One year, (nearly) One thousand Cokes
February 9th, 2006 at 14:18

Today marks an important day in human history. The day that James O’Malley proved that his logging his coke intake has changed absolutely nothing atall.

What?! New readers, you must be confused. For the past year I’ve been keeping track of the number of Cokes I’ve been drinking a day- the term “coke” in this case applies to all cola drinks from the awful Freeway Cola to the lovely Pepsi in a pub. I’ve logged it by the number of “servings”- one serving being anything from a small glass to a 750ml bottle.

Why am I doing this? Last time I went to the dentist, he told me to cut down on my coke intake- to help me do this, I decided to log what I drink, so next time I go to the dentist I have some raw data and some pretty graphs to show him.

But you knew all of that anyway, right? Lets have a look at the results.

Just looking exclusively at the start and “end” data, you can see that my CPD average went from 3, down only slightly to 2.7. Oo-er. Just 0.3 Cokes after going as low as 2.11 in May! If you look at the “CPD” over time graph, you’ll see that it lowered dramatically before shooting right back up again.

If you look at the “Cokes in a day over time”- a log of the absolute number of Cokes I have had in a day, you’ll see that there is a huge jump in September… incidentally the month I started University. Clearly the notion that students drink lots doesn’t just apply to alcohol.

The cumulative graph isn’t very exciting. It’s just a big curve.

I think the sliding average graph is one of the most interesting- it shows a definate upwards trend and worryingly, each value is entirely dependent on the three days around it- meaning that I am actually drinking more than before.

So all in all, not a great year. In this coming year though, I’m going to try and beat it- by which I mean, drink a lower number of cokes than before. I’ve stepped up my obsessive-compulsive behaviour too, and I’m now trying to log the individual brands that I drink, too.

Stay tuned for more thrilling Coke action folks!

Comments(2)

1. The French
   February 10th, 2006 at 8:06 pm

   On a TOTALLY unrelated note, a cardiovascular consultant told me on Wednesday that he saw a patient that day with a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Not unusual, you might think, for a heart surgeon, but here’s the catch. He was 26. 26 and nearly dead of a massive MI. Makes you think, doesnt it, you know, people drinking bad naughty drinks and stuff.

2. duncan
   February 17th, 2006 at 11:39 pm

   nearly a thousand cokes in a year, as much as 6 per day on at least 5 occasions, and only one day in the course of a year when you didn’t have any… that’s a lot of sugary caffeinated beverages!

   mind you, when i was at uni i used to drink 2 litre bottles of it almost daily. gave it up along with a lot of other stuff when i left uni, and hardly touch the stuff anymore (maybe as much in a year as you would knock back in a day, if that)

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