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I built textWeight in my basement on New Years Eve and planned to just have it as an experiment with a few friends to better understand usability of SMS and whether it could have an impact. I was inspired by Tim Ferriss's book 4 Hour Body on keeping it simple. We ended up getting picked up by Tech Crunch, and the reception was pretty phenomenal.

One of my ambitions in this version is to see if we can get people to stay more engaged with their health on weekends. We know people are more likely to eat unhealthy foods over the weekend. Excited to see if we can make a dent and help people out.

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