Down 14 kg since March and I mostly trust the trend line

2026-10-18 03:10

Not going to pretend this was a clean linear thing. I started tracking four numbers in March: weight, protein, steps, and how many nights I actually got seven hours of sleep. Everyone asks about the weight. It's the least interesting column I keep.

Down 14 kg since then. The scale did maybe 60% of its work in the first ten weeks and has been negotiating terms ever since. What actually moved the line was boring: same breakfast most mornings, a walk after dinner whether I felt like it or not, and treating a rough week as one data point instead of a verdict.

The unplanned part: a quieter appetite made it obvious how much of my eating was just scheduling. Meals happened because the clock said so. Some of them don't now, and the day still functions fine.

Not fishing for applause. Curious what your second-most-useful metric turned out to be. Sleep is quietly running second for me and I'd like to know if that holds up for anyone else.

2026-10-27 20:09

Fellow cafe owner, so I know the taste-test tax. A spoon of ganache here, a bite of scone there, and by 4pm I've "eaten" a whole extra meal without ever sitting down. What helped was logging those bites as real food instead of pretending they didn't count — annoying, but it made my protein number honest.

Which of your three non-scale columns moved first? For me steps tanked on prep days, but sleep was the one quietly dragging everything else. And when the trend line goes flat like yours, do you read the weekly average or just the four-week? Only the four-week keeps me sane.

2026-10-28 17:58

The sleep column is the one that messes with my head—when I get 3+ nights of 7 hours, my steps jump by about 1,500 without me “trying,” and protein is way easier because I’m not foraging at 9pm. Did your recent stall line up with a sleep dip, or was it more that protein/steps slipped first?

I’m back at it after a regain, so I’m nosy about which non-scale number tends to move first for you.