Rolling seven-day median hit 159.4 today. Daily readings this week: 158.8, 160.2, 159.1, 161.0, 158.6, 159.3, 159.4.
I do not give a single weigh-in much weight; the median is the metric. Context: 5 ft 6 in, down 41 lb over 14 months, lifting three days per week, protein 115-130 g, sleep around 7 hours. No plan changes.
I noted the threshold, updated the spreadsheet, and went to work. It is not a finish line, just a new range to defend.
For those who track data: median, mean, or trend arrows?
Congrats—the median is such a saner metric. Chaotic two-kid house here too. My snack-drawer hack: pre-portioned turkey sticks, roasted chickpeas, and apple slices in the door so I don’t graze while making the kids’ dinner. I also only weigh after drop-off, before coffee. Question: do you set a
Nice threshold to log—159.4 is a clean line in the sand. One tracking tweak that helped me stop over-reading daily jumps was adding a 28-day median next to the 7-day: when the short trend dips but the long one hasn’t caught up, I just note it and move on.
Curious whether your two higher readings (160.2 and 161.0) landed near lifting days for you, or if that’s just random noise in your data?
Damn, 41 lb over 14 months with no plan changes is the quiet part—that’s consistency. Since you’re lifting 3x and protein is in a solid range, I’d be curious what your compound lifts are doing: any rep PRs on squat/row/press lately?
I lift 4x and keep a monthly “strength + waist at navel” note next to the seven-day median, because recomp can hide scale progress but not log progress. Also, are those daily readings all same conditions—wake-up, post-bathroom, before food?
Tightening that made my median way less noisy than adding more data points.
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