Weight loss: trend weight instead of daily readings
While losing weight, body weight often swings by 1 to 2 kg from day to day, mostly because of water, salt, glycogen and gut content. Trend weight smooths out these swings and shows whether your weight is actually going down. How fast it goes down is the weekly rate, the basis for deficit, pace and target date.
Understanding trend weight
What a smoothed trend is, which methods exist and how to read a weight chart.
Why the scale fluctuates
Salt, cycle, digestion, sleep, alcohol and holidays: what is behind the jumps in your daily reading.
Weighing yourself the right way
How often, when and on which day to weigh in, and what breaks do to your trend.
Plateaus, whooshes and metabolism
When a stall is real, what is behind the whoosh effect and why the last kilos take longer.
Deficit, pace and target date
Estimate calorie deficit and maintenance calories from your trend, choose a realistic pace and plan your goal.
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Key terms
Explained briefly in the glossary, each in one to three sentences.
- Trend weight
- Noise (daily fluctuation)
- Weekly rate
- Plateau
- Whoosh effect
- Calorie deficit
- Maintenance corridor
- Yo-yo effect
Your trend in view every day
Trendcurve smooths your weigh-ins, shows your weekly rate and supports you with goal, target pace and corridor while losing and maintaining. Free, no account, all data on your device.