while i'm at it

this blog has been a bit dead lately, not due to personal lack of activity, but rather lack of time. i'm going to try to get back into it, however. i'm motivated by my recent programming project: training for the apocalypse software. i'm almost done with the first module: a metabolic calculator. i am writing two versions: one which estimates metabolic rate using the Harris-Benedict equations ( the formula takes age, height and weight as variables). the other version will individually compute calorie expenditure caused by resistance exercise, cardio, thermic effect of food, and thermic effect of daily activity.

the metabolic calculator is but a pixel of the big picture - it was mainly a helpful exercise in learning to write mac os x apps. the end goal is a detailed diary.

my other goal in writing this program is to learn more about calories - something i don't think enough about, which is bad because i'd like to lose the bagel belly. the other day, tim and i did a quick rundown of our daily calories and realized that a whopping ONE THIRD of our day's calories came from BEER.

these are the kind reality checks i need in my ongoing attempt to keep from going saggy.