VITACAL 2.3 Handbook VITACAL VERSION 2.3 V I T A C A L YOUR COMPLETE VITAMIN MINERAL AND CALORIE TRACKER VITACAL is a User Supported program. The concept of User Supported software affords you an opportunity to have quality products without the high cost of marketing. It also allows you to fully test the product to see if it meets your needs before you must commit any money. If, after a 60 test period, you find this program useful, please send the author the sum of $24.95 You may freely pass copies to other people for evaluation as long as there is NO charge for the copies and it is distributed in its entirety. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S VITACAL 2.3 requires an IBM PC/XT/AT or true compatible running MS-DOS 2.0 or later, and 200K free memory. A Hard Disk is recommended for ease of use. A single Floppy disk system will require FREQUENT swapping of disks, but will work. Color capability is recommended, but colors for this program were selected to allow use on a monochrome monitor with minimum loss of information. A graphics adapter is required if you wish to display the data in a graphical format, but is not required for any other action, including numerical printouts. VITACAL (c) is the copywrited product of FLIEGWEG Software. All rights reserved. Sale of this program without the written permission of FLIEGWEG Software is specifically prohibited. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook [ N O T I C E ] Read the disclaimer before using the program. DISCLAIMER VITACAL, including programs, data and documentation, is distributed as is, with no guarantee that it will work correctly in any or all situations. The author specifically disclaims any and all guarantees and warranties, expressed and implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of medical accuracy, marketability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the program code or its accompanying documentation. In no event shall the author be liable for any medical problem, loss of profit or any other damage, commercial or otherwise, including, but not limited to, special, incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of the use or inability to use these programs and or files, even if the Author has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party. The program can and will make recommendations that are not valid in the particular circumstances of its use: the user is responsible for verifying the validity of any item before acting upon it in any manner. The program can and will fail resulting in loss of data when operated: FLIEGWEG Software and/or Rommie G Brewer shall not be held liable or responsible for any such loss. Should the program prove defective, you (the user) assume the entire cost of all necessary repair, servicing, or correction. All offers are subject to change or withdrawal without notice or notification of any kind. The use of the program constitutes total agreement and acceptance of this disclaimer. [ N O T I C E ] VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Contents 4 V I T A C A L T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S System Requirements ....................... 2 Notice/Disclaimer ......................... 3 Table of Contents ......................... 4 Installation of VITACAL ................... 6 Hard Disk Users ........................ 7 Floppy Disk Users ...................... 8 General Intent of VITACAL ................. 9 What Does VITACAL Track? .................. 10 Intended Audience ......................... 10 Personal Data Security .................... 11 General Disclaimers ....................... 12 How to use VITACAL ........................ 13 General Information ...................... 13 Steps - in order - to run VITACAL ....... 14 Screens Common To Several Programs ....... 15 Unable To Find A File Or Program ....... 15 Work A Different Person ................ 15 Specify a Quantity of Food ............. 16 VITA - Central Menu ...................... 17 Harassment Counter ..................... 18 Requirements Determination/Modification .. 19 Introduce a New Person ................. 19 Manual Specification of Requirements ... 20 Add/Modify A Food Item ................... 21 Modify A Food .......................... 22 Add A Food ............................. 23 Copy Food From One Category To Another . 24 Delete a Food From a Category .......... 24 Add a New Food Category ................ 24 Look at an Individual Food Item ........ 24 Build A Recipe ......................... 25 Put In Your Activities and Meals ......... 27 Track All .............................. 27 Put In What You Have Eaten ............. 28 Put in your daily Activities ........... 30 Change your Weight ..................... 30 Analysis Section ......................... 31 Specify Values To Display .............. 32 Graph Your Data ........................ 33 Look At One Days Data Display .......... 34 Multiple Day Average Numerical Display . 34 Utilities ................................. 35 Change the Paths ....................... 35 Start New Configuration Files .......... 36 Remove a person ........................ 37 Remove a Food Category ................. 37 Change Configuration on a remote disk .. 37 Save Configuration on a different disk . 37 Display Data Files ..................... 37 Change a person's password or data file. 38 Specify The Default Demonstration File . 39 Medical Basis of Calculations ............. 40 VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Contents 5 APPENDIXES APPENDIX A: Special Notes & Warnings ...... 41 APPENDIX B. Version Number Description..... 43 APPENDIX C: Registration .................. 44 APPENDIX D: Distribution .................. 46 APPENDIX E: Help and Support BBS's......... 47 VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Installation 6 INSTALLATION NOTE: For those currently using VITACAL 2.0/2.2 and upgrading to VITACAL 2.3, copy EXE files ONLY. DO NOT copy the new data files to your working disks. This installation discussion assumes you have the two distribution disks that contain the programs and the data files. If you have them in a compressed format, such as one designed for storage on a BBS, you will need to run the appropriate program to return them to normal size before attempting anything further. What you need to type will be in all CAPITAL letters followed by the symbol . indicates you should press the Carriage Return (or equivalent key) on your computer. Information on what is happening and what you should do will be in primarily lower case, like this paragraph. Failure to run the UTILITIES program has been the most common problem. You MUST run (8) UTILITIES segment (4) SETTINGS to tell VITACAL where you are putting your data files. +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | *** NOTE: *** | | | | You MUST run the UTILITIES program the | | first time you run VITACAL to tell the | | programs where the data is located. | | Otherwise the programs will not run. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Installation 7 +------------------+ | HARD DISK USERS | +------------------+ There are three batch files included on Disk 1 for installation of VITACAL on Drive C: of a Hard Disk system. VI-INSTL.BAT - copies installation batch to hard disk HDINSTL.BAT - Installation program It makes the following subdirectories on the hard disk and copies the appropriate program files. C:\VITA C:\VITA\FOD C:\VITA\PRS VITACAL.BAT - runs VITACAL To Install VITACAL, put disk #1 in Drive A:, move to Drive C: and type A:VI-INSTL The batch file will tell you when to swap Master Disks. After you have installed VITACAL on your Hard Disk: Type VITACAL Select Option 8 to run the UTILITIES program. Then perform segment (4) 'Settings' to tell VITACAL where you are keeping your data files. If you ran the installation program without change, then the information shown will be correct and all you need to do is press the F10 key. If you used a hard drive other than C: or some set of subdirectories other than those called for in the installation program, then you MUST specify them so the program can find its data files. