Another message board I frequent does something similar to the 'reporting in' thing for reporting what people ate and what they did for exercise.
However, they set it up differently. Each person starts her (or his) own thread and in the first post says a little bit about her goals, lifestyle, or whatever. Then she just continues replying to her own post with her daily reports. Others are free to reply to that thread too to ask questions or make comments about the user's post.
I think this way makes it a lot easier to see a person's progress, and, importantly, to see your own progress! Sinead you could also put your own weigh ins here too and track them pretty well. I think it also keeps comments more organized and gives people a chance to have discussions about their personal progress. You could keep your own thread as a favourite so it would not get lost.
It's just getting so crazy with so many people reporting in now (not that I've been so good at it myself lately ) that this way might be easier to navigate. If everyone likes the way things are though that's cool too!
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Another idea for these boards...
) that this way might be easier to navigate. If everyone likes the way things are though that's cool too! 
