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crewahl
crewahl Posts: 5,169 Member
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WW had a “Ask Me Anything” session that’s essentially a Q&A largely for newer members. (I wandered in out of curiosity.) One question caught my eye. A person asked, “When is WW going to go to decimals instead of fractions for sizes? Sometimes my grams fall between the fractions.”

Good Lordy . . . . I can't help thinking that assumption of precision doesn’t bode well for a person's long term success. If the fractions that WW uses in the tracker are eighths, this person is looking for someth8ng smaller than one eighth of a gram - a degree of measurement that is in the range of four thousandths of an ounce. I’m honestly pretty sure I still spill more than that when I eat.

Not denigrating anyone else’s journey or expectations, but . . . . wow.

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  • misterhub
    misterhub Posts: 7,092 Member
    edited June 2023
    I decided long years ago to only record my weight in whole pounds. I don't do 1/4, 1/2, 3/4. I don't do it because it's the whole pound that matters to me. While I get it that any form of progress is important to many, I also realize that it's about the trend line - not the daily variances that can be due to many things.

    So, your point is well made.

    BTW, I use a phone app called Happy Scales to record my daily weight and show my trend line. Very good app.
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 5,169 Member
    misterhub wrote: »
    I use a phone app called Happy Scales to record my daily weight and show my trend line. Very good app.

    I’ve heard good things about it from people on Connect. My only concern is I’m using WW points for my “boundaries” and double-tracking calories on MFP for a different view and more nutrition insight. Would I get more value from Happy Scale that I get from tracking in MFP, in your opinion? Double-tracking is a bit compulsive I’ll admit; not sure what triple-tracking would say about me. 🤷🏻‍♂️
  • misterhub
    misterhub Posts: 7,092 Member
    I don't track on MFP. I track all of my calories on the NOOM app. I do double-track my weight on both Happy Scale and NOOM. Happy Scale is purely a weight tracking app. No calories. One entry a day for your weight.
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 5,169 Member
    misterhub wrote: »
    I don't track on MFP. I track all of my calories on the NOOM app. I do double-track my weight on both Happy Scale and NOOM. Happy Scale is purely a weight tracking app. No calories. One entry a day for your weight.

    Thanks. I’m tracking my weight on a spreadsheet and doing my own charts and graphs, so I guess I’ll stick with that.
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 9,714 Member
    crewahl wrote: »
    misterhub wrote: »
    I use a phone app called Happy Scales to record my daily weight and show my trend line. Very good app.

    I’ve heard good things about it from people on Connect. My only concern is I’m using WW points for my “boundaries” and double-tracking calories on MFP for a different view and more nutrition insight. Would I get more value from Happy Scale that I get from tracking in MFP, in your opinion? Double-tracking is a bit compulsive I’ll admit; not sure what triple-tracking would say about me. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    You're not being compulsive. I double track also. ;)
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 9,714 Member
    edited June 2023
    BTW, the WW app now goes down to 1/12.
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 5,169 Member
    edited June 2023
    Al_Howard wrote: »
    BTW, the WW app now goes down to 1/12.

    Hmm - I’m still seeing 1/8 increments as the base. Is that an Android thing?
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 9,714 Member
    crewahl wrote: »
    Al_Howard wrote: »
    BTW, the WW app now goes down to 1/12.

    Hmm - I’m still seeing 1/8 increments as the base. Is that an Android thing?

    Dunno, On the PC, running Win 11.

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