Re: particular capture method for a diet .. ?

[Stinky Wizzleteet <wizzleteet@hotmail.com>]

Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> writes:

Wow, really, that's awesome and inspring.
Congratulations !

I think the hacker's diet is the most useful thing to come out of autodesk.
The first time I lost some serious weight was when I followed the
hacker's diet in 2001, I used his palm III app for that.
I've gained weight since the birth of my son and the start of my company
and I want to curb it before it gets out of hand.
I cap the caloric deficit at a 500 kcal deficit per day, because for me 
and my genetic background of overweight family this is probably
not a diet but a lifestyle and I understood that at higher deficits ones
metabolism is trying to adapt, trying to defeat the dieting
purpose. (citation needed) -I cannot provide proof nor reference to this statement-  

Your approach is *exactly* what I was meaning to eventually throw together.
I would love to take a look at your code, as a total noob I may be able
to hack a workable system for myself -eventually, but help maintaining will be
possible only on the long term. Once I've mastered lisp and org.

However, as I am not the only one interested in your system you might
want to consider dumping it loosely unorganized on github. but mailing
us a tar package would be cool too.


thx !
wzzl



> So I've been meaning to put something up on this in worg for a while.
>
> I've been dieting using orgmode, basic calorie tracking, and something
> resembling the ideas out of "The Hacker's Diet" for the last year
> (actually 2.5 years with a 1.5 year "break" in which I continued to
> weigh in mostly but didn't follow my calorie goals ;)) and have lost >
> 60 pounds so far (originally was 275, not all that's recorded in my
> files during the first few weeks of dieting, anyway at 210 now), going
> from morbidly obese to just overweight, and I'm still losing weight
> (soon enough, being a fat guy will be far behind me).  Here's the
> org-babel generated gnuplot graphs to show it (regenerated and pushed to
> my site every morning):
>
> http://dustycloud.org/tmp/weight.png
> http://dustycloud.org/tmp/weight_month.png
>
> Here's a screenshot:
> http://dustycloud.org/tmp/org-diet2.png
>
> Roughly in the terrible amount of hacks that compose "org-diet" I've
> wrapped together these ideas/tools:
>  - calorie tracking
>  - recipe calorie calculation
>  - weigh-in via org-capture
>  - calorie "clocking" (clock out at the end of the day to verify you've
>    got accurate numbers for that day)
>  - habit tracking of whether you've met your calorie goals
>  - weight graphing with 10 day moving averaging to remove some of the
>    "noise" from a daily weigh in/out
>  - bmi calculation
>  - a really shitty calories-per-day-to-lose-to-meet-your-goals estimator
>
> It's really nothing complex, and mostly it's not software, just a
> methedology with a *slight* amount of poorly written software in elisp
> and org-babel, but the system works great.
>
> I planned after meeting my diet goals (hitting normal weight) that I'd
> release the whole thing (including my present diet file for reference)
> under GPLv3, document it in worg, and put my own diet file out there
> under CC0, but maybe I should do it sooner... problem is I don't have
> time presently while trying to work on http://mediagoblin.org on
> weekends to make a "proper" release, but I could at least bundle
> together everything you need to have a full system using my hacks for
> now if you want, with really terrible but usable documentation, without
> taking up too much time. :)
>
> Interested?  I could probably throw together a terrible tarball this
> weekend if you want to use it and post it to the list.
>
> One thing that's clear from the diet I've collected: whenever I've
> followed the system, without fail, I've lost weight.  When I've deviated
> I've stayed level or I've gained weight (the no-movement middle of the
> diet graph I linked to).  Follow the system, use habit tracking and
> stuff, stick to your calorie goals (I shoot for a lower occasional-goal
> of 1300 calories and an absolute minimum goal of 1600 calories), and it
> *fucking works* without any support of the bullshit diet industry.
>
> I've heard a few people saying they have interest in the stuff I have so
> maybe I should just do that crappy release for now; better than nothing?
>
> Hopefully being useful while making embarassing admissions about my
> body,
>  - cwebb
>
> Stinky Wizzleteet <wizzleteet@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am too fat.
>>
>> And I found in the past that the best way for me to loose weight is to
>> log my eating habit every day and make sure that I eat between 1800 and
>> 2200 kcal/day, no more, but also not less.
>>
>> I want to figure out a way how to create a custom capture template to
>> keep track of my daily intake.
>>
>> The result should be a diary-style org file were every day would be
>> filled with a table that features an updated total and an item list:
>>
>> TOTAL:  1965 kcal
>> |apple          |       80|
>> |orange         |       65|
>> |energy drink   |       300|
>> ... etc
>>                 
>> (gnus: y u no tables ?)               
>>
>> capturing would consist of two entries, item and specific caloric
>> value, and these values would be inserted into a table that would
>> automagically update its daily total.
>> Every day a new table should be started.
>>
>> Is this possible ? And how ?
>> Pointers, tips and snippets are greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best,
>> wzzl

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