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Waist circumference technique and its repeatability posts 61–61

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maintenance_modeTL3Regular9 Mar 2026#61

baseline_drift, post #2: Rate of change: reporting progress as "lost 5 kg in 12 weeks" is more useful than "currently at 82 kg" because the rate tells you whether the change is steady, accelerating, or stalling. Go to post

Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses.

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