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Installation 8 +-----------------------+ | FLOPPY DRIVE SYSTEM | +-----------------------+ There is not a requirement to 'Install' Vitacal on a floppy disk system: it will run as delivered on the floppy disks (after the UTILITIES, of course), but I highly recommend you make backups of the Master Disks and run the program from them. As Disk 2 includes the documentation files, there is not enough room to have more than one person's data file on it. When copying the master Disk 2, I suggest you do not copy the documentation files onto the working copy of Disk 2. NOTES on specific files by Name and purpose SubDirectory C:\VITA VI2-FIG.CNF (Configuration data file) must be on each disk with an .EXE program ACTIV.DAT - holds calorie usage for each exercise must be on disk with VI2-DIN.EXE Sub-Subdirectory C:\VITA\PRS All files with extension .PRS (indicates person) example DEMO.PRS DIETPRS.PRS - The file with names of all individuals using the program on this machine Sub-Subdirectory C:\VITA\FOD CATTY.DAT - Names of all the food categories All files with extension .DAT (indicates food category) example VEGGIES.DAT VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Intent 9 GENERAL INTENT OF VITACAL This program is designed to be used as a guide to healthier living. It is only designed as a general reference and should not replace consultation with medical personnel nor should it replace careful planning of activities or dietary planning. You are trying to control the calories you take in versus the calories you expend while maintaining a healthy diet consisting of the required vitamins and minerals. That is where VITACAL (c) comes in. Rather than restrict what you eat, it allows you to plan your lifestyle around healthy activities and healthy foods that YOU ENJOY. The program will analyze your basic life-style to determine your requirements for calorie intake and 14 vitamins and minerals. Daily intake of these items will be recommended in two formats; 1) Federal RDA recommendations, and 2) you may also manually substitute your own requirements for those listed in part two, if you disagree with the program's determinations. After the basic requirements have been determined, the program will track your actions over a (continuing) one year period. Each day, you must enter your food intake, activities, and weight into the program. The program will calculate your intake and your output and store it in your data file. At your leisure, you may have the program analyze your actions and show you how you have been doing. This is available for any specified period of time, with a specified starting date and ending date. NOTE: While the input section will 'roll over' the year (i.e. will allow you to put in data from Dec 87 to Jan 88, etc) the analysis programs are not as versatile. To analyze this data, you would need to analyze from ' 1 to 31 Dec, then from 1 to 31 Jan separately' to get a valid picture. DAILY WEIGHT CHECK While most diet plans recommend you weigh only once a week, I require daily weigh-ins. WHY? Very simple. Diet programs are trying to boost your confidence in the plan by always showing you as 'losing' weight. The weight of a normal person, even one involved in a true starvation diet, will go up or down by 2% on a daily basis just based on water retention. By limiting you to one weigh-in per week, they hope to show you the overall trend towards a lower weight. This program will graphically show you the entire time period on a day by day basis and show you the overall trend. (An analysis of 1 Aug to 30 Sep will show 61 separate points over that period and allow you to see the overall trend, including fluctuations.) VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Intent 10 WHAT DOES VITACAL TRACK Daily Calories Weight Protein (G) Fat (G) Fat saturated (G) Fat mono unsaturated (G) Fat poly unsaturated (G) Cholesterol (G) Carbohydrates Calcium (Mg) Phosphorus (Mg) Iron (Mg) Potassium (Mg) Sodium (Mg) VIT A (IU) VIT B1 (Mg) - Thiamine VIT B2 (Mg) - Riboflavin VIT B3 (Mg) - Niacine VIT C (Mg) - Ascorbic Acid Fiber (G) Magnesium (Mg) VIT D (IU) INTENDED AUDIENCE The program is designed to be used in a multitude of settings: 1) by a single individual tracking his/her own actions, 2) at a health club, or similar establishment, where the clientele is allowed to track their activities on the club computer, or 3) in a medical establishment tracking the performance of their patients. Password protection for the personal data files can be invoked to restrict the access of others, if desired; or not used if privacy is not an issue. While the protection level is minimal, it is sufficient to prevent a casual user from looking at others data without authorization. The program will run on a machine with a hard disk, or one with only floppy disk drives. It assumes that each of the 3 major segments (1. programs, 2. personnel files, and 3. food data files) is stored on a different drive and/or in different subdirectories. On a hard disk system, this may simply be different sections/paths. On a floppy system, the programs are stored on one disk, and the personal and food files may be stored on a separate disk. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Intent 11 PERSONAL DATA SECURITY The programs are designed to provide a small level of security for personal data. This is accomplished by requiring the use of a password in order to access an individual's file. The decision to use or not use password control is determined by the system operator when the program is configured. This may be changed at any time (without affecting the programs or data) in the UTILITY segment. When an individual is introduced to the program, he is requested to put in his personal password. This is required for 'Introduction' whether password protection is implemented or not. There is not an automatic default password. The password should be something that can be easily remembered, but uncommon enough to not be guessed by someone playing with the system. (The SYSOP can read and change anyone's password through the UTILITY program.) This password is stored in code in one of the files. If 'password' is implemented, an individual will be asked to put in the proper password whenever they want to access the file. That includes each time a person changes to a different segment of the program (such as from analysis to putting in your activities.) There is also a master password that the system operator puts in through the UTILITY program that will allow access to any file. I highly recommend that it not be 'SECRET', 'PRIVATE', your own name or any similar common phrases that some unauthorized individual might easily think of. WARNING: The password protection allows only minimal protection. Any reasonably competent hacker can break the code in a short period. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook 12 GENERAL DISCLAIMERS MEDICAL ACCURACY While VITACAL has been written as an aid to healthy living, it is not a medical diagnostic tool and is not officially approved by any medical association. Recommendations and values have been determined from various books and manuals on food requirements. While I have attempted to evaluate the various data, its validity must always be in question. The RDA recommendations are from data distributed by the US Dept of Health. CONSULT A DOCTOR BEFORE MAJOR CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE The calculations and recommendations are based on an average person with average eating habits and activity levels. They are intended only to suggest possible minor alterations in your habits to improve your health. Any radical changes in your life style should only be attempted after consultation with your doctor. People who are pregnant and people who have any disease or any health problems should not use this program, as it is not designed for your special circumstances. LACK OF PRIVACY OF DATA While password protection has been designed into the data files, they are only MINIMUM level protection. Any semi-competent computer hacker could break into a program and read the results. It is also possible for others to accidentally break the code and read the files. ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S QUALIFICATIONS I am not a doctor nor health specialist. I have NO training in dietary requirements nor any similar field. I am a 'technocrat' with a BSME and an MSIT. