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Michelle Lowry
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« on: May 18, 2008, 09:18:16 pm »

Ok, I know I am setting myself up for some public harassment on this one, but I think a weight tracker would be nice.  Many on the blog use running as a form of tracking fitness, and many run for weight management.  It would be nice to have a weight tracker.
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Jon Allen
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 07:00:42 am »

Yup, Michelle, you set yourself up.  I thought it was the ultimate taboo to ask a woman her weight, and you want to openly post it for all to see?  We runners must be crazy...
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2008, 01:26:40 pm »

weight board along with a mileage board...?
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Michelle Lowry
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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2008, 02:13:58 pm »

Are you joking Adam?  No not a weight board, just a way for us to track our weight as a data point, instead of in the comments.
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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2008, 08:01:22 pm »

yeah i'm just messing around...it would be pretty scary though, especially if people got competitive to get on the first page
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« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2008, 08:58:13 pm »

Yes, but would the first page be for the heaviest or the lightest?
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« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2008, 02:20:55 pm »

neither. I was thinking amount of weight loss during that week! more weight loss puts you higher on the page.
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Sasha Pachev
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« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2008, 03:50:05 pm »

Good idea. This would allow runners with excess weight to appear at the top with no threat from the ones who already are at the ideal weight. However, I would somehow like to communicate the message that not all weight loss is healthy, not all weight gain is unhealthy, weighing a certain amount is not necessarily a sign of good health, and that achieving a certain weight should never be a fitness goal.

Maybe instead we should set up a bragging board. Post there if you want to brag about something.
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2008, 08:06:22 am »

"Yes, but have a running only and also make a swimming board, a biking board"
I agree that it is unfair to rank running+biking miles.

Also, as for the blog templates, if one chooses "triathlon", there would not be any slow/fast/etc. miles under running.
It may be useful to keep a track of crosstraining for runners in this blog...
(If I run all the week, my knees get hurt quickly...)
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2008, 06:48:33 pm »

Anything happen about the weight tracking? This would be a good addition tot he blog.
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Sasha Pachev
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« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2008, 04:55:05 pm »

With one spare time programmer nothing has yet happened. My offer for free PHP/MySQL/Web development classes still stands, see the message on the Services/Help Wanted board.
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2008, 09:42:04 pm »

The weight tracker and the calorie tracker are now available. Enable under User Options.
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« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2008, 05:35:15 am »

I noticed they log next to the total miles how does it work? Like total calories burned? And total weight change during the week?
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« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2008, 09:20:04 am »

"Total" weight is your average weight for the period.
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« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2008, 02:53:00 pm »

Ahh okay sounds cool Smiley
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