My reta spreadsheet is mostly flat and I'm okay with it

2026-10-14 65 views 1 post

I weigh daily because it keeps me from overreacting to any single morning. My 7-day average has drifted down about 0.8 lb over three weeks, while individual days have bounced through a 3 lb band.

The unsexy part is that there's no dramatic montage: same coffee, same lunch walk, same screen with the trend line. A salty dinner made the scale jump 2.1 lb last Saturday; by Wednesday it was gone. Past me would have spiraled.

Now I screenshot the trend, note the likely water, and carry on. It feels less like a transformation story and more like keeping a houseplant alive.

For the daily weighers here, what do you do to keep a two-pound spike from becoming a whole mood?