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook How to Use 13 HOW TO USE VITACAL The following will be a mini explanation of the various segments of VITACAL and what they will do for you. Additionally, it will give a starting point for running the various program segments. GENERAL NOTES COMMON TO MOST PROGRAMS In cases where a one character response will perform the next option, I have used 'hot keys.' That is, you will not need to press any key other than the one indicating your choice. These keys are indicated in GREEN for users with a color monitor. In other cases, where responses exist beyond a one-key level, you will need to press a RETURN or ENTER, depending on your machine, to indicate your choice is complete. When setting the date, all input is via the arrow keys. They will move you from day to month to year, etc and either increase or decrease the entry, depending on what you press. If the program requires data files and you do not have the current version, it will tell you. In selected cases, the programs will automatically return to the central menu. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Tutorial 14 INTRODUCTION This tutorial is intended to walk you through the first time you use VITACAL. It will point out the actions you need to take, in their correct order, each time you use VITACAL. I will assume you have installed the program, as indicated in the manual, on a hard disk (Floppy users will be told by the program when it can not find a file and/or program it needs and prompted to swap disks accordingly.) NOTE: The symbol indicates you should press the RETURN key. VITACAL 2.3 has the ability to determine if you are using a 101/102 keyboard. If so, you will be allowed to select whether you prefer to use the dedicated arrow keys or the arrows on the numeric keypad. You make the selection by pressing the F2 function key. The keys selected are displayed on the central menu of each sub- program, along with the correct configuration of the NUM Lock/CAPS Lock keys. If these keys are incorrectly set, the display will flash the correct configuration. STEP-by-STEP order for first time users VITA (8) UTILITIES (4) SETTINGS F10 (IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES). These steps are critical. Therefore, the highlighted selection bar will automatically appear on these options. If you ran the Installation routine without changes, then pressing the after (8) and (4), then pressing the F10 key is all you have to do. Determine Requirements Introduce new person to the system Data Input Weight Food Activities Analysis One Day Multi Day Graph Add/Modify Food as required VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Common Screens 15 This is what you will see if you try to run a segment of the program that is not in the drive expected by the program. VI2-REQ, the program to Determine Your Daily Requirements is not on this disk Please put in the disk with VI2-REQ and press RETURN OR Press F to see the files on the disk Press any other key to exit this segment If you press the letter F, it will show you the files on the disk drive and/or subdirectory where it expects to find the file. It will then give you the opportunity to swap disks and try again (by pressing the ) or press any other key to return to the previous level where you were working. To allow a quick termination of the program, most input segments allow you to use a Control C (^C) to stop the program and return the computer to the 'SYSTEM' level. WORK A DIFFERENT PERSON vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Press ESC to Abort Select new person to work Number 1 VERSION 2.0A 6 2 DEMO NSTRATION 3 ROMMIE BREWER ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You will see this screen often if you are not set as the default individual to work. To select the person to work, simply type in the number and press , or use the arrow keys to move the hi-lighted bar to the person and press . Note that Line 1 is the Version of this particular data file, along with the total number of entries. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Common Screens 16 Specify Quantity of food vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VITACAL VERSION 2.3 Standard Serving Sizes for Beef braised/simmered lean&fat Servings 1.0 Serving Ounces 3.00 Grams 85.00 Approximate weights and measures 1 Teaspoon = .16 Ounce 3 Teaspoons = 1 Tablespoon = .5 Ounce 2 Tablespoons = 1 Ounce 4 Tablespoons = .25 Cup 16 Tablespoons = 1 Cup = 8 fluid ounces 2 Cups = 1 Pint = 16 fluid ounces ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Here is where you specify how much of the item you consumed. The item in question is displayed in line 2. Lines 3,4 and 5 are the units you are entering and the standard serving size by Servings, Ounces, or Grams. The unit of measure you are entering is displayed in inverse video and your cursor is beside that unit. To change the unit of measure, press 'S' for servings, 'O' for ounces, or 'G' for grams. Any numbers you have entered will be erased and your cursor will move to the new area. You may also move around using the arrow keys. The standard serving size is specified to the right of the units. Note that the SERVING option is how many of the servings in the size specified you consumed. In this example, if you entered 2, it would assume you had two .5 cup servings. The grams and ounce serving size is for information only and relates back to the .5 cup. If you moved to the ounce area and typed in a 2, it would assume you meant you had consumed 2 ounces of canned apple juice, NOT 2 times the 4.4 ounce serving. If you do not specify a quantity, the program assumes you had 0 amount of it. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook VITA - the Central Menu 17 Now we will run through the actual program segments. Here I will explain what each segment actually does and how to use it. VITA - the Central Menu VITA The central menu. Will direct which program will be run. You typed VITA from the operating system level OR you told it to return to the Central Menu from any of the sub-programs. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VITACAL VERSION 2.3A Copyright 1990 by FLIEGWEG SOFTWARE You have until 18 FEB 1991 to register this program Unregistered Evaluation Copy CENTRAL MENU 1 - Put In Your Activities and Meals 2 - Review your Calorie/Vitamin History 3 - Add Foods to the Food Data Files 4 - Determine Your Daily Requirements 5 - How to Register this Program 6 - Terminate (stop) the Program 7 - Descriptions of the different sections <----- 8 - Utilities Section (file location, set data to zero, etc) RED indicates a warning GREEN indicates a Hot Key. NO RETURN required VITACAL will look for data files in the following directories PEOPLE D:\VITA\PRS\ FOOD D:\VITA\FOD\ Use dedicated arrow pad NUM Lock On F2 change arrow pad CAPS Lock off ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is how you select which segment you would like to run. All programs have a way to return to here. This allows you to run VITACAL without having to remember the odd names I give to each program element. Notice that the version number of the program is part of the heading. That is common to all segments, so you can check if you are trying to run a mixed set of versions. The Numbers will show up in Green on a color monitor, indicating that these are 'hot keys'. Depressing the key without a will run that segment. You may also select the area you wish to go to by moving VITACAL 2.3 Handbook VITA - the Central Menu 18 the hi-lit bar to that segment and pressing . Note that the expected paths to the data files are shown. There IS a harassment section. If, after 60 days of use, you have not registered the program, a 'HARASSMENT COUNTER' will appear when you go from one segment to another. It in no way hurts any of the programs, but allows you to ponder the advantages of registering the program. Press your three times to continue. The date it is activated is displayed at the top of the VITA Menu. This is my subtle way of tingling the conscience. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Requirements 19 DETERMINE YOUR REQUIREMENTS. This segment is where you introduce a new person to the system and change the specifications of a previous person (for example, your manual input of requirements). Note that the person currently being worked is shown in line 5. