#hacker's diet

[fatwatch]

heroic-software/FatWatch

The FatWatch source code is now available on GitHub under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For the full announcement, click here.

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So I guess I'm straying a bit from my normal posts, but over the years, as most of us have, I've put on some weight. I got married back in May, and one of the gifts we received was a scale. Needless to say, I was a bit distressed to discover that not only had my attempts to lose weight for my wedding failed, but I now weighed more than I ever had in my adult life; I was way more overweight in high school, but I lost that weight due to new-to-adulthood poverty, not because of any diet or exercise plan.

I did a search online, and found this ebook. It all seemed pretty doable, so I downloaded a free app for tracking my weight, called Libra, and started my diet. I've lost 5.8% of my body weight in just a month and a half. My goal is to lose 10% over 6 months, but I'm actually having the problem of trying to slow my weight loss down. This is probably because I started with the recommended calories for my size, without really taking in to consideration how intense my job is, physically. It's fine, though. I just keep increasing my calories by 100 every week, to try to slow it down.

The biggest reason I wanted to put this out there, though, is because I have never been able to stick to a diet for a month and a half before. Most diets are miserable, but with this diet, I'm not overly hungry, and I can eat whatever I want to.

The book recommends using moving averages instead of looking at your weight on the scale. It explains this in great detail, so I won't go into it here. This has the effect of reducing my stress when weighing myself. I now understand that just because my weight goes up one day doesn't mean I'm not losing weight. I actually think I could easily stick to this plan for the rest of my life.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling now. If you're trying to lose weight, I recommend this book. It's free. There are links in the book for weight loss tools, and they're free. I downloaded Libra for my android phone, and it's free. So click the link at the top of this post and check it out. Sorry for sounding like an advertisement. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.