BuffyBear的日记, 2011年08月20日

I've noticed it, but it is not accurate, as here is why. Like if i weight in 2 days in a row and both days i lost one pound each, by the 2nd day it would say Losing 7lbs per week, because the computer assumes for the next 7 days you will resume that trend. Same with a gain. Pay no attention to that. If you wanna know what you've done in one week, just look at your weigh in chart in one week blocks.  

Hey I noticed the same thing on the computer weigh in's, it told me also I was losing 7lb per week, and that's not true ! Crazy computers ... 

Icymaiden - thanks. That makes sense but it is still painful to look at.  

Notfast - I'd take that 7 lb/week loss and run with it! Even if not true it would give my ego a great boost.  

Yeah...me tooo.. have a good one.. nonna 

Yes it also tells me things like "your weigh-in was xxx, at this rate it will take you a million years to reach your goal weight". What a ball buster! I think the fs computer must be related to Mr. Elliptical. Just use the weight history as icymaiden said, it's a better, more accurate snapshot of your AWESOME accomplishments! 

I really appreciate your explanations. As usual, I was panicking over nothing.  

OK Buffy...Just log in your weight as soon as you drop that pesky pound, even if it's not your normal weigh-in date. That will give you a different caption. I completely agree with you that the captions need work! I had a "gaining 7 pounds per week" caption that drove me crazy, even thought I knew it wasn't true. It bummed me out for the 2 days I had it - couldn't wait to log in a different weight to make it go away!! 

Sandy - Good idea. Funny, I'm sure it had been on there like that before but I never checked my profile so never caught it.  

Buffy, I have seen this not only on my own weight, but I've seen it on my buddies also. When I see that someone has lost a large amount of weight in a week, I immediately think "How did they do that? That's amazing!". Then I look at their weight chart and see what has happened, I get the real picture. Like Auntie, I hate when it tells me that at the rate I'm losing it will take years to reach my goal. No fun at all! 

Pamela - Funny we are supposed to be intelligent humans, but when machines talk we tend to listen. We need to revolt against the machines!