[Discussion] insulin resistance is doing more work than we give it credit for
Week 39 update. 10kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 79.
Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with early fullness.
The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin. Ordering, storing, logging, remembering. Nobody mentions that the hard bit is not the drug, it is the routine.
Happy to answer anything. Please do not ask me what dose you should be on.
best — the order this archive was captured in
I am going to push back on this slightly.
Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
Sceptical.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
Removed a chain here.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
the cycle question is under-powered in trials
Maintenance for 14 months now. Weight moves within about 3kg and the dose is a quarter of what it peaked at.
the cycle tracking data matters, keep it private
This is correct. PCOS is real.
This is correct.
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 56 weeks to accept.
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
hormonal contraception interactions are speculative
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
hormonal contraception interactions are speculative
the cycle question is under-powered in trials
I am going to push back on this slightly.
cycle changes are real and under-researched
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