'''The scale is one number and it is not the only thing that moved.''' The progress ledger collects everything else your logs say changed over a window, and leads with it when the scale has gone quiet.
'''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.'''
== What is in the ledger ==
All of it from your own entries, comparing the first half of the window against the second, or the first reading against the last:
- '''Strength records''' you set.
- '''Measurement changes''', wherever you take them.
- '''Energy and sleep''', from your check-ins.
- '''Consistency''', as streaks.
- '''The lean-mass score''', over its recent weeks.
- '''Food noise''', if you record it.
Open it at '''Health › Protocols › Progress'''.
== The plateau flag ==
Loopa marks a plateau when '''both''' are true:
- You have '''21 days''' of weight entries.
- Your '''7-day average''' has moved by less than '''1%''' of your body weight across them.
The threshold is configurable, so a community may run a different one. Yours is shown in the line itself.
'''What happens then is that the ledger comes first.''' The wording is flat and factual: a trend that has held is a fact about a number. There is no failure language on that screen, nothing turns red, and nothing is described as stalled or stuck.
== Why it is built this way ==
Weight over three weeks is a noisy signal with water, food volume, hormones and the time of day inside it. Three weeks of a level average is common and is not, by itself, information about what you are doing.
Meanwhile strength, measurements, sleep and consistency are usually still moving, and on a medication that costs lean mass they are the ones worth watching. See [[protecting-muscle-while-losing-weight|Protecting muscle while losing weight]].
== What it will not tell you ==
- '''Why the scale stopped.''' It does not know.
- '''What to change.''' It suggests no diet, no calorie target and no medication change.
- '''Whether a plateau is a problem.''' That is a conversation, and the '''Question for my prescriber''' field puts it on the first page of your appointment summary.
== Getting more out of it ==
- '''Weigh at a consistent time.''' The 7-day average absorbs a lot, but not everything.
- '''Take measurements every few weeks.''' They move when the scale does not.
- '''Check in.''' Energy and sleep are half of what the ledger has to report.
== Related ==
- [[the-lean-mass-score|The lean-mass score]]
- [[understanding-your-trends|Understanding your trends]]
- [[weight-tracking|Weight tracking]]
- [[body-measurements|Body measurements]]
- [[healthy-weight-loss|Healthy weight loss]]
- [[weight-forecast|Weight forecast]]
== Where this comes from ==
Every line is computed from your own logs. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''' and takes no view on what a plateau means for you. Sources for health information elsewhere in this knowledge base are at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources].
[[Category:Goals and progress]]
'''The scale is one number and it is not the only thing that moved.''' The progress ledger collects everything else your logs say changed over a window, and leads with it when the scale has gone quiet. '''Protocols are a Loopa Premium feature.''' == What is in the ledger == All of it from your own entries, comparing the first half of the window against the second, or the first reading against the last: * '''Strength records''' you set. * '''Measurement changes''', wherever you take them. * '''Energy and sleep''', from your check-ins. * '''Consistency''', as streaks. * '''The lean-mass score''', over its recent weeks. * '''Food noise''', if you record it. Open it at '''Health › Protocols › Progress'''. == The plateau flag == Loopa marks a plateau when '''both''' are true: * You have '''21 days''' of weight entries. * Your '''7-day average''' has moved by less than '''1%''' of your body weight across them. The threshold is configurable, so a community may run a different one. Yours is shown in the line itself. '''What happens then is that the ledger comes first.''' The wording is flat and factual: a trend that has held is a fact about a number. There is no failure language on that screen, nothing turns red, and nothing is described as stalled or stuck. == Why it is built this way == Weight over three weeks is a noisy signal with water, food volume, hormones and the time of day inside it. Three weeks of a level average is common and is not, by itself, information about what you are doing. Meanwhile strength, measurements, sleep and consistency are usually still moving, and on a medication that costs lean mass they are the ones worth watching. See [[protecting-muscle-while-losing-weight|Protecting muscle while losing weight]]. == What it will not tell you == * '''Why the scale stopped.''' It does not know. * '''What to change.''' It suggests no diet, no calorie target and no medication change. * '''Whether a plateau is a problem.''' That is a conversation, and the '''Question for my prescriber''' field puts it on the first page of your appointment summary. == Getting more out of it == * '''Weigh at a consistent time.''' The 7-day average absorbs a lot, but not everything. * '''Take measurements every few weeks.''' They move when the scale does not. * '''Check in.''' Energy and sleep are half of what the ledger has to report. == Related == * [[the-lean-mass-score|The lean-mass score]] * [[understanding-your-trends|Understanding your trends]] * [[weight-tracking|Weight tracking]] * [[body-measurements|Body measurements]] * [[healthy-weight-loss|Healthy weight loss]] * [[weight-forecast|Weight forecast]] == Where this comes from == Every line is computed from your own logs. '''Loopa does not give medical advice''' and takes no view on what a plateau means for you. Sources for health information elsewhere in this knowledge base are at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. [[Category:Goals and progress]]
