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c/maintenancephase·submitted 2 years ago by u/kasper_cabrera

how much of what we believe about regain actually comes from lowest effective dose threads

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how much of what we believe about regain actually comes from lowest effective dose threads, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. What maintenance actually looks like, from the people on this board who have been in it longest. You find a dose or an interval that holds the…

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u/zeynep_mbeki127 points·2 years ago

This. The withdrawal data is not ambiguous and framing regain as a personal failure is both wrong and cruel.

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u/enzo_danquah69 points·2 years ago

Yes. The habits have to outlive the dose or the maintenance phase is just a countdown.

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u/ilias_nakamura150 points·2 years ago·edited

Push back: that is not a plateau, that is maintenance. You have arrived and you are describing it as a failure.

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u/anders_osei64 points·2 years ago·edited

Push back: that is not a plateau, that is maintenance.

ilias_nakamura is right that stretching and reducing are different levers. Worth separating in every one of these threads.

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u/nhs_waitlist_nUK53 points·2 years ago

Right — appetite returns before the scale moves, which is the early signal people miss.

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u/anya_rautio26 points·2 years ago

Right — appetite returns before the scale moves, which is the early signal people miss.

Adding one thing — decide what maintenance looks like before you arrive at it.

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u/vitamin_d_void69 points·2 years ago

monthly weigh-ins are enough at this stage

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