Sleepy Head

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Here is the last 15 nights of sleep. I'm not that good at this game. I think after this week, before I go back to work on my vampire schedule (I'll explain that later too), I'll punch some numbers on my sleep and see how many sheep I'm not counting on my nights before work. Sorry, I don't have much to offer tonight, but I'll leave you with something you can read in my absence about people other than myself that live by their numbers.

The New York Times: The Data Driven Life

Another blog: The Quantified Self

Monday Weigh-In (May 2, 2010)

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Hello everyone! It's time to hit the scale. I weighed in this morning, but didn't have time to screen shot my chart until now. It's been a long day so I imagine that my sleep metrics will suck for the night.

It was a good loss this week. I'm down to 175 lbs. I also did some thinking, and I know where the end point is. I'm shooting for 165 lbs before I transition to the next phase of my fitness goals (but that's for another day). I figure this means I have about 3-4 more weeks of work ahead of me to clear the last 10 lbs. Diets aren't meant to last forever...

Body Metrics

Weight: 175.0 lbs

BMI: 25.8

This week's DCV: 1937 Cal (to lose weight)

Week 2

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Data for the second week! This chart displays not only this week, but both weeks thus far. I think that the more data the better. It will be useful in finding trends in my behavior and help me optimize my process. The blue line is my Daily Caloric Value (DCV) calculated for me to lose weight. Each week I recalculate the value, so each week it will move down as I lose weight (because I'm not going to get any taller... perhaps...).

Some notes on this week. I went over my value on two days, but in the end, my weekly total (11,931.47 Cal)was lower than last week (12,035.50 Cal). I think this is worth noting. It can be a deflating (inflating? heh?) feeling to mis a daily goal, but it's good to remember to not get discouraged and refocus.

I'm becoming very conscious about how much work goes into this, but at the same time, I feel like this is a very positive growth for me. Tomorrow is my Monday weigh-in. I think it will go well. My goal for this next week is to try and stabilize my numbers some and try to learn and analyze my diet composition so I can start engineering a more perfect experience (because let's face it, I don' want to diet forever...).

Workout Data

Wednesday: Interval Training - 00:30

Thursday: Aikido - 01:30

Friday: Interval Training - 00:30

Saturday: Interval Training - 00:30 (tried to up my speed but it kicked my ass)