OK. This is purely a rant based on a shallow, n=1 observation.<\/p>\n
I lost my fitbit down the toilet in December and chose not to replace it.<\/p>\n
Since then, I’ve been maintaining my active habits (walking to work, training for a fun run) without the motivational air cover provided by the device.<\/p>\n
Since then, I’ve been eating slightly healthier, primarly reducing meat consumption in favour of vegetables, and also increasing the depth and number of fasting days.<\/p>\n
As a consequence, I’ve been losing more weight.<\/p>\n
The interesting thing is that the only quantified self metric I’ve been looking at has been my weight.<\/p>\n
It’s all a bit zero-sum, but I feel that by no longer monitoring my activity, I’m now focusing more on what matters – weight.<\/p>\n
This isn’t to poo poo the tracker. I’m confident that it supported the development of activity habit. It’s just that now I’ve covered that, I need to focus on more salient measures.<\/p>\n
It makes me think there’s change management a process that’s required to get healthy:<\/p>\n
Firstly, get active using whatever motivational means necessary -trackers, fun runs etc.<\/p>\n
Second, perhaps simultaneously, concentrate on diet… fasting, nutrition etc.<\/p>\n
For further discussion, no doubt…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OK. This is purely a rant based on a shallow, n=1 observation. I lost my fitbit down the toilet in December and chose not to replace it. Since then, I’ve been maintaining my active habits (walking to work, training for a fun run) without the motivational air cover provided by the device. Since then, I’ve … Continue reading Quantified-self harm..?<\/span>