Early this evening, our network connectivity was restored. We sincerely regret any inconvenience from the outage. We will work with our provider to understand the issue.
Thank you for your patience and using WeightChart.com
Update at 2:25 Central Standard time.
Our network provide is working hard to restore the connection. The outage is broad-based for many of their Chicago customers. We hope to back online very soon. Again, no data is at any risk. All servers are healthy and fully backed up. We sincerely regret this outage.
We sincerely regret our current network outage. All servers and services are unavailable.
We will post updates to this log as they are available from our provider.
No data is at risk.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Do Not Delete or Wait
We would like to highlight two user patterns that work against our proposition.
First, we often get requests to delete all of a user data because they want to start over again. We reply back encouraging them to keep all valid data. We point out the slider control below the chart that allows them to select the range of data that is displayed. Almost always, we get an firm response back. Delete the data; I have saved it elsewhere and I just want to start over!
Second, we see patterns in our data where a users waits for a long time before returning to the site to log their weight. In most cases with a long gap, the weight entered after the gap is significantly higher than the one entered before the gap. In many of these cases, the user is simply waiting for a "better" number before entering it on their chart.
Our proposition is very simple. By entering and visualizing your weigh and wellness data every day, you are able to better control the factors that influence your weight and wellness. You are more aware of them and your actions are influenced by this awareness. Many of our users describe our site as a mirror that keeps them honest. By deleting old data or delaying entering current data, you are just avoiding the mirror. It undermines the fundamental way our site help you. The data that you do not like is as important to enter as the data you do like.
We encourage you to enter your and wellness data on a consistent basis. We also encourage you to review your charts and notes on a periodic basis.
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
P. S. We always encourage that you review your weight and wellness plan with your physician and other wellness professionals.
First, we often get requests to delete all of a user data because they want to start over again. We reply back encouraging them to keep all valid data. We point out the slider control below the chart that allows them to select the range of data that is displayed. Almost always, we get an firm response back. Delete the data; I have saved it elsewhere and I just want to start over!
Second, we see patterns in our data where a users waits for a long time before returning to the site to log their weight. In most cases with a long gap, the weight entered after the gap is significantly higher than the one entered before the gap. In many of these cases, the user is simply waiting for a "better" number before entering it on their chart.
Our proposition is very simple. By entering and visualizing your weigh and wellness data every day, you are able to better control the factors that influence your weight and wellness. You are more aware of them and your actions are influenced by this awareness. Many of our users describe our site as a mirror that keeps them honest. By deleting old data or delaying entering current data, you are just avoiding the mirror. It undermines the fundamental way our site help you. The data that you do not like is as important to enter as the data you do like.
We encourage you to enter your and wellness data on a consistent basis. We also encourage you to review your charts and notes on a periodic basis.
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
P. S. We always encourage that you review your weight and wellness plan with your physician and other wellness professionals.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Weight and Wellness After Holidays
We wish a Happy New Year to all of our users and
visitors! We hope that you have had
joyful holidays.
There is always a renewed focus on wellness and weight after the
holidays. It is natural to gain weight
due to abundance of holiday events that are food centric. In addition to joy, holidays often add to the
stress.
If you tracked your weight and wellness through the holiday,
it likely lessened your weight gain rather than preventing it. Some of the weight gain is easier to offset in the coming
weeks. Our experience shows that it is
much more important to keep the focus on your weight and wellness during
February and continue the rest of the year.
A large number of our users reduce their wellness tracking by March.
We encourage a consistent effort on wellness throughout the
year!
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Our Proposition to Employers
At WeightChart.com, we believe that we offer a compelling employee wellness proposition to employers. Employers bear most of the direct costs associated with employee illness including absence, lost productivity, and increased health insurance premiums. Yet, employers have little ability to influence employee wellness.
Wellness requires a constant and concerted effort. Quick solutions rarely help with wellness with any degree of consistency. We think that minimal costs of our proposition (along with similar from others) and minimal efforts can yield significant returns. Many studies have shown that wellness tracking is one of the most effective ways to positively impact health habits. Logging one’s weight (and other parameters) allows one to better understand the impact of foods, activity, and stress on wellness. This leads to better control of weight and wellness.
An overwhelming majority of the healthcare costs go towards chronic diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure, and heart disease. Obesity is nearing epidemic levels and it impacts many other chronic diseases. In addition to the costs, these diseases degrade day to day life experiences.
Even though employers are responsible for most of the direct costs associated with illness, they often have limited influence on wellness. Employees prefer not to engage with employers on wellness issues. Weight and wellness parameters are considered to be some of the most private data. Employees also are distrustful of insurance providers and are reluctant to participate in programs run by them.
Our proposition is that employers encourage wellness tracking by the employees without any attempts to access this wellness information by employer or insurance companies. For a very low cost, employers make available to employees WeightChart.com as a wellness tracking platform. Our belief that tracking helps wellness this is founded on our own data with findings of other major studies. We provide the employers and employees cumulative usage and performance data that shows the success of the program.
