Integrated weight loss control method

• US 5,839,901 A
• Filed: 10/01/1997
• Issued: 11/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kip M. Karkanen
• Original Assignee: Kip M. Karkanen
• Inventors: Karkanen, Kip M.
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US08/943,043
• Time in Patent Office: 419 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300, 128/920, 128/921, 235/114, 434/127, 364/709.03, 250/215, 482/1-9, 482/148, 482/900-902, 73/379.01
• US Class Current: 434/127
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management

Abstract

An integrated system of collecting data and reporting results, enabling an understanding of weight control and weight loss. The first embodiment of the invention is for a method of estimating an individual'"'"'s baseline normal activities calories. The second embodiment of the invention is a method for the individual to plan and forecast weight loss goals. The third embodiment of the invention enables the individual to record estimates of weight and food calories and exercise calories constructing his own weight loss database. The individual'"'"'s calories density is measured and is used to increase plan and forecast accuracy. A graphical representation of the data enables the individual to detect body water shifts, weight plateauing and resting metabolic rate changes so as to enable the individual to know the reasons why the individual is losing or not losing weight. The system organizes the data to minimize the impact of errors in the data while maximizing the data'"'"'s information value. The system uses the individual'"'"'s own body in a closed loop approach as its own calorimeter.

Claims

1. A method for reducing or increasing an individual'"'"'s actual weight, the method comprising the steps of:

a) planning a daily Calories Expended, and a daily Calories Intake, for calculating a Plan Calorie Deficit and a Plan Ending Weight;

b) recording an Actual Date, an Actual Food Calories and an Actual Exercise Calories into a database daily;

c) calculating an Actual Normal Activity Calories from steps (a) and (b) daily;

d) calculating an Actual Calorie Deficit from steps (b) and (c) daily;

e) calculating an Actual Forecast Weight Change from steps (a), (b) and (d) daily;

f) calculating an Actual Forecast Weight from steps (b) and (e) daily;

g) calculating the daily Plan Weight from steps (a) and (b) daily;

h) calculating an Actual Average Food Calories from the daily Actual Food Calories, an Actual Average Exercise Calories from the daily Actual Exercise Calories, an Actual Average Normal Activity Calories from the daily Actual Normal Activity Calories, an Actual Average Calorie Deficit from the daily Actual Calorie Deficit and the Cumulative Actual Forecast Weight Change from the daily Actual Forecast Weight Change from steps (b), (c), (e) and (f);

i) calculating an Actual Average Calorie Density from step (h);

j) calculating the Plan Calorie Deficit and Plan Ending Weight;

k) adjusting eating and exercising habits to move toward and achieve the Plan Calorie Deficit;

l) repeating steps (b) through (k) daily until Plan Ending Weight is reached.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein step (a) comprises the further step of calculating an Initial Plan Normal Activity Calories comprising the steps of:

a'"'"') recording the individual'"'"'s Sex, Age, Beginning Actual Weight, Height, Number of Weekday Days per Week, Number of Weekend Days per Week, a Description of Weekday Activities, a Description of Weekend Activities, an Activity Coefficient Multiple (xRMR) for each activity, a Weekday Hours spent and a Weekend Hours spent on each activity;

b'"'"') calculating a Plan Resting Metabolic Rate as follows;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">Male RMR=66.47+13.75W+5H-6.755A (a)

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">Female RMR=655.1+9.56W+1.85H-4.68A (b)

where;

RMR=Plan Resting Metabolic Rate (Cal/day)

W=Nude Beginning Actual Weight (kg) where 45≦

W≦

136 kg

H=Barefoot Height (cm) where 152≦

H≦

213 cm

c'"'"') calculating a weighted average Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories from step (a'"'"');

d'"'"') Calculating a Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories Multiple of Resting Metabolic Rate (x RMR) by dividing the Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories by the Plan Resting Metabolic Rate of step (b'"'"') and (c'"'"');

e'"'"') measuring an Actual Resting Metabolic Rate; and

f'"'"') calculating a more accurate Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories using the Actual Resting Metabolic Rate of step (e'"'"');

g'"'"') calculating a more accurate Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories Multiple of Resting Metabolic Rate (xRMR) by dividing the Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories by the Actual Resting Metabolic Rate of step (e'"'"').

