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Why does progress slow down? Move the slider and watch the gap close

Why does progress slow down, even when you keep eating the same way? Your body spends less energy as your weight changes, so the gap between what you eat and what you burn closes by itself.

Move the slider to see the gap shrink over 26 weeks and why a plateau is not a failure. A simple illustration, not a prediction, with the public calorie minimums built in.

Orange bars shrinking from left to right, showing the daily calorie gap closing over time

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