I wanted a sprint and got a very boring slope

2026-10-08 1787 views 2 posts
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owen861 OP
#1
2026-10-08 09:29

I started a daily weight tab on Jan 9 and a separate tab for the 28-day average. Sixteen weeks later the raw number is down 5.8 lb. That’s 0.36 lb/week, which feels insultingly slow compared with the stories that get posted here.

My 28-day slope is also negative, just shallow: about 0.31 lb/week when I trim the two travel weekends. I’m not thrilled. I am also not stopping, because the direction has held through birthdays, a work deadline, and one very salty ramen night.

The weird part is that the slow pace has made me more consistent: same breakfast, same two walk slots, same Sunday log review. I don’t feel like a success story; I feel like a person with a boring line and decent adherence.

For the other slow losers: what do you track when the weekly number is too noisy to trust?

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riley641
#2
2026-10-16 12:46

I do a 28-day average too, but the thing that stopped me doom-spiraling was adding a 4-week rolling total. 0.31 lb/wk is ~1.25 lb/month, so 5 lb over 16 weeks — that’s exactly your number.

It looks boring on a daily tab but it’s real. I also log a 7-day median and monthly waist.

My scale sat flat for 23 days in March, then dropped 2.1 lb in four days after a salty weekend flushed out. Question: what does your slope look

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