regain after stopping is the expected outcome, which is a horrible sentence and also what the data says, i think
#maintenance 2026-01-25
Sunday46 messages9 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- apnoea_down_two — my range is 28 and i stopped calling anything inside that a regain 05:56
- no_appetite_nia — for the archive lower frequency maintenance is genuinely unstudied. anybody telling you it is proven is making that up 07:56
- rotate_the_site — two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation regain after stopping is the expected outcome, which is a horrible sentence and… 09:05
- nordic_price_nils — everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here, happy to be corrected 11:15
- rotate_the_site — i was wrong about maintenance being the easy part and i had said so loudly for a year beforehand i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost… 11:16
still at maintenance
weekly not daily
🎉6🙏6
the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve
coming back to this how much regain did people get in the first 20 months after stopping
i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan
my range is 28 and i stopped calling anything inside that a regain
🧪3🔥6
whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain
how long did people stay at treatment dose after hitting goal
holidays at maintenance are fine, i take the dose on the day and stop thinking about it
quick one coming back after 26 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers
same as a bp tablet
💀5✅4📉4
protein went up during maintenance for me rather than down, which was completely counterintuitive
there is no official maintenance dose. it is a thing we do because the alternative on the table was stopping, we shall see
apnoea_down_twoi set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my…
the honest answer to is this forever is that nobody knows and the drug only works while you are taking it
for the archive lower frequency maintenance is genuinely unstudied. anybody telling you it is proven is making that up
i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it
quick one resistance training two or three times a week is what the room converged on and it is not glamorous
two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
regain after stopping is the expected outcome, which is a horrible sentence and also what the data says
how much protein were people eating at maintenance compared to while losing
the honest answer to is this forever is that nobody knows and the drug only works while you are taking it
lift twice a week
sorry to jump in does anyone lift specifically to hold onto muscle now that theyre maintaining
how quickly did appetite come back going from 15 to 2.4
no_appetite_niacoming back to this how much regain did people get in the first 20 months after stopping
how do people handle a two week holiday at a maintenance dose
there is no trial on every ten days or every fortnight. people here do it and report on it and that is all we have
thats SURMOUNT-OSA
sorry to jump in i came off for four months, put 37 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers, ymmv
stopped 20 months ago and put 29 back on, what did people do at that point
come down slower than that
✅10⚠️2🔥1
i dropped from 12 to 1.7 for maintenance and held steady for fourteen months, for what its worth
everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here, happy to be corrected
📉4
i was wrong about maintenance being the easy part and i had said so loudly for a year beforehand
i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost me more than i was willing to lose
does anyone budget for maintenance being cheaper or is it the same €72 a month
maintenance is harder than losing because there is no number going down to keep you interested
set a trigger weight
the maintenance conversation barely existed in here two years ago and now it is half the channel, for what its worth
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
im at goal and nobody has told me what happens next, whats the room doing
for the archive is there any trial data at all on a lower frequency schedule
no official dose
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
appetite returning is not the drug failing, it is the drug doing less because you are taking less of it
i put 45 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
regain is expected
if i go back up after regain does it work the same the second time
i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost me more than i was willing to lose