the cut

“i would like to track how many calories i’m burning and how well i’m doing in terms of aggressively cutting.”
aug 1sept 30 · the eve of seattle
next moves
    the day so far
    the deficit ledger
    deficit = maintenance (~2,400 on a desk day) + session net − what the journal lists. meal estimates ±20–25%, and a day only counts what it lists — an unlisted snack shrinks the truth, not the number. the target line is the daily deficit that buys 170 by the eve of seattle.
    the week
    the sessions
    method fixed 8/8 so sessions stay comparable: MET × 3.5 × kg ÷ 200, net of just-existing. running 9:30/mi ≈ 14.8 kcal/min at current weight. ±15%, consistently wrong in the same direction.
    the scale