I posted this in a community of users of Lumen, a breath analyzer for CO2, to be used every morning just like we measure fasting blood glucose. I read someone angry about the fact his readings never went below 4 or 5 ever and so he thinks the whole concept is ridiculous.

I am a geek seeking objective ways to gather data about myself to run my own experiments just to understand and fine tune my lifestyle towards a more sustainable one that improves quality of life experience continually.

My thinking is borrowed from or based on continuous improvement cycle originally propounded by the American theoretical physicist turned business school professor whom the Japanese paid respect to by listening and transforming their business, Dr. Deming (PDCA cycle).

I’d say so far so good and it is a great innovation because breath analyzers are not new but measuring carbon dioxide relative to oxygen in a handheld device is new for a technology that already existed in the lab with considerably more expense.

Also there is Wim Hoff the iceman (check out you tube), who spoke extensively about this idea of fat burn versus carb burn. He in fact advocates changing white fat to brown fat as possible.

Post script
I loved Gandhi’s autobiography for it was innovative approach to sadhana, the ancient Indian practice of self improvement. He called it My experiments with Truth.

I found the exact same strain of thinking in Ram Dass when he gave up his prestigious faculty position to become data as he explained his fundamental objection to applying the scientific methodology when it comes to studying the human mind.

I love practitioners much more than scholars when the field is self improvement which is why among my favorites are Wim Hoff, Dr. John Yeats or Culadasa and the American monks Pema Chodron and the author of the the Three pillars of Zen