We invite you to explore, understand, and test our proposition at no cost. We think that you will be surprised at richness of returns on these small investments.
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
Wellness requires a constant and concerted effort. Quick solutions rarely help with wellness with any degree of consistency. We think that minimal costs of our proposition (along with similar from others) and minimal efforts can yield significant returns. Many studies have shown that wellness tracking is one of the most effective ways to positively impact health habits. Logging one’s weight (and other parameters) allows one to better understand the impact of foods, activity, and stress on wellness. This leads to better control of weight and wellness.
An overwhelming majority of the healthcare costs go towards chronic diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure, and heart disease. Obesity is nearing epidemic levels and it impacts many other chronic diseases. In addition to the costs, these diseases degrade day to day life experiences.
Even though employers are responsible for most of the direct costs associated with illness, they often have limited influence on wellness. Employees prefer not to engage with employers on wellness issues. Weight and wellness parameters are considered to be some of the most private data. Employees also are distrustful of insurance providers and are reluctant to participate in programs run by them.
Our proposition is that employers encourage wellness tracking by the employees without any attempts to access this wellness information by employer or insurance companies. For a very low cost, employers make available to employees WeightChart.com as a wellness tracking platform. Our belief that tracking helps wellness this is founded on our own data with findings of other major studies. We provide the employers and employees cumulative usage and performance data that shows the success of the program.
We invite you to explore, understand, and test our proposition at no cost. We think that you will be surprised at richness of returns on these small investments.
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Explore Nutrition and Calorie data
WeightChart.com offers great access to US Food and Drug Administration's nutrition database for foods.
For more than 18000 packaged and raw foods, we provide detailed and visual information including calories, fat, protein, and various nutrients. The information is categorized in various serving, package, and measuring sizes.
There are many was to explore this data at WeightChart.com.
Your can search for an item at Nutrition Search, explore the most search at our site at Top 100 Search foods, explore food with high or low value for a specific nutrient at Highest and Lowest Nutrient, or simply explore by food categories at Nutrition Index.
When logged into your account, you are also able to save the foods that are of interest to you.
These pages can help you better understand the foods that you consume.
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
For more than 18000 packaged and raw foods, we provide detailed and visual information including calories, fat, protein, and various nutrients. The information is categorized in various serving, package, and measuring sizes.
There are many was to explore this data at WeightChart.com.
Your can search for an item at Nutrition Search, explore the most search at our site at Top 100 Search foods, explore food with high or low value for a specific nutrient at Highest and Lowest Nutrient, or simply explore by food categories at Nutrition Index.
When logged into your account, you are also able to save the foods that are of interest to you.
These pages can help you better understand the foods that you consume.
Thank you for using WeightChart.com
Monday, September 10, 2012
Go Daddy DNS issue - Resolved
The DNS issue was corrected by Go Daddy within 2-3 hours. We regret the issue. We will add alternate DNS servers to our domains. Thank you for your patience.
We regret the the technical issue with Go Daddy domain name servers. Our domain names are served by Go Daddy. If you have trouble resolving WeightChart.com, please access the site at
http://66.9.141.176.
Our site and servers are working fine.
We will keep you updated and also seek out alternate DNS servers.
Thank you for your patience and using WeightChart.com
We regret the the technical issue with Go Daddy domain name servers. Our domain names are served by Go Daddy. If you have trouble resolving WeightChart.com, please access the site at
http://66.9.141.176.
Our site and servers are working fine.
We will keep you updated and also seek out alternate DNS servers.
Thank you for your patience and using WeightChart.com
Friday, April 20, 2012
Our Wellness Proposition
Our proposition to individuals is very simple; wellness tracking helps wellness.
Many studies have shown that tracking is one of the most effective ways to impact your wellness. Tracking your weight, exercise, eating, and general outlook allows you to better understand impact of foods, activities, and stress on your weight and wellness. We encourage long-term view of your wellness rather than quick solutions.
Many of our users are on our site every day for less than one minute; some as little as 30 seconds. They spend a few additional minutes occasionally to chart, review and analyze their data. Because we do not have advertisements on our site, we are not trying to get you to spend more time on our site. Advertisement related priorities inevitably introduce noise.
We always encourage you to review your wellness program with your physician.
Many studies have shown that tracking is one of the most effective ways to impact your wellness. Tracking your weight, exercise, eating, and general outlook allows you to better understand impact of foods, activities, and stress on your weight and wellness. We encourage long-term view of your wellness rather than quick solutions.
Many of our users are on our site every day for less than one minute; some as little as 30 seconds. They spend a few additional minutes occasionally to chart, review and analyze their data. Because we do not have advertisements on our site, we are not trying to get you to spend more time on our site. Advertisement related priorities inevitably introduce noise.
We always encourage you to review your wellness program with your physician.
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