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Hi HN! Happy Scale helps people who are losing weight to redefine their relationship with the scale. By using their daily weigh-in as a single data point in a
by rooster8 11y ago
Hi HN!
Happy Scale helps people who are losing weight to redefine their relationship with the scale. By using their daily weigh-in as a single data point in a moving average instead of a source of truth, you can see daily weight loss progress in the app even when your scale weight plateaus for a few days. Over time, you become desensitized to the horror of a bad weigh-in and can avoid discouragement during the tender moments of building your new lifestyle habits.
I created this iOS app because I would be devastated in the first few days of a diet when I hopped on the scale and saw a number that was higher than my starting weight. I went on to learn that there are many factors that can cause fluctuations of a few pounds in our weight from day to day (glycogen stores, water retention, food in the belly, etc.), and using a moving average is a convenient way to neutralize these factors.
I've been working on this as a nights and weekends project for a bit over 4 years. I have some big ideas for where I'd like to take it in the future, but I'd love to get your feedback on where it is today!
- timboslice 11y agoLooks cool. Any android plans?
- rooster8 11y agoI'd love to, but I haven't had the time to port it. I've been putting all my energy into improvements on the iOS side.
- Urgo 11y agoMeh. http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp
- rooster8 11y agoNothing against Android! It's just a huge investment to port it.
- Urgo 11y agoFor what its worth take a look at https://medium.com/@periscope/periscope-by-the-numbers-6b23dc6a1704?=1 https://medium.com/@periscope/periscope-by-the-numbers-6b23d... and guess when they released their android version. Notice anything?
- yurymik 11y agoImport function seems to be broken on iOS 9.0 beta 13A4325c: http://imgur.com/cHs5G1t http://imgur.com/cHs5G1t
- rooster8 11y agoThanks for letting me know! If you'd like me to let you know when it's fixed, email me at support@happyscale.com.