Metus comments on What Are You Doing for Self-Quantification? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Metus 30 August 2012 07:23:32PM 0 points [-]

Simplest and probably oldest example: Weight yourself, be it daily or weekly. I recommend the latter as it will better reflect actual changes in weight than a daily measurement in wich fluctuations through hydration dominate any real change.

Comment author: aelephant 31 August 2012 03:21:02PM 0 points [-]

Good point. Another method I've used is to average daily weights for a weekly average. If the average is trending downward over time, I'm losing weight. The other method is to measure only maximums & minimums. This method is psychologically reinforcing because you can have a little celebration (or a cheat meal, for instance) when you hit a new minimum (for those losing weight).