lower frequency maintenance is genuinely unstudied. anybody telling you it is proven is making that up
#maintenance 2026-06-25
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Highlights from this day
- seven_five_sweet — 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 17:19
- olive_orders — maintenance is harder than losing because there is no number going down to keep you interested 17:22
- seven_five_sweet — dropping to a maintenance dose was uneventful for me and completely miserable for somebody i talk to weekly 20:11
the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve, still working it out
how much regain did people get in the first 3 months after stopping
no official dose
i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan
harder than losing
[edited]whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about
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
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maintenance is harder than losing because there is no number going down to keep you interested
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cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower
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my range is 7 and i stopped calling anything inside that a regain
New independent result logged — SWB, lot A-2601, purity 99.2% (PeptideMeter).
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i put 36 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
went back up, no regrets
i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost me more than i was willing to lose
FLOW is the stopping one. weight came back on for most people once the drug stopped. that is the finding, not an opinion, someone check my working
how do you decide youre actually at maintenance rather than just stalled
seven_five_sweetthe muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of…
how much protein were people eating at maintenance compared to while losing
m0 118.4
m1 113.9
m2 110.2
m3 108.8
m4 108.1 <- the stall
m5 105.0
m6 101.6
m7 99.2lift twice a week
the honest answer to is this forever is that nobody knows and the drug only works while you are taking it
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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
still at maintenance
slightly off topic but is a maintenance dose a real clinical thing or something we invented between us
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im holding at 7.5 for maintenance and wondering whether i should be lower
i dropped from 5 to 2.4 for maintenance and held steady for fourteen months
i stayed at treatment dose for four months past goal and then came down slowly. that order was right for me
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update from 23 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal
two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
did anyone regret dropping the dose too fast
thats SELECT
quick one i was wrong about maintenance being the easy part and i had said so loudly for a year beforehand
protein up not down
i came off for four months, put 101 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
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dropping to a maintenance dose was uneventful for me and completely miserable for somebody i talk to weekly
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resistance training two or three times a week is what the room converged on and it is not glamorous
[edited]does anyone budget for maintenance being cheaper or is it the same $72 a month
i put 9 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
mine held
everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here
coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month