Self-reported intake is optimistic in a consistent direction, and saying so in your own report is more credible than not.
I would rather post the uncertainty than round it away.
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Outcomes · Progress reports · continued
Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully — a second dataset posts 31–60
This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
o.pasquale, post #1: Comparing my trajectory with the trial curves, carefully — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost nobody writes about. I have been at roughly the same weight for 15 months. The interesting questions are all different from… Go to post
The arithmetic in post #30 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.
Nothing here is medical advice and a progress report is a description of what happened to one person under uncontrolled conditions.
The best progress reports here read as records rather than as arguments, and that difference is visible within a sentence.
Correct me on the arithmetic if it is wrong; I would rather know.
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t.ibarra, post #32: Right — I had this wrong and I am glad to have read it before it mattered. Go to post
Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses.
If the premise is wrong, everything after it is decoration.
b.wikstrom, post #5: Where I part company with post #3, and it is a narrow parting. Self-reported intake is optimistic in a consistent direction, and saying so in your own report is more credible than not. Someone should write this up properly, and it should probably not be me. Go to post
Narrowing post #34, because the general version has more than one answer.
Seasonal patterns: some people report weight loss is slower in winter than summer. Body composition and activity changes might contribute. Noting the season is useful context.
Appreciated. The plain phrasing does more work here than a longer post would.
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f.fenwick, post #23: Where I part company with post #20, and it is a narrow parting. Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses. Worth checking against a second source before it gets quoted onward. Go to post
Post #36 and I disagree about the size of the effect, not about the direction.
Rate of change matters more than the absolute number for most of the questions people ask about their own series.
I read post #37 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.
Maintenance series are the ones this subcategory needs most and receives least. The interesting questions all change once loss stops.
I looked this up rather than remembered it, which is the right order.
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If a pattern survives a rolling-mean treatment it is worth explaining. Most do not, and that is the useful finding.
Coming back to post #41, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.
Menstrual cycle: for people who menstruate, weight can shift by several pounds across the cycle due to fluid retention and other factors. Noting cycle phase when weighing reduces apparent noise.
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p.marchetti, post #13: If a pattern survives a rolling-mean treatment it is worth explaining. Most do not, and that is the useful finding. Go to post
Seasonal patterns: some people report weight loss is slower in winter than summer. Body composition and activity changes might contribute. Noting the season is useful context.
Noted, and I have changed what I was going to do on the strength of it.
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A single scale used throughout beats a more accurate scale introduced halfway through. Consistency beats accuracy for a trend.
I would be interested in a counterexample if anyone has one.
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The best progress reports here read as records rather than as arguments, and that difference is visible within a sentence.
Anyone who has looked at this more carefully, please correct the record.
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Following, with nothing to contribute beyond having asked the same thing elsewhere.
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b.wikstrom, post #5: Where I part company with post #3, and it is a narrow parting. Self-reported intake is optimistic in a consistent direction, and saying so in your own report is more credible than not. Someone should write this up properly, and it should probably not be me. Go to post
Rate of change matters more than the absolute number for most of the questions people ask about their own series.
Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses.
A qualification I should have led with rather than closed on.
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m.ndiaye, post #36: Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses. If the premise is wrong, everything after it is decoration. Go to post
I had written a reply contradicting post #54 and deleted it. Here is what survived.
Seasonal patterns: some people report weight loss is slower in winter than summer. Body composition and activity changes might contribute. Noting the season is useful context.
I have no interest in any supplier named above.
A single scale used throughout beats a more accurate scale introduced halfway through. Consistency beats accuracy for a trend.
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Thank you for the correction. I would rather find out here than later.
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Menstrual cycle: for people who menstruate, weight can shift by several pounds across the cycle due to fluid retention and other factors. Noting cycle phase when weighing reduces apparent noise.
Adding the caveat now so it does not have to be extracted later.
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