"So you have to wonder, what's really the point in measuring weight? Why not measure what really matters, the size of your body!"
I do have to wonder, why is it that the size of your body matters?
I do have to wonder, why is it that the size of your body matters?
Personally I think we need a way to measure our health rather than tracking metrics that can encourage unhealthy relationships with our bodies. Ideally we would be able to quickly assess how close we are to a healthy level of body fat, lean muscle mass, be it is too high or too low. Measuring how heavy / big you are feeds into "weight status" and "thigh gap" fixation. In a less-imperfect world we'd be competitive about how healthy we are, rather than silly and often unhealthy things like thinness, and weight.
Stated in another way, it's entirely possible that a person can gain weight and lose fat -- or even lose weight and accumulate fat.
The size of various parts of your body is a much better indicator compared to measuring weight (measuring one overall size isn't a great help either), although still not the best. Measuring body fat % would be best, but unfortunately, it's not very easy to do so -- at least not without special tools.