three years of interval stretching threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
three years of interval stretching threads, summarised so you do not have to read them, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board. Wrote down where I was before changing anything. That single page made the following six months interpretable. Regained most of it over a year and spent that year assuming it…
A written baseline — dose, date, weight, waist, and how appetite feels — taken before any change is what makes the following months interpretable rather than a series of impressions.
The habits are what carried it for a while. When they slipped, everything else followed, in that order.
Yes — have the conversation before rather than after. That is the one piece of process advice this board can give.
Same. A quiet fortnight after stopping tells you very little; the interesting part starts later.
Stopped abruptly once and gradually once. The gradual one was easier to interpret because I could see what was changing.
Stopped abruptly once and gradually once.
Adding the one process step — write down where you are before you change anything.