The main topic this week are some of the tools I'm trying in order to improve/maintain my health. Additionally some educational and entertainment picks. Hope you enjoy!
Cursera is an educational technology company that offers massive open online courses (MOOCs). Coursera works with universities and other organizations to make some of their courses available online, offering courses in subjects, such as: physics, engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, data science, and other subjects. Ivy League schools and other top universities offer MOOCs here. I have taken about 3 courses there and it was a valuable experience.
UP is the app I use to track my steps and sleep. I got it for free, so it's a simple tracker but for me it does the job. I have much more clarity of how long I need to sleep per day and if I'm achieving my goal. It's impressive how much we overestimate how many calories we burn. You really need to get moving!
MyFitnessPal is a good app that works well to help you keep an eye on your diet. I haven't paid for the premium service, but even the free version is useful. The main feature to me is to calculate how many calories I consume in one day. I can search for the food I eat or scan the bar code. My key take-away is that it's unbelievable how much we underestimate how many calories we consume in one day. Add that to the already mention fact that we overestimate how many calories we burn and I'm not surprised anymore that it's difficult to loose weight.
Cursera is an educational technology company that offers massive open online courses (MOOCs). Coursera works with universities and other organizations to make some of their courses available online, offering courses in subjects, such as: physics, engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, data science, and other subjects. Ivy League schools and other top universities offer MOOCs here. I have taken about 3 courses there and it was a valuable experience.
UP is the app I use to track my steps and sleep. I got it for free, so it's a simple tracker but for me it does the job. I have much more clarity of how long I need to sleep per day and if I'm achieving my goal. It's impressive how much we overestimate how many calories we burn. You really need to get moving!
MyFitnessPal is a good app that works well to help you keep an eye on your diet. I haven't paid for the premium service, but even the free version is useful. The main feature to me is to calculate how many calories I consume in one day. I can search for the food I eat or scan the bar code. My key take-away is that it's unbelievable how much we underestimate how many calories we consume in one day. Add that to the already mention fact that we overestimate how many calories we burn and I'm not surprised anymore that it's difficult to loose weight.
I'm currently experimenting the 5:2 Diet. The 5:2 diet, or fast diet, is a diet which stipulates calorie restriction for two non-consecutive days a week and unconstrained eating the other five days. As far as I could find, there's actually no scientific proof that it works. With that said, I am happy with the experience so far. The 2 fasting days are tough, but you start to get use to it and the next day I feel great and light. Now, the key is to maintain health and balanced eating on the other 5 days.
Last week I watched Narcos season 2. It's a very good show and in some ways different than the first season. Season 1 covered a long period of Pablo Escobar's life, but season 2 is only a couple of years. Therefore, there's more character development and more complicated plots that also include other stakeholders. Wagner Moura's performance as Escobar is just amazing, certainly the highlight of the two seasons. I know it's not a documentary, but using real images during the show is misleading. The only negative point, the story is filtered by american lens and that's certainly biased in their favor.
Last week I watched Narcos season 2. It's a very good show and in some ways different than the first season. Season 1 covered a long period of Pablo Escobar's life, but season 2 is only a couple of years. Therefore, there's more character development and more complicated plots that also include other stakeholders. Wagner Moura's performance as Escobar is just amazing, certainly the highlight of the two seasons. I know it's not a documentary, but using real images during the show is misleading. The only negative point, the story is filtered by american lens and that's certainly biased in their favor.
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