dan_philly said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.
dan_philly said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.
From the other side of the consultation, briefly. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.
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Shop Reference StandardsJenPlateau said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Same pattern here, and in the same order. Nothing to add that would improve it.
JenPlateau said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. Holding longer is the underrated move. A step that is uncomfortable at week two is frequently comfortable at week six with no change in dose, because the gastric-emptying component tachyphylaxes while the appetite effect persists. Escalating at week two throws that adaptation away.