http://blogs.msdn.com/b/familyhealthguy/archive/2009/10/06/broken-windows-and-broken-scales.aspx" Broken Windows " theory says, in a nutshell, that letting little things go can lead to big problems: [I]f a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken...one unrepaired broken window isen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/familyhealthguy/archive/2009/10/06/broken-windows-and-broken-scales.aspx#9904355Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:18:12 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9904355Will Crawford<p>That's exactly what happens with weight loss. I had a very similiar thing happen to me a few years ago - progress based on watching the metrics, then lost the metrics and lost some of the progress.</p> <p>I'm currently on a get-back-into-shape kick, and I've been trying to create accurate measurements of my overall activity level. I've been beta testing a FitBit for the last two months, and I've been amazed at the micro-level changes in behavior it's caused. When I get home at night and see that I've only gone 8,000 steps, my default behavior is now to go on a long walk rather than to drop myself back in front of the computer. Perhaps software people like us are extra sensitive to metrics, but I'll take what works...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9904355" width="1" height="1">