Dr.CardioMD said:Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…
Agreed, and one caution: a single measurement is not a measurement. Anything that moves day to day needs a trend before it means anything at all.
Dr.ObesityLA said:Genuine plateaus happen too, and the mechanism is metabolic adaptation plus a smaller body.
Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. Taking it to my next appointment.
Dr.CardioMD said:Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…
I do not accept the framing. The question has been narrowed to the version that has a tidy answer, and the part that was dropped is the part the OP actually asked about.
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