stopped 21 months ago and put 48 back on, what did people do at that point
#maintenance 2026-05-07
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- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 57 messages from 30 members. 18:48
- tyne_tracks — everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here 19:19
- protein_floor — coming back after 24 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers 19:21
- per_mg_pete — the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve 21:05
- VialBot — Assay note: GGPeps lot B-0329 reported at 98.6% of label content. 22:24
*that should say weekly
is maintenance different between retatrutide and the others or is that all anecdote
Channel stats, last 30 days: 57 messages from 30 members.
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i put 45 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month
thats STEP 1
maintenance is harder than losing because there is no number going down to keep you interested
mine didnt hold
m0 118.4
m1 113.9
m2 110.2
m3 108.8
m4 108.1 <- the stall
m5 105.0
m6 101.6
m7 99.2how much regain did people get in the first 18 months after stopping
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
everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here
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coming back after 24 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers
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lift twice a week
how do you decide youre actually at maintenance rather than just stalled
i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost me more than i was willing to lose
i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it
i came off for four months, put 22 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
i weigh weekly at maintenance rather than daily and my range is about two kilos either side
i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it
im holding at 10 for maintenance and wondering whether i should be lower
i was wrong about maintenance being the easy part and i had said so loudly for a year beforehand
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
my range is 24 and i stopped calling anything inside that a regain
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mine held
unrelated but whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about
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
how long did people stay at treatment dose after hitting goal
went back up, no regrets
does anyone budget for maintenance being cheaper or is it the same €38 a month
protein went up during maintenance for me rather than down, which was completely counterintuitive
cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower
the honest answer to is this forever is that nobody knows and the drug only works while you are taking it, not advice obviously
the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve
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update from 1 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal
i think about it the way i think about my blood pressure tablet, and that framing helped me more than anything else
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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
nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did
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i stayed at treatment dose for four months past goal and then came down slowly. that order was right for me, happy to be corrected
regain after stopping is the expected outcome, which is a horrible sentence and also what the data says
does anyone lift specifically to hold onto muscle now that theyre maintaining
how quickly did appetite come back going from 2.5 to 5
protein up not down
dropping to a maintenance dose was uneventful for me and completely miserable for somebody i talk to weekly
still at maintenance
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
Assay note: GGPeps lot B-0329 reported at 98.6% of label content.