recipe to your Calendar meal as you would add a food. The contents of the Recipe remain hidden and only the Recipe name is copied to the Calendar Meal. If the Recipe is later edited in the Recipe Editor, the Calendar Meal's nutrient totals are adjusted to reflect the new definition of the Recipe.
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