{"id":7794,"date":"2012-05-01T02:24:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T07:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=7794"},"modified":"2012-05-01T02:24:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T07:24:06","slug":"to-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=7794","title":{"rendered":"To Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s better than a little data? A lot of data. We just got a new toy that generates all kinds of data: our first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004L6NTHU\/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00\" target=\"_blank\">bathroom scale<\/a>. But this isn&#8217;t just any scale. It displays my weight like you&#8217;d expect but also uses a harmless electrical current to calculate my body fat, total water content, muscle mass, and bone percentage. Plus it looks slick and has a nice, clean display for our information. Except for getting my body fat measured back in junior high or high school, I&#8217;ve never had any of those measurements taken by a medical professional. But as far as I can tell, the extra information seems to be fairly accurate, or at least reasonable. We&#8217;re both trying to lose some body fat, so I hope this scale will help us track our progress. <\/p>\n<p>With accuracy down to 0.2 pounds, it also allows me to perform some interesting experiments. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How much does my weight vary throughout the day and from day to day? (as much as five pounds)<\/li>\n<li>How much weight do I lose during a trip to the bathroom?<\/li>\n<li>How much water weight do I sweat out during a short run or a long run? This information can help me know how much replacement water to drink.<\/li>\n<li>With my workout program and diet, does my body fat drop as quickly as my muscle mass increases, or is one faster than the other?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t decided yet what to do with all this data. Several iPhone apps let you track your weight and other data points. I could also set up an Excel spreadsheet or use some other tool. We&#8217;ll see. Right now I&#8217;m just playing with it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s better than a little data? A lot of data. We just got a new toy that generates all kinds of data: our first bathroom scale. But this isn&#8217;t just any scale. It displays my weight like you&#8217;d expect but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=7794\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7794"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7796,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7794\/revisions\/7796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}