Tracking Progress Without Losing Your Mind

Build for Health with Srdjan Injac · Feb 5, 2026 · 24m · transcript

If you’ve ever had a great week in the gym and then let a bathroom scale talk you into thinking nothing’s working, this episode is for you. Pete and Srdjan unpack why body weight is such a noisy, unreliable metric on its own—because it can swing for reasons that have nothing to do with fat loss or fitness progress. They talk through what’s actually in that number (water, sodium, stress, sleep, inflammation, hormones, meal timing), and why daily weigh-ins can turn a normal fluctuation into an emotional roller coaster.

From there, the conversation pivots to what’s worth tracking instead. Srdjan…