Comments on: What’s New in FatWatch 1.4 http://www.benzado.com/blog/post/183/new-in-1-dot-4 A professional's personal blog. Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Benjamin http://www.benzado.com/blog/post/183/new-in-1-dot-4/comment-page-1#comment-175 Benjamin Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:22:11 +0000 http://www.benzado.com/blog/?p=183#comment-175 Thanks for the kind words, Joe. If there is no scale measurement available for a day, FatWatch simply does not include that day in its calculations. The behavior you describe is expected: adding interpolated values will pull the trend line closer toward the later scale measurement. It is completely expected that the trend line will lag behind your most recent scale measurement, that is simply how the statistics work. Choosing a different method could make the trend line follow your weight more closely, but it would also result in a smaller margin of error: that is, a slight increase on the scale is more likely to be flagged as above the trend. At the end of the day, the trend line is meant only for that: to determine <em>trends</em>. The line is there to tell you what direction you are headed in; the number on the scale can tell you where you are at this precise moment. Thanks for the kind words, Joe.

If there is no scale measurement available for a day, FatWatch simply does not include that day in its calculations. The behavior you describe is expected: adding interpolated values will pull the trend line closer toward the later scale measurement.

It is completely expected that the trend line will lag behind your most recent scale measurement, that is simply how the statistics work. Choosing a different method could make the trend line follow your weight more closely, but it would also result in a smaller margin of error: that is, a slight increase on the scale is more likely to be flagged as above the trend.

At the end of the day, the trend line is meant only for that: to determine trends. The line is there to tell you what direction you are headed in; the number on the scale can tell you where you are at this precise moment.

]]> By: Joe http://www.benzado.com/blog/post/183/new-in-1-dot-4/comment-page-1#comment-173 Joe Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:31:06 +0000 http://www.benzado.com/blog/?p=183#comment-173 Benjamin, I've found a significant change in the graph when I do not enter weight on a particular day. I have gone back and enter interpolated values on those days and the graph (trend line) comes closer to my weight. (If you email me, I'll send you my data. Interpolated values are check boxes) Also, after comparing weight loss to a fellow dieter who is using Eat Watch, this calculation for a trend seems to have trouble "keeping up" with weight loss. I could be mistaken, as I only have data for 3 weeks and he only had data for 5 weeks. It would be nice if there was an option for another trend line such as an n-day moving average. I just think there are formulas that will predict weight loss more accurately than the formula developed originally in Eat Watch. However, I love your app. And, I only wish you could have gotten more than 70% of the $10 that I paid. Benjamin,

I’ve found a significant change in the graph when I do not enter weight on a particular day. I have gone back and enter interpolated values on those days and the graph (trend line) comes closer to my weight. (If you email me, I’ll send you my data. Interpolated values are check boxes)

Also, after comparing weight loss to a fellow dieter who is using Eat Watch, this calculation for a trend seems to have trouble “keeping up” with weight loss. I could be mistaken, as I only have data for 3 weeks and he only had data for 5 weeks. It would be nice if there was an option for another trend line such as an n-day moving average. I just think there are formulas that will predict weight loss more accurately than the formula developed originally in Eat Watch.

However, I love your app. And, I only wish you could have gotten more than 70% of the $10 that I paid.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.benzado.com/blog/post/183/new-in-1-dot-4/comment-page-1#comment-91 Benjamin Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:53:28 +0000 http://www.benzado.com/blog/?p=183#comment-91 Abid, I won't rule it out, but it won't be for a while. The iPhone is very much a personal device; adding functions to switch between people would require significant changes to the app, and there are other features I want to add first. Abid, I won’t rule it out, but it won’t be for a while. The iPhone is very much a personal device; adding functions to switch between people would require significant changes to the app, and there are other features I want to add first.

]]> By: Abid Hussain http://www.benzado.com/blog/post/183/new-in-1-dot-4/comment-page-1#comment-89 Abid Hussain Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:53:35 +0000 http://www.benzado.com/blog/?p=183#comment-89 Hi Thanks for the updated version, the Bmi will help me focus on my target. One question.. Are you considering adding multiple persons on the app. I would love to be able to also log my wife's weight on this app. At the moment I have to use a different app for her weight. And I definitely prefer fatwatch. Hi

Thanks for the updated version, the Bmi will help me focus on my target.

One question.. Are you considering adding multiple persons on the app. I would love to be able to also log my wife’s weight on this app. At the moment I have to use a different app for her weight. And I definitely prefer fatwatch.

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