From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stinky Wizzleteet Subject: Re: particular capture method for a diet .. ? Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:04:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87wrimqdhm.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87aafhqhz6.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51509) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QDh7y-0002h6-35 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:00:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QDh7v-0001Sj-Oi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:00:18 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:35697) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QDh7v-0001SY-ER for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:00:15 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QDh7t-0004XY-U0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:00:13 +0200 Received: from 195-240-16-79.ip.telfort.nl ([195.240.16.79]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:00:13 +0200 Received: from wizzleteet by 195-240-16-79.ip.telfort.nl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:00:13 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Christopher Allan Webber writes: > Stinky Wizzleteet writes: > -snip- > > I think if you're at approximately 45% of your metabolism or more for > your daily caloric needs, it'll be fine. I wouldn't recommend anyone > going lower than 1200 calories per day though. > > Anyway, I'm at 1300-1600 calories / day now, it's not quite as super > fast of weight loss (about 7 pounds / month, still not bad!), but still > quite a bit of weight loss. I think if you have a lot of weight to lose > you probably don't need to worry about it too much. > > Also note that I barely exercised at all during my diet... when I did > exercise, I lost weight a little bit faster, but I simply don't believe > it's necessary for weight loss. If you want to do it, great, but it's > simply easier to figure out how to eat the right amount of foods to feel > satisfied while having a serious calorie deficit. OK, I'll remember this. I *should* exercise though, but that is definitely not for weightloss, more for stress management and keeping the rsi at bay. > -snip- > > https://gitorious.org/org-diet/org-diet > > I've gone and done it. I haven't finished writing README.org but I've > added a base org-diet file to start with, the capture template in the > orgmode file, etc. > Hey cool ! checked out already. will use it asap. > I've even checked in my whole embarassing diet.org file for you to see. > You'll notice that a few months into the thing I became a vegetarian, > but that was for ethical, not dietary reasons. :) > me vega too, welcome ! > Once I am completely not a fat guy, I will upload the final diet.org. > > As for how to find out how many calories things are I usually took three > approaches: > > - I used the program Food File, to which I made a couple of patches to > make it run on GNU/Linux... I guess I should make those available > soon. It *was* released as free software under the GPL, not sure if > the version online is still released as such. > - Reading the back of packages > - Looking at pre-existing data in my orgmode file. Usually I'd split > the file vertically and in one pane have my current daily diet table > at point, in the other I'd be isearching for things I've already > eaten... usually while dieting I tend to eat the same types of things > a lot, but I've collected a vast amount of caloric information in > there... maybe you can find how to eat a satisfying daily amount of > calories by looking at some of my example days with successful > CAL-OUT "clocking" > - I just googled for things I didn't know. > > Hope this is helpful to people! I'll add more docs later. > > (PS: the elisp is hacky, don't say I didn't warn you.) Myself, I created a little list with most of my regular foods, googled/backs of packcages and such and I kept them as a kcal/gram list. I also maintained a list of my usual servings, measured the mugs and cups I regularly used, some with a counter intuitive result. I'm sure these two lists could be maintained in an org or even a bbdb, But many pains must be suffered for this functionality and I found that my personal lists never exceeded more than 50 items. Hardly database material, so not a priority for my case. thanks, wzzl -- Stinky Wizzleteet thinks: What happened last night can happen again.