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Member Comments
by TheBashar on May 7, 2009 at 1:10 AM
I used the Hacker's Diet for several years in conjunction with a regular exercise regimen. I saw good results, but I became frustrated with the spreadsheet that it used. The formula in the spreadsheet would lag what was really happening. It was frustrating to see in hindsight that I had been gaining weight for 4-6 days before it showed on on the daily excess value of the spreadsheet.
I came up with my own smoothing formula that resulted in less lag and used that for my weight charts. After friends and family starting asking me to make weight charts for them too, it became fairly time consuming. I recently put together a Google app engine site that is free for anyone to use and employs my improved formula for generating charts and giving daily calorie intake feedback.
It's been very helpful to me and if it helps other people as well, then more's the better: http://www.myweightracker.com/history