Today marks the first recording of body measurements for the year.
I've had two weeks off over the Christmas/New Year period due to summer holidays.
I'm using nothing more than a seamstress tape and a Nintendo Wii Fit Plus board to take my measurements. I am going to replace the Wii Fit board with a proper set of digital scales but I'm not going all out on a set. I kind of got bit with the FitBit Aria and I'd much rather just a set of normal scales.
I am teaching myself XCode on our new Mac Mini so I will end up developing my own body measurements app because at the moment I can't find a decent one that measures everything. I just have to learn how to connect to Apple Health data for things like age and height.
Anyway, I decided to share my body measurements on my blog each morning before I head to work and then I'll post my Actifit report at the end of the day once I've done stuff.
| Date | Height | Weight | Clothing Weight | Actual Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/1/25 | 161cm | 77.2kg | 0kg | 77.2kg |
| Neck | Chest | Waist | High Hip | Hip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34cm | 89cm | 80cm | 79cm | 87cm |
| BMI | Body Fat | Lean Body Mass | Ponderal Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29.78 | 31% | 55.21kg | 18.5 |
Not a bad start to the year really.
I've got a good chunk of data to back up my hypothesis from last year. What you eat doesn't make a lick of difference. How much you eat certainly does. Take that with how much you exercise and you'll see that losing the fat is a little more attainable than we think.
But the experiment I want to test out this year based purely on my own data is how much of a difference does our mood make? To do this I need to record accurately how I feel at the start of the day and how I feel at the end of the day. Luckily I do have those tools built into my iPhone.
I'll write up a proper post about this experiment in the next couple of days.