3. The method of claim 1 wherein Step (a) comprises the further step of calculating individual'"'"'s Calculated Plan Average Normal Activity Calories and entering the individual'"'"'s Beginning Actual Weight, Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories, Plan Number of Days, Plan Average Food Calories, Plan Average Exercise Calories and Plan Average Calorie Density;

the Calculated Plan Average Normal Activity Calories being calculated according to;

##EQU11## N_P,t =Calculated Plan Average Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) over time period t

W_P,t =Average Weight (lbs) over time period t

W₀ =Beginning Actual Weight (lbs) at time period t=0 and

N₀ =Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time period t=0 ##EQU12## W_P,t =Average Weight (lbs) is substituted in Equation (a) W₀ =Beginning Actual Weight (lbs) at time period t=0

F_P,t =Plan Average Food Calories (Cal/day) over time period t

E_P,t =Plan Average Exercise Calories (Cal/day) over time period t

N₀ =Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time period t=0

ρ

_P,t =Plan Average Calorie Density (Cal/lb) over time period t ##EQU13## Adj_Plan/Act,t is an adjustment so that Calculated Plan Average Normal Activity Calories will be the same as Actual Average Normal Activity Calories.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein Step (a) comprises the further step of calculating the individual'"'"'s Plan Average Calorie Deficit using the Plan Average Normal Activity Calories, Plan Average Exercise Calories and Plan Average Food Calories;

the Plan Average Calorie Deficit being calculated according to;

##EQU14## Deficits_P,t =Plan Average Calorie Deficit (Cal/day) over time t N_P,t =Plan Average Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) over time t

E_P,t =Plan Average Exercise Calories (Cal/day) over time t

F_P,t =Plan Average Food Calories (Cal/day) over time t

and where deficits are defined to be positive.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein step (a) further comprises the step of calculating the individual'"'"'s Plan Ending Weight comprising using the Plan Average Calorie Density;

##EQU15## W_P,t =Plan Ending Weight (lbs) at time period t W₀ =Beginning Actual Weight (lbs) at time period t=0

(Deficit_P,t )=Plan Average Calorie Deficit (Cal/day) over time period t

ρ

_P,t =Plan Average Calorie Density (Cal/lb) over time period t

the Plan Ending Weight being calculated according to.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein step (b) further comprises recording the Actual Date, Actual Food Calories and Actual Exercise Calories for each consecutive day.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (c) the individual'"'"'s Actual Normal Activity Calories is calculated exactly using the formulas:

##EQU16## N_A,t =Actual Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time period t N₀ =Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time period t=0

xRMR=Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories Multiple of Resting Metabolic Rate (xRMR) at time period t=0

Δ

W_A,t-1 =Change in Actual Forecast Weight (lbs) over time period t to t-1.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c) the individual'"'"'s Actual Normal Activity Calories is calculated using the formula:

##EQU17## N_A,t =Actual Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time period t N₀ =Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time period t=0

xRMR=Plan Initial Normal Activity Calories Multiple of Resting Metabolic Rate (xRMR) at time period t=0

Δ

W_A,t-1 =Change in Actual Forecast Weight (lbs) over time period t to t-1.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (d) the individual'"'"'s daily Actual Calorie Deficit is calculated according to the formula:

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">Deficit.sub.A,t = N.sub.A,t +E.sub.A,t -F.sub.A,t !

where;

Deficit_A,t =Actual Calorie Deficit (Cal/day) at time t

N_A,t =Actual Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) at time t

E_A,t =Actual Exercise Calories (Cal/day) at time t

F_A,t =Actual Food Calories (Cal/day) at time t

and where weight loss deficits are defined to be positive.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (e) the individual'"'"'s daily Actual Forecast Weight Change is calculated according to the formula:

