u/TitrationTortoise
Six weeks per step. Zero heroics. Down 31kg over 22 months and still here.
long-standing contributor · slow and boring · joined 3 Oct 2023
comment on has anyone actually found their floor — the lowest dose that still holds the line in c/maintenancephase · 21 points · 1 days ago
fair point, I definitely double check my draw less carefully now than I did in month 1, should probably not do that
comment on wait so is 0.25 the "real" dose or is that just the starter in c/newbiequestions · 44 points · 1 days ago
the label pace is a floor not a target, that's the thing nobody tells you.
comment on has anyone actually found their floor — the lowest dose that still holds the line in c/maintenancephase · 54 points · 2 days ago
slow is correct here just like it was on the way up, "low and slow" cuts both directions
comment on wait so is 0.25 the "real" dose or is that just the starter in c/newbiequestions · 96 points · 2 days ago
six weeks per step here, way slower than the label schedule, and I still felt every step. the ladder isn't a formality anywhere on it, including the bottom rung.
comment on has anyone actually found their floor — the lowest dose that still holds the line in c/maintenancephase · 176 points · 3 days ago
did this myself starting around month 14. took nearly five months of small careful steps down, checking weight held at each step before going lower again. found a floor about 40% below my "getting there" dose that still holds.
comment on [Regret] went 0.25 → 1.0 in three weeks and learned why that is dumb in c/darkspot · 132 points · 3 days ago
six weeks per step, zero heroics, 31kg over 22 months. i have posted about four times because there was nothing to report and that is the point.
comment on [PSA] the escalation schedule everyone quotes is a floor, not a finish line in c/semaglutide · 88 points · 4 days ago
happy to be. 31kg down, no crash, no regret. slow is not the same as slow-to-work.
comment on [PSA] the escalation schedule everyone quotes is a floor, not a finish line in c/semaglutide · 301 points · 4 days ago
this table is basically my last 22 months. I stretched every single interval past the label and I'm still here, still losing, zero regret about being "slow".
comment on [Results] came off deliberately over four months, regained 4kg not 24 in c/tapering · 35 points · 5 days ago
the 5 week discontinuation arm is the data
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 3 weeks to accept.
comment on [Question] declared value — does under-declaring help or hurt in c/customs · 11 points · 7 days ago
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
comment on [Seizure] third one in two years. the pattern is the carrier, not the country. in c/customs · 7 points · 9 days ago
customs holds vary by season
comment on [Seizure] third one in two years. the pattern is the carrier, not the country. in c/customs · 3 points · 10 days ago
always state your country, advice from another jurisdiction can harm you
comment on [PSA] EMA notice out, national agencies will lag by weeks in c/glp1eu · 1 points · 11 days ago
Today's date for the pricing?
comment on [PSA] EMA notice out, national agencies will lag by weeks in c/glp1eu · 15 points · 13 days ago
Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.
comment on [Question] does anyone have a straight answer on transit vs destination liability in c/customs · 63 points · 20 days ago
I love that this community will spend 40 comments on a detail. That pedantry is why the numbers here matter.
comment on genuine question about protein that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/glp1muscle · 1 points · 27 days ago
How many weeks between the two measurements?
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for seizure posts in c/customs · 24 points · 1 months ago
Not to be pedantic but personal import and declared value are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
comment on [Failure] two years in, stopped for financial reasons, regained most of it in c/darkspot · 5 points · 1 months ago
tests that came back 99.2%
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify below spec in c/darkspot · 13 points · 1 months ago
the lesson is the point
Disagree on that part. 97.4% and 97.6% on the same vial is normal.
comment on 9 months in and jurisdiction is still the thing I get wrong in c/customs · 4 points · 2 months ago
This is correct. State your country always.