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c/maintenancephase·posted 1 months ago by u/priya_weiss

goal weight — 18 things I got wrong before I got it right

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Right, the lowest effective dose question again, but with numbers this time.

I have 6 data points over 34 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign.

The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am describing showed up at week 76, not week 30. People give up long before the interesting part.

Interested in whether this matches other people's logs or whether I am an outlier.

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u/rafael_krastev52 points·1 months ago·edited

Weight variance within what range?

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u/ilias_nakamura25 points·1 months ago

weight moves within 3kg and that is normal

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u/taper_off_tabithaMOD50 points·1 months ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/camila_sandvik70 points·1 months ago

state how long you have been at maintenance, week 15 is not maintenance

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u/aleksi_lehtinen41 points·1 months ago·edited

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/blunt_coldbox_notes23 points·1 months ago

lowest effective dose is regain, find it or stay higher

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u/sofia_wikstrom5 points·1 months ago

Not to be pedantic but dose stretching and long term are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/adnan_sandvik2 points·1 months ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/yara_antonsen2 points·1 months ago·edited

regain after taper is expected, plan for it

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u/usp_appendixcompendial14 points·1 months ago

This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.

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u/brigade_detector9 points·1 months ago

the plateau is where the learning happens

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u/maintenance_mode_maxmaintenance3 points·1 months ago

Strongly agree. Lowest effective dose is a real discovery process.

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u/ewan_marchand8 points·1 months ago

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

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u/sofia_wikstrom4 points·1 months ago

dose-stretching experiences welcome, dose-stretching instructions are not

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u/cesar_oyelaran0 points·1 months ago

Regain on a taper is expected. 23% back over 6 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.

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u/dario_petrescu0 points·1 months ago

Regain on a taper is expected. 18% back over 12 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.

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u/noor_cardoso-3 points·1 months ago

dose-stretching experiences welcome, dose-stretching instructions are not

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u/draw_up_dizzy1 point·1 months ago

Not to be pedantic but dose stretching and long term are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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