Weight is stored in two separate places in Coachway, and it is important to know the difference.
Measurement logs are the individual weight entries you or your client log and track over time. These appear in the Body progress chart on the Development page.
Starting weight and goal weight are both set in the client's profile during onboarding. They appear in the client info and are stored separately from the measurement log.
Why this important
Editing a weight entry in the measurement history table does not update the starting weight or goal weight. Those fields only change if you update them directly in the client info section.
This means if you are correcting a client's data - especially after migrating from another app - there are potentially two places to update:
Client info - correct the starting weight and/or goal weight
Measurement history - correct any individual logged entries
Fixing the logs alone will not update what the client sees as their starting point or target in the app.
But why does the weight change look wrong?
The weight graph on the Development page, the weight change, and the share progress stickers are calculated from measurement logs only. They start from the first weight that was logged as a measurement, not from the starting weight in client info.
So if the client's starting weight was never logged as a measurement (for example because they started tracking later, or you moved them from another app), the change will look too small. If a wrong value was logged, it can look far too big.
To fix it:
Open the client → Development
Click Add measurement
Choose the client's start date and enter their starting weight
If an old entry is wrong, fix or delete it in the history (see Adding, Editing & Deleting Measurements)
Updating the starting weight in client info alone does not change these numbers.
How to update the starting weight or goal weight
Open the client's profile in Coachway.
Go to the client info section → click Activity & Dietary Information.
Find the Initial weight and/or Goal weight fields and update them.
How to hide weight information from your client
It is possible to hide weight information from the client in the app. You can do so by going to the client --> Settings --> Generelt and then toggle of Weight information & history.
Common scenario: client app shows the wrong starting weight or target
If the client's app is showing incorrect values, the fix is always in the client information section - not in the measurement history table.
Common scenario: migrating from another app
When bringing a client's historical weight data into Coachway:
Use the Add measurement with the backdate feature for each historical entry.
Then go to the client's profile and set the correct Starting weight and Goal weight in the client information section
Both steps are needed if you want the chart history and the client app to show accurate information.