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Thread · #wins · 2026-02-25

the thing nobody tells you is that the wins

Spun off from a message in #wins on 2026-02-25. 16 messages, 5 participants.

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  • otto_swirls — not a scale win but the thing nobody tells you is that the wins slow down and you have to learn to like the maintenance 20:40
QH

down 96 total and about half of that came in the first four months. it slowed after that and that was fine, staying the same counts too

QH

i wrote down what i was hoping for on day one and i have just read it back after 6 months, not advice obviously

QH

down 89 and the scale hasnt moved in a fortnight, do i still get to call it a win

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QH

i log kilos because i think in kilos and put pounds in brackets so nobody has to convert anything

OO

my win was a blood pressure reading and nobody in my life understood why i was pleased about it, roughly

ha yes, aware of what that says

OO

tiny thing, but i was down 48 at month six and then nothing at all for eleven weeks. it moved again. the eleven weeks were not a failure

WN

not a scale win but the compliments were harder than i expected and nobody warns you about that part, a tape measure told me before the scale did

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OS

the scale is a bad daily instrument and a fine monthly one, i am allowed to be pleased

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OO

not sure this counts but the thing that stopped hurting that you had stopped noticing is the most common quiet win in this channel

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QH

half a stone in 7 weeks sounds slow written down and felt enormous while it was happening, i am allowed to be pleased