BariatricNurseD said:Genuine plateaus happen too, and the mechanism is metabolic adaptation plus a smaller body.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Taking it to my next appointment.
Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not. That is answerable; arguing about which sounds more plausible is not.
Dr.RaviCardio said:The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.
I read this differently from Dr.RaviCardio, on substance rather than tone. I think the framing smuggles in the conclusion. Ask it the other way round and the obvious answer reverses, which usually means the question is doing the work.
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