Using TrendWeight for a weekly weigh-in, instead of daily?

Fursian
Fursian Posts: 552 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all,

I recently used TrendWeight to log weight daily (hoping to become a convert), but the daily weighing is just not for me, at least not for while I'm in the losing weight phase. I've no problem seeing fluctuations, but seeing the same numbers day in day out, does things to ones head, and probably something that makes more sense to be seeing when I'm in maintenance.

Anyway, I liked what I saw of TrendWeight, particularly its estimate of how much weight is lost per day, week, month, etc, and was wondering if I could still use TW for to track weekly? Would this still work, just like daily?

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    It would plot linearly from week to week weigh in so I don't see why not

    Are you manually entering into trendweight?

    If you open a fitbit.com account (you don't need a fitbit although I love my zip) and synch it to mfp then you can enter weights in mfp and they automatically synch over

    HTH
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    Fursian wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I recently used TrendWeight to log weight daily (hoping to become a convert), but the daily weighing is just not for me, at least not for while I'm in the losing weight phase. I've no problem seeing fluctuations, but seeing the same numbers day in day out, does things to ones head, and probably something that makes more sense to be seeing when I'm in maintenance.

    Anyway, I liked what I saw of TrendWeight, particularly its estimate of how much weight is lost per day, week, month, etc, and was wondering if I could still use TW for to track weekly? Would this still work, just like daily?

    The fluctuation is all a part of it. And it always will be as there is no way around fluctuations.

    I am the opposite - I prefer and really like to see the daily. Every morning when I wake, I hop on the digital scale to see what's up - or down. In the past week alone, I have seen a 5 pound range (a high of 177 and this morning's 172). That's been fairly normal throughout - whether I am cutting, or in maintenance, or gaining. I am very used to it.

    You could get just as frustrated seeing a "weekly" number if it happens to be at the top of a normal range (glycogen stores, water retention, DOMS, poop, etc.) when you step on the scale and check in at the end of a week. This may leave you frustrated for an entire week until you step on the scale again. Or you could step on the scale a day or two later and see a several pound drop simply do to the range (water, glycogen, poop, dehydration, DOMS, sodium intake, etc.).
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 552 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    It would plot linearly from week to week weigh in so I don't see why not

    Are you manually entering into trendweight?

    If you open a fitbit.com account (you don't need a fitbit although I love my zip) and synch it to mfp then you can enter weights in mfp and they automatically synch over

    HTH

    Yeah, just entering my weight manually via the fitbit account and having it transfer to TW. Figured if I find myself with a fitbit or one of those bathroom scales, I'll have the accounts all set up ready.

    Your post did help @rabbitjb, thank you! :)

    @SingingSingleTracker, fluctuations aren't my issue.
  • svornov
    svornov Posts: 9 Member
    weightgrapher.com/graphs/ I use weightgrapher which syncs with fitbit and myfitnesspal
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    Fursian wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    @SingingSingleTracker, fluctuations aren't my issue.

    Sorry, I must have misinterpreted this...

    ...but the daily weighing is just not for me, at least not for while I'm in the losing weight phase. I've no problem seeing fluctuations, but seeing the same numbers day in day out, does things to ones head...
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 552 Member
    @svornov, How are you finding weightgrapher?
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    Fursian wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    @SingingSingleTracker, fluctuations aren't my issue.

    Sorry, I must have misinterpreted this...

    ...but the daily weighing is just not for me, at least not for while I'm in the losing weight phase. I've no problem seeing fluctuations, but seeing the same numbers day in day out, does things to ones head...

    @SingingSingleTracker, The part about daily weighing that isn't doing it for me is seeing the same numbers. Sure, weighing weekly I could also see the same numbers, and have, but there is less chance. While I'm in the losing phase, I'm liking that "drop" I'm seeing with the weekly weigh-in.

    My last post wasn't meant to come off as rude, apologies if it did.
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    I heard that a recent study showed that people who weigh daily are actually more successful at losing weight than those who weigh weekly. Here's a link to an article about the study: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/minding-the-body/201312/daily-weighing-may-help-manage-your-weight

    I weigh daily and use Trendweight, but don't always look at Trendweight when I know the numbers haven't been what I'd like to see.
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 552 Member
    @NancyN795, Yeah, I heard about those recent studies as well. I'm having success with losing weight, though, so if there is anything to the studies, it may just apply to the mind frame of individuals.

    Having said that, weighing daily could become a thing for me once I'm in maintenance, seeing the same numbers becoming something of a reward.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    Trendweight, IIRC, is not a data regression tool but rather an exponentially smoothed moving average like the hacker's diet. In that case it's going to show you a slower rate of loss than you actually have, because the math, which is essentially a simple digital filter, will have different frequency response if you have a different sampling rate.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    Trendweight, IIRC, is not a data regression tool but rather an exponentially smoothed moving average like the hacker's diet. In that case it's going to show you a slower rate of loss than you actually have, because the math, which is essentially a simple digital filter, will have different frequency response if you have a different sampling rate.

    If you put in a weight day 1 then another weight day 7 it puts in a data point linearly in between the two points for each day

    I don't see why, over time, that would overly affect the extrapolation...it extrapolates over previous 4 weeks
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    Trendweight, IIRC, is not a data regression tool but rather an exponentially smoothed moving average like the hacker's diet. In that case it's going to show you a slower rate of loss than you actually have, because the math, which is essentially a simple digital filter, will have different frequency response if you have a different sampling rate.

    I actually like that it is slower to show losses. I see too many people that come on here "I gained 3 lbs!" because they saw some low number on the scale ONCE and are convinced that's what they weigh.

    I do mine manually though, enter weights into excel and take the 20 day average there myself. Then I can make whatever exciting graphs I want to. I still won't say it makes the major swings back up "easy" but since I haven't locked in the new lower weight in my head it's a little easier to take.

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