# Auto-derail weight goal if I don't weigh in for a certain period of time?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/auto-derail-weight-goal-if-i-dont-weigh-in-for-a-certain-period-of-time/6088>\
**Category:** Tech\
**Created:** [December 12, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/auto-derail-weight-goal-if-i-dont-weigh-in-for-a-certain-period-of-time/6088 "2019-12-12T07:38:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![universick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/universick/32/3258_2.png) [@universick](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/universick)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/auto-derail-weight-goal-if-i-dont-weigh-in-for-a-certain-period-of-time/6088/1 "2019-12-12T07:38:12Z")

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I have a withings scale, and I’m not actively trying to lose or gain weight. I have a goal set up with a super shallow slope, which automatically pulls data from the withings scale.

What I want is a goal that basically tracks my weight, but derails if I don’t check in twice a week or so.

This seems like it should be easy to do, but I can’t figure it out. My thought was that I would set a pessimistic presumptive report and a weight upper bound. Ie if I didn’t enter a real datapoint for a week, Beeminder assumes I’ve gained 10 pounds and threatens me with derailment.

What’s the right way to set this up?

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**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/auto-derail-weight-goal-if-i-dont-weigh-in-for-a-certain-period-of-time/6088/2 "2019-12-12T07:56:49Z")

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Great question! This ought to be built in for weight goals and I like your idea for doing it (setting a pessimistic presumptive report). Alas, we don’t have that feature for weight loss goals yet!

What I do in the meantime (after @bee finally convinced me after I resisted for ages because it seemed inelegant) is have a separate weigh-ins goal – [beeminder.com/d/weighins](http://beeminder.com/d/weighins) – that gets sent a +1 whenever I step on the scale. I do that with an IFTTT applet and a custom aggday=nonzero (so I can’t build up safety buffer by weighing in multiple times in a day).

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**Author:** ![universick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/universick/32/3258_2.png) [@universick](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/universick)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/auto-derail-weight-goal-if-i-dont-weigh-in-for-a-certain-period-of-time/6088/3 "2019-12-12T19:43:21Z")

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Ok awesome, that will work in the meantime! Good point about the aggday thing, I’ll have to look into that. There are definitely some goals I don’t want to be able to build up safety buffer for.