This is a presentation I gave on 11/15/12 at a Quantified Self Show & Tell Meetup about my personal tracking around my eating and exercise habits. I'm sharing it now because I am resuming the practice of tracking what I eat.
3. What
I
did:
Exercise
• Tracked
Work
Outs
– Type
of
exercise
– Repe00ons,
Sets,
Resistance
– Time
of
Day
(Morning/Evening)
– Day
of
Week
– Area
of
body
– April—August
2011
• Strategized
Exercise
– Planned
work
outs
by
muscle
groups
– Set
goals
to
build
on
intensity
• Self-‐disciplined
– Tagged
days
when
I
worked
out
or
not
5. What
I
did:
Consump0on
• Tracked
consump0on
– Specific
foods
– Time
of
Day
– Day
of
Week
– Es0mated
Calories
– May
—
July
2011
• Set
goals
– 1600,
1800,
2000
calories/day
– Monitored
&
adjusted
consump0on
based
on
ea0ng
habits
(%
of
calories
to
be
consumed
by
0me
of
day)
• Self-‐disciplined
– Tagged
days
when
goals
were
met
or
not
met
8. What
I
learned:
Exercise
Ball
hamstring
roll
plank
w/
rear
arm
reach
Plank
knee
roll
w/
ball
Chest
press
Bicycle
Seated
Row
Elip0cal
Tricep
Ext
Boat
hold
Lat
pull
down
Leg
ext
Reclined
Sit
Ups
Push
ups
Thigh
add/abducter
Sit
up
Super
Set
Back
ups
Stairs
(9
flights)
Squats
Intervals
Cardio
26%
Arms/
Shoulders
16%
Abs
20%
Legs/Gluts
21%
Chest
4%
Back
9%
Yoga
4%
I
love
exercises
that
primarily
use
my
legs.
9. What
I
learned:
Exercise
Sunday
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Week
79%
Weekend
21%
I
get
less
mo0vated
aier
Monday.
I
lack
discipline
on
the
weekends.
10. What
I
learned:
Consump0on
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
Evening
Midday
Morning
My
behavior
is
predictable.
11. What
I
learned:
Consump0on
455
375
330
355
486
578
508
900
731
619
705
657
897
901
852
898
662
1,003
1,117
838
947
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Morning
Midday
Evening
Morning
21%
Midday
37%
Evening
42%
I
lack
discipline
at
night…
Especially
on
Fridays.
Wednesdays
are
my
lowest
calorie
days.