Trend line nudged up though food noise stayed low

2026-10-11 00:52

My trend line is up 3.1 lb from the low I hit five weeks ago, and the strange part is that food noise is still pretty quiet. I’m not white-knuckling the kitchen, so I’ve been trying to separate fluid, glycogen, and inflammation from actual intake creep.

I restarted creatine, bumped lifting from two to four days, and had a salty restaurant meal two weekends ago; waist and hips are unchanged on the tape.

In the trials, the average curves can make loss look linear, but individual bodies clearly aren’t. I also know portions can drift by 10% without hunger announcing it. Not panicking, but I don’t want to rationalize a real trend either.

For those who’ve seen a small rise while appetite stayed suppressed: what helped you tell temporary noise from a regain pattern? I’m tracking morning weights, protein, and monthly waist tape, but I’d like a smarter check.

2026-10-16 03:41

I’d be curious what your weekly averages show, not just the daily trend line. When I restarted creatine and doubled lifting, my scale jumped 2–3 lb for about ten days, but my weekly average flattened once the water shift settled.

The salty meal can still be echoing if it was recent. Since food noise is quiet, I’d also check whether calorie-dense extras—oil, nuts, cheese, bites while cooking—have crept in, rather than assuming appetite is the issue.

Are your waist measurements or how clothes fit moving at all? That might help separate fluid and inflammation from true intake creep.

2026-10-31 00:48

Sorry to hijack — quick side q: for folks who track, did restarting creatine give a noticeable scale bump, and how long before it settled? Mine jumped ~2 lb the first week and mostly flattened by week 3–4, waist unchanged.

Looping back: did your 3.1 lb rise line up tightly with the creatine/lifting restart and salty meal, or was it creeping before that? If food noise is still quiet, I’d also compare waist/measurements and a few days of sodium/carb intake before assuming intake creep.