09/10/2026
🍎🍊 Progress report! But wait… are we comparing apples to apples or apples to oranges?
This is something I wish more women understood when tracking their progress.
Your body isn’t exactly the same from one week—or even one month—to the next. Hormones, fluid retention, body temperature, digestion, sleep, and other factors can shift throughout your cycle.
So if you’re comparing this month’s measurements to last month’s, try to compare the same phase of your cycle to the same phase of your cycle.
That means instead of looking at:
➡️ “I’m up 2 pounds from last month. What the heck?!”
Try asking:
➡️ “Where was I in my cycle when I took that measurement last time?”
I typically go back about four weeks when I’m comparing my own progress.
And if you’re not sure where you are in your cycle, there are other clues you can use. You can follow the phases of the lunar calendar as a general reference, or track your basal body temperature (BBT) with a wearable like an Oura Ring to help you recognize patterns.
The goal isn’t to find a number that makes you happy.
The goal is to understand your body well enough to interpret the numbers accurately.
Because sometimes you haven’t stalled.
Sometimes… you’re just comparing apples to oranges. 🍎🍊
Same goal. Different season.
And THAT is why I want women to learn to track more than just the scale. 💁🏻♀️
If I had compared this data to last week’s data, it would have led to discouragement thinking that I had blown my progress, but that would be comparing apples 🍎 to oranges 🍊, and we don’t do that here! #🍊🍊
