two or three kilos up and down is normal fluctuation. ten is a different conversation
#maintenance 2026-05-17
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- warsaw_vial — coming back after 4 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers 17:07
- VialBot — Verification log updated: QST — evidence added, status unchanged. 17:28
- stack_sceptic — ok so how much regain did people get in the first 10 months after stopping 18:41
- revoked_ro — anyone tried every ten days or every fortnight as a maintenance schedule 19:37
- revoked_ro — nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did 20:30
update from 20 months ago: still at maintenance, still boring, which was always the goal
same as a bp tablet
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maintenance is harder than losing because there is no number going down to keep you interested, your mileage will differ
how do you decide youre actually at maintenance rather than just stalled
thats fluctuation
did anyone drop the dose for maintenance or just stay where they were
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if you find maintenance harder than the losing part you are in