# "Start with a flat week" option has been removed?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/start-with-a-flat-week-option-has-been-removed/2674>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [November 5, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/start-with-a-flat-week-option-has-been-removed/2674 "2016-11-05T15:44:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![apolyton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apolyton/32/1965_2.png) [@apolyton](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apolyton)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/start-with-a-flat-week-option-has-been-removed/2674/1 "2016-11-05T15:44:28Z")

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I created a new goal and had no option to start with a flat week. I remember some discussion about it but do not seem to understand the reasoning…

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**Author:** ![apb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apb/32/100_2.png) [@apb](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apb)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/start-with-a-flat-week-option-has-been-removed/2674/2 "2016-11-05T15:50:30Z")

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Was this a regular do more goal? There’s a (default unchecked) checkbox for “Start this goal with extra leeway”.

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**Author:** ![apolyton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apolyton/32/1965_2.png) [@apolyton](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apolyton)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/start-with-a-flat-week-option-has-been-removed/2674/3 "2016-11-05T17:22:23Z")

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It was a Garmin goal. No checkbox was provided at all