| There are numerous ways to lose weight as shown by the number of weight loss books there are. The very basics of losing weight can be achieved by the following: Caloriesin < Caloriesused You must burn more calories than you take in. This Excel lesson revolves around showing how Excel is good at math. We want to calculate a number of things: The method used in this book is called Measure Enter Adjust Talk (MEAT) Measure You will weigh yourself each day. You will need a good digital scale that you can purchase from Amazon. Enter You will enter your weight into the spreadsheet you build. This will give you some statistics and tell you what to do for the day. Adjust You will adjust your eating and exercise based on if you ahead or behind your goal. Ahead and you can slack off a little. Behind and you must reduce you calorie intake and increase your calories used. Talk We will be building a number of tools in Microsoft Excel to help achieve this and at the same time improve our skill in Excel. What to eat? This diet doesn't specify what you should eat. You'll find this by experimentation. Some diets to try are: Let's start build our first formula. |