I've been tracking my weight fairly consistently from age 17-31 using the iOS app "Lose It!" which I also have used off and on to count calories while trying to lose weight. I exported the data to CSV from their website and created the visual in Google Sheets.

ETA: 31M, 5’ 9.5”

ETA2: Here's a version with age instead of date. It messed up some of my data labels and I didn't feel like taking the time to reset them and tediously redelete most of them so there's no weight labels on the main peaks/ valleys like the original.

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POV: you’re christian bale’s dietician

I make it happen.

Psst- I’m gonna let you in on a secret. His apparent dedication to extreme body change for all his roles has actually just been a cover for a long time Eddie Murphy style project.

Chris will be starring in Scary Movie 7 and will play every character in the movie. Took 10 years to shoot with me whipping him into and out of shape as needed for the different characters. See it in theaters on Halloween 2023.

I like the indications of BMI brackets. Height would be a good thing to add, though based on the brackets I can tell you're approximately 5'10. I'd have preferred to see age on the X axis instead of year. I think this is an effective way to present the data -- styling could improve beauty, though that is not my forte. If there were relevant events (e.g. started a diet) you could add those to the timeline.

Now I remember what I forgot. I’ll add height and sex to my top level comment (31M, 5’ 9.5”).

I also thought age would be better than the date but I couldn’t get the axis labels to be more frequent than every 2 years which I didn’t like so stuck with date.

Definitely agree it could be improved visually. I’d normally make such a visual in Excel which is more robust than G Sheets but I’m currently in between jobs and not paying MS for an Office license on my personal laptop so I did what I could.

Thanks for the feedback!

I think every two years would still be preferable, though yearly should be possible.

Those are some serious swings! Not really finding a sustainable diet and exercise routine?

I looked at this again. I was misremembering the issue. I was able to make age work but it then it screwed up my data labels (weights) on the main line. I'd have needed to reset to having the full set of 246 labels, tediously deleting most of them to keep the clean look. But here's what that looks like with age, just without the data labels on the peaks/ valleys.

If that's true then you should find some better software.

I know right. The only diet I've ever done is simple calorie counting. It's always been effective when I do it and stick to it. I know it's not the most ideal but being a very picky eater, truly healthy choices like a salad aren't gonna happen (aside from the fact that I drink water 95% of the time as I don't need empty calories).

Looking at the pattern now, I just realized the biggest factor has always been the level of activity at my job. I had sedentary roles between May 2012- May 2013, and then again from Nov. 2015 - June 2016 and mid 2018 to present. It seems every time I switch to a more sedentary job or position, I gain weight since I'm not replacing the lost exercise.

Hold on for the ride mate, the best is yet to come

Sedentary job + sedentary hobbies/preferred casual time has been killing me for 10 years. My phone pedometer rarely goes over 2k steps for a day. I'm gonna die early if I don't fix my shit...but change is hard. The crazy thing is that ~12 years ago I was 70 pounds lighter, loved working out, didn't really drink alcohol, and generally viewed food as fuel rather than pleasure/comfort.

….I wish this was true