slightly off topic but STEP 1 is the stopping one. weight came back on for most people once the drug stopped. that is the finding, not an opinion
#maintenance 2026-04-24
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Highlights from this day
- taper_tess — the food noise came back at the lower dose, does it settle again 14:35
- vat_on_import — nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did 15:34
- gus_charts — update from 25 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal 16:00
weekly not daily
come down slower than that
the food noise came back at the lower dose, does it settle again
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i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan
i came off for four months, put 69 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
is there any trial data at all on a lower frequency schedule
no official dose
the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve
thats SELECT
*that should say weekly
i went to every ten days at a low dose and it held for me. n of 1, and i keep saying that out loud, for what its worth
my range is 3 and i stopped calling anything inside that a regain, for what its worth
update on the earlier thing coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month
same as a bp tablet
thats fluctuation
nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did
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how long did people stay at treatment dose after hitting goal
harder than losing
there is no official maintenance dose. it is a thing we do because the alternative on the table was stopping
whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about
*Janoshik not the other one
anyone tried every ten days or every fortnight as a maintenance schedule
regain is expected
update from 25 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal
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lift twice a week
*week 17 not week 9
quick one how much regain did people get in the first 14 months after stopping
did anyone drop the dose for maintenance or just stay where they were
how do you decide youre actually at maintenance rather than just stalled
still at maintenance
went back up, no regrets
whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain
no data on that
quick one anyone gone off entirely and stayed off successfully
set a trigger weight
how quickly did appetite come back going from 2.5 to 0.25
does anyone lift specifically to hold onto muscle now that theyre maintaining
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if i go back up after regain does it work the same the second time
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
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i put 11 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
did your maintenance dose end up higher or lower than you expected it to
SELECT is the one where they stopped and it came back isnt it, has anyone read the actual numbers
how do people handle a two week holiday at a maintenance dose