I used to design websites, print media, and forms, so I'm all about UX and UI. And this problem has gotten me curious, so I looked at it in more detail.
Notice the LOG/SLEEP page. The main focus of the page is a Historical Graph that takes up the majority of what you see at first. The second thing you might notice is the Detailed History listing below the graph and to the left. The last thing you'll likely notice is the small Log Sleep box on the right.
Logging sleep is an easy process, so the box needn't be large, but why is it the last thing added to the LOG/SLEEP page?
Notice the LOG/WEIGHT page. The main focus, again is a massive Historical Graph, the secondary characteristic is the Detailed History, and the third is again the small Log Weight box on the right, followed by a Goal Settings box (when do settings generally reside at the bottom of their content screens?).
It's does makes sense to have historical data visible on or accessible from the log page. How else would you know your entry was properly recorded if it wasn't shown on screen. It doesn't need to be buried somewhere, or hard to get to. It just doesn't need to be the primary focus of a data logging page.
Notice the LOG/ACTIVITIES page (which is still in the 'old' style). The primary focus is again a massive graph. The secondary is a detailed history. And almost hidden way down at the bottom, the data entry box and it's associated Quick Access list.
Though not yet updated, this too is far from intuitive and seems completely backwards.
Now remember the old LOG/FOOD page. The Settings were primarily at the top. There was a small graph to the side that was easy to ignore but useful and accessible when you needed/wanted it. Always useful information like daily macros were front and center, to help manage intake. But the primary focus was LOGGING FOOD, for that day, as evidenced by the first box being a search bar, the largest feature being a list of that days details, and the quick access to favorites, pre-programmed meals, and recents being all just to the side of the primary content.
Seems the LOG/FOOD page was designed for its purpose, the LOG/ACTIVITIES may never have been, and the new LOG pages certainly aren't (I don't recall what they all looked like previously).
Form really oughta fit function. Yo FITBIT, I'd be happy to redesign your site for free. I'm not kidding!
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