Click on the update results button in the main diary window to load the update window.

The update results window its quite simple, but very powerful! You can track as little, or much as you want, and use the window to add a new weight or update an existing entry.

Start by checking the date is correct (1) for the entry you want to add or update. You can change the date using the two arrow buttons to the left of the displayed date.

Next, update your weight (2). The weight will be shown in the units currently specified in your user profile. We recommend you update your weight on a weekly basis, this helps the software calculate the current daily calorie recommendation and keeps the results graphs up to date.

You can add a note to accompany the weight measurement, perhaps to remind you in the future how you were doing with your diet at the time. For example you may have had a vacation and want to make a note so in future reports you can see why you did not maintain your diet that week.

The additional tracking options (3) are optional, you do not need to use them but many users find them very useful. There is no limit as to how many additional items you can track and you can change the items you want to track to suit your own needs, for example many diabetic users monitor their blood levels.

To change the items you are tracking, press the delete icon (4) to delete an item you do not want to track, or the add itcon (5) to add a new field to track.

Once you are happy and would like to confirm your entry simply click the ‘OK’ button.

If you have changed the date to a date in the past the Perfect Diet Tracker will warn you that you are about to enter a historic weight, and ask if you want to enter the weight for the date in the past, or use todays date.

23 October 2009: Updated screen shot for version 3.2

If you want to change your user details after the initial user setup, you can do so by selecting this option.

You can change your password, age and height, country, the location of the data files and much more.

The update your results option lets you update your current weight and track other measurements.

We recommend you update your weight on a weekly basis, this helps the software calculate the current daily calorie recommendation and keeps the results graphs up to date.

If you want to alter the amount of weight you want to lose or gain, or perhaps increase or decrease your current activity level (for example you may want to increase your activity level if you are going on holiday and will do a lot of walking) you can do so by selecting the ‘change your goals’ menu item.

View your results lets you see your progress so far.

If you are working on a specific diet that has a different target nutritional profile to the default settings you can alter the target using this option.

You can also access this menu item by using the small ‘spanner’ icon to the bottom right of the target nutritional profile pie chart.

This option lets you turn the internet search option on and off.