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c/maintenancephase·posted 9 months ago by u/fabio_kuipers

three years of goal weight threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

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Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/customs repeats that goal weight is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 10 threads of people agreeing with each other.

Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?

I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.

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u/taper_off_tabithaMOD478 points·9 months ago

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

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u/cesar_oyelaran392 points·9 months ago

The plateau is real and boring. 31 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.

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u/aurel_mwangi312 points·9 months ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/hub_opssite staff300 points·9 months ago

nobody posts about this part and it is the longest part

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u/throwaway_918287 points·9 months ago

Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.

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u/ilias_nakamura313 points·9 months ago

regain after taper is expected, plan for it

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u/hedda_aguirre156 points·9 months ago

This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.

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u/throwaway_9182108 points·9 months ago

Did you stretch the dose interval?

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u/nils_tulloch133 points·9 months ago

Small correction: the trial was 8 weeks, not 34. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/fatima_yildiz451 points·9 months ago

regain after taper is expected, plan for it

Disagree on that part. 98.1% and 99.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/nabila_espinoza368 points·9 months ago

lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher

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[removed]345 points·9 months ago

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u/fabio_kuipersOP252 points·9 months ago

Weight variance within what range?

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u/aleksi_eriksen166 points·9 months ago

state how long you have been at maintenance, week 3 is not maintenance

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u/santiago_ndiaye89 points·9 months ago

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

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u/arne_ndiaye77 points·9 months ago

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

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u/andres_dahlberg-9 points·9 months ago

the 7.5mg dose works fine for 67 weeks of the month

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u/fabio_kuipersOP199 points·9 months ago

Tried the lowest-effective approach. 15mg worked for 2 weeks, then cravings returned. 5mg was the actual floor.

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u/anya_rautio319 points·9 months ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance267 points·9 months ago

lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher

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u/santiago_ndiaye198 points·9 months ago

lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance93 points·9 months ago

the 10mg dose works fine for 59 weeks of the month

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u/graph_it_gary178 points·9 months ago

The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.

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u/incretin_ivypharmacology148 points·9 months ago·edited

the maintenance question changes at maintenance

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u/gradient_goblin57 points·9 months ago

the lowest dose you can stay on is not the lowest dose that works

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u/constipation_clubside effects96 points·9 months ago

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

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u/hedda_aguirre0 points·9 months ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/fatima_yildiz140 points·9 months ago

lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher

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u/purity_pedantanalytical86 points·9 months ago

Regain on a taper is expected. 12% back over 20 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.

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u/neha_falk70 points·9 months ago·edited

Regain on a taper is expected.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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