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c/maintenancephase·submitted 29 days ago by u/anders_vermeulen

[Long Term] what my labs look like three years in

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what my labs look like three years in — that is what I am asking, and I have already read the wiki twice. The two levers, described properly, because this board mixes them up constantly. Reducing the dose lowers average exposure while keeping the weekly rhythm. Stretching the interval keeps the dose but lowers the…

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u/zeynep_mbeki14 points·28 days ago

I would not treat a two-kilo range as drift requiring action. That is ordinary weight variation.

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u/graph_it_gary3 points·28 days ago

appetite returns before the scale acknowledges anything

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[removed]2 points·28 days ago

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u/line_bergstrom0 points·28 days ago

Small fix — you have described interval stretching and called it a dose reduction. The exposure profiles differ.

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u/draw_up_dizzy1 point·27 days ago

monthly weigh-ins are enough at this stage

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u/crosspost_bot_no1 point·27 days ago

maintenance is where the logistics finally get boring, which is the point

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