The One Year Excel Spreadsheet Experiment That Changed My Lifestyle

Exactly twenty years ago, I felt the need to change my lifestyle for having better health on the long run. As I am hooked on data, I created a system in a simple excel spreadsheet to monitor my vital signs and my progress towards my set of goals. Let’s, peak into it! Lifestyle change starts with a piece of paper I’m quite an avid health tracker. In some previous articles, I have described how I track sleep and stress or how you could live healthier with the help of technology. You would think that I started tracking my vital parameters, when sensors got to the market. I have to disappoint you: trackers and wearables were introduced in the last couple of years, but I’ve been quantifying my health since 1997! So how did I start? On paper. On a simple piece of paper. I gave a score from 1 to 10 to my mental, physical and emotional health, and I disciplined myself to follow through every day. It taught me important lessons about how I live. For example, if I exercise today, I can focus mentally better the next day and if I can focus well, my emotional health becomes better on the long term. Piece of cake. Wearables help those who help themselves When the sensor revolution began, I thought great wearables and the accompanying applications will finally help me make better decisions about lifestyle. Well, some sensors are great, but the apps are nowhere compared to what I expect them to do. They don’t motivate me for making lifestyle changes, I still have to do that myself....
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers data digital excel gc3 healthy lifestyle personalized technology wearables Source Type: blogs