Since body weight is an important factor in calculating your resting metabolic rate (and thus your daily calorie burn and your calories burned during exercise) it is important to keep your weight log up to date. We recommend recording your weight at least once per week, but you could record as often as daily for even greater accuracy in the system's calculations.

Body Weight

However often you check your weight, it is best to do it at a consistent time to avoid fluctuations that happen throughout the day. We suggest checking your weight in the morning when you get up, before you add the extra weight of clothes, breakfast, etc.

Body Mass Index

As you update your weight, we update your Body Mass Index (BMI) chart to show you where you fall in the range of suggested weights for a person of your height.

Body Weight History

Your weight history is included at the bottom of the page. Your most recent five entries are always shown, or you can click the link below the list to view your entire history.

To edit any entry, click on it to get to a form that will let you change the weight or the date. You can also delete any entry, but you must always have at least one weight entry in the system.

Other Measurements

We help you keep track of a lot more than just body weight. Explore a few of these pages to learn more. They work in exactly the same way as recording body weight.

Waist and Hip

One measurement in particular that you might want to take a look at is waist and hip circumference. The ratio of these two numbers has been shown to be an indicator of risk for conditions such as heart disease. In addition, your waist measurement will often show progress when the scale indicates no change (when fat is being converted to muscle, for example).