2022 EOY

This is a bit of a special entry. Similar to the 2015 review when I moved to the Meditations, I am going to a do a whole year review; and then move to a regular schedule. I’ll will evolve this over time. The current plan is weekly updates and quarterly review.

Overview

• Weight loss of 16 pounds
• Based on tracking, consumed average of 2000 calories a day.
• Based on those two, seems like there is about a 550 calorie fudge factor.
• Sleep is meh, about 6.25 hours per night.
• Exercise is 931 per day
• 174 days > 1000 calorie burn
• 237 days > 30 min

Weight

Ultimately, the objective function is to reduce weight. So, start with that.

Key stat: Lost 16ish pounds.

Not great but I am not beating myself over it. This year was to establish a baseline; and given this baseline, I am quite excited to overlay the next year on top of it.

Diet

The key variable I can control is calorie intake.

Key stat: mean of ~2000.

mean     2013.549307
std       668.060718
min       303.330000
25%      1544.000000
50%      1994.020000
75%      2348.750000
max      5613.370000

Interesting learning: Based on the weight loss, it suggests 150 calorie deficit from TDEE. It’s a much lower deficit than what I would expect (2700 vs. 2000 mean). In reality, it seems like I need to consider a fudge factor of about 550 calories per day.

For instance, assume I want to loose 30 pounds. That should give me a deficit of 300. Add the fudge and subtract from TDEE: 2700 – (300 + 550) = 1850 mean

That is actionable advice.

Distribution:

Exercise

This year, I got rid of the gym. That was an interesting experiment. And I think I learned that I don’t like not working out.

Sleep

This is not an indepth take on sleep. I do have the data via oura, but I am leaving that for another time.

Key stat: 6.25 hours per night. I can shoot for it to become a bit longer. Closer to 6.5.