VidaOne Diet & Fitness Reviewer's Comments
VidaOne Diet & Fitness, "TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award" winner, combines two popular programs into one: MySportTraining and MyPersonal Diet. The new interface presents your personal information in an easy to track format, supporting your exercise and nutrition progress with a variety of reports and charts. If you use a Windows compatible handheld device, you’ll appreciate VidaOne’s additional programs to synchronize your computer with your device. Conveniently record your workouts and food consumption wherever you are. Keep track with VidaOne and gain that extra edge of motivation to achieve your fitness goals.
Personal Information
The Welcome wizard will provide prompts to enter your personal profile. You may add profiles for as many users as you’d like and each profile can be password protected. You will enter your personal stats and your target weight and then move on to customize your meal information and workout schedule.
Exercise
The exercise module is an adaptation of MySportTraining, which tracks both gym workouts and aerobic or sports activities. Find the strength and cardio data entry windows and use the activity filter to customize your selections. VidaOne provides comprehensive tools to accurately track your activities whether you’re starting up at the gym or are an athlete in training. Beginners will appreciate the simple drawings shown with each predefined exercise and the muscle chart to select exercises based on target area. In addition to recording your activity, VidaOne allows you to track the weather, your energy level and your mood … sparkling!
Nutrition
VidaOne provides healthy guidelines for losing weight. Once you have established your target, the program will calculate a realistic time period for weight loss (or gain) and the number of calories per day to stay on track. You may choose from several diets:
- USDA Food Pyramid
- High Carb
- Low Carb
- High Protein
- Low Protein
- Low Fat
As you enter your meals in the future, VidaOne will alert you to food choices that do not fit into your diet. Use the Food Organizer to customize your food requirements and include only the foods you eat. You may add or delete foods at any time.
Calendar
Convenient icons let you see your activities and progress for the month in one colorful calendar. Choose from many icons to graphically show your activities from a 50-mile bike trip to an easy family ride. See both weight and calories consumed.
Bonus Features
- Download workouts from most Polar® heart rate monitors.
- Choose What To Do and VidaOne will tactfully recommend actions to reach your goal based on your actual eating and exercise habits: “Consider eating less.”
- Seamless synchronization with your handheld device and a variety of add-on programs like VidaOneGPS.
- VidaOne calculators: Basal Metabolic Rate, Body Mass Index and Lean Body Mass.
Ease of Use:
The summary view makes it easy to see a monthly snapshot of your fitness progress. Colorful graphs and useful icons speed analysis. Easily move from one area to another: Summary, Journal, Calendar, Reports and Graphs. Customize both food and activities to streamline tracking. Generate clear graphs to illustrate your progress. You’ll find VidaOne intuitive and easy to use.
Help/Support:
For help, a PDF User Guide is available, access FAQs online or send an email.
Summary:
VidaOne Diet & Fitness is a synthesis of two programs to provide a comprehensive fitness tracking program. With its synchronization with handheld devices, tracking is streamlined; you can record your progress as it occurs. Every feature is designed to motivate: friendly icons, customizable modules, diagrams, reports and charts. At home and on the road—VidaOne is an optimal program to meet your fitness goals.
