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TrendWeight

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"What Is TrendWeight, Exactly?

When you really want to track your weight loss, you probably know you should disregard day to day changes in weight and instead focus on the trend over time. To do this, TrendWeight uses the methodology described by John Walker in his online book, The Hacker's Diet.

The idea is pretty simple. You weigh yourself each day on either a FitBit Aria Scale or a Withings WiFi Scale, and TrendWeight will plot a moving average from your daily weight alongside your daily scale weight. This gives you a better idea of your weight trend by masking most of the day to day noise that variances in water weight introduce. Your dashboard will also calculate some statistics that will help you fine tune how much you are eating so that you hit your desired rate of weight loss."

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Food scale.
    Body scale.
    USDA nutrient database.
  • mlaccs
    mlaccs Posts: 25 Member
    MFP +MapMyWalk + FitBit for the win
  • Yeah, Fitbit works pretty cool together with MFP. I use it all the time, even while sleeping to track my awakenings. So far, so good!
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Calorie King app on the phone- you can punch in exactly the grams of whatever you're weighing and it gives you calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc- no math needed.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Sounds like a useful app!

    Food scale for me.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Digital scales.
    Libra for Android.
    My favourite, most comfortable in the world, bright blue Nike running shoes.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    edited October 2015
    Food scale.
    Body weight scale.
    RunKeeper.
    MFP.
    MS Excel - I've got my own weight tracking spreadsheet.
    Bicycle.
    Coffee pot.
  • camsthebrave
    camsthebrave Posts: 14 Member
    For me it's:
    Food Scale
    Body Weight Digital Scale
    Measuring cups / spoons
    Portion control Tupperwear (like that's exactly 1/2 a cup or exactly 1 cup - and has measurements on them)
    Elastic Bands for Resistance Training arms and legs - any time any where
    Hand Bike (just the crank part, I can do use my legs to turn the "bike", and it fits under my desk)
    and MFP -the best & most helpful place I've found for tracking with support - is here!
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Digital food scale
    Digital human scale
    MFP
    FitBit
    Chef's knife
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I use:

    Happy scale (app to track weight loss fluctuations...kind of like trend weight
    Food scale
    fitbit
    body weight scale
  • M30834134
    M30834134 Posts: 411 Member
    #1 - is got to be for anyone - digital scales: one kitchen, one body weight
    #2 - measuring cup and spoons
    #3 - MFP or other calorie tracking app
    #4 - Activity tracker of some sort - Polar FT7 is for me
    #5 - Some sort of a weight trend app - Libra for Android or HappyScale for iPhone
    #6 - USDA database
    #7 - Gym membership
    #8 - Common Sense
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    1. Food scale
    2. Measuring tape/clothes (because the scale might not be a true reflection of fat loss)
    3. Self Magazine's nutritiondata database (they use USDA entries)