goal weight is the most under-discussed thing in c/coldchain
Week 15 update. 31kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 55.
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 muscle cramps.
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
food noise returns but not always immediately
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
state how long you have been at maintenance, week 13 is not maintenance
the plateau is where the learning happens
No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.
The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.
This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.
weight moves within 16kg and that is normal
the plateau is where the learning happens
the plateau is where the learning happens
Adding to this: dose stretching is doing more work than the comment implies.
Did you stretch the dose interval?
Tried the lowest-effective approach. 1.7mg worked for 4 weeks, then cravings returned. 2.5mg was the actual floor.
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher
Did you stretch the dose interval?
the plateau is where the learning happens
the plateau is where the learning happens
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.
Did you stretch the dose interval?
the plateau is where the learning happens
Regain on a taper is expected. 14% back over 28 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.
This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.
lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher
This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.
Maintenance for 10 months now. 5mg every 17 days, weight 13±10kg. Found the rhythm.
Flair changed to match the content. Read the sidebar before posting next time and we are square.
This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.
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