is there any trial data at all on a lower frequency schedule
#maintenance 2026-04-11
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Highlights from this day
- taper_tess — 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 15:51
- mira_pins — update on the earlier thing i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan 17:17
- taper_tess — i weigh weekly at maintenance rather than daily and my range is about two kilos either side, from memory 17:53
- sgp_subq — update on the earlier thing dropping to a maintenance dose was uneventful for me and completely miserable for somebody i talk to weekly 19:51
the maintenance conversation barely existed in here two years ago and now it is half the channel
lift twice a week
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mine didnt hold
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protein up not down
i came off for four months, put 35 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
is maintenance different between tirzepatide and the others or is that all anecdote
im at goal and nobody has told me what happens next, whats the room doing
weekly not daily
is a maintenance dose a real clinical thing or something we invented between us
holidays at maintenance are fine, i take the dose on the day and stop thinking about it, not advice obviously
quick one does anyone budget for maintenance being cheaper or is it the same £55 a month
a 10mg vial at a 2mg maintenance dose is five weeks of doses, so my monthly cost roughly halved
m0 118.4
m1 113.9
m2 110.2
m3 108.8
m4 108.1 <- the stall
m5 105.0
m6 101.6
m7 99.2stopped 16 months ago and put 38 back on, what did people do at that point
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, i have it written down somewhere
*that should say weekly
is this forever or is that just how it feels at month 24
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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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slightly off topic but did anyone regret dropping the dose too fast
no official dose
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
appetite came back over about three weeks after i reduced, not all at once, which is what i had braced for
whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain
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set a trigger weight
protein went up during maintenance for me rather than down, which was completely counterintuitive
while im here how quickly did appetite come back going from 2 to 2.5
appetite returning is not the drug failing, it is the drug doing less because you are taking less of it
quick one how much regain did people get in the first 5 months after stopping
m0 118.4
m1 113.9
m2 110.2
m3 108.8
m4 108.1 <- the stall
m5 105.0
m6 101.6
m7 99.2the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve
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same as a bp tablet
regain is expected
the food noise came back at the lower dose, does it settle again
thats fluctuation
[edited]mine held
FLOW is the one where they stopped and it came back isnt it, has anyone read the actual numbers
update on the earlier thing i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan
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maintenance is harder than losing because there is no number going down to keep you interested
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went back up, no regrets
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i weigh weekly at maintenance rather than daily and my range is about two kilos either side, from memory
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im holding at 15 for maintenance and wondering whether i should be lower
while im here how do people handle a two week holiday at a maintenance dose
there is no official maintenance dose. it is a thing we do because the alternative on the table was stopping, ymmv
coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month
how much protein were people eating at maintenance compared to while losing
if i go back up after regain does it work the same the second time
nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did, your mileage will differ
harder than losing
resistance training two or three times a week is what the room converged on and it is not glamorous
if you find maintenance harder than the losing part you are in the majority in this room
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i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it
does anyone lift specifically to hold onto muscle now that theyre maintaining
two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
i put 8 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
i think about it the way i think about my blood pressure tablet, and that framing helped me more than anything else
lower frequency maintenance is genuinely unstudied. anybody telling you it is proven is making that up, ask me again in a month
coming back after 25 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers
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update on the earlier thing dropping to a maintenance dose was uneventful for me and completely miserable for somebody i talk to weekly
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sorry to jump in did anyone drop the dose for maintenance or just stay where they were
cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower, i think
coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month, your mileage will differ
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