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c/progresspics·submitted 2 years ago by u/salma_almeida

[Discussion] we are measuring milestone at the wrong time and calling it noise

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we are measuring milestone at the wrong time and calling it noise, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board. Stalled for 20 weeks and measured my waist out of stubbornness. It had moved. The scale had not. Stopped reading the fastest posts here for a month and my mood improved considerably. Nobody noticed…

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u/line_demir217 points·2 years ago

Rate of change is not a virtue. Slower trajectories are as durable as fast ones and are considerably better represented on this board than the front page suggests.

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u/wholesome_lurkerMOD110 points·2 years ago·edited

Removed an image link. This board is text only by community rule and that has been reaffirmed twice.

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u/kian_ferreira124 points·2 years ago

The boring middle lasted the longest and it is the part I am most proud of.

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u/zaid_grimaldi52 points·2 years ago

Cosigning on timeframe. "17kg" means something completely different over 8 months than over one.

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[deleted]24 points·2 years ago

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u/rosa_almeida38 points·2 years ago

say what changed for you, not what should change for others

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u/salma_almeidaOP160 points·2 years ago

Rate of change is not a virtue.

line_demir is right that the clothes tell you before the scale does.

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u/ewan_hovland103 points·2 years ago

Gently disagree with the framing — that is not a plateau, that is a month. They are different things.

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u/yara_antonsen83 points·2 years ago

waist is the measurement that keeps moving during a scale stall

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u/line_demir54 points·2 years ago

nobody owes anybody a starting weight

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