Thursday, September 14, 2006

An Engineer's View of Reaching a Target Weight

I did some research and learned that 1 lb of fat contains approximately 3,500 calories and 4 litres of gasoline contains about 31,000,000 calories and my car (the '03 Honda Civic Hybrid) gets about 5.0 L/100km and I live on a 2 acre property.

It just happens that for me to reach my target weight I need to lose the fat equivalent to the gas required to drive my car for 1 trip around my yard (excluding along the front by the road).

Now I need to make a little car that I can "drive" around the property to represent my progress...!

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