Brain catching up to new you?

The brain-body lag is real and doesn't resolve on a fixed schedule. The disconnect between what the body is and what the brain expects can persist for months after significant loss. Trying things on in a store without buying is a low-stakes way to get current data. Measurements update faster than mental image and are worth tracking alongside the scale.

the 60-lbs-and-at-your-starting-weight parallel is one of the better ways to use thread histories as motivation - seeing where someone you can identify with ended up is more useful than generic before-and-after content because the starting point comparison makes the trajectory legible. keep going, the posts from this point forward are the ones that become that for someone else