ADD A MEAL

How do I add a meal?
You have two options: 1) create a meal from scratch; 2) copy a meal from one day to another.

If you are just getting started, you obviously have no meals stored, so you will configure a meal with the Nutrition Calculator and save a meal to a day.

Once you have saved some meals, you have the option of going to another day in the Food Planner, choosing "Copy an Existing Meal," and then selecting a meal you have used before.

How do I change a meal?
When reviewing a meal assigned to a day, click on the "Edit a Meal" button to begin the editing process.

Can I copy a saved meal to another day?
You certainly can. As described above in how to add a meal, choose "Copy an Existing Meal" from the top of a specific day's page and then choose from meals in various months.

STORED MEALS

I want to move a meal to another day. Is this possible?
While you can't move a meal to another day, you can copy the meal in question to another day (as described above) and then delete it from the day you no longer need it stored on. It's a two-step process: copy then delete.

Can I add a note without adding a meal?
Yes. Notes are independent of meals, so if you delete a meal, your notes will not be affected.

Can I enter my own nutritional values that I know?
You certainly can. On a particular day's page, you will find a box containing the logo. Use the controls in this area to enter, save, modify, or delete your own custom data. These foods/meals cannot be added to the comparison list and are not considered when averaging meals during any time period.

COMPARE MEALS

Why do I want to do this?
This feature is a great way to see which meals are healthier than others. Since it may be hard to flip between days, we want to offer you a side-by-side comparison if you want to use it.

I've compared some meals. How do I get rid of them and compare other meals?
You can delete individual meals from your list by clicking the symbol next to each meal, or you can delete all meals by choosing the "Remove All Meals" button at the bottom of the "Meals to Compare" box.

I had a meal on my comparison list, but now it's not there. Why is that?
If you logged out of the Food Planner, your temporary comparison list is deleted.

It may have also been that if you left yourself logged in for an extended period of time, your session expired on the server and your information was lost. Your stored meals weren't lost, just the temporary things like your login status and meal comparisons.

Also, if you added a meal to your comparison list and then went and deleted the meal altogether from the Food Planner, the system removed it from the comparison list since it's no longer available for viewing.

NUTRITONAL AVERAGES

What's up with the math?
We've had to round some values, so the numbers may be off by just a fraction.

I can't average a day. What gives?
This should only happen if you do not have any meals stored on that day.

How are you getting these results?
When we average a day, we sum the meals you have stored and divide by the number you have on that day. Then we multiply by three, since the average person eats Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner to acquire their nutritional values for the day. Each meal on a day is weighted equally.

Weeks are averaged for 21 meals, while months are averaged for 3 times the number of days in the month. The "all meals" average option figures you ate 3 meals a day for the number of days the Food Planner allows for planning (365 or 366).

ACCOUNT SETTINGS

Can I change my name/e-mail address?
You can. Do we need your real first name and last name? No, but it won't make your Food Planner pages look as silly if you give us your real name so the system can print it at the top.

As for your e-mail address, you can change it at any time as well. Keep in mind that password recovery goes to the e-mail address you provide, so don't switch it to your friend's e-mail because they could then discover your password.

If I delete my account and sign back up, will my stored meals still be there?
No. When you delete your account, it takes your name, password, all of your meals, and all of your notes out of the system. Everything associated with you is purged and cannot be recovered. Once you delete your account, you can sign back up with that e-mail address again, but you will have to start over from scratch.

What do I do if I forget my password?
Use our password recovery tool linked on the log-in page. Provide us with your e-mail address, click submit, and then check that e-mail account to find your password from the Food Planner.

MISCELLANEOUS

What do you do with my information?
Nutrition Addition doesn't do anything with your information. We don't sell it. We don't give it out for free. It stays with us so you can use the Food Planner.

The dining program at your school, however, does have access to a list of first names, last names, e-mail address, and number of meals stored in your account. This is strictly so they can see how popular or useful the Food Planner is. They may use these statistics for their own research or for contests or promotions, but they don't know your password or anything about your meals other than the number you have stored.

Do you look through my planner and see what I'm eating?
No. We have better things to do.