For those of you who use Libra weight tracker..

threesixten
threesixten Posts: 134 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
What are your smoothing/forecast days settings?

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  • InkAndApples
    InkAndApples Posts: 201 Member
    I use 10 smoothing days as that seems to mitigate TOTM fluctuations but still shows some variation.

    30 day forecast as I lose in stalls and whooshes at the moment so anything less gives either crazy long or crazy short projections - 30 days reflects my sold monthly average loss.
  • threesixten
    threesixten Posts: 134 Member
    Thanks! My weight fluctuates like crazy, esp on totm. Ill try out these settings.
  • InkAndApples
    InkAndApples Posts: 201 Member
    Do mess around with them a little yourself though, I'm weirdly immune to fluctuations - TOTM only takes me up by max 1lb, most of the time I'm pretty stable so my settings may not be ideal! I found mine through trial and error, at the end of the day it came down to which line made me the least crazy about any changes and still managed not to demotivate me. It was a long process :p
  • threesixten
    threesixten Posts: 134 Member
    Tbh I dont even get what smoothing DOES. Currently my settings say ill be at my goal weight in 2023! Haha. Guess thats better than n/a
  • InkAndApples
    InkAndApples Posts: 201 Member
    Smoothing determines how much each weight reading affects your line - if you set it to 0 then the line goes point to point for each weight you log, the more smoothing days you have the less your line goes up and down.

    Agreed that any time is better than none - one of my favourite sayings is "progress is slow, don't make it slower by quitting".
  • Ninjakitty15
    Ninjakitty15 Posts: 4 Member
    Ooo, thanks so much for this thread. I've been losing weight at fairly steady rates, but thanks to IBS and TOTM my short term fluctuations can be pretty savage, in both directions, and Libra was showing that in its chart and projections. I didn't even know you could change these values, it much more accurately reflects my weight loss now.

    Now I can love the app as much as I've always wanted to :P
  • threesixten
    threesixten Posts: 134 Member
    Awesome! Yeah same here with the fluctuations. It's very difficult to gauge how well any approach I take is working because I'll be up 2lbs one day and down 4 the next only to be up 3 and down and up and down and etc etc.

    Let me know if you find a happy medium for the settings! I'll do the same.
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