My trend line is up 3.1 lb from the low I hit five weeks ago, and the strange part is that food noise is still pretty quiet. I’m not white-knuckling the kitchen, so I’ve been trying to separate fluid, glycogen, and inflammation from actual intake creep.
I restarted creatine, bumped lifting from two to four days, and had a salty restaurant meal two weekends ago; waist and hips are unchanged on the tape.
In the trials, the average curves can make loss look linear, but individual bodies clearly aren’t. I also know portions can drift by 10% without hunger announcing it. Not panicking, but I don’t want to rationalize a real trend either.
For those who’ve seen a small rise while appetite stayed suppressed: what helped you tell temporary noise from a regain pattern? I’m tracking morning weights, protein, and monthly waist tape, but I’d like a smarter check.