[Infographic] Five months of CICO progress: 85.8 kg to 62.4 kg (23.4 kg lost) | 189 lbs to 138 lbs (51 lbs lost)

At the beginning of this year, I decided to lose some weight via CICO. I intentionally avoided as much exercise as possible, as I wanted work out the TDEE / BMR Activity Factor for my usual sedentary lifestyle. Two days ago, I hit my goal weight. Here’s an infographic I made of all of my data!

Disclaimer: The energy intake values depicted in the infographic are extremely low. Replicate at your own risk. If in doubt, please seek advice from a medical professional.

Data collection details:

• Energy intake logged daily via the MyFitnessPal iOS app
• Steps logged daily via iPhone 7 / XS and the iOS Health app
• Weight measured weekly via digital bathroom scales (week-to-week weight differences were quite volatile)

Calculation details:

• Volatile weekly energy deficit derived from volatile weekly weight loss, using the assumption that all weight loss is fat (1 kg = 37,000 kJ)
• Volatile weekly energy usage derived by adding weekly energy intake and volatile weekly energy deficit
• Weekly BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) derived using Mifflin St. Jeor BMR formula and current weekly weight
• Volatile weekly BMR activity factor derived by dividing volatile weekly energy usage by weekly BMR
• Average BMR activity factor calculated by dividing sum of volatile weekly energy usage by sum of weekly BMR, excluding values from the first week (to prevent the initial loss of water weight from skewing the results)
• Smoothed weekly energy usage estimated by multiplying average BMR activity factor by weekly BMR

Visualisation details:

• Data graphed using Microsoft Excel
• Visualisations edited using Adobe Photoshop

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