[Discussion] the regain advice in here is 21 years out of date
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.
The advice on dose stretching in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.
I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.
best — the order this archive was captured in
The plateau is real and boring. 74 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.
regain is not a moral failing
Regain on a taper is expected. 21% back over 40 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.
Regain on a taper is expected.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.
Slight fix: the number was 99.0, not 98.9. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.
state how long you have been at maintenance, week 10 is not maintenance
the plateau is where the learning happens
Three years on this site and the questions have not changed at all. Which is depressing or reassuring depending on the day.
This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.
Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
Not to be pedantic but regain and lowest effective dose are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
the plateau is where the learning happens
the plateau is where the learning happens
Adding to this: lowest effective dose is doing more work than the comment implies.
Regain on a taper is expected. 12% back over 9 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.
The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.
the maintenance question changes at maintenance
The plateau is real and boring. 55 weeks at the same weight, then movement again. Patience was the intervention.
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
I am going to push back on this slightly.
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
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