Anchoring a simple calculation to a moving end row

I have a very simple spreadsheet that was initially created from a template on an iPad that I transfer back and forth to a Mac Book Pro. I happy to edit it on either device.
The spreadsheet tracks my weight loss so column 1 is a date with start date in row 1 and column 2 is my weight in pounds. I have a footer row where I want to show the weight loss. So the very simple formula is to subtract the weight in the last added row from the weight in the first row. I don't want to sum all the weights or take any averages. I just want to subract (hopefully subtract!!) the recent weight from the first weight.
I originally created the foruma on the iPad where the formula uses relative cells by default. That seemed to me to be the best choice for the recent weight and I assumed the first weight did not matter if it was relative or absolute.
I add a new weight each day on the ipad using an auto created form. I auto-create it each time I transfer back from the mac (not every day).
I think you can guess what's coming! Each time a new row is added, the formula stays achored to the row when I last set up the formula. So the formular is not changing its limits (end row) each time I add a row. I tried selecting absolute as well as relative but it made no difference.
Can anyone please tell me how to achieve what should be simple?
I have a similar question about a chart based on this spreadsheet. Each time a new row is added to the spreadsheet, I have to manually select the chart and change the column selection in the spreadsheet (drag down the last row outline) to get the chart to update to show the new row of data.
Thanks
John.

John,
Noble effort. You can get Numbers to act the way you wish. Here's an example:
I used a Scatter Chart to display the trend. Symbols set to None and using Straight connecting lines between points.
The expression for weight loss in the Footer is:
=LOOKUP(MIN(A), A, B)-LOOKUP(MAX(A), A, B)
The expression will always subtract the latest weight from the oldest weight.
To get the chart to adjust to added rows is easy. Select the row of the last data point and add a row by pressing Option-DownArrow. This inserts a blank row in the Chart's data range in the table.
Jerry

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I've tried to circumvent the problem by associating the measure to the leaf level of the "product" hierarchy in the Properties -> Levels tab, however this doesn't seem to do what I want, it only forces the computation to happen at the lowest level of the hierarchy. What I would like is for the measure to aggregate to upper levels just as it would were it defined directly in AWM.
Do you know how to do that ?
Thanks for your help!
Chris

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Hi all. I realize this might fall into the dumb question category, but I can't find any tutorials or walkthroughs on it.
I want to make a simple calculator. The user inputs the variables and that changes the values displayed.
I have all of the formulas as a table in Excel. I imported the data source (Excel), created a gallery and connected the various input and text boxes to the corresponding column labels in Excel.
But when you change the values in the text input box the other fields don't change. It's almost like Siena forgot the formulas and is just displaying the text.
Any help or directions to a tutorial would be greatly appreciated.
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