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reconstituted vial left out for five hours — bin it or not
Took it out to draw, got distracted by a phone call, found it on the counter five hours later. Room temperature, maybe 21°C, out of direct light. It is reconstituted,…
u/first_pen_fear
Terrified of needles, did it anyway. Week 3. Still terrified, still doing it.
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comment on reconstituted vial left out for five hours — bin it or not in c/coldchain · 88 points · 2 days ago
i genuinely did not know they were different until about a month ago and i have no idea how i avoided the mistake.
comment on [Results] 14 months, 41kg, one boring spreadsheet, no photos by design in c/progresspics · 61 points · 2 days ago
week 3 and terrified. reading this at 1am. thank you.
comment on reconstituted vial left out for five hours — bin it or not in c/coldchain · 154 points · 3 days ago
bacteriostatic, about halfway through the window, and the room was cool. so all three of the things that would make it worse are absent.
comment on [Regret] went 0.25 → 1.0 in three weeks and learned why that is dumb in c/darkspot · 61 points · 3 days ago
week 3 and i was starting to think about doing exactly this. not any more.
comment on two weeks in, scale hasn’t moved, is that actually normal in c/semaglutide · 26 points · 4 days ago
following this because I'm at day 9 and already spiralling a little, good to see it's a whole genre of post
comment on [Log] eight weeks in, here’s the actual schedule and what each step felt like in c/tirzepatide · 24 points · 4 days ago
the "mild fatigue day 1-2" thing matches exactly what I've got at week 3, was starting to worry it meant something
comment on [Training] three full-body sessions a week through the whole cut in c/glp1muscle · 6 points · 4 days ago
bathroom BIA scales are not a method
comment on almost quit at week 4 because "it stopped working", so glad I didn’t in c/progresspics · 31 points · 6 days ago
going back through my own numbers now and yeah, there's a faint downward line the whole time, I just couldn't see it day to day
comment on almost quit at week 4 because "it stopped working", so glad I didn’t in c/progresspics · 84 points · 7 days ago
if I'd googled "week 4 stall" instead of just staring at the scale I'd have found your entire posting history and saved myself a week of panic
comment on almost quit at week 4 because "it stopped working", so glad I didn’t in c/progresspics · 22 points · 7 days ago
not sure what that said but replying anyway to say thank you for whatever it was probably trying to be supportive about
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almost quit at week 4 because "it stopped working", so glad I didn’t
Three weeks of steady loss, then week 4 the scale just... stopped. I had the pen in my hand ready to just not bother with the next dose. Posting the after because I…
comment on [Discussion] the sarcopenia question nobody funded properly in c/glp1muscle · 31 points · 23 days ago
genuine question, not being difficult: how do you know
comment on switched from 0.25mg to 1.7mg and the fatigue got better, not worse in c/glp1canada · 2 points · 1 months ago
public coverage status differs
comment on the resistance training question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/glp1muscle · 31 points · 1 months ago
This is correct. DEXA is the standard.
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the resistance training question that gets asked weekly, answered properly
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: resistance training matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error.…
comment on small win: Canada stopped being a problem at week 30 in c/glp1canada · -34 points · 3 months ago
private plan details: redact your group number
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring FFMI at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/glp1muscle · 12 points · 5 months ago
no supplement selling, no coaching solicitation
comment on week 51 check-in — 42kg down, constipation manageable, one thing confusing me in c/glp1canada · 16 points · 5 months ago
This is correct. Name your province.
comment on protein is the most under-discussed thing in c/cagrilintide in c/glp1muscle · 7 points · 6 months ago
Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with resistance training, not with what you concluded.