<p>When you select an item in the What Did You Eat box in the Livestrong diary, options become available in the** How Much?** boxes. You can select any available units; ounces, pounds, grams, cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, crackers, slices, cookies, etc. Pick a unit and enter a number and it will calculate the serviing size for you.</p>
<p>iPod nazi looks like he’s gearing up to hawk another workout series. Here’s a sneak peak video with bunch of killer core exercises:</p>
<p>[Sneak</a> Peak | Amazing Abs Solution](<a href=“http://www.amazingabssolution.com/sneak-peak/]Sneak”>http://www.amazingabssolution.com/sneak-peak/)</p>
hops, thank you for the link! Great article.
<p>ID- When I put something in the “what did you eat” it pulls up the options for the brands, etc and just asks if I ate it today or yesterday. Where does it ask “how much”? I only saw that option for exercise, not food.</p>
<p>The LiveStrong site is confusing. It took me a while to get the hang of it. You are somehow ending up at the pages for each food. That happens when I search for a food in the overall site searchbox. Instead of doing it that way, try this:</p>
<p>1) Go to your own Daily Plate page: [MyPlate</a> - Food Diary & Food Calorie Counter | LIVESTRONG.COM](<a href=“http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/]MyPlate”>MyPlate Calorie Counter)</p>
<p>2) About half way down the page, you should see boxes that say: </p>
<p>WHAT DID YOU EAT / HOW MUCH / WHEN</p>
<p>3) Start typing in the WHAT DID YOU EAT box. For example, type “PROGRESSO FRENCH ONION”. Then, wait a minute and a list of possible options will appear below the box.</p>
<p>4) Do not click the “SHOW ALL RESULTS”. Instead, use the scroll bar at the immediate right of food list to see the entire list.</p>
<p>5) Pick the item you want and click it. This will enter that food item in the WHAT DID YOU EAT box and the cursor will jump to the HOW MUCH box. You can select the units from the drop down box, depending on the item.</p>
<p>6) Then you can go to the WHEN box and select a time of day or a meal from the drop down box.</p>
<p>7) Click the I ATE THIS button when you are done to record the food.</p>
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<p>I enter all my foods this way, learning what brand or key words to start typing to get what I want. For example, “Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast”. The only time I ever use the master search feature is when I’m not getting good options with this method and I want to see if maybe I can see a particular name or brand that may work. For example, I looked at pages of fried chicken to find an Old Country Buffet fried chicken breast that’s pretty close to what I make. So now I type Old Country fried chicken in the box.</p>
<p>BTW, I looked at the details of iPod nazi’s new program. It actually looks pretty tempting.</p>
<p>It’s 12 workouts, one for each of 12 weeks. They range from 16 to 37 minutes that can either be done as standalone core workouts or in conjunction with whatever else you are doing. </p>
<p>You get a video version and an MP3 audio version of each workout. Just put them on your Ipod or computer and follow along. You also get printed workout sheets for each workout.</p>
<p>They require almost no equipment. A stabilty ball, a bench/chair/, and a dumbbell or kettlebell. The videos look like they are shot in his back yard, his deck, a park by a lake, etc.</p>
<p>In addition, you get three interval cardio workouts (MP3 for your iPod), each lasting about 30 minutes: one for an exercise bike, one for an elliptical, one using bodyweight exercises that can be done anywhere.</p>
<p>Looks like he’s got this one priced at $147. I’m giving it some consideration. I’d probably combine it with four weight lifting excercises: a push, a pull, a deadlift, and a squat. I thought the $99 I paid for his iPod workouts was a little pricy, but those ended up starting me on a journey of fitness and weight loss that was more than good value. </p>
<p>I suspect this program would be really good for somebody just starting out and the workout could be done over and over again. Good for core and/or fat loss. Good for someone who wants to do home workouts with minimum of equipment. The stuff I see on the sample clips will be plenty challenging for any level.</p>
<p>When entering portion sizes, I use decimal fractions for variances of standard portion sizes. If the food that I had isn’t in LiveStrong, then I look for a substitute with similar nutritional composition and adjust the proportion size accordingly. There are errors in LiveStrong and duplicate entries too. I think that some restaurants also change portion sizes from time to time so that there may be more than one valid entry - only they are valid at different points in time and you have to figure out the one that is current.</p>
<p>Woke up early and did the home weight workout. It was nice to have the additional dumbbell for curls and I’m more inclined to do them daily now. I also took two 1.25s off one of the dumbbells and put them on the barbell to bump up the weight on the military press. I’ve had the barbell set to 65 pounds for ages and put it at 67.5 just for fun and then put it back down. Definitely more effort. It would really be nice to have fixed weights at 20, 25, 30, 35 for efficiency but I don’t think that I’ll be loading up on so much in the near term. I think that I’ll just pick up a weight plate or two here and there.</p>
<p>It’s going to be much cooler today than it was yesterday - I plan to run indoors and maybe run a little outdoors tonight. No soreness from the extended tennis over the weekend - I want to see if playing a lot of tennis makes running easier.</p>
<p>Idad, what are your thoughts on tech shirts with collars? Going out on the tennis court in the hot son has reminded me about sunburn (only twice in my life but that’s more than enough for me). I hate using sunscreen and am mostly an indoor person. I will wear long sleeves and pants (light clothes) on hot, sunny days to reduce skin-sun exposure.</p>
