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One other point made in the book ... 75% of the weight of a human body is water and NASA assume that for space exploration the mass throughput to the human body is IN = 2.5lbs of food + 9.2lbs of water; OUT = 0.3lbs of solids + 11lbs of water. Therefore potential daily fluctuations in the human body's water total weight and water input/output have a far greater impact on a body's overall weight compared to fat fluctuations i.e. hydration may cause weight fluctuations of, say, 2lbs from day to day but a trendline will smooth out these fluctuations to give a reasonable indication of weight loss over a period of time.

Whether or not you want to use the trendline approach, just knowing the above is tremendously helpful to people who get a bit hung up about what the scales say!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ibra&hl=en is an Android app called Libra that implements the weighted moving average stuff.

Yes, the @HackDiet is brilliant!

I just got some scales and I decided to try it. I weigh each morning after breakfast. I can see the line going down slowly and don't get my expectations up because I lost 1.5kg on my fast day. So I wont get disappointed when my weight goes up by 1-1.5kg in the next couple of days. Relentless logic rules my irrational expectations...

It is a very good solution for someone that gets diappointed by the scales all the time.

My old phone won't take libra but I use a similar weight tracker
and can clearly see a very slow downward
trend which is extremely motivating
And stops me panicking if the scales are up a few lb.
I'm on maintenance now so keeps me on track. Well worth having.