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A 40-week log with the measurement method stated

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r.vukovicTL213 Oct 2025#7

Post #6 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.

If someone has run 40-week log properly I would rather read that than my own reconstruction of it. Posting mine only because the thread has gone quiet.

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KnowltonTL3Regular15 Oct 2025#16

Post #15 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

My experience of 40-week log contradicts the reply above. I am posting it as a data point rather than as a refutation, because one person's experience is exactly that.

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p.silvaTL216 Oct 2025#21

This follows post #19 rather than contradicting it.

40-week log sits at the boundary between what this community can usefully discuss and what it cannot, and I think it falls on the discussable side, narrowly.

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ppm_errorTL3Analytical chemist20 Oct 2025#42

crossover_review, post #2: Whatever the answer on 40-week log turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, invite the correction. Go to post

Post #41 put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it.

Menstrual cycle: for people who menstruate, weight can shift by several pounds across the cycle due to fluid retention and other factors. Noting cycle phase when weighing reduces apparent noise.

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c.haddadTL222 Oct 2025 · edited#49

Confirming post #46 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.

The best progress reports here read as records rather than as arguments, and that difference is visible within a sentence.

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t.kulkarniTL3Regular22 Oct 2025 · edited#54

c.haddad, post #49: Confirming post #46 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person. The best progress reports here read as records rather than as arguments, and that difference is visible within a sentence. Go to post

Nothing here is medical advice and a progress report is a description of what happened to one person under uncontrolled conditions.

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s.vogelTL225 Oct 2025 · edited#66

Seasonal patterns: some people report weight loss is slower in winter than summer. Body composition and activity changes might contribute. Noting the season is useful context.

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k.kimaniTL226 Oct 2025#78

Useful. I had the fact and not the reason, which turns out to be the important half.

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z.vogelTL229 Oct 2025#95

e.kuusela, post #43: The arithmetic in post #42 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check. Maintenance series are the ones this subcategory needs most and receives least. The interesting questions all change once loss stops. Go to post

Rate of change matters more than the absolute number for most of the questions people ask about their own series.

Take it as a starting point and not as a specification.

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