tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post1779392875391428698..comments2023-03-19T09:06:24.378-04:00Comments on /var/log/rant: More with the Quantified Self stuffDave Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post-46642816381556683652012-03-17T21:18:47.763-04:002012-03-17T21:18:47.763-04:00@xdg. I saw the Hacker's Diet. I actually have...@xdg. I saw the Hacker's Diet. I actually have it on my Nook. I haven't actually read it much. I need to do it more, but life and distraction get in the way.<br /><br />I've looked into the FitBit scale but not the Withings scale, altough I think I've seen it online before. I've thought about modifying a scale by adding an XBee antenna, too. Me making things is as much a goal of this project as me getting skinnier. <br /><br />Thanks for your support!Dave Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post-30709905663699632432012-03-17T15:29:48.432-04:002012-03-17T15:29:48.432-04:00I love what you're doing with that. I did som...I love what you're doing with that. I did something similar years ago and dropped 50 pounds with zero additional exercise beyond my day-to-day life (NYC is a walking city).<br /><br />My inspiration was the <a href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/" rel="nofollow">Hacker's Diet</a> by John Walker. Essentially, as long as your daily weights are generally below your moving average, you're doing well, and the slope of the moving average helps define whether your calorie consumption is right. Too shallow? Eat less.<br /><br />Admittedly, as Tim Ferriss and others have shown, that's not quite right (source of calories and other factors matter), but it's right to a first approximation. That's the genius of it -- weigh yourself under roughly the same conditions each day and that's all you really need for tracking progress.<br /><br />I recommend the <a href="http://www.withings.com/en/bodyscale" rel="nofollow">Withings scale</a> to make it super easy to weigh in and record weights. Step on, get weighed, and your weight/body-fat gets uploaded via wi-fi. It doesn't get any lazier than that!<br /><br />FWIW, I lost my 50 pounds on the "Zone" diet -- a 40/30/30 mix of calories from carbs/protein/fat. If I had to do it again, I'd probably lower the carbs even more (along the lines Ferriss suggests) as that seems to do the most to curb my food cravings.<br /><br />Good luck!xdghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542586695911182107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post-55502270454161644762012-03-15T23:55:07.130-04:002012-03-15T23:55:07.130-04:00That's fair. I don't really have a measuri...That's fair. I don't really have a measuring tape of the right type, but that's fair. Weight fluctuates. Tim Ferriss wrote how he essentually hacked his weight, dropping easily fluctuatable water weight to drop weight classes and win a martial arts competition. I also have a body mass calculating tool that I don't have the first clue about how to work, but would be a more precise measure of the the important part of my increasing health.<br /><br />But ...<br /><br />I don't have a methodology and workflow for checking waist size. I don't have the better part of a month's worth of data on my waist size. I don't have a memory of what the high-water mark of my waist size is.<br /><br />I will ponder.Dave Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post-87520612582673356402012-03-15T20:28:37.340-04:002012-03-15T20:28:37.340-04:00BTW, a side note. Instead of weight, which can flu...BTW, a side note. Instead of weight, which can fluctuate all over the place during the day/week (due to elimination, evaporation), some have suggested measuring waist line instead.harbudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374805033276266291noreply@blogger.com