went from stopping halfway up the stairs to carrying shopping up them without noticing, and that is the whole win
#wins 2026-02-23
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Highlights from this day
- see_a_clinician — blood pressure was 148 over 94 at baseline and 126 over 80 today, is that the weight or coincidence 18:10
- see_a_clinician — slightly off topic but does anyone else keep one pair of old jeans purely as a measuring device please say it. this channel exists for exactly this and nobody here is… 18:13
- courier_vs_post — half a stone in 34 weeks sounds slow written down and felt enormous while it was happening i was the one who nearly quit at week three and now i am the one saying… 23:00
- courier_vs_post — bloods, blood pressure and the stairs all moved before the scale did anything interesting 23:01
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i was down 29 at month six and then nothing at all for eleven weeks. it moved again. the eleven weeks were not a failure
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slow is fine
months not weeks
FLOW reported roughly what i got, which surprised me, i had assumed the trial people all did better
cpap pressure got turned down last week, has that happened for anyone
thats a big drop
10kg is about 22lb and i still get that conversion wrong at least once a month
blood pressure was 148 over 94 at baseline and 126 over 80 today, is that the weight or coincidence
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unrelated but repeat sleep study came back better, has anyone else moved out of the range they were in
slightly off topic but does anyone else keep one pair of old jeans purely as a measuring device
please say it. this channel exists for exactly this and nobody here is bored of hearing it
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27 down in 19 months and honestly the stairs were the bit that got me, not the scale
slightly off topic but anyone else find the compliments harder to handle than the weight itself
my milestone was tying my shoes sitting upright. it is not an endpoint in any trial
my knees stopped hurting around 19 down and i had assumed that was permanent damage
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ring fitting is the best one
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kept 8 of it off for 6 months now and that is the number i am actually proud of
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for the archive the thing nobody tells you is that the wins slow down and you have to learn to like the maintenance
follow up i measure my waist as well because it kept moving through two separate stalls
sorry to jump in somebody talked me out of quitting at week three and i never said thank you properly
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my knees stopped hurting and i genuinely did not expect that, has anyone had the same
ok so the milestone that mattered was fitting an aeroplane seat without the extender, and i was embarrassed by how much
still here at month 14
residual_solventFLOW reported roughly what i got, which surprised me, i had assumed the trial people…
quick one does anyone have a milestone they were embarrassed to admit mattered
nearly quit at week three, the nausea was awful, somebody here told me to hold rather than push. month 8 now, your mileage will differ
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thats not showing off
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congratulations, genuinely. and thank you for putting the caveats in, most people do not bother
a1c 6.9 to 5.4 over ten months. not diabetic on paper anymore and i still do not quite believe it
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keep going
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coming back after 17 months to say i kept it off, is that useful to anybody
i nearly quit too
please say it. this channel exists for exactly this and nobody here is bored of hearing it
good bp move
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youre allowed to be pleased
a1c came back 5.6 from 6.9, can i be pleased about that or is it too early to say anything
down 31 and my resting heart rate dropped 4 bpm, related or not
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i log kilos because i think in kilos and put pounds in brackets so nobody has to convert anything
thats brilliant
does the room want the numbers or just the story
down 16 since 5 months ago, whats a sensible thing to celebrate at
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quick one the win i did not expect was sleeping through the night. i had forgotten that was available
thats the win
resting heart rate went from 82 to 64 over a year. the weight, the walking, or both, i genuinely do not know
the stairs thing yeah
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brilliant a1c
half a stone in 34 weeks sounds slow written down and felt enormous while it was happening
i was the one who nearly quit at week three and now i am the one saying hold, which i find funny
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bloods, blood pressure and the stairs all moved before the scale did anything interesting
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