what non scale thing surprised you most
#wins 2026-04-14
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Highlights from this day
- bad_batch_not_scam — SURMOUNT-OSA reported roughly what i got, which surprised me, i had assumed the trial people all did better, ask me again in a month 15:41
- careful_claims — bloods, blood pressure and the stairs all moved before the scale did anything interesting 16:28
- knees_first — i want to say something in here but im worried about sounding like im showing off 16:52
- knees_first — congratulations, genuinely. and thank you for putting the caveats in, most people do not bother honest caveat on mine: i also started walking and lifting, so my… 16:55
kept 33 of it off for 15 months now and that is the number i am actually proud of
*that should say weekly
SURMOUNT-OSA reported roughly what i got, which surprised me, i had assumed the trial people all did better, ask me again in a month
down 48 since 9 months ago, whats a sensible thing to celebrate at
cpap pressure came down from 14 to 9 and the machine stopped waking me up in the night
👀1
9 down in 5 months and honestly the stairs were the bit that got me, not the scale
does anyone else keep one pair of old jeans purely as a measuring device
is it weird that the clothes size mattered more to me than the number did
i log kilos because i think in kilos and put pounds in brackets so nobody has to convert anything, thats just me
i was the one who nearly quit at week three and now i am the one saying hold, which i find funny
[edited]is it bad form to say i havent had a single side effect
bloods, blood pressure and the stairs all moved before the scale did anything interesting
🙏16
thats a big drop
*that should say weekly
thats not showing off
the thing nobody tells you is that the wins slow down and you have to learn to like the maintenance
down 46 and my resting heart rate dropped 5 bpm, related or not
i want to say something in here but im worried about sounding like im showing off
🧊10
the stairs thing yeah
❤️15
congratulations, genuinely. and thank you for putting the caveats in, most people do not bother
honest caveat on mine: i also started walking and lifting, so my numbers are not a clean read on the drug
months not weeks