Triangulate

The middle verdict: the number survives, but never travels alone. You pair it with two or three companion signals chosen to catch exactly the distortions the prosecution named, and you refuse to read any of them in isolation again.

The middle verdict: the number survives, but never travels alone. You pair it with two or three companion signals chosen to catch exactly the distortions the prosecution named, and you refuse to read any of them in isolation again.

Example

The scale stays, because weight still tracks something real. But you now log it beside waist measurement, one strength lift, energy on a one-to-five scale, and mood. Four pounds down with waist flat and lifts falling reads as lost muscle, not progress.