The pamphlet timeline and my calendar are not speaking

I’m seven weeks into this and I keep bumping into the gap between the tidy four-week picture in the paperwork and my actual messy timeline. Week 3, I was sure nothing was different. Week 5, I noticed I could finish a grocery run without needing a snack on the drive home. Week 7, my after-dinner kitchen loop got shorter because I wasn’t hunting for something sweet. None of that lined up with the “expected” schedule I’d built in my head. My small win: I’ve packed lunch four workdays in a row instead of grabbing takeout, and my water bottle is actually empty by 3 p.m. now. I’m trying to let real life be the timeline instead of forcing it. For those further along, what sign told you a change was sticking around, not just a random good day?