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Male / Female (M/F) |M| Calori 2589 Your Frame Size (S-M-L) |M| RMRCal 1726 Your Height (cm inches): |68 | 100BMR 119 Your Weight ( kg pounds): |167| RecWet 151 Enter Your Age: |30 | Protei 56 Do you exercise 3 times/week for 30min): |Y| Fat 87 Use Metric System (Y/N) |N| FatUns 0 FatMon 0 FatPol 0 Choles 0 Carbo 0 Calc 800 Phos 800 Iron 10 Potas 1875 Sodium 1100 Vit A 5000 Vit B1 1 Vit B2 2 Vit B3 18 Vit C 60 Fiber 0 F7 = calculations F10 = complete Magnes 350 Vit D 5 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When you first introduce a new person to the program (or if you want to change your data to determine new requirements ), it will ask you to put in your height, weight, age, sex, etc, and then calculate your requirements. Pressing the F10 indicates you are finished, and the program will then build a data file for the individual. If you accidentally press F10 before you are finished, allow the program to build the data file, then go in and change the requirements. No harm has been done. The data file does not change in size once created: space is allocated completely at this time for the normal data. It takes a while since it is creating and 'zeroizing' the data storage areas. This assures there is enough space on the storage medium for the individuals entire annual database. You move up and down in the display using the up/down arrows. The name for the value you are changing is VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Requirements 20 highlighted, as is your location on the line. The size of the field is denoted by the '|' symbols. If you want to see the effect of changing your values, press the F7 key. The calculated requirements are displayed on the right hand side of the display screen. The program automatically makes these calculations when you exit this segment, so this is only an easy way for you to see what affects different answers may have. Be sure to set metric or english units first. That affects how the other values are calculated. The program has some default limits in it, such as minimum and maximum heights. If you put in a value not acceptable to the program, it will revert to the default. This value is not immediately displayed on the screen. You can only see it by exiting this segment and returning to here. Key 4 - Manual Requirements MANUAL REQUIREMENTS If you disagree with any of the requirements for vitamins and minerals, you may go in and change them on the manual input display. This will have no effect on the program, as both the RDA and Manual requirements are displayed for information only. This section works like the initial introduction section. Note the BMR value that says -DO NOT CHANGE-. This value is crucial to properly determining the rate at which you burn calories: changing it without KNOWING what you are doing will drastically impact program accuracy. The option is included for those who need to make changes. Note that I have a recommended FAT intake. This is calculated as the maximum percentage of calories from fat recommended by the RDA. Key 5: Reset Manual Requirements to RDA: This is a quick way to reset any changes you have made in your requirements back to the original calculated values. Key 6: Save your requirements: After you have made changes to your RDA or Manual requirements, a warning will appear on the menu screen telling you to save the changes. They are NOT automatically changed. This feature was incorporated to allow you to see the requirements for different people without actually having to start a data file for them. Key 7: Display your requirements: As it says, this will show you the current requirements. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Add/Modify Food Items 21 ADD FOODS TO THE FILE Key 2 from VITA - Add foods to the files ADD/MODIFY FOODS This is where you can add your favorite foods to a category, and move foods from one category to another. (I recommend you put your most commonly eaten foods into your personal category for ease and speed of access.) You will be asked to specify the category, then the food. A display (similar to that for modifying your requirements) will come up with the various categories of calories, vitamins, etc, for you to fill in. Leaving either the ounces or grams value blank will cause the program to calculate the missing one. Putting both in will have the grams converted to the ounces equivalent. You may also build a recipe by putting in the various ingredients, then specifying a serving size. (It looks and works very similar to the method used to put in your meals.) It calculates the individual values from the totals of the various foods, and divides it by the number of servings per recipe. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Add/Modify Food Items 22 Key 1 - Modify a food Select a category Select a food to modify Display of the food data to change vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Name---------------------- |Beef braised/simmered lean&fat| Ounces per serving ----- Oz | 3| Grams '' '' ------ G | 85| Calories '' '' ------ | 325| Protein ---------------- G | 22| Fat -------------------- G | 26| Fat saturated ---------- G | 10.8| Fat mono unsaturated --- G | 11.5| Fat poly unsaturated --- G | .9| Cholesterol ------------ G | 87| Carbohydrates ---------- G | 0| Calcium ---------------- Mg | 11| Phosphorous ------------ Mg | 163| Iron ------------------- Mg | 2.5| Potassium -------------- Mg | 163| Sodium ----------------- Mg | 53| VIT. A ----------------- IU | 0| VIT. B1 -Thiamine------- Mg | 0| VIT. B2 --Riboflavin---- Mg | .1| VIT. B3 -Niacine-------- Mg | 2| VIT. C --Ascorbic Acid-- Mg | 0| Fiber **---------------- G |* | F10 = complete ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you determine that any food item has erroneous values, you can correct it using this option. Simply move to the line in question and put in the correct value. NOTE: NO calculations are performed at this point to change other values. The program assumes that all values are correct except for the one you are changing. For example, if you change the serving from 3 ounces to 200 ounces, it will retain the 85 gram equivalent unless you manually change it. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Add/Modify Food Items 23 The second half of the change screen. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Magnesium **------------ Mg |* | VIT. D **--------------- IU |* | Units per Serving------- | 1| Code for serving Description | 12| Reserved for Future Mods | 0| 1 Average 2 Cup 3 Cut 2 in x 2 in x 1/4 in 4 Fruit 5 Link 6 Medium 7 Order 8 Ounces 9 Pat 10 Pie 11 Piece 12 Serving 13 Slice 14 Slice 1/12 of cake 15 Slice 1/16 of cake F10 = complete ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Standard procedures for moving around a data field display in this program. It doesn't check for bad entries, so be careful. This is in case you find missing data for one of the foods and want to update the file. It also allows you to change the name of a food. Using the Page Up/Page Down keys will allow you to see the different codes for the serving descriptions. Key 2 - Add a food Here is where you add your own foods to the files. Again, you move around using the arrow keys, put in the data, and tell it you are finished by pressing F10. Since most information sheets on food will give you only ounces or grams, this section will take care of it. Put in the one you know and it will calculate the other one. If you put in both, it assumes ounces is correct and calculates grams. This cross calculation sometimes will cause the displayed value to differ from what you put in by a small amount. If the data is given as a percent RDA, then put it in as stated (i.e. 5%). The percent sign following the value tells the program to compute the numerical value. Putting in an asterick (*) indicates the value is unknown (and will be calculated as zero.) VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Add/Modify Food Items 24 Key 3 - Copy a Food This option allows you to move foods into a different category where you can find them. It saves trying to remember where every food is located. Select the category of food you want to copy from by putting in the appropriate number. Select the food you want to copy. File to copy food to? This is the file that you want the food copied to. It will be added as the last item. Note that the ORIGINAL food is not removed from the first category. You must remove it using option 4. Key 4: Remove a food from a category. Allows you to remove a food from a category, such as when you have copied it to another category or determine it is not accurate. Select the food in the normal manner. The program will move the LAST food in the category to that spot and delete the selected food. Key 5: Add a new food category The first thing you must do to add a category is determine what you want to call it. Using Page Up/Page Down, you can see the names already in use. If you select a duplicate name, the program will tell you and return you to here. After you have selected a display name for the new category, you will need to select a file name. It can be any combination of alphanumeric characters, but MUST NOT contain commas, periods, or other punctuation. You can see names already in use by paging through them. Duplicate names are NOT permitted. Key 6: Look at an individual food item (values not stored) Select the category and food in the standard manner. The program will then show you the 'quantity selection' screen. After you have put in the quantity you are interested in, the program will show you the calories, etc, for that quantity. