Comments on: Tracking Weight and What You Eat with Twitter http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/ Strength in Numbers Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stu http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-24939 Stu Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:37:08 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-24939 This looks neat, reminds me of daytum. This looks neat, reminds me of daytum.

]]> By: Justin Wong http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-23671 Justin Wong Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:51:08 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-23671 Yes! I would definitely use a released version. Yes! I would definitely use a released version.

]]> By: Flounder http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-23625 Flounder Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:06:15 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-23625 "If I made this public would you use it?" HELL YEAH!!!!!!! Make it public!! “If I made this public would you use it?” HELL YEAH!!!!!!! Make it public!!

]]> By: Joe Bloggs http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-22481 Joe Bloggs Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:28:18 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-22481 A couple thoughts. Graphs are absolutely essential for watching weight. if you're gaining (or losing) 0.5 - 1.0 lbs a month, you may never be able to see this if you weigh yourself, say, 1 day a week (as I've seen oft recommended) My weight bounces around as much as 10 lbs in ~24 hrs, and 6-8 lbs in 12 hrs. Without graphs, it's not likely that I could make out the true long-term trends (regression to the mean) You might also consider a scale that (proports to) measure body-fat percentage. Such scales may never be accurate in a absolute sense, but it can be useful to plot the relative values from day to day. (i find the readings are affected greatly by how damp, or dry your feet are.) A couple thoughts.

Graphs are absolutely essential for watching weight.

if you’re gaining (or losing) 0.5 – 1.0 lbs a month,
you may never be able to see this if you weigh yourself,
say, 1 day a week (as I’ve seen oft recommended)

My weight bounces around as much as 10 lbs in ~24 hrs,
and 6-8 lbs in 12 hrs. Without graphs, it’s not likely
that I could make out the true long-term trends
(regression to the mean)

You might also consider a scale that (proports to)
measure body-fat percentage. Such scales may never
be accurate in a absolute sense, but it can be useful to
plot the relative values from day to day.
(i find the readings are affected greatly by how damp, or
dry your feet are.)

]]> By: Ross McFarlane http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-22441 Ross McFarlane Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:33:16 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-22441 Would love to use this. Looks great. Nice human touches. Would love to use this. Looks great. Nice human touches.

]]> By: Juana http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-22258 Juana Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:01:59 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-22258 I would love to try this out and use it! How can I help? I am a BI Analyst by trade and I love data and finding patterns! I would love to try this out and use it! How can I help? I am a BI Analyst by trade and I love data and finding patterns!

]]> By: links for 2008-12-13 at dekay.org http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-21764 links for 2008-12-13 at dekay.org Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:02:23 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-21764 [...] p. 164" (tags: self-experimentation research science lifehacks psychology via:mento.info) Tracking Weight and What You Eat with Twitter | FlowingData "Not quite satisfied with what I had available, I created my own self-surveillance bot to try [...] [...] p. 164" (tags: self-experimentation research science lifehacks psychology via:mento.info) Tracking Weight and What You Eat with Twitter | FlowingData "Not quite satisfied with what I had available, I created my own self-surveillance bot to try [...]

]]> By: Chasing Data - Are You Datablogging Yet? « OUseful.Info, the blog… http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-19955 Chasing Data - Are You Datablogging Yet? « OUseful.Info, the blog… Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:10:02 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-19955 [...] related: “Self-surveillance”. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Playing With Google Search Data TrendsMash-up fun [...] [...] related: “Self-surveillance”. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Playing With Google Search Data TrendsMash-up fun [...]

]]> By: hilary http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-19150 hilary Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:24:33 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-19150 If you were to make something like this go public I would totally use it. Beautifully designed by the way. So clean! If you were to make something like this go public I would totally use it.

Beautifully designed by the way. So clean!

]]> By: Sarah http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/30/tracking-weight-and-what-i-eat-with-twitter-self-surveillance-made-easy/#comment-18841 Sarah Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:45:29 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1100#comment-18841 Hi, www.bodytrace.com has an awesome weight tracking feature with time-lapse video creating. Check it out! Sarah Hi,

http://www.bodytrace.com has an awesome weight tracking feature with time-lapse video creating. Check it out!
Sarah

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