# Beeminding weightloss without relying on self-reporting?

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**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-weightloss-without-relying-on-self-reporting/6781 "2020-05-20T04:15:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-weightloss-without-relying-on-self-reporting/6781/21 "2020-05-24T20:45:25Z")

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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/](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](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/automated-weight-fat-trends/4414))
- Fasting works (also beeminded at a 16h/day rate) - manual entry but Zero app ([https://www.zerofasting.com/](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 🙂

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