Meter having post-meal test-time alarm

1. A method for using a meter adapted to determine an analyte concentration reading, the meter having a display adapted to display information to a user, the method comprising:

displaying the analyte concentration reading on the display;

displaying an icon representing a pre-meal marker on the display;

in response to a selection of the icon representing a pre-meal marker being received by the meter to mark that the analyte concentration displayed on the display is a pre-meal analyte concentration, displaying an icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm on the display;

in response to a selection of the icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm,

automatically activating the post-meal test-time alarm after a predetermined amount of time to remind the user to obtain a post-meal analyte concentration reading, the predetermined amount of time being predetermined by the meter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising storing the post-meal analyte concentration reading.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the analyte is glucose.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined amount of time is about 1 ½ to about 2 ½ hours from the selection of the icon representing a pre-meal marker.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the activating of the post-meal test-time alarm occurs about two hours after a meal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the icon representing a pre-meal marker is a food icon.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the food icon is an apple.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm is a clock icon.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, via a user input mechanism, a selection of the icon representing a pre-meal marker to mark the analyte concentration as a pre-meal analyte concentration.

10. A method for using a meter adapted to determine an analyte concentration reading, the meter having a display adapted to display information to a user, the method comprising:

displaying the analyte concentration reading on the display;

displaying an icon representing a pre-meal marker on the display;

identifying the analyte concentration as a pre-meal analyte concentration reading via selection of the icon representing a pre-meal marker;

in response to the identification of the pre-meal analyte concentration reading, displaying an icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm on the display; and

in response to a selection of the icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm, activating the post-meal test-time alarm after a predetermined amount of time set by the meter to remind the user to obtain a post-meal analyte concentration reading.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising storing the pre-meal analyte concentration reading and the post-meal analyte concentration reading in a memory device of the meter.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the analyte is glucose.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined amount of time is about 1 ½ to about 2 ½ hours from the selection of the pre-meal marker.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the activating the post-meal test-time alarm occurs about two hours after a meal.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the icon representing a pre-meal marker is a food icon.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the food icon is an apple.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm is a clock icon.