Fortnightly digest · 2025-06-02 → 2025-06-15
the protein floor, the two lifts, and the eleven hundred calorie problem
The food and training channel spent a fortnight on the least glamorous subject here, which is eating enough at all. Three members worked out they had been under eleven hundred calories for weeks without noticing, because appetite suppression removes the signal that normally tells you. The channel treated that as a problem to solve rather than a discipline to admire.
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What happened
- The protein target discussed was around 1.6g per kilogram of target body weight, with two resistance sessions a week as the floor rather than the goal.
- Accidental undereating was reframed as a thing to fix, and three members posted meal plans built for a small appetite rather than a large one.
- Resistance training was described as the variable that decides how much of the loss is fat, which is the channel most repeated claim.
- Electrolytes and fibre were raised as the practical fixes for two complaints that had been attributed to the drug.
- A member who had lost noticeable strength posted their training log and got useful, blunt feedback about volume.
Channels this fortnight
#food-and-trainingProtein floor, two lifts a week, and eating enough at all.4 logs · 87 msgs#side-effectsNausea, constipation, the month-four shed, and when to stop reading chat and see somebody.8 logs · 219 msgs#maintenanceAfter the loss. Dose reduction, regain, and whether this is forever.5 logs · 160 msgs
Most-reacted messages in this fortnight
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back_from_awaythats a big drop47 reactions · #wins · 2025-06-04two_four_ceiling2.4 is the ceiling46 reactions · #semaglutide · 2025-06-02split_the_costthe scepticism here is because the evidence is thin, not because people are being difficult46 reactions · #other-peptides · 2025-06-14sulphur_burpcoming back to this scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait43 reactions · #uk-ireland · 2025-06-02two_four_ceilingno trial for that41 reactions · #dosing-titration · 2025-06-11never_for_salepick the volume so your dose is a whole number of units. thats the entire trick40 reactions · #reconstitution · 2025-06-07invoice_mismatchbioimpedance is a mood ring40 reactions · #food-and-training · 2025-06-08bpc_scepticslightly off topic but what does not count: the supplier certificate alone, a screenshot, a referral link, or a friend who says it…39 reactions · #vendor-verification · 2025-06-03
Busiest logs in this fortnight
#tirzepatide · 2025-06-15did anyone go past 15 and was there any point to it56 msgs#payments · 2025-06-12stablecoin while pending55 msgs#vendor-verification · 2025-06-14what happens to the log entry when a supplier improves55 msgs#dosing-titration · 2025-06-04the honest answer is that most of us are running protocols nobody has ever studied54 msgs#dosing-titration · 2025-06-06small steps are better than big ones and the only reason people take big ones is impatience54 msgs#maintenance · 2025-06-08if you find maintenance harder than the losing part you are in the majority in this room53 msgs#tirzepatide · 2025-06-11plateaued at 3 weeks the same way i did on semaglutide, so i doubt its compound specific53 msgs#semaglutide · 2025-06-05the plateau hit me at 24 weeks and moved again about a month later without a dose change, not advice…50 msgs#dosing-titration · 2025-06-12no trial for that50 msgs#side-effects · 2025-06-15do you drop back a dose for side effects or push through50 msgs#reconstitution · 2025-06-07i write the mg/ml on the vial with a sharpie the moment i reconstitute it49 msgs#hplc-massspec · 2025-06-14you need more sample for identity than for purity. plan for that when you post it49 msgs