Q: When and how should I weigh the food that I eat?

**It can be a bit tricky to know when and how to weigh the food that you eat and when you enter it as ingredients to a meal. So, how should you think around this? We recommend that you weigh your food in the state in which you purchased it. Items such as pasta, rice, meat, fish and others can be tracked based on the package information. However, you should only weigh the parts of the food that you actually consume, for example a banana without the peel and an avocado without the stone. When you are tracking food and searching for items in the food database, please try to search using keywords like e.g.: <ul> <li>Raw</li> <li>Cooked</li> <li>Fried</li> <li>Boiled</li> <li>Steamed</li> <li>Dried</li> </ul> This will make sure you get your food item in the correct preparation state.

Question 1

16:8 - Evening fasting

Accepted Answer

The 16:8 Evening fasting includes a 21-day Meal Plan and shopping list that will help you reach your goal. In this plan, you will eat during an 8 hour period and then fast for 16. As guidance, you get recipes that you can follow strictly or use only as inspiration. Make all the tweaks you want to fit your own dietary needs!

|| All Programs & Meal Plans require an active Premium Subscription.

**How does the 16:8 Evening fasting work?

You get three recipe suggestions for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day for your eating window of 8 hours. We suggest that you start your eating window at about 10.00 AM with breakfast and have your last meal, dinner, before 6.00 PM when your fast begins again.

You don't have to follow the suggestions above but can adjust your 8-hour eating window according to your own schedule and lifestyle.

**I can't find the 16:8 Evening fasting meal plan. Where can I find it?

All available Meal Plans and Programs are located under the Programs tab in the app. If you are unable to locate this Meal Plan on that page you may have some incompatible settings in the app. Please read more about the requirements for each Meal Plan here.

**Here's a suggestion of food items to add to the plan for users with a higher energy requirement than what the plan contains:

Recipes in this plan include around 1300 kcal in tot

Question 2

The Lifesum watch app for Android - How does it work? - Android

Accepted Answer

*The Lifesum app for Android Watches allows you to control a number of functions on your wrist by showing you the current progress and some options related to them.*

How do I log in?

You can choose to login with email and password or to login with Google.

|| Choose the same login method as the one you have for the app on your mobile device in order to access the same account.

**What features can I access in the watch app? **

There are three different screens you can swipe in between.

*The main screen:*

On this screen you get a quick overview of how many calories you have left to reach you daily goal and allows you to add quick simplified entries to the Diary. This can be accessed by pressing the " *plus sign*".

Select which meal you would like to add to.
For Breakfast, Lunch and *Dinner* you get to choose the size of the meal between Small, Medium and Large

|| The different sizes is a set percentage of your daily recommended calorie intake.

For Snack you get to choose what type of snack you ate, where each category adds a set amount of calories:
Here is a list of all the Snack options and how many calories they represents:

*Fruits* = 85 kcal

*Vegetables* = 75 kcal

*Sweets* = 300 kcal

**Salty **= 350 kcal

*Drinks* = 110 kcal

*Dairy* = 150 kcal

*Meat* = 150 kcal

_*The second screen:

Question 3

When and how should I weigh the food that I eat?

Accepted Answer

**It can be a bit tricky to know when and how to weigh the food that you eat and when you enter it as ingredients to a meal. So, how should you think around this?

We recommend that you weigh your food in the state in which you purchased it. Items such as pasta, rice, meat, fish and others can be tracked based on the package information.

However, you should only weigh the parts of the food that you actually consume, for example a banana without the peel and an avocado without the stone.

When you are tracking food and searching for items in the food database, please try to search using keywords like e.g.:

Raw
Cooked
Fried
Boiled
Steamed
Dried

This will make sure you get your food item in the correct preparation state.

Question 4

Life Score™- iOS

Accepted Answer

What is the Life Score™?

The Life Score™ is a weekly health tracker in the Lifesum app that evaluates your overall health based on **16 key nutrition and exercise metrics. It provides:

A comprehensive score (0–150) reflecting your lifestyle habits.
Personalised feedback highlighting areas where you excel and suggestions for improvement.

|| In order to get access to all details about your Life Score™ you need a premium subscription.

How is the Life Score™ calculated?

The score is based on:

**Nutrition: Are you consuming adequate fruits, vegetables, unsaturated fats, and other key food and nutrients?
**Water Intake: Are you staying hydrated and logging your water consumption?
**Exercise: Do you have a balanced mix of activities, including strength, low-intensity, and high-intensity exercises?

Tracking Methods

**Health Test: Complete a 41-question test to receive an initial score. You can retake the test to update your score until you regularly track your habits.
**Daily Tracking: Once you consistently log food, exercise, and water, your score will reflect this tracked data for more accuracy.
**Habit Trackers: Activating habit trackers (e.g., for water, vegetables, fruits) contributes to your score and helps you stay on top of specific goals.

Weekly Score Updates

Your Life Score™ updates every Monday, summarising

Question 5

Cholesterol

Accepted Answer

What is it?

Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in your blood that’s necessary for building cells, producing hormones, and making vitamin D. While your liver produces all the cholesterol your body needs, additional cholesterol can come from certain foods.

Why is it needed?

Cholesterol is essential for maintaining cell structure and is involved in creating hormones, vitamin D, and bile acids that help digest fats. However, an excess can be harmful, especially if it leads to a buildup in your arteries, increasing the risk of heart disease.

What to do if I have high cholesterol?

If your cholesterol levels are too high, lifestyle changes can help bring them down. Steps include:

*Eating heart-healthy foods*: Focus on high-fiber foods, lean proteins, and foods low in saturated and trans fats.
*Increasing physical activity*: Exercise can help raise "good" HDL cholesterol and lower "bad" LDL cholesterol.
*Maintaining a healthy weight*: Even a modest weight loss can help lower cholesterol.
*Avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol*: These habits can affect cholesterol levels and overall heart health.

If lifestyle changes aren’t enough, a healthcare provider might recommend medication to help lower your cholesterol.

What foods are high in cholesterol?

Certain foods are naturally high in cholesterol and should be eaten in moderation if having issues with high cholesterol levels :

Red m

Question 6

How to connect to and sync with Health Connect - Android

Accepted Answer

Connect to Health Connect in order to sync your exercise data to Lifesum and your nutrition data to your connected health apps. With Health Connect installed on your Android device you can sync your exercise and food data from Lifesum to other apps in an easy way.

**How do I connect Lifesum to Health Connect? **

This can be done by following these steps:

Go to the Diary/Progress tab.
Go to your Profile in the top right corner.
Go to Settings in the top right corner.
Go to Automatic Tracking.
Select Health Connect and follow the instructions.

**Which apps does currently work with Health Connect?

Currently, these are some of the apps you can sync to Lifesum via Health Connect:

Samsung Health
Fitbit
Google Fit
Oura

**What data is it possible to import/export to or from Health Connect?

**Import:

Exercises
Total calories burned
Steps tracked

**Export:

Nutrition (tracked food)
Hydration (tracked water)

**How do I connect an app via Health Connect? **

If you want to connect the exercise or health app you are using to Lifesum via Health Connect you can do so. How this is done varies a bit depending on which app you want to use, here are some examples:

How to sync Google Fit to Health Connect:

Open **Google Fit.
Tap **Profile.
Go to **Settings.
Go to **Health Connect settings.
Go to

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