##EQU18## where;

Daily Change_A,t =Actual Forecast Weight Change (lbs/day) at time period t

Deficit_A,t =Actual Calorie Deficit (Cal/day) at time period t

ρ

_P,t =Plan Average Calorie Density (Cal/lb) at time period t.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (f) the individual'"'"'s Actual Forecast Weight is calculated according to the formula:

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">W.sub.t =W.sub.t-1 +Daily Change.sub.A,t if W.sub.A,t =0 (a)

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">W.sub.t =W.sub.A,t +Daily Change.sub.A,t if W.sub.A,t >

0 (b)

where;

W_t =Actual Forecast Weight (lbs) at time period t

W_t-1 =Actual Forecast Weight (lbs) at prior time period t-1

W_A,t =Actual Weight (lbs) at time period t

Daily Change_A,t =Actual Forecast Weight Change (lbs) at time t.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (g) the individual'"'"'s daily Plan Weight is calculated according to the formula:

##EQU19## where;

W_Plan,t =Plan Weight (lbs) at time period t,120

W₀ =Beginning Actual Weight (lbs) at time period t=0,120

Deficit_P,t =Plan Deficit (Cal/day) at time period t,120

ρ

_P,t =Plan Average Calorie Density (Cal/lb) at time period t,120

T=Actual Days of Plan (Days) at time period t=T.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (h) the individual'"'"'s Actual Average Calorie Deficit calculated according to the formula:

##EQU20## Deficit_A,t =Actual Average Calorie Deficit (Cal/day) over time t N_A,t =Actual Average Normal Activity Calories (Cal/day) over time t

E_A,t =Actual Average Exercise Calories (Cal/day) over time t

F_A,t =Actual Average Food Calories (Cal/day) over time t

and where deficits are defined to be positive.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (i) the individual'"'"'s Actual Average Calorie Density is calculated acccording to the formula:

##EQU21## where;

ρ

_A,t =Actual Average Calorie Density (Cal/lb) over time period t

Σ

Deficit_A,t =Cumulative Actual Calorie Deficit (Cal) over time period t

Σ

Δ

W_A,t =Cumulative Actual Forecast Weight Change (lbs) over time period t

where deficits and decreases in weight are defined to be positive.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the accuracy of calories estimates are determined using the calculated Actual Average Calorie Density and the standard density of 3500 calories per pound of actual weight whereby Actual Average Calorie Densities of more than approximately 6000 calories per pound is evidence of inaccurate calorie estimates at a 95 percent confidence level.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the Plan Ending Weight is predicted by replacing the Plan Average Calorie Density with the Actual Average Calorie Density.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein in step (k) the calculated Actual Days of Plan, the calculate Actual Average Food Calories, the calculated Actual Average Exercise Calories, the calculated Actual Average Normal Activity Calories and the calculated Actual Calorie Density are used with the Plan Number of Days, the Plan Average Food Calories, the Plan Average Exercise Calories, the Plan Average Normal Activity Calories and the Plan Average Calorie Density causing the Plan Ending Weight to equal the Actual Forecast Weight so as to initialize and equilibrate the plan and actual results for forecasting weight more accurately.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein an acceptable upper limit for the Plan Average Food Calories is calculated at a 95% confidence level so that weight will be lost over the Plan Number of Days, the Plan Average Food Calories being the sum of the Plan Average Normal Activity Calories and Plan Average Exercise Calories multiplied by 0.75.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein Step (k) further comprises graphing the individual'"'"'s Actual Weight, Plan Weight, and Actual Forecast Weight and then identifying body water shifts, weight plateauing and resting metabolic rate changes.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein step (k) further comprises graphing the individual'"'"'s Actual Weight, Plan Weight and Actual Forecast Weight to monitor results of purposefully made Plan changes.