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my fasting insulin moved and I cannot work out whether regain is why

Long Term Long Haul ×1 Slow Clap ×2

I have had 3 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe.

Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 8 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 97.9% against a claimed 98.0%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/bastian_aalto-17 points·1 year ago

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

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u/food_noise_goneMOD1 point·1 year ago

Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.

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u/mei_serrano1 point·1 year ago

food noise returns but not always immediately

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u/copay_card_cc1 point·1 year ago

regain after taper is expected, plan for it

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u/nadia_trevino223 points·1 year ago

Tried the lowest-effective approach. 7.5mg worked for 2 weeks, then cravings returned. 2.5mg was the actual floor.

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u/aleksi_eriksenOP130 points·1 year ago

The plateau is real and boring. 83 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.

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u/aleksi_eriksenOP92 points·1 year ago

The plateau is real and boring. 77 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.

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u/anya_rautio75 points·1 year ago·edited

food noise returns but not always immediately

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u/draw_up_dizzy90 points·1 year ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/rafael_krastev48 points·1 year ago

the 5mg dose works fine for 75 weeks of the month

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