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I made http:\u002F\u002Fweightgrapher.com\u002F\n\nEssentially, all the websites I've used between FitBit, LoseIT and MyFitnessPal have really poor graphing.\n\nWhen I joined weight loss groups and forums I found most people are afraid of getting on the scale just because of how discouraging daily fluctuations can be.\n\nI aimed to fix this problem by bringing exponentially damped averages into the weight graphing, and educating on using your trending weight to see how you're doing instead of the up-and-down of raw numbers.\n\nThoughts?  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