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2026-04-17

Your scale is reading your hormones, not your progress.

Weight rises predictably in the week before a period — not because of "failure", but because of fluid. Here's what the pattern looks like, and two useful ways to respond to it.

2026-04-18

The problem with streaks.

Streaks are a retention mechanic from games, not a behaviour-change mechanic from psychology. What happens to the person who breaks a 47-day streak — and why the app has none.

2026-04-18

What tracking means, if it's not for optimising.

There's a kind of self-tracking that isn't aimed at improvement — it's aimed at understanding. Quieter, slower, usually more useful.