I miss caring about hobbies more than the scale

Not medical advice, just my n=1: when I plateaued and everything went beige, I added a daily 1–10 interest rating next to sleep, steps, protein, and mood. The flat weeks clustered with sub-6h sleep and low protein, not with the scale.

I also scheduled one low-effort novel thing weekly (new bike route, one new recipe) and rated it after; that gave me an objective signal that the anhedonia was state, not trait. What are your sleep, steps, and protein looking like over thse 10 weeks?

If those are flat too, that's a different problem than the scale.

Same. I’m in beige mode too—my big hobby is reorganizing the snack drawer, and even that’s losing its spark.

I’m on one of these too, and the weird part for me wasn’t sadness — it was the anticipatory spark going quiet. In the trials they mostly measure weight and GI stuff, not “do I still get excited about a bike ride.” One thing that helped me: a two-week reward probe.

I’d pick one tiny novel thing (new route, weird ingredient, one song) and rate anticipation before and enjoyment during, 1–5. Turns out my wanting was flat but my liking wasn’t; re-engaging during, not before, got me unstuck.

Sharp question: is it zero interest, or is it the looking-forward-to-it that's missing? That distinction changed how I approached it.

I feel this—my dorm 'cooking' is now microwaving eggs and calling it a personality. Beige wallpaper solidarity.

I’ve had a similar beige patch, and what surprised me was the timing: my interest scores (I jot 0–5 after, not before) were low for my Sunday ride, but once I started pedaling easy for 10 minutes they crept to a 3–4. The dread/blankness was mostly anticipatory.

I’m not saying that’s your deal at all. Did the flatness start around the same time the scale stalled, or was it creeping in before?

That timing might tell you something gentler than “I’ve lost my spark.”

Beige wallpaper is such a good way to put it. Has anything tiny flickered for you, even a 5-min podcast or a new tea? 🙂

Respectfully, I think the flatness might be a tracking artifact. I log mood and engagement 1–10 daily.

When my weight plateaued, my engagement numbers dropped from 7s to 5s, but my actual behaviors—bike miles, new recipes tried—were unchanged. The scale flatlined, so I stopped noticing small wins.

I added a “novelty” column: one new thing per week. Turns out my Sunday ride wasn’t flat; I just wasn’t logging the 3 minutes of a new street.

Have you checked whether your hobby data is actually flat, or just your attention to it?

Same beige here—did anything tiny flicker yet?

I run a 0–5 “anticipation” score in my sheet. Mine fell for 12 weeks before the scale moved, and it was concentrated in things I’d optimized: Sunday ride had a power target, cooking had macros, playlist had BPM.

I made one rule—one weekly thing gets zero tracking. No pace, no score, no notes. It’s not a miracle cure, but my anticipation went from 1.5 to 3.0 in a month.

Sharp question: is your flatness global, or mostly the hobbies you turned into projects? For me that distinction changed what I tried.