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Add/Modify Food Items 25 Key 7: BUILD A RECIPE vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VITACAL VERSION 2.3 Name of Item 1 VERSION 2.0A 1 HAMBURGER 2 2 Beef Products 2 FRENCH FRIES 24 3 Beverages 3 COKE 3 4 Vitamin Supplements 5 Breakfast Cereals 6 Fish and Shellfish 7 Fruits & Fruit Juice 8 Grain Products 9 Legumes Nuts & Seeds 10 Meat & Meat Products 11 Dairy Products 12 Cheeses 13 Mixed Dishes 14 Condiments - salt 15 Nuts & Salty Snacks F7=Review F10=Finished ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Select ingredients for the recipe in the same manner you normally use when you put in your foods for the day. (I used the same routines as much as possible for continuity, so they should be very familiar by now.) Once the ingredients are selected, press F10 just like before. You will then process each individual food item to tell it the quantities of each. After it has the totals, you will go to the next segment. Notice that on the right side of the display you can see the names of the foods you have entered along with the categories selected. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Add/Modify Food Items 26 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv What is the name of this food? COLA How many servings will it make? 1 How many items per serving 1 What is the serving type 2 1 Average 2 Cup 3 Cut 2 in x 2 in x 1/4 in 4 Fruit 5 Link 6 Medium 7 Order 8 Ounces 9 Pat 10 Pie 11 Piece 12 Serving 13 Slice 14 Slice 1/12 of cake 15 Slice 1/16 of cake F10 = complete ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ After you have put in everything, it will give you a chance to name the recipe so you can recognize it and tell what the serving size and type is. This will determine what is displayed in future calls to this food. Use the F10 to indicate you are finished. After you have finished, it will show you what the recipe actually calculates out to. Were you really surprised at the results? VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Enter Activities & Meals 27 PUT IN YOUR ACTIVITIES AND MEALS On a daily basis, you will need to put in what you have eaten and what you have done (2 separate segments.) Notice that the name of the individual being changed and the date for which the data is being entered is displayed on the screen. This program segment is the most complicated and time consuming of the group. It is also the place where you will spend the most time. Notice the 'TRACKING EVERYTHING' display. When you initially enter this segment (or select a new person) it will come up flashing 'TRACKING TOTALS ONLY'. Tracking totals is the main way the program is designed to work: all analysis is based on totals. At the request of some of my users, I added this new option. It creates a very simple file that is just a running list of what you have put in by name, amount, and calorie equivalent. It is there so you can check whether you actually included the baked potato you had with dinner last night, or listed the 5 mile run you did for exercise yesterday. If you erase the file and press the F3 button, it will start a new one. You look at this file with your word processor or equivalent program. WARNING: this file 'eats' disk space like a bandit. Check remaining disk space on a regular basis if you use it (daily, weekly, whatever.) Your display will look like the following. Notice that the date and time of entry are included, along with your 'weight' for the day the data was entered. 9 DEC 1989 00:49:07 Nutrition totals added? N Beef braised/simmered lean&fat 226.95 gr 867.75 Cals WITHIN BY ONE-A-DAY 28.3 gr 0 Cals White bread - enriched 50 gr 130 Cals Rye bread 25 gr 65 Cals Bacon broiled or fried crisp 60 gr 340 Cals Butter (1 pat or teaspoon) 10 gr 70 Cals Cheddar - 1 inch cube 25.5 gr 105 Cals Beans red kidney canned 85.8 gr 75.9 Cals Lettuce Iceberg 59.28 gr 7.69 Cals Tomato raw (1 medium) 58.05 gr 10.75 Cals 9 DEC 1989 22:20:34 182 Pounds Sleeping 5hr 15min 402 Cals Driving ca 0hr 30min 97 Cals Squash dur 1hr 8min 1206 Cals Sitting at 4hr 0min 408 Cals Lying at e 0hr 37min 52 Cals VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Enter Activities & Meals 28 Enter Meal Information vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Are nutritional figures to be added to totals already entered ([Y]/N) If totals are not added, then previous entries will be erased and current data substituted. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is an important question. If you are just starting to enter the food for that day, say No. It will then zeroize the values for that day and allow you to put in what you actually ate. If, on the other hand, it is a situation where you suddenly remembered a food you had forgotten earlier (like the three slices of pie a-la- mode you had for dessert) you can specify 'Y' to add it to the previous entries and then enter only that item and have it added to the previous totals. Follows previous screen vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VITACAL VERSION 2.3 Name of Item SAUSAGE 16 1 VERSION 2.0A 2 FLOUR 8 2 Beef Products 3 MILK 11 3 Beverages 4 OIL 16 4 Vitamin Supplements 5 Breakfast Cereals 6 Fish and Shellfish 7 Fruits & Fruit Juice 8 Grain Products 9 Legumes Nuts & Seeds 10 Meat & Meat Products 11 Dairy Products 12 Cheeses 13 Mixed Dishes 14 Condiments - salt 15 Nuts & Salty Snacks F7=Review F10=Finished ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Enter Activities & Meals 29 PUT IN YOUR MEALS. The program will first ask you the name of the food you have eaten, then the category number it is in. Spelling is not important as the name is only a memory jogger that will be displayed with the foods in the category once you have put in everything you have eaten. The program will automatically sort the foods by category and then ask you to select a food from the category. By doing this, it reduces the time spent opening and closing files and reading in data. Select the actual food closest to what you ate. It will then allow you to put in the amount in Servings, Ounces, or Grams (determined by pressing the letters S, O, G respectively). The actual mode will be highlighted, and your input will be displayed next to the appropriate value. Notice that your mnenomic for the food and its associated category are displayed on the right. Once you enter more than 15 items, it rolls to the top. If you need to review items covered by this roll, press F7. Once all food has been entered, press F10 to begin processing. Put in your activities vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv bort entry Data will be entered for 11 DEC 1989 last date updated 10 DEC 1989 Total Calories used 2403 TIME REMAINING IN DAY 5 Hours 0 Minutes What activity number Possible Activities Your ActivitiesHrs Mns cals 1 90 1 Sleeping 8 30 651 2 Sleeping 2 Sitting an 0 30 89 3 Lying at ease 3 Driving ca 1 15 244 4 Sitting at ease 4 Typing w/m 8 45 1416 5 Sitting & writing 6 Office desk work 7 Piloting an Aircraft 8 Typing w/electric typewriter 9 Playing cards 10 Light housework 11 Light industrial work 12 Typing w/mechanical typewriter 13 Sitting and eating 14 General laboratory work 15 Driving car w/standard trans F7=Review Page Down Page Up F10=Finished ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Enter Activities & Meals 30 PUT IN YOUR ACTIVITIES The program