Scale: 164 this morning. Start: 296. Over 18 months, I logged weekly waist and BP. The scale got loud in month 4; waist tape kept dropping about 0.5 in/month until month 12. Blood pressure went from 132/86 to 116/74. Appetite noise is manageable, not gone. I care less about daily weight now. For those tracking maintenance or pre-maintenance: what metric made the trend obvious before the scale cooperated?