<p>The tech shirts that I have are good for running and tennis but I was wondering if there are runners, walkers, etc. that wear shirts with collars to protect the back of the neck from the sun.</p>
<p>I’ve looked at a few of them. They are really popular for golf these days. My how the world turns, huh? Back in my high school golf days, polyester “Ban-lon” golf shirts were tacky, tacky, tacky.</p>
<p>Now, they make some really nice ones, not only tech golf shirt, but tech golf pants:</p>
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<p>I just don’t think I have much use for them. I’d rather wear a nice polo to look nice or a tech t-shirt go get all hot and sweaty. Where they would probably be great would be sight-seeing travel when you are doing a lot of walking. They would be easy to rinse out in the hotel room and dry overnight and definitely cooler than cotton.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen a runner in a shirt with a collar, but I can see where the collared tech shirts would be great for tennis.</p>
<p>Tough one this morning for me. Tried my hilly 6 mile course and that was too ambitious. I would have taken a ride at the turnaround, but that wasn’t an option. My hamstring was very tight (hills are clearly not good), it was extremely humid and I think the travel/weekend got to me. I made it, but it wasn’t pretty.</p>
<p>Wow, that pair of tech pants looks good enough to wear to the office.</p>
<p>One downside on tech gear is that sweat and body odor pass go through the tech shirt so that other people are affected. Cotton shirts do a better job of absorption while keeping it all locked in. So there’s your own comfort vs the comfort of others. I’ve gone back to wearing cotton t-shirts at the office for that reason unless wearing a dress shirt over it.</p>
<p>Do you use sunscreen with t-shirts on very sunny days?</p>
<p>ID- I dont see what you are describing on my food plate page. All I see is “what did you eat” and I have to type in an item. I dont see “how much or when” at all, and I scrolled all the way to the bottom 
I see it trues to break out by meal, which I havent done.I just put it in that box and hit “search”. What am I doing wrong?</p>
<p>Ran a mile nonstop for the first time this morning! Incredibly slowly (I alternate walk/run faster than this…), but I did it :)</p>
<p>Feel like hell. Just chewed like 6 ice cubes and off to the shower I go!</p>
<p>I haven’t been on the thread for a bit – life just got really busy – but I’m continuing with the strength training program and low (but not ridiculously low) carb diet – and I hit the 15 pound milestone yesterday. Yeah! The high intensity interval training also seems to be helping, though I’ve given up on the treadmill for that – I can’t adjust the speed fast enough – instead, I head out and walk, and when I need the high intensity turn and walk up one of the sidewalks going up the hill, and then slow down or go parallel for the lower intensity segments. </p>
<p>I’m a little jealous on the clothes front at the moment – a bunch of dress pants are now too big to wear, but I don’t feel like spending a bunch of money on interim pants – I may try to go find a sale and pick up an okay pair and try and make do. One of the challenges in women’s pants is that they are largely designed with the idea that women have bigger thighs and butt than I have ever had at any given size – I need the waist to fit, but then there is quite a bit of excess fabric where I don’t need it, necessitating alterations, which I don’t want to invest in right now. </p>
<p>Still, it is a nice problem to be facing, and I’m looking forward to continued success as I plug away.</p>
<p>Here’s a screenshot of what the My Plate page should look like along with the fields aforementioned:</p>
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<p>Here’s the screen capture of my page with an item (pistachios in shells) entered:</p>
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<p>It’s at this link at Livestrong:</p>
<p>[MyPlate</a> - Food Diary & Food Calorie Counter | LIVESTRONG.COM](<a href=“http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/]MyPlate”>MyPlate Calorie Counter)</p>
<p>Windows PC, Internet Explorer. I am a registered user, but only for the free version. What you might have to do is type a food entry in the box and then wait a minute for the list to appear. It can be slow sometimes. Then, you have to choose an item from the list by clicking it.</p>
<p>The food box does search as you type so you type a few letters and it displays results. If you don’t like what you see, then enter a bit more of the food description until you see items similar or the same as what you ate. If you hit tab or click on the item, then it fills the food item in along with the serving size and the serving amount (default is 1).</p>
<p>My screen does not give a drop down. I just ate a Healthy Choice Chicken meal-- typed in “Healthy Choice”. No dropdown. I have not gotten a dropdown at all since I started this last week. I have the free account-- do you pay for yours?</p>
<p>When you put your cursor over “EAT HEALTHY” (near the top), do you get a pulldown menu?</p>
<p>What Operating System and browser are you using?</p>
<p>I have only run into the problem where the pulldown doesn’t show up when the site is doing maintenance or when they have an outage - usually it’s on the weekend or very late at night. I’ve had no problems with the site today and had no problems pulling up Healthy Choice meals.</p>
<p>I have the free accound as does idad.</p>
<p>Mystery solved.</p>
<p>Go to your account preferences by clicking your name at the top of the page and selecting “MY PLATE SETTINGS”.</p>
<p>The second choice on the settings page is for “FOOD SEARCH”.</p>
<p>Check the box for “AS REAL TIME RESULTS…”, instead of “ON A SEPARATE SEARCH RESULTS PAGE”.</p>
<p>That will fix you right up!</p>