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Plateau was Recently Gained Weight draining — not failure.

Recent gain vs goalRecently Gained Weight + your goal

205199194189184Goal 185 lbD1D7D14D21D30
AM (morning) PM (night)Start 197 lb → End 190.8 lb (-6.2 lb)
Concept learned

Flat AM + full Recently Gained Weight = drain phase. Left to Goal moves when carryover clears — not when you starve one Monday.

Journal moment

Logged Dec 4–7 flat days without quitting.

Pattern broken

Deleting the app at flat AM.

Why Stan joined

Stan quit every plateau. Recent gain model showed flat AM while Carryover drained and baseline slowly moved.

Flat week

AM glued near the same number. Tank view: Carryover settling, baseline drifting down slowly. Stan's old move was quit; new move was watch tanks.

Dec 12 Special Day

Dinner out refilled Recently Gained Weight. Looked like ruin — was tagged, quarantined, drained over five days.

Dec 16 — Baseline break

AM lower with Carryover near empty. Left to Goal progress visible. Not a crash — accumulated physics.

Month two

First time Stan stayed past a plateau week.

Setback highlight: Day 12 · Victory highlight: Day 16

Start free — log AM & PM