13 Weeks: Getting Animated
That chart is a simulation: I made a line that had the same rough slope as my weight loss, and then made synthetic data points around that line. The points are normally distributed -- the famous bell curve beloved of statisticians -- and the variance is around 5 pounds. Notice how similar they look?
And that's the point. I am losing weight -- and yes, my glucose is also dropping still, and the tape measure shows I'm losing body fat. Day to day, though, it's hard to see -- perfectly normal randomness is hiding it. It's hard to see.
But then, I've only got 147 frames of this animation -- a little over 6 seconds of film. It might be a little early to be discouraged.
Date | 7 day Weight | 7 day Glucose | 7 day Bodyfat | Sum Fitocracy Points | Weekly Fitocracy Points |
2013-02-01 | 272.50 | 116.43 | 33.1 | 447 | 447 |
2013-02-07 | 272.63 | 114.57 | 30.79% | 1881 | 1881 |
2013-02-14 | 271.91 | 110.43 | 30.36% | 2606 | 725 |
2013-02-21 | 273.79 | 115.29 | 29.16% | 3775 | 1169 |
2013-02-28 | 274.44 | 104.00 | 30.00% | 4929 | 1154 |
2013-03-07 | 273.11 | 115.86 | 30.24% | 6022 | 1093 |
2013-03-14 | 269.86 | 101.86 | 30.10% | 7233 | 1211 |
2013-03-14 | 272.08 | 112.25 | 30.64% | 7681 | 448 |
2013-03-14 | 270.57 | 113.86 | 30.26% (??) | 8180 | 499 |
Δ since 2-1 | -1.93 | -2.57 | -2.88% | N/A | N/A |
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