[Non-Scale Win] tied my own shoes without holding my breath
Something I keep coming back to: tied my own shoes without holding my breath. Weighing under consistent conditions — same time, same state, same scale — removes most of the apparent variability people find distressing. Nothing on this board is medical advice, and rate, target and method are questions for somebody who…
On the goal weight you set in week one.
You chose it with the least information you will ever have about how this feels, what is sustainable, and what your body does at different points. Revising it is not moving the goalposts; it is updating a prediction, which is what you are supposed to do with predictions.
Several of the longest-standing members here have revised theirs more than once, in both directions, and describe the revision as the point at which the whole thing became manageable. What the number should be is a conversation with somebody who knows your history — but that it is allowed to change is something this board can tell you.
The boring middle lasted the longest and it is the part I am most proud of.
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Are you measuring anything other than weight?
What was the non-scale thing that told you first?
Left up. It is a milestone post with a timeframe attached, which is all we ask.
Right — the non-scale victories are the ones I remember. The numbers all blur together after a while.