Lessons learned from losing 20kg of weight and retaining the loss, plus Beeminding weight/body fat for 5+ years:
- I use automated data entry as much as possible (you figured that already): there are plenty of relatively cheap bluetooth-enabled scales that will sync to Fitbit (and Beeminder can sync from Fitbit)
- Goals are at $1/max $5 with plenty of buffer. Weight/fat have fluctuations on a dialy basis which is normal
- For a more accurate look and where I’m heading, I also beemind trends (https://trendweight.com/ calculates these using the Hacker’s Diet formula and syncs with Fitbit) - (at some point someone will ask me about it here
Automated: Weight/Fat trends) - Fasting works (also beeminded at a 16h/day rate) - manual entry but Zero app (https://www.zerofasting.com/ iOS/Android) makes tracking very easy
- Calories tracking is also essential for me - I use MyFitnessPal and beemind manually “net calories” (e.g. surplus or deficit from the daily goal
- Last two years I have reduced carbs - they are autobeeminded via Apple Health although that’s not working very well and therefore have a lot of buffer on that goal
- I also beemind exercise-related goals but I wont go into that to avoid scaring you
Is that a lot? Probably. Is it working? Yes. Are there multiple health/psychological/productivity benefits? You bet 