there is no official maintenance dose. it is a thing we do because the alternative on the table was stopping
#maintenance 2026-01-21
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Highlights from this day
- rezept_rolf — i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it 18:52
- birch_bloods — food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me 19:00
- orfor_watch — two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation 21:23
- revoked_ro — whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about 21:34
no data on that
i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it
holidays at maintenance are fine, i take the dose on the day and stop thinking about it
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
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i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost me more than i was willing to lose, someone check my working
how do people handle a two week holiday at a maintenance dose
*week 13 not week 7
New independent result logged — GL Biochem, lot G-0641, purity 99.2% (Medutest).
i was wrong about maintenance being the easy part and i had said so loudly for a year beforehand
cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower, take that with a pinch of salt
two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
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whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about
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i think about it the way i think about my blood pressure tablet, and that framing helped me more than anything else
appetite came back over about three weeks after i reduced, not all at once, which is what i had braced for
sorry to jump in does anyone lift specifically to hold onto muscle now that theyre maintaining
the maintenance conversation barely existed in here two years ago and now it is half the channel
cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower