Quantifying my life has changed it for good. I've been overweight for most of my adult life (and teenage), and now I've managed to turn it around in a short 6 months. Not only am I feeling at my peak when other people are fearing the "nearing 30 syndrome", but I have much more trust in my day-to-day decisions. Because I have been shown the way :)Since I've started quantifying my own life with 5 sensors on a daily basis, I've become increasingly frustrated with how people around me make life decisions. All too often, I hear "Starting tomorrow, I'm going to ...". New Year's style resolutions, what is that? Why is it that people tend to make data driven decisions in their job but not in their life?The ResultsI want to show you the results first, and then we'll dig into how it was done and why. Of course, it can't all fit into one single article. This will turn into a small feuilleton series of itself :)Here's me in February 2014 and September 2014:Since I didn't know that I was starting an actual scientific experiment, I did not have the mindfulness to take better pictures of myself (e.g. in the same clothes). But the difference is quite clear.Here's how it looks like in numbers: from 102kg to 78kg in 6 months.Fun fact: the little upward spike in...Read More