will ask you for the activity number from the display, and then the time in hours and minutes you performed that activity. Pressing F10 for an activity tells it you are finished with specific activities, and it assumes you spent the remainder of the time 'sitting at ease'. You have a display of the time remaining for the day and the total calories used as you put in the data. Note: If you accidentally put in too much time for an activity, you can change it by putting in the same activity and a negative (-) time. The Page Up/Page Down keys shows the potential activities. There are over 80 of them, listed in increasing order of caloric requirement. The activities you have entered so far, along with the hours and minutes you specified for each and the associated calories, is shown on the right. Once you have filled the available screen space, the data 'rolls' back to the top. To review it all, simply press F7. Line 5 is where you actually enter data. First, you will put in the number of the activity. Then it will ask you for how many hours. The next question is how many minutes you put in. This is what it will use to calculate your caloric usage. While it is easier to understand the displays if you put things in hours and minutes, that is not critical. You can put in 3.5 hours and 187 minutes, and it will understand both. Please note that once you have told it you are 'finished' you may not go back and add activities: you must start from scratch. This is because I calculate any unused time as 'Sitting at Ease' to account for all your caloric usage in a day. Change your current weight You should update this every day. For most accurate results, you should weigh yourself at the same time every day to account for fluctuations based on activity level. I weigh myself when I first get up, just after my shower and start-of-day activities. I feel that is where I would have the least effect of the previous day's activities. Needless to say, the best way to weigh yourself is without clothes. The weight of your clothes varies, depending on design, and may skew the results in the short term. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Analysis 31 ANALYZE THE RESULTS vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VITACAL VERSION 2.3 Copyright 1989 by FLIEGWEG SOFTWARE ANALYSIS SECTION You are now working file on ROMMIE BREWER What do you want to do? 1 - Work a New Person 2 - Change Start/Stop Dates: now 11 DEC 1989 to 11 DEC 1989 3 - Specify Values to Analyze 4 - Graph Data on a High resolution monitor 5 - Look at One Days Numerical Data 6 - Look at Range of Days Numerical Data 7 - Change Monitor resolution 8 - Return to Main Menu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ANALYZE THE RESULTS You may analyze the results of what you have been putting in and how well your diet plan is working. You will have the option of selecting a single day or a range of days and getting the average of what you have done and consumed. Please don't put the starting day after the ending day. Note also that if you did not put in any data for a given day, that day will be averaged as a zero (0), distorting the results. A paper copy of your results is available. The primary means of seeing what you have done is available only to systems with graphics capability. Select the range of days and the values you want to analyze and the program will draw a graph with each day marked. (NOTE: It works on a month by month basis.) Each value (calories, weight, vitamins) will be displayed on a separate graph. Option 1 allows you to choose someone else. Option 2 allows you to specify the start and stop dates for the analysis. The date range of the current analysis is displayed on this line. If you decide to change the dates, this option will call up the 'input date' screen twice. The first time you specify the date you want to start the analysis, the second time will be the last day to be included in the analysis. Both options 4 and 6 use these dates. Option 7 alternately selects a high or medium resolution screen for the display. You will need to change it to match your system. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Analysis 32 Key 3 - Specify Values To Display vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Differential of Cal In vs Cal Out |Y| Calories Used |Y| Current Weight |Y| Calories Eaten |Y| Protein ----------------(G |Y| Fat --------------------(G |Y| Fat saturated ----------(G |Y| Fat mono unsaturated ---(G |Y| Fat poly unsaturated ---(G |Y| Cholesterol ------------(G |Y| Carbohydrates ----------(G |Y| Calcium ----------------(Mg |Y| Phosphorous ------------(Mg |Y| Iron -------------------(Mg |Y| Potassium --------------(Mg |Y| F10 = complete Sodium -----------------(Mg |Y| VIT. A -----------------(IU |Y| VIT. B1 -Thiamine-------(Mg |Y| VIT. B2 --Riboflavin----(Mg |Y| VIT. B3 -Niacine--------(Mg |Y| VIT. C --Ascorbic Acid--(Mg |Y| Fiber **----------------(G |Y| Magnesium **------------(Mg |Y| VIT. D **---------------(IU |Y| F10 = complete ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This setup is intended for use with the graphics option. Using this will allow you to look at only specific values and not have to spend the time looking through the others to get to the ones you want. It is in the form of 2 separate screens. Use the F10 key to indicate you are finished with that screen. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Analysis 33 Key 4 - graph data vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv DEMO NSTRATION 1465| |REC_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | |_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ RDA_ 290 | | | -885 | | * | / \ | ___* * * -2060| / \ / \ | * * * | / \ -3234| / * |____________________________________________________________ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Differential of Cal In vs Cal Out Press any key for next (A to Abort)...................................... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please bear with the example display. It is difficult to imitate high resolution graphics using only typewriter letters. Imagine that the graph fluctuates all the way across the page, with lines connecting 365 triangles. The triangles indicate the actual data points for the days displayed, and the connecting line helps you find them in order. This display is a full year display of the difference between calories you ate and calories you used. (This must be a dedicated person, on some days using over 3000 calories than he ate. I wish I had such dedication. Then I wouldn't have to worry about my weight at all.) This, and all the graphs, start on the first day of the start month specified and end on the last day of the month specified as the end analysis date. On the left edge of the screen you see the units associated with the data points. These change for each graph as they are automatically scaled each time the graph is drawn. The REC and RDA lines are just that; lines. They indicate the requirements you specified earlier, so that you can see how you are doing towards meeting them. Look at one days numerical data and Look At A Range Of Days Numerical Data use a similar display: VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Analysis 34 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VITACAL VERSION 2.3 Copyright 1989 by FLIEGWEG SOFTWARE Print Out as of 11:45:31 on 12-11-1989 Daily average of Calories and Vitamins ROMMIE BREWER 11 NOV 1989 to 11 DEC 1989 ITEM Average Manual RDA Daily Calories 2939 3069 2700 Weight 176 179 154 Calories expended 3349 Protein ----------------(G 111 69 56 Fat --------------------(G 125 87 0 Fat saturated ----------(G 25 0 0 Fat mono unsaturated ---(G 21 0 0 Fat poly unsaturated ---(G 80 0 0 Cholesterol ------------(G 535 0 0 Carbohydrates ----------(G 287 0 0 Calcium ----------------(Mg 1158 900 800 Phosphorous ------------(Mg 1349 800 800 Iron -------------------(Mg 28 10 10 Potassium --------------(Mg 2583 1875 1875 Sodium -----------------(Mg 3450 1100 1100 VIT. A -----------------(IU 5704 5000 5000 VIT. B1 -Thiamine-------(Mg 2 1 1 VIT. B2 --Riboflavin----(Mg 2 2 2 VIT. B3 -Niacine--------(Mg 35 18 18 VIT. C --Ascorbic Acid--(Mg 231 60 60 Fiber **----------------(G 1 0 0 Magnesium **------------(Mg 90 350 350 VIT. D **---------------(IU 131 5 5 PRESS ANY KEY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Similar to other displays on calorie and vitamin usage, this one shows the average values over the specified period of time, indicated at the top of the page. