Thursday, July 26, 2007

Time to review Round 1 winner......

There are varies way to work out the answer......and the simplest one is wait, next is to guess or pay me for the answer....Then the hard way is to crack it....

remember the brain is using 25-30% of daily energy, in the way you were burning extra % of your daily energy with your brain when you had a crack for the answer.

1226202046 if a = 1.... z = 26

then you have + - / 2 4 2

1) split the numbers, 12 26 20 20 46
2) for each number /2, 6 13 10 10 23
3) then +4, 10 17 14 14 27
4) then -2, 8 15 12 12 25
5) finally, sub the number with letters if a =1..... z= 26, ie holly

Yes, the first round winner is Holly! with 3 parameters rank 1

!congratulation!

Will she be the overall winner? is there a dark house around the corner?

!Stay tune!

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

The winner of Round 1 is

by now all of you should realized that Sub03 is the winner...but who is Sub03?

the answer is 1226202046 if a = 1..... z=26

few more things you need:

+ -  / 2 4 2 

each operator and number only use once

need to group the numbers before start using the operators and numbers

you got 48 hours to work it out. The hidden answer will be posted on Friday

however if you wish to know now, you can do with a small amount of fee to me.

Round 1

Who is winning so far………………
The competition was head to head and toe to toe. It is so difficult to decide who is the round 1 winner with the decrease of % of body fat alone.
Therefore, I propose to use the following method to decide the winner. I looked at 4 parameters:
1) Weight – body weight of the subject (fig. 1)
2) PerFat- Percentage of body fat (fig. 2)

3) Bmi – body mass index (fig. 3)



4) Actweight of body fat – actual weight of body fat = PerFat * weight (fig. 4)



The individual graphs of each parameter showed no clear cut (fig 1-4). When you looked at the difference of each parameter, ie 2nd -1st, there was a winner in each parameter (fig 5-8).






Therefore when counting up the ranking of each parameter (fig 9), ie the person with the most of Rank 1 in each parameter, a winner is merging……….



If there is no objection for this method to decide the first round of winner, then the winner is.............

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Electrolyte solution- a way to cheat the system?

An electrolyte is a substance containing free ions that behaves as an electrically conductive medium. Because they generally consist of ions in solution, electrolytes are also known as ionic solutions, but molten electrolytes and solid electrolytes are also possible.

Therefore in theory this solution should reduce the resistance in the bioimpedance measurement which results in a greater difference in % of body fat before and after the consumption of this solution.

Aim:
To test whether an electrolyte solution will substantially decrease % fat in the bioimpedance measurement.

Method:
A subject (n=1) was volunteer for this study. Since it was an experiment on the person himself, ethic approval was not required. The electrolyte solution was obtained from Dr Geddes Homeyard Laboratory. The solution (~500ml) contained 80mg(3.5mmol) of Na, 68mg(1.75mmol) of K and 8.4mg(0.35mmol) of Mg. It had total energy of 72Cal Weight and % of body was measured by Tanita body fat monitor/scale (TBF-521, USA). The time of measurements were listed as follow: prelunch (12:45), after lunch (13:10), consume the solution, 0 hour (13:14), 0.5 hour (13:44), 1 hour (14:14), nature call (14:18), 1.5 hour (15:14), 2 hour (15:14)

Result:
The greatest change in weight occurred after the consumption of lunch and the solution.
The weight remained very constant after the nature call.
The % of fat raise only 0.5% after the consumption of lunch and the solution. Then reduced to 19% after nature call.

Discussion:

Electrolyte solution is often used after heavy workout because of its ability to reduce fluid loss. Therefore drinking electrolyte solution should reduce the resistance and leaded to the result of low % of fat in the bio-impedance measurement. Introduce electrolyte solution showed no substantial reduction in % of body fat during the time of experiment. It was unlikely due to the addition of lunch prior to the test because subject's % of fat was 19.5% during his initial weight in (31st may, 2007). It might be possibility due to the strength of the solution prepared from the Homeyard Laboratory. However if the electrolyte solution help to absorption of fluid, then may be extra fluid after the consumption of the electrolyte solution may result in a greater reduction of % fat.

information about energy consumption

Energy consumption and body weight
How much energy does our body need?

Calculate the daily energy consumption of your body:

The human body has a basic energy consumption of about 4 kJ per kilogram of body weight and daily hour, regardless of whether you are at work or asleep. In order to calculate your basic energy consumption, you have to multiply your body weight by 4 and thereafter by 24 (for the hours of the day).

The amount of energy your body burns is largely determined by your professional activity, add therefore the value below which is relevant to you, in order to calculate your basic energy consumption.

Daily energy consumption according to professional activity *:

Activity Consumption
Seated work (office staff, pupil /student) 1000 - 2000 kJ
Light work (i.e. sales person, hairdresser) 2000 - 4000 kJ
Medium heavy work (i.e. carpenter, baker, housewife) 4000 - 6000 kJ
Heavy work (i.e. bricklayer, dancer) 6000 - 8000 kJ
Very heavy work (top athlete) over 8000 kJ

Even in your spear time you consume energy, you can calculate your average spare time energy consumption by adding the relevant value below to your basic and professional activity energy consumption.

Energy consumption (per hour) for various leisure activities *:

Jogging (9 km/h) 2400 kJ
Dancing 1500 kJ
Swimming (20 m/min) 1200 kJ
Cycling (15 km/h) 1200 kJ
Walking 600 kJ
Writing 120 kJ
Watching television 20 kJ

* Approximate value: 1 kcl = 4.18 kJ

The result represents your total energy consumption per day. The measure used hereby is the Kilo-Joule (kJ), in order to convert your result into the wider known kilo-calorie (kcal), you have to divide your result by 4 (exact conversion: 1 kcal = 4.18 kJ).

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Off the rails!

Firstly WELCOME EVERYBODY to the biggest pumper!

The quarter pounder christened the first night of the biggest pumper with a very yummy chicken burger with peri peri chips from Nandos! What a promising start!

The Biggest Pumper 07

The Biggest Pumper 07- the biggest fat burning event at the southern hemisphere in 2007.

Burn fat or build muscle, whatever it takes - the person has the biggest decrease in body fat percentage at the end of the third month will be the winner.

First weight in by Friday the 8th June
Second weight in on the 2nd July
Third weight in on 6th August
Finial weight in on 7th Sep

Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd biggest pumpers + a first checkpoint winner (second weight in).

Already 14 people participate this event and 12 have done the first weight in.

So get burn and get tone!!!