Fortnightly digest · 2026-06-01 → 2026-06-14
holding lean mass, and the trial that keeps getting misquoted
Two conversations collided usefully this fortnight: people two years into maintenance worrying about strength, and people planning to stop citing a trial that does not say what they think it says. The food and training channel did the practical half and the maintenance channel did the careful half, and for once nobody had to be moved between them.
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309day logs
3channels noted
5notes
What happened
- Members who had kept two resistance sessions a week through the whole of it reported losing noticeably less strength, which is not a controlled comparison.
- The protein floor was restated in grams per kilogram of target weight, and three people discovered they had been calculating from current weight.
- SURMOUNT-4 in JAMA 2024 and STEP 4 in JAMA 2021 were both cited, and the difference between them was explained rather than glossed.
- A member planning an abrupt stop was shown the withdrawal arm figures and changed their plan to a taper without being argued with.
- Grip strength and stair tests were suggested as things you can actually measure at home over a year.
Channels this fortnight
#maintenanceAfter the loss. Dose reduction, regain, and whether this is forever.7 logs · 231 msgs#food-and-trainingProtein floor, two lifts a week, and eating enough at all.8 logs · 148 msgs#winsScale and non-scale. Rings, stairs, CPAP pressures, A1c. All of it counts.10 logs · 313 msgs
Most-reacted messages in this fortnight
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relabel_watchanyone logging resting heart rate on this48 reactions · #retatrutide · 2026-06-14LC_MS_Lenathat was me too46 reactions · #mental-health · 2026-06-08lisbon_lotanyone gone above 2.4 and what changed44 reactions · #retatrutide · 2026-06-06relabel_watcha supplier improving shows in the log as later entries, not as earlier entries being edited44 reactions · #vendor-verification · 2026-06-10factory_direct_fido you tell your prescriber about the small stuff or only the big stuff43 reactions · #side-effects · 2026-06-03birch_bloodswhat happened when you queried a missing parcel with the supplier i have lost 4 parcels in three years across a lot of orders.…41 reactions · #shipping-customs · 2026-06-02nordic_price_nilsthe plateau hit me at 28 weeks and moved again about a month later without a dose change41 reactions · #semaglutide · 2026-06-14ms_ms_miraany pricing in this channel is a snapshot from whenever it was typed. australian prices moved a lot in two years40 reactions · #anz · 2026-06-03
Busiest logs in this fortnight
#semaglutide · 2026-06-06i stayed on 1.7 for 14 months and never went to 2.4, appetite was already where i needed it79 msgs#tirzepatide · 2026-06-14no gap when i switched, took the last semaglutide dose and started this a week later79 msgs#vendor-talk · 2026-06-11i would order from GL Biochem again and i would still weigh the vials, as i would with anyone74 msgs#semaglutide · 2026-06-10im at 15 and stuck, did anyone break a plateau without going up72 msgs#side-effects · 2026-06-06site itching is common and rotation fixed it for most people i have seen post about it70 msgs#vendor-talk · 2026-06-05paperwork is worth it69 msgs#vendor-talk · 2026-06-09thats a reseller69 msgs#semaglutide · 2026-06-14what did SELECT actually measure, i see it quoted for everything69 msgs#retatrutide · 2026-06-07low and slow67 msgs#vendor-verification · 2026-06-14we refresh on new evidence, not on a clock. an old verification with no recent results says so on the…67 msgs#side-effects · 2026-06-05if you are under 1000 calories by accident that is a problem, not discipline66 msgs#side-effects · 2026-06-01everything tastes metallic since i went up, does that settle65 msgs