Six weeks of walking and the scale went quiet on me

2026-10-13 99 views 1 post

Both kids moved out this spring, and I filled the quiet with two things: a nightly loop around the neighborhood and actually using my stove instead of the takeout apps. The first stretch behaved beautifully. Fourteen pounds down, and I was logging everything without much drama.

Then thirteen days of nothing. Same meals, same walks, same water bottle by the door. I have not changed a single thing I can find, and the number just sits there like it's waiting for me to blink first.

I understand early losses are partly water and that my body doesn't owe me a straight line. Still, it feels odd to run out of momentum before I've even settled into a rhythm. Is there a version of this where the scale simply needs more time, or should I be looking at something I'm not measuring yet?