i weigh weekly at maintenance rather than daily and my range is about two kilos either side
#maintenance 2026-04-17
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weekly not daily
did anyone regret dropping the dose too fast
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everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here
m0 118.4
m1 113.9
m2 110.2
m3 108.8
m4 108.1 <- the stall
m5 105.0
m6 101.6
m7 99.2follow up how do you decide youre actually at maintenance rather than just stalled
went back up, no regrets
the muscle question is the one i wish i had taken seriously at month two instead of month twelve
im at goal and nobody has told me what happens next, whats the room doing
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SURPASS-2 is the one where they stopped and it came back isnt it, has anyone read the actual numbers
FLOW is the stopping one. weight came back on for most people once the drug stopped. that is the finding, not an opinion
the food noise came back at the lower dose, does it settle again
update from 2 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal
is this forever or is that just how it feels at month 10
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right so the maintenance conversation barely existed in here two years ago and now it is half the channel
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for the archive is there any trial data at all on a lower frequency schedule
coming back after 9 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers
nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did
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dropping to a maintenance dose was uneventful for me and completely miserable for somebody i talk to weekly
if i go back up after regain does it work the same the second time
i came off for four months, put 99 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
is maintenance different between semaglutide and the others or is that all anecdote
no data on that
update on the earlier thing whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about
slightly off topic but am i the only one finding maintenance harder than losing was
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while im here whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain
holidays at maintenance are fine, i take the dose on the day and stop thinking about it, not advice obviously
come down slower than that
coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month
[edited]did your maintenance dose end up higher or lower than you expected it to
Reminder set. I will post here in 5 days.
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lift twice a week
i stayed at treatment dose for four months past goal and then came down slowly. that order was right for me
i tried to come down and could not hold it, went back to treatment dose, and stopped apologising for it
no official dose
two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
same as a bp tablet
mine held
how much protein were people eating at maintenance compared to while losing
if you find maintenance harder than the losing part you are in the majority in this room
there is no official maintenance dose. it is a thing we do because the alternative on the table was stopping
i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan
i came off for four months, put 44 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
update from 2 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
appetite returning is not the drug failing, it is the drug doing less because you are taking less of it, ymmv
set a trigger weight
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mine didnt hold
nordic_price_nilstwo or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
protein went up during maintenance for me rather than down, which was completely counterintuitive, anyway
harder than losing
i set a trigger weight instead of a target. if i cross it i go up a rung. that is my entire plan
protein up not down
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regain is expected
ok so did anyone drop the dose for maintenance or just stay where they were
still at maintenance
i put 36 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
while im here i was wrong about maintenance being the easy part and i had said so loudly for a year beforehand
the honest answer to is this forever is that nobody knows and the drug only works while you are taking it, ymmv