'''Food noise is the constant background thinking about food, and for many people it is the first thing that changes.''' This page says what the phrase means, why Loopa records it as its own number, and what that number is for.
== What people mean by it ==
The running commentary. Planning the next meal during this one. Knowing exactly what is in the cupboard. Deciding not to eat something and then deciding again, and again.
It is not hunger, and that distinction is the useful part. Hunger is a body signal that arrives and goes. Food noise is attention, and it can be loud on a full stomach.
The phrase is not a diagnosis and does not appear in any label. It is what people say, which is why Loopa uses it rather than something more clinical.
== Why it gets its own slider ==
Because for a lot of people it moves first, and it moves in a way the scale does not show for weeks. Somebody two weeks into a GLP-1 protocol may see nothing on the scale and a large change in how much of their day food occupies. A tracker that only recorded weight would say nothing had happened.
It is also the thing people most often want words for at an appointment. "Quieter" is hard to remember accurately a month later and easy to read off a chart.
== Where it appears ==
The food-noise slider is on the daily check-in, and Loopa offers it where it applies: with a GLP-1 protocol, or while you are on the Off-Ramp program. It is not offered on protocols where it would mean nothing, because a check-in full of questions that do not apply is a check-in people stop filling in.
It is a scale you set yourself. There is no correct number and nothing is compared against anybody else.
== What Loopa does with it ==
It draws it over time, next to what else you recorded.
After enough check-ins Loopa can describe where in your own dose cycle it tends to sit, along with the threshold it needed before saying anything. That description is your own numbers, summarized. '''It never says the medicine caused a change''', never suggests anything to change it, and never treats a number as good or bad.
== What it is not ==
Not a score. Not a target. Not something to get down. A quiet week is not an achievement and a loud week is not a failure, and Loopa's copy is written so neither reads as one.
It is also not shared. If you have a Loopa Coach, food noise reaches them only inside a protocol category you switched on yourself, and only as a pattern with no substance name, amount or note attached. See [[what-your-coach-can-see|What your coach can see]].
== How Loopa helps ==
- '''Record it:''' '''Health › Protocols › Check in''', on any day you want to.
- '''See it over time:''' '''Health › Protocols › Patterns'''.
- '''Take it to an appointment:''' it appears in '''Summary for your appointment''' alongside the rest of your check-ins.
== Related ==
- [[glp-1-medications-explained|GLP-1 medicines explained]]
- [[glp-1-side-effects-and-how-to-track-them|Common GLP-1 side effects, and tracking them]]
- [[coming-off-a-glp-1|Coming off a GLP-1]]
- [[daily-check-ins|Daily check-ins]]
== Where this comes from ==
Food noise is a description people use rather than a clinical term, and this page says so rather than dressing it up. Where this page makes a health claim it cites a source, and the full list is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''' and never sets or changes a dose.
'''Food noise is the constant background thinking about food, and for many people it is the first thing that changes.''' This page says what the phrase means, why Loopa records it as its own number, and what that number is for. == What people mean by it == The running commentary. Planning the next meal during this one. Knowing exactly what is in the cupboard. Deciding not to eat something and then deciding again, and again. It is not hunger, and that distinction is the useful part. Hunger is a body signal that arrives and goes. Food noise is attention, and it can be loud on a full stomach. The phrase is not a diagnosis and does not appear in any label. It is what people say, which is why Loopa uses it rather than something more clinical. == Why it gets its own slider == Because for a lot of people it moves first, and it moves in a way the scale does not show for weeks. Somebody two weeks into a GLP-1 protocol may see nothing on the scale and a large change in how much of their day food occupies. A tracker that only recorded weight would say nothing had happened. It is also the thing people most often want words for at an appointment. "Quieter" is hard to remember accurately a month later and easy to read off a chart. == Where it appears == The food-noise slider is on the daily check-in, and Loopa offers it where it applies: with a GLP-1 protocol, or while you are on the Off-Ramp program. It is not offered on protocols where it would mean nothing, because a check-in full of questions that do not apply is a check-in people stop filling in. It is a scale you set yourself. There is no correct number and nothing is compared against anybody else. == What Loopa does with it == It draws it over time, next to what else you recorded. After enough check-ins Loopa can describe where in your own dose cycle it tends to sit, along with the threshold it needed before saying anything. That description is your own numbers, summarized. '''It never says the medicine caused a change''', never suggests anything to change it, and never treats a number as good or bad. == What it is not == Not a score. Not a target. Not something to get down. A quiet week is not an achievement and a loud week is not a failure, and Loopa's copy is written so neither reads as one. It is also not shared. If you have a Loopa Coach, food noise reaches them only inside a protocol category you switched on yourself, and only as a pattern with no substance name, amount or note attached. See [[what-your-coach-can-see|What your coach can see]]. == How Loopa helps == * '''Record it:''' '''Health › Protocols › Check in''', on any day you want to. * '''See it over time:''' '''Health › Protocols › Patterns'''. * '''Take it to an appointment:''' it appears in '''Summary for your appointment''' alongside the rest of your check-ins. == Related == * [[glp-1-medications-explained|GLP-1 medicines explained]] * [[glp-1-side-effects-and-how-to-track-them|Common GLP-1 side effects, and tracking them]] * [[coming-off-a-glp-1|Coming off a GLP-1]] * [[daily-check-ins|Daily check-ins]] == Where this comes from == Food noise is a description people use rather than a clinical term, and this page says so rather than dressing it up. Where this page makes a health claim it cites a source, and the full list is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''' and never sets or changes a dose.
