I lost 100 pounds in 7 months: How a smart scale and an Apple Watch helped track my progress

I went on a weight loss journey before going on a real journey. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I went on a weight loss journey before going on a real journey. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. My Apple Watch and a $110 scale did the real work. I found a lot of apps useful, and some that weren't. My scales helped me keep an eye out for muscle loss. Last year, on April 1 of all days, I started a weight-loss journey. I needed to shed over 100 pounds. Part of the reason was health -- I'm a 50+ year-old man who wanted to keep doing the things I enjoy without various parts of me complaining too much. Part of it was pride -- I'd promised a friend I'd walk a section of the Camino Francés, from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela, with them that November. While my work involves a fair bit of sitting, I'm an avid hiker who spends a lot of my spare time outdoors, but covering about 80 miles in a week would be a lot easier without 100 extra pounds of timber strapped to my frame. When it came to the weight loss…