Three years ago I got very excited about having a scale that syncs to my phone, tracks my water weight, BMI, muscle mass, etc. I got marketed to by FitTrack and ordered it.
I enjoyed it! Was it perfectly accurate?
No. Still cool though.
The ap quickly switched over to HumeHealth (I think they got bought out?) and did some updates over the years. Some more annoying than others but it was generally okay.
Until October, when it stopped syncing to my phone.
Yes, I changed the batteries.
Yes, I reinstalled the app.
Yes, I cursed at it.
But there was one thing that had always bothered me.
It felt like the scale would hold on to my weight for three days before suddenly changing.
The exact same number.
Then on day four? Up or down a full pound.
Seriously weird and freaking annoying.
Was FitTrack gaslighting me?
I don’t like to TRACK my weight every day but I would still stand on the scale to check it.
Yes, I have issues.
I even googled it over the last two years. Checked Reddit. Nothing.
Was it my imagination? I did not go so far to hold a stack of books to really “weigh” it down (I didn’t want it to be logged on my account – haha) but it was really annoying!
I continued to use FitTrack, some days I would be really “good” and not having extra snacks and it would be exactly the same weight so I felt a little demoralized.
I thought maybe it was me.
But when it stopped syncing to my phone in October, by the time my family was nagging me for a Christmas list, I decided to request a new scale. I did some quick research on Amazon and went with Wyze.
Christmas morning rolled around and Wyze was under the tree.
I set it all up a day later and thought to myself… what if I run a little test?
Insane? Yes.
Necessary? Also yes.
FitTrack is in white, Wyze is in black.
Day one: both around the same number. Cool. Four pounds higher than I’d like, but I’ve been hovering here for months, so whatever.
Day two: FitTrack = EXACTLY the same.
Wyze = +0.4.
Dude. So weird.
Then I went on vacation for five days, so there was a break (and also I didn’t want photo evidence of my snack choices).
So I waited a few days and here we go.
January 10: both scales match. Validation. Love that for me.
January 11: both go down slightly. Close enough.
Keep in mind, I’m weighing myself at the exact same time every morning, stepping off one scale and hopping on another.
The next three days, WHY IS FITTRACK (in white) HOLDING ON TO 140.0 HERE?
WHYYYY
Wyze is literally showing me bouncing up from .4, to .2, and then to .4 again.
Which makes sense.
Because I’m human.
And bodies fluctuate.
FitTrack? Completely frozen until it decides to show a new number.
And I’m fairly angry about it!
I’ve put this all into AI now and it has explained to me that FitTrack is likely using a weight smoothing algorithm.
Now that I know the words, I’ve found a thread or two on Reddit to prove that this is happening to other people.
This doesn’t seem to be advertised anywhere on FitTrack’s website.
I feel like this should be something we should have been advised on before we purchased.
I did not buy a scale so it could filter reality for me.
I thought my body was weird.
I thought it was my imagination.
I thought I was going crazy.
But no, it’s an algorithm filtering me.
I’m so happy with Wyze right now. I can’t even tell you. My AI friend has said Wyze is probably using “near-raw impedance + load cell readout” so it’s NOT rounding, it’s not suppressing anything, or gating my weight.
I’m getting a normal read-out with my normal physiology.
I’m not mad that FitTrack tried to “smooth” things over for me and reduce emotional noise.
I’m mad that I noticed a pattern and kept being told by the data that I was wrong.
And that I had to weigh myself on two scales to prove it.
Is Wyze perfect? No.
But it’s not lying to me on a daily basis.
Need a smart scale? Don’t choose FitTrack!
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