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The scale has not moved in 3 weeks - I am losing my mind

JenPlateau Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM 26 replies 1,324 viewsPage 1 of 6
JenPlateau
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Feb 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM#1

Nine weeks flat after five months of steady loss, same dose, same routine, and I cannot tell whether to wait or change something.

The question I want answered is how to distinguish a genuine plateau from measurement noise and creeping intake, before changing anything.

Numbers rather than impressions, if you have them.

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Dr.PainCLE
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Feb 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM#2
JenPlateau said:
Nine weeks flat after five months of steady loss, same dose, same routine, and I cannot tell whether to wait or change something.

Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 209 lbs for 5 weeks. Tried everything — calorie cycling, increased exercise, more water. Nothing worked.

What finally broke the plateau: switching from evening to morning injection. Lost 7 lbs in the next 2 weeks. Plateaus are temporary — they always break if you stay consistent.

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Feb 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM#3
Dr.PainCLE said:
Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 209 lbs for 5 weeks.

Dr.PainCLE has the substance of this right. The condition it depends on is worth stating. Most reported plateaus are not plateaus. Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well inside the noise band. Before concluding anything, look at a rolling weekly average over at least four weeks and at a tape measure, because recomposition shows up in circumference before it shows up in weight. Then track intake honestly for a week: appetite suppression fades unevenly, and intake creeping back up is the single commonest cause.

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Feb 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM#4
JenPlateau said:
Nine weeks flat after five months of steady loss, same dose, same routine, and I cannot tell whether to wait or change something.

Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use. I had assumed I was the exception until I read this.

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Feb 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM#5

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.

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