The document discusses why self-tracking and using quantified self techniques did not help the author lose weight. It describes how the author started tracking various metrics like food intake and sleep to get feedback on behaviors. However, simply tracking this data did not lead to behavior change or weight loss. The document suggests that public accountability, finding the root causes of behaviors, and using nudges and minimum effective doses of changes may be more effective strategies for behavior modification and goal achievement.

1. WHY
QUANTIFIED
SELF
DID
NOT
GET
ME
TO
LOOSE
WEIGHT?
Ignite
Paris
#16
30
mars
2012

2. How
it
started
http://gigi49.blog.jeuxvideo.com/231687/Le-­‐journal-­‐de-­‐Bridget-­‐Jones/

3. «
What
gets
measured
gets
managed
»

4. The
power
of
feedback
loops
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/all/1

5. Gestalt
theory
:
cognitive
response
chain
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/08/strengthening-­‐
behavioral-­‐cues-­‐in-­‐ux-­‐web-­‐design-­‐with-­‐gestalt-­‐principles/

6. Quantified
Self
&
Self
Tracking

7. Recording
the
physiological
evidence

8. The
ideal
and…
the
goal
!

9. Behavioral
economics
and
decision
making
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703385404576259030599041442.html

10. Nudges
are
everywhere
http://nudges.org/

11. «
The
4-­‐hour
Body
»
Timothy
Ferris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK2m-­‐kjhhQM&

12. The
minimum
effective
dose

13. Principle
#3

15. Public
accountability
provides
loss
aversion

16. From
the
symptoms
back
to
the
cause
http://www.dietsnaps.com/

17. Eating
right
…

18. …sleeping…
http://www.furnimagz.com/energy-­‐pod-­‐by-­‐metronaps-­‐for-­‐google-­‐employee

19. …and
exercising
!
http://online.wsj.com/article/
SB10001424052748704314904575250352409843386.html

20. Merci
!
Amaury
de
Buchet
@adebuche
Pour
aller
plus
loin
:
Quantified
Self
Meetup
Paris
#3
http://www.meetup.com/QSParis/events/56371232/
Mardi
22
mai
2012
Greenspace,
28
rue
du
Chemin
Vert,
75011
Paris