Simpleweight update released

We’re pleased to announce a bug release. We’ve added a few new features as well. For example, we simplified the Simpleweight Try It page. We added Resting Metabolic Heart-rate to our Daily Summary and Food in = Food Out equations. A whole bunch of small minor bug fixes. Thanks for using Simpleweight, and let us know what you think. If you have further requests, let us know.

New Release coming soon.

Ryan and I are putting the finishing touches on a new simpleweight release. We hope to release it very soon (no later than the end of May). The release contains both bug fixes and a few new features. We’ve added some more quick help content. Adjusted some of our pages to be more consistent. The release will also connect and release this Blog officially. Let us know what you want in your simple weight management toolset.

Time to start blogging

Welcome back blog.

What’s a web application these days without a web blog?

We’ve had our blog on the list of to do items for a while. As you can tell from our archive, we actually posted some articles. However, we decided to delay blogging simpleweight until we released a stable application. Well, simpleweight is stable and working. In fact, Ryan has lost 8 lbs and Scott has lost 4 lbs since starting to use simpleweight. We’ve got a few more items we want to complete, but as simpleweight version 1 becomes more stable, we will begin blogging more regularly. We look forward to everyone’s comments.

Simpleweight coming soon.

Our goal is to launch Simpleweight this Summer 2007. We have much of our internal application running smoothly. We’re now adding the finishing touches on the public content and our administrative pages. We can’t wait to show it off. It’s been a long fun project that we hope does not end until everyone simpleweights, because weight management really can be as simple as Food in = Food out.

Weigh yourself every day to prevent weight gain.

According to the December 2005 issue of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine,

“Higher weighing frequency was associated with greater 24-month weight loss or less weight gain.”

For more information see: Health Behavior News Service

Research presented at a 2005 medical conference on obesity indicates that daily weigh-ins can help prevent lost weight from returning, which is a particularly common phenomenon among many dieters. In a study involving 291 individuals (mostly women) who had succeeded in shedding an average of 44 pounds over the previous two years, researchers divided participants into three groups. Each group participated in a different kind of follow-up over the next 18 months: 1) receiving monthly face-to-face counseling; 2) participating in Internet chat rooms; or 3) reading monthly newsletters. All participants were encouraged to weigh themselves daily.

At the end of the 18-month study, the researchers found that intensive support and personal interaction particularly helped dieters maintain weight loss. The researchers were also surprised to observe that the participants who continued to weigh themselves daily regained very little weight compared with those who weighed themselves less frequently. “You’re more likely to catch small changes in body weight” if you check your weight daily, says Rena Wing, director of the weight control center at Brown University Medical School in Rhode Island. Adds Wing, “It’s much easier to get back on track if you’ve just gained a pound or two.” Associated Press 2005
See news release by NAASO The Obesity Study