Author's Evidence Folder
The 4-Minute Alchemy™ · wellness appendix

Author's Evidence Folder

Screenshots from my own watch app and breathwork app that back the figures in my wellness sheet and in the book. The watch screens were taken on 17 October 2026, between 16:11 and 16:15; the breathwork screens on 31 October 2026. The phone's status bar has been trimmed from the top.

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Sleep

Wellness sheet · Sleep rows

Sleep score, sleep schedule, duration and efficiency. The week view covers 12–18 October 2026; the month view covers October 2026 to date.

Mi Fitness sleep screen for 12 to 18 October 2026: sleep score, sleep schedule, sleep duration and sleep efficiency
Week · 12–18 Oct 2026

Sleep score 66 (Fair)
Average fall-asleep time 03:40
Average wake-up time 11:12
Sleep duration 8 h 01 min
Sleep efficiency 93%

Mi Fitness sleep screen for October 2026: sleep score, sleep schedule, sleep duration and sleep efficiency
Month · October 2026

Sleep score 68 (Fair)
Average fall-asleep time 03:10
Average wake-up time 10:16
Sleep duration 7 h 21 min
Sleep efficiency 96%

Heart rate

Wellness sheet · Heart rows

Resting, average and range, for the day (17 October), the week (12–18 October) and the month to date.

Mi Fitness heart rate screen for 17 October 2026
Day · 17 Oct 2026

Resting 60 bpm
Average 68 bpm
Range 54–109 bpm

Mi Fitness heart rate screen for 12 to 18 October 2026
Week · 12–18 Oct 2026

Resting 60 bpm
Average 75 bpm
Range 54–155 bpm

Mi Fitness heart rate screen for October 2026
Month · October 2026

Resting 57 bpm
Average 75 bpm
Range 48–155 bpm

Blood oxygen

Wellness sheet · Oxygen rows

Average, highest and lowest reading, for the day, the week and the month to date.

Mi Fitness blood oxygen screen for 17 October 2026
Day · 17 Oct 2026

Average 96%
Highest 100%
Lowest 93%

Mi Fitness blood oxygen screen for 12 to 18 October 2026
Week · 12–18 Oct 2026

Average 95%
Highest 100%
Lowest 92%

Mi Fitness blood oxygen screen for October 2026
Month · October 2026

Average 95%
Highest 100%
Lowest 92%

Stress

Wellness sheet · Stress rows

Stress score out of 100 (lower is calmer) and the share of time the watch counted as relaxed, for the day, the week and the month to date.

Mi Fitness stress screen for 17 October 2026
Day · 17 Oct 2026

Average 22 (min 12, max 37)
Relaxed 70% · 1 h 33 min
Mild 30% · 39 min
Moderate and severe 0%

Mi Fitness stress screen for 12 to 18 October 2026
Week · 12–18 Oct 2026

Average 25 (min 2, max 47)
Relaxed 54% · 8 h 56 min
Mild 46% · 7 h 37 min
Moderate and severe 0%

Mi Fitness stress screen for October 2026
Month · October 2026

Average 25 (min 1, max 47)
Relaxed 51% · 22 h 51 min
Mild 49% · 21 h 34 min
Moderate and severe 0%

Vitality score

Wellness sheet · Activity rows

The watch's 7-day Vitality score. Saturday 17 October was a planned rest day, so it earned no points.

Mi Fitness Vitality score screen for 11 to 17 October 2026
7 days · 11–17 Oct 2026

7-day Vitality score 36
17 Oct: 0 Vitality points

Breath practice (Huff app)

Book · Proof of Practice

My practice record in the Huff breathwork app, captured on 31 October 2026 (rankings 16:24 to 16:57, totals and trainer 16:57). Where a leaderboard is shown, the other users' names and pictures have been cut away; only my own row and the totals are kept. A ranking screen can count one session more or fewer than the totals screen.

Huff app totals: 338 hours 25 minutes over 2,712 sessions, a 104-day current streak
Totals · 31 Oct 2026, 16:57

Time invested 338 h 25 m
2,712 sessions
Wim breathing 227 h 20 m · 738 sessions
Box breathing 50 h 40 m · 1,092 sessions
Meditation timer 52 h 34 m · 765 sessions
Guided meditation 6 h 27 m · 66 sessions
Current streak 104 days (longest 104)

Huff app trainer screen: Level 8, the maximum level, focus rank number 11, daily goal reached
Trainer · 31 Oct 2026, 16:57

Level 8 (Max) · focus rank #11
Daily goal reached: 27 minutes banked (goal 21)

Huff box breathing global ranking, all time: number 1 of 470 worldwide with 1,093 sessions
Box breathing · all time

#1 of 470 worldwide
1,093 sessions

Huff box breathing global ranking, one year: number 1 of 301 worldwide with 922 sessions
Box breathing · 1 year

#1 of 301 worldwide
922 sessions

Huff box breathing global ranking, 28 days: number 1 of 59 worldwide with 315 sessions
Box breathing · 28 days

#1 of 59 worldwide
315 sessions

Huff meditation timer global ranking, all time: number 2 of 289 worldwide with 765 sessions
Meditation timer · all time

#2 of 289 worldwide
765 sessions

Huff meditation timer global ranking, one year: number 1 of 178 worldwide with 666 sessions
Meditation timer · 1 year

#1 of 178 worldwide
666 sessions

Huff meditation timer global ranking, 28 days: number 1 of 46 worldwide with 307 sessions
Meditation timer · 28 days

#1 of 46 worldwide
307 sessions

Huff Wim breathing global ranking, all time: number 24 of 844 worldwide with 737 sessions
Wim breathing · all time

#24 of 844 worldwide
737 sessions

Huff Wim breathing global ranking, one year: number 8 of 565 worldwide with 381 sessions
Wim breathing · 1 year

#8 of 565 worldwide
381 sessions

Huff Wim breathing global ranking, 28 days: number 3 of 243 worldwide with 83 sessions
Wim breathing · 28 days

#3 of 243 worldwide
83 sessions