Your first challenge is free
The weight loss challenge that won't let you give up.
One rule: weigh in at least every 3 days. Your first challenge is free. Let the clock run out, and the next one costs $5 more.
People who weigh in often lose more and keep more of it off. Running late? One email reminds you.
Pick a point, or use the arrow keys, to see that day.
Ideal: 0.5% a weekAmbitious: 1% a weekYour trend
The problem
The weight creeps back when you stop looking.
Why I built steps.org
- When I stopped weighing in, I ate more and gained.
- Then I was too ashamed to look.
- The longer I stayed away, the harder it got.
Nobody should be afraid of their own bathroom scale.
Tiago, who built steps.orgMaybe you too
- You lost it, stopped weighing, and it quietly came back.
- You start strong every January, miss a week, and quietly give up.
You're not alone
You're not the only one who stops looking.
9,768 smart-scale users
Nearly 3 in 4 took a month or more off the scale. Weight went up during those breaks.
It watched people. People may stop weighing because they gain.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
40 adults, 2,838 weigh-ins
Weight went down in weeks of daily weighing. Breaks of over a month went with gain.
A small group, watched and never tested.
PLOS ONE, 2014
3,003 people keeping weight off
Those who weighed less often a year later regained 4.0 kg (8.8 lb). Those who weighed more often regained 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).
It watched people who had already kept weight off. It tested nothing.
Obesity, 2007
How it works
Weigh in every 3 days, and the challenge keeps going.
- Start · today's weight and your target
Weigh in
Ten seconds on the scale. Each weigh-in gives you 72 hours to the next, and a countdown shows the time left.
A friendly cop, by email
24 hours left and no weigh-in? One email comes, with one of your own reasons in it.
Something to lose
Let the clock run out and the challenge ends. The next one costs $5 more, and every day you weigh in takes $1 off.
- Reach your target, and you've won
Start a weight loss challenge.
Two ways the next month can go.
If you stop looking
A bad weekend becomes a week away. The clock runs out, the challenge ends, and the weight drifts where you can't see it.
If you keep weighing in
A weigh-in every few days, and day 30 of your weight loss challenge comes with the clock still running. A drift shows while it's small.
Lighter on the stairs. Easy in your clothes. Happy in the photos.
Energy
More in the tank.
Confidence
At home in your body.
Keeping it off
Still off next summer.
Works with
Any diet. Any weight loss program.
steps.org works with any diet or weight loss program. Keep the one you're on, and your 7-day average shows if it's working.
- Keto
- Intermittent fasting
- Low carb
- Mediterranean
- A coach's advice
- Walking more
What steps.org promises, whatever the number
It never judges the number.
The stakes ride on weighing in. Up or down, a weigh-in keeps your challenge going the same.
Coming back always counts.
A challenge that ends unsuccessful keeps everything you logged. Start the next one, and your chart carries on.
Win, and the next is free.
Reach your target and your next challenge costs nothing, whatever came before.
Yours to share, or not.
Every challenge has a link to send the people keeping you going. Turn it off any time.
Privacy, in plain wordsEvery challenge gets its own link, private until the first time you share one. Anyone with it sees that challenge: its goal, weigh-ins, chart and clock, under a random name with no photo or email. Your notes, your reasons and what you pay stay private, search engines never list it, and you can make the link private any time. After 90 days without a weigh-in, we close your account and delete everything in it. We email you 7 days before.