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Utilities 35 UTILITY SECTION Should be the first program you run once you have the program disks. VITACAL VERSION 2.3A Copyright 1987/90 by FLIEGWEG SOFTWARE UTILITIES SECTION 24 DEC 1990 Configuration file available What would you like to do? 1 Change data (name, password, set data file to zero) 2 Remove a person from the Personnel directory 3 Remove a food category from the Food directory 4 Change VITACAL settings (location of data files, password, etc) 5 Save current information on data files on a disk in primary drive! 6 Display data files 7 Start a new Configuration file, Personnel Directory, or Food Directory 8 Select the initial person to enter data on 9 Return to Central Menu WARNING. 2, 3, & 7 ERASES CURRENT FILES IN CATEGORY Master Password NOT required to do any of these items recommend this program be stored seperately from others Use dedicated arrow pad CAPS Lock off F2 change arrow pad NUM Lock On GREEN indicates a HOT KEY. No Return required **** OPTION 4 ****** You MUST run this option the first time you run VITACAL!!! MASTER PASSWORD |SECRET | Use Password? YN|N| Path to Food |C:\VITA\FOD\ | Path to People |C:\VITA\PRS\ | Default Person |ROMMIE | Last Name |BREWER | Password |TEST | File |BREW4 | F10 = complete Tell it where the data files are located. (Path to __) If you ran the Installation program unchanged, then all you need to do is press the F10 key. If you put the files in different locations, here is where you tell the program where the data files are located. After telling it the paths to the files, I recommend you use the option of displaying the data files (before you exit this segment). If you are unable to display the files, you probably made an error in specifying the path(s) and will need to set them again. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Utilities 36 STORE THIS PROGRAM ON A SEPARATE DISK. It can erase and destroy many/most files. It does not require a password to run. An unauthorized individual (troublesome person or innocent just pushing buttons) could destroy everything you have done. Key 1 - Start new files **** vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv What is your desire? 1 - Start a new Configuration file 2 - Start a new Personnel directory 3 - Start a new Food directory WARNING. 1 , 2, & 3 ERASES CURRENT FILES IN CATEGORY 4 - Return to Main Menu PRESS ANY KEY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is another of those dangerous segments. If you specify any of these, it will erase the old pointer files and replace them with blank files. All your old data files would still be there, but you would be unable to get to them. If you went to the program segments that created those files and ran it with the old name, it will erase the old file and again leave you with a blank. The intention of this series of segments is to allow you to have different data files on different disks. For example, if you were working a machine with only floppy disks and had a lot of people wanting to use the program, you would not have enough space on the disk. With this segment, you could create multiple disks, each handing a different group of people with a personnel file holding only the names of the people on the disk. Since the configuration data file is critical to the running of any of the programs, and could accidentally be lost or destroyed, I have included a way of creating a new one. It will put in some default values which you can change to what you need. By running this segment, you can create new ones. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Utilities 37 KEY 2: REMOVE A PERSON Select individual to remove This option will totally remove a person from the data base, and will delete the 'totals' file. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Are you sure you want me to remove THEA5 UNKNOWN from the disk and the personnel directory? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gives you one more chance to change your mind about removing the person. Key 3 - Remove a food category This will allow you to totally erase a food data file and remove it's name from the list. Use it with care. It has the primary usefulness of allowing you to reduce the number of files displayed. If you move to a part of the world that does not have the 'fast food places' around, you might want to remove them from the display. Also, if you find you have increased the files you use so much there is not any space left on the disk, you may want to remove those files you never use. To remove a file, simply type in the number associated with it and press the . WARNING: Once you have removed a file, it is gone forever. There is not a recovery mode in the program. The file is erased from the disk and the name removed from the list. Key 5 - Save Current configuration on a disk in the primary drive. This section is designed for floppy disk systems where the configuration program is stored on a seperate disk. After the initial configuration has been specified (or later changes made), you can swap the disks and save the new configuration on a different disk simply by running key 5. Key 6 - Display data files vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Which data file subdirectory do you want to see? 1 - Personnel Files 2 - Food Files ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Utilities 38 After you have set the paths telling the program where your data files are located, use this segment to see if you did it correctly. Have it display both sets of data files. If it can't and you have the files properly positioned in the program, you probably put in an improper path specification. I did quite often in the early stages of program development, hence this segment. 2 - Display Food files vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv B:\ . .. ACTIV .DAT BEVS .DAT PERSITM .DAT SALAD .DAT SOUPS .DAT TACOBELL.DAT WENDY .DAT CATTY .DAT 179200 Bytes free PRESS ANY KEY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Key 7 - Change a person's password or data file. This is another multi-function choice. The first option calls up the screen shown below. With this option, you can change the individuals password, etc. NOTE: When you change the FILE NAME, you only change it in the personnel file, you do NOT change the name of the file. If you want to change both, you must go to the DOS level and change the name of the data file. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv START SCREEN vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv New first name |TODAY | Last name |NOTHERTEST | File name |NOTH12 | Password |TEST PSW| F7 = calculations F10 = complete BLANK SPACES WILL BE REMOVED ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ END SCREEN ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is where you can change things for a forgetful client. I recommend you do not change the file name, as it only changes the pointer file, not the data files name. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Utilities 39 CHANGE DATA on a person. You can modify the actual data file using this option. Once you specify the date (see standard screens) it will display the data for that day, including weight, calories, vitamins, etc. Use the standard FLIEGWEG data screen modification to move between fields and make the desired modifications. Key 8 - Specify The Default Individual to work (See common screens on selecting a new person) This is how you select the default individual. That is the person it will automatically try to work when you run a segment. The names it displays are those from the personnel file. If no-one has been introduced yet, and the demo file is not available, you will receive a blank screen and not be able to specify a default individual. You can come back and change it any time you like. