''Part of the [[Using the iOS app|Loopa iOS app]] guide.''
The '''Measurements screen''' is where you record body-tape measurements and body fat, and watch them change over time. You reach it from [[Today's Page]] — scroll down to '''The Log''' and tap '''Measurements''' — or from [[The Quick-Log button]] by choosing '''Measurements'''. See [[Using the iOS app]] for the wider tour, and [[Body measurements]] for why the tape beats the scale on its own.
''General wellness tracking, not medical advice.''
== Picking a site ==
A row of chips across the top lets you switch between body sites — waist, chest, hips, thigh, arm, and neck (the exact set comes from your account). Tap a chip to jump to that site, or '''swipe the measurement card left or right''' to move between them. Once you've changed or filed a site, a small green checkmark appears on its chip so you can see at a glance what you've already covered today.
== Taking a measurement ==
The selected site fills a card with a '''tape-measure control''' you drag to dial in the number. The big readout above it shows the current value, and units follow your account setting:
- In '''inches''', values read in eighths — a whole number plus a fraction glyph (⅛, ¼, and so on). The nudge buttons under the tape are '''−⅛''' and '''+⅛'''.
- In '''centimeters''', values read to one decimal and the nudge buttons are '''−1''' and '''+1'''.
For an exact figure, tap the readout (or use the tape's enter-exact action) to open a keypad sheet and type it in.
== Deltas over time ==
Above each measurement sits a '''delta pill''' that compares today to your last entry — for example ''"−1½ in since Mon"'' — and the tape carries a ghost marker labeled with that last value and its date. For sites where smaller is the goal (waist, hips, thigh, neck), a move in the right direction shows in green. A site you've never logged reads '''FIRST ENTRY''' instead.
== Body fat ==
Below the tape sites there's a '''body fat %''' stepper field (steps of 0.1). It's separate from the tape sites, so you can log it on its own or alongside a measurement. For the bigger picture on what body fat and BMI do and don't tell you, see [[BMI and body composition]].
== Filing ==
The '''Save''' button turns on as soon as you've changed a measurement or your body fat number, and it saves everything you touched in one go. When it lands, a stamp animates over the card summarizing what you filed — for instance a green ''"−1½ IN · SINCE MON"'', a plain ''"HELD AT …"'' when nothing moved, ''"… · UPDATED"'' when you re-filed today, or a milestone note like ''"UNDER 40 — FIRST TIME"'' when you cross a whole-unit boundary the right way. If the network is slow the app quietly retries once before reporting a problem.
== Editing the record ==
A '''Last filed''' header shows the date of your most recent entry. Its '''⋯''' menu offers '''Strike last entry''' to remove the whole thing, and pressing and holding a site's card offers '''Strike last <site> value''' to remove just that one measurement. Either way a confirmation dialog appears first, and a '''STRUCK FROM THE RECORD''' toast confirms the removal — after which the previous entry takes over as your latest.
== Where it goes ==
Your measurement history flows into the charts on [[Trends on iOS]], so waist and body fat can be read as a line, not a single number. Weight itself is logged separately — the weight quick-log opens here too, and [[Weight tracking]] covers it.
== See also ==
- [[Body measurements]]
- [[BMI and body composition]]
- [[Trends on iOS]]
- [[The Vitals screen]]
- [[Using the iOS app]]
[[Category:The iOS app]] [[Category:Loopa]] [[Category:Health tracking]]
''Part of the [[Using the iOS app|Loopa iOS app]] guide.'' The '''Measurements screen''' is where you record body-tape measurements and body fat, and watch them change over time. You reach it from [[Today's Page]] — scroll down to '''The Log''' and tap '''Measurements''' — or from [[The Quick-Log button]] by choosing '''Measurements'''. See [[Using the iOS app]] for the wider tour, and [[Body measurements]] for why the tape beats the scale on its own. ''General wellness tracking, not medical advice.'' == Picking a site == A row of chips across the top lets you switch between body sites — waist, chest, hips, thigh, arm, and neck (the exact set comes from your account). Tap a chip to jump to that site, or '''swipe the measurement card left or right''' to move between them. Once you've changed or filed a site, a small green checkmark appears on its chip so you can see at a glance what you've already covered today. == Taking a measurement == The selected site fills a card with a '''tape-measure control''' you drag to dial in the number. The big readout above it shows the current value, and units follow your account setting: * In '''inches''', values read in eighths — a whole number plus a fraction glyph (⅛, ¼, and so on). The nudge buttons under the tape are '''−⅛''' and '''+⅛'''. * In '''centimeters''', values read to one decimal and the nudge buttons are '''−1''' and '''+1'''. For an exact figure, tap the readout (or use the tape's enter-exact action) to open a keypad sheet and type it in. == Deltas over time == Above each measurement sits a '''delta pill''' that compares today to your last entry — for example ''"−1½ in since Mon"'' — and the tape carries a ghost marker labeled with that last value and its date. For sites where smaller is the goal (waist, hips, thigh, neck), a move in the right direction shows in green. A site you've never logged reads '''FIRST ENTRY''' instead. == Body fat == Below the tape sites there's a '''body fat %''' stepper field (steps of 0.1). It's separate from the tape sites, so you can log it on its own or alongside a measurement. For the bigger picture on what body fat and BMI do and don't tell you, see [[BMI and body composition]]. == Filing == The '''Save''' button turns on as soon as you've changed a measurement or your body fat number, and it saves everything you touched in one go. When it lands, a stamp animates over the card summarizing what you filed — for instance a green ''"−1½ IN · SINCE MON"'', a plain ''"HELD AT …"'' when nothing moved, ''"… · UPDATED"'' when you re-filed today, or a milestone note like ''"UNDER 40 — FIRST TIME"'' when you cross a whole-unit boundary the right way. If the network is slow the app quietly retries once before reporting a problem. == Editing the record == A '''Last filed''' header shows the date of your most recent entry. Its '''⋯''' menu offers '''Strike last entry''' to remove the whole thing, and pressing and holding a site's card offers '''Strike last <site> value''' to remove just that one measurement. Either way a confirmation dialog appears first, and a '''STRUCK FROM THE RECORD''' toast confirms the removal — after which the previous entry takes over as your latest. == Where it goes == Your measurement history flows into the charts on [[Trends on iOS]], so waist and body fat can be read as a line, not a single number. Weight itself is logged separately — the weight quick-log opens here too, and [[Weight tracking]] covers it. == See also == * [[Body measurements]] * [[BMI and body composition]] * [[Trends on iOS]] * [[The Vitals screen]] * [[Using the iOS app]] [[Category:The iOS app]] [[Category:Loopa]] [[Category:Health tracking]]
