If you have a weight problem it seems the modern solution is to
talk it over with your ZX81!
This package is quite large with two cassettes and a 22-page
booklet, and your first problem is digging out the cassettes from
their plastic beds. However, the book is easier to extract, and is
worth reading, if only to dream of blueberry pie and baked bluefish.
Seriously though, you must read the book first because you have to
prepare certain information about your eating habits before you can
answer the questions on the first cassette. After the computer has
digested the information regarding your age, sex, height and eating
habits your own personal weight goals are assessed. Side B is concerned
with producing menus based on different foods of different caloric
values, giving recommended qualities and even taking your mood into
account.
Because dieting is such a personal, sometimes very serious business,
I can neither recommend nor condemn this program. Although I understand
the program was written by a Dr. M. Minksy I can find no reference to him
in the handbook.
22nd May 1984