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Calculations 40 MEDICAL BASIS OF CALCULATIONS Primary calculations of your requirements are based on the following data elements: 1) Age 2) Sex 3) Height 4) Weight 5) Build 6) Activity Level Use Metric System (Y/N) Proper weight is currently determined by height and sex. CALORIE REQUIREMENTS AND USAGE Calorie requirements are based on the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). This is the minimum calorie requirement to keep an individual alive and at a constant weight if the individual was constantly asleep: i.e. no outside activity requiring caloric output. Calorie output for given activities are based on this requirement multiplied by a factor related to the given activity. RMR Resting Metabolic Rate = 1kg ideal weight * 1 kcal/hour * sex factor average man = 70kg 154 lb Sex Factor 1.05 average woman = 58kg 128 lb Sex Factor 0.97 Recommended calories per day (CALREC) RMR * kg of ideal weight *24 hour * activity factor activity factor 1 sleeping (Basic Minimum) 1.5 sedentary 1.6 light 1.7 moderate 2 strenuous BMR = CALREC/(24*60) basal (resting) cals per minute = calrec/minutes in day REFERENCE: "NUTRITION & HEALTH" by Carpenter & Calloway, pg 77-86 VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Warnings A - 41 APPENDIX A: SPECIAL NOTES & WARNINGS The file VI2-FIG.CNF must be located on the same disk and directory as the .EXE file you are trying to run. Where you must use several disks, as is the case with a twin floppy drive system, VI2-FIG.CNF must be on each disk. When you change configuration, be sure to copy a current version to each operating disk. GRAPHICS People without graphics capability will crash program if they try to draw a graph. All other segments work without the use of graphic adapters. FOOD DATA FILES Do not start a food with a blank or a number. PATHS Subdirectories, etc, must have been made previous to entering the program. When you change a path: none of the files are copied to the new path You must copy or create any files you want there The program is designed to be located in three subdirectories. One could be used, but it becomes cluttered and confusing, plus requiring a large data space. As created, it will work on a two floppy drive system: one holding the program section and one holding the two data file sections. When you are checking the calorie input of a food, Five things are shown, three are changeable 1. The number of units in a serving (fixed) 2. Estimated physical size of a serving (fixed) 3 - 5 Servings, Ounces, Grams The displayed values are the number in a standard serving. The highlighted one shows what units you are entering in. Move by pressing the appropriate letter or arrow, then put in the number of units and press . Paging of displayed foods, etc takes place when the Page Up/Page Down message is shown. Pressing the appropriate function key will caused paging or abort the entry In most, but not all, cases, pressing the escape key will return you to the previous level/entry point Also, in most cases, ^C (Control C) will terminate the program VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Warnings A - 42 A highlighted word normally indicates that is the selected mode POSSIBLE PROBLEMS 1. Invalid file. This can occur in many areas but is normally caused by the following. a) Data files and Programs are different versions. b) Path has not been properly set from the configuration program. c) The proper disks are not installed to match the paths. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Version numbering B - 43 APPENDIX B: Version Identification To determine the most current version of VITACAL, and see how it varies from your current version, see the guide below. VERSION 2.2A ^ ^^ | ||__ Minor typos | | | |__ Changes in displays and segments | |__ Major Program Changes Minor Typos This will change as I find minor errors and typos in the programs. It will have no affect on the running of the program. Changes in Displays and Segments This will indicate I have made modifications to displays and entry formats, and possibly included additional program segments. All data files and program segments will remain compatible. Major Program Changes As the name indicates, these are major changes. They will not be compatible with previous versions. This may include expanding the vitamins being calculated, etc. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Registration C - 44 APPENDIX C: REGISTRATION Send your $48.95 check or money order to the author: (current Jan 1991) (permanent) Rommie G Brewer Rommie G Brewer 15303 Ameswood or Rt 4 Box 912 San Antonio, TeXas 78232 Sheridan, ARkansas 72150 Please note: My job in DoD requires frequent moves. As such, the above listed address in Arkansas is one that will forward mail to me if I am not at the Texas address. Any questions, problems, or other correspondence should be sent to the above address. If you have not received a reply in two months, please send again. Mail addressed to the above address has been known to be lost on rare occassions. Registering (and paying) for the program will authorize you to get the next version for half price. (Please specify this when registering a follow-on version.) It will also result in your recieving a disk that does NOT have the HARASSMENT counter activated. The HARASSMENT counter is a screen that appears after you have used the program 60 days without registration. It will not damage anything nor restrict any action: it only gives you a chance to ponder the advantages of a registered copy. Registration will also provide the author with the incentive to work on improving and expanding the program. If your current circumstances prevent you from being able pay the registration fee (for example: parts of DoD are not authorized to purchase shareware programs) write the author spelling out the circumstances involved and we can attempt to find a solution. Registration is considered to be for use on a SINGLE computer. If you register the program and wish to use a copy for your own PERSONAL use on your office machine, that is also allowed. Multi-user and Site licenses are available. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Distribution D - 45 VITACAL 2.3 is a ShareWare product. As such, its primary distribution is by computer bulletin board systems (BBS'). Distribution is authorized to/by BBS systems, software distribution systems, commercial distributors of software products, clubs, individuals, etc. In short, there is no restriction on who may distribute the programs. However, YOU MAY NOT ALTER THE CODE IN ANY WAY, AND YOU MAY NOT SELL IT FOR ANY PRICE. You may charge a reasonable copy fee and reasonable distribution costs. Pay BBS Boards. The programs may be freely posted for download, IN THEIR ENTIRETY and unaltered. I would appreciate a free one year membership on your board (NOT to include any special services for which for which each use generates a fee) if downloads exceed 10 in any given year. THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. Its primary purpose would be to allow me to provide support (as available) in areas where a high interest has been indicated. Distribution Centers Request you provide me a copy of any catalogs or advertisements listing VITACAL. This is not a requirement, but would aid in determining areas of high interest in this product. VITACAL 2.3 Handbook Support BBS E - 46 APPENDIX D: HELP & SUPPORT BBS's [ H O W T O G E T S U P P O R T A N D H E L P ] If you have any suggestions as to how VITACAL and its auxiliary programs can be made more useful to you, please write me. If I see the same suggestion from several sources I will try to include that improvement in an up-date. Also if some part of this manual is incomprehensible after several readings please let me know so I can rewrite it. Please send as much information as you can about your system and any problem you may be having. Be sure to tell me which version(s) of my program(s) you have. If none of the current versions of my programs will resolve your problem I will refund the money you sent me when you registered it. If you wish to speak on the telephone send me a number where you can be called collect at night. Tell me what days and what times I should try to call. SUPPORT BOARDS The primary support BBS Board(s) for VITACAL as of Dec 1, 1990 is listed below. If the current date is vastly different from the listed date of the support board, I may no longer be in that area and may not be able to provide support through these BBS's. In such case, please write me at the registration address. Black Angel 512-661-2334 San Antonio, TX 1:/387/506 The following boards will normally have a current version of VITACAL. They are also boards I visit on a regular basis. NUL 512-692-0730 1:/387/255 LAST CHANCE 512-822-7519 1:/387/822