LightenUpHK app for iPhone and iPad

LightenUpHK is compatible with iPhones Health* app and helps you manage your eating habits through calorie counting and data sharing via Apples HealthKit*.

LightenUpHK accepts inputs from Health app including Heart Rate, Steps, Age, Height, and Weight data points. LightenUpHK writes outputs to Health app including Body Mass Index(BMI), Resting calories(BMR), Active (burn) calories, Dietary calories, Carbohydrates, Protein, Total Fat, and Fiber data points.

LightenUpHK makes it easy for you to make an informed decision about food before you eat it. In addition if you are trying to loose weight, LightenUpHK helps forecast how long it will take to reach your weight goal based on individual weight status, calories burned, and calorie consumed.

LightenUpHK is designed to be self-teaching. As you try each view read the messages under each “info” button to learn usages. Pop-up alert messages are provided to guide you through each step. Typical usage steps:

1) In the SetUp View configure start and target weights, personal stats, calorie loss rate, gender, units, USA/nonUSA health data input, and walk rate.
2) In the Home View, determine your calorie intake with BMR.
3) See how you compare to weight standards with the BMI.
4) In Workout, manage your steps, heart rate and timed workout.
5) In Consume View, define your foods in "My List" with predefined "Pick Foods", "Suggestions", or entering a New Food of your own interest. In addition, input of a food type creates a search of the USDA National Nutrient Database** resulting in a list of returned foods. When food is selected from the returned list, its nutrient values are extracted to be used in apps custom food list building capability.
6) Manage Daily Calories Consumed with "Calories" button.
7) In the Home View, see progress by checking your “Forecast".
8) If you track points try “Points

IMPORTANT...LightenUpHK DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE! The results provided are estimates based on commonly known formulas. As always, check with your physician, nutritionist or a certified personal trainer if you are trying to lose weight and have specific medical questions. We hope you find the estimated results provided useful! (See the Privacy Policy for data usage specifics.)

Inputs:
-Touch screen
-Predefined Content
-Reads Heart Rate, Steps, Age, Height, and Weight from iPhone Health app*

Outputs:
Custom build food list (My List)
-Tracks Calories consumed
-Writes to iPhone Health App* Body Mass Index(BMI), Resting calories(BMR), Active (burn) calories, Dietary calories, Carbohydrates, Protein, Total Fat, and Fiber into iPhone Health app
-Forecasts days to achieve you weight loss goal
-Forecasts maintenance calories
-Forecasts goal calories
-Charts progress
-Calories Burned (working out)
-Body Mass Index (BMI)
-Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
-Estimated Points

Features:
-Interaction with iPhone Health App*
-Cumulative tracking of calories, fat, carbs, protein, and fiber consumed
-Provides predefined input information
-Provides custom information input
-Ability to forecast personal weight goals
-Integrated calculations based on gender, age, weight, BMI, BMR, calories, steps, and heart rate
-Timed work out

*iPhone Health app is part of the IOS8 standard release on iPod and iPhones. HealthKit, Health app, IOS8, iPod and iPhone are trademarked products of Apple Inc.

**U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2014. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release . Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata