I’m about 18 kg (roughly 40 lb) below my highest, over about 31 weeks. The part that startled me wasn’t the mirror; it was kneeling to weed the front bed yesterday without the usual mental checklist—where to put a hand, how hard to push up, whether my knees would complain.
I stayed there maybe 15 minutes, got up slowly, and only afterward noticed I hadn’t braced for that little catch in my lower back. I track body signals closely, so I’m trying not to overread one good day.
Still, it felt like more room in my own joints. Has anyone else had an everyday movement loosen up before the visual changes caught up?