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It'll be better if you actually systematically collect quantitative data over a month and upload it to a github repository. You also do it regardless of what ex
by kiba 14y ago
It'll be better if you actually systematically collect quantitative data over a month and upload it to a github repository. You also do it regardless of what experiment you're running. That way you will be able to see your weight before a particular experiment and what's the result of your experiment afterward. Also, if you logged what you eat, you may be able to rule out the hypothesis that you simply ate more.
This is exactly what I have done for my walking 10K steps experiment: http://kibabase.com/articles/self-quantification#data http://kibabase.com/articles/self-quantification#data
The data collected are my weight, steps count, blood pressure and pulse rate. The blood pressure and pulse rate are added after 21 days into my logging effort, since it is my policy to add a new set of data every 21 days.(Next will be blood sugar level)
Although, I have yet to analyze or present the data from my walking 10K steps a day experiment.
- draven 14y agoCool experiment! Have you thought about measuring your waking body temperature as well (as an indication of your basal metabolic rate) ? What are you using to measure your blood pressure?
- kiba 14y agoCool experiment! Have you thought about measuring your waking body temperature as well (as an indication of your basal metabolic rate) ? I haven't thought of that and I don't know of a good way of measuring that. Currently, I only count the total cumulative steps roughly in a 24 hours period. What are you using to measure your blood pressure? I just use a blood pressure cuff. If you want to know about my process for selecting tools and using them, see the section on tool on my essay I linked to in the original post.
- draven 14y agoI just use a blood pressure cuff. I was wondering what kind of cuff. The electronic ones or the old-school ones? (My original question was too vague, sorry about that.) As for the wake up temperature, measure your temperature as soon as you wake up (keep an electronic thermometer on your bed table.) Some people also measure it 3/6/9 hours after waking as well.
- enraged_camel 14y ago>>measuring your waking body temperature as well (as an indication of your basal metabolic rate) This would be quite meaningless, since there would be too many other variables to control. The average human body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but fluctuates throughout the day by as much as 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Our bodies are cooler in the morning and warmer in the afternoon. In addition to level of physical activity, there are many other factors that affect the body's temperature, such as hunger, level of sleepiness, whether the person is sick, etc. Basically I really doubt you'd see any kind of measurable change in the body's temperature just from standing up all day.
- liangzan 14y agoDo you measure these at the same time of the day?
- kiba 14y agoI measure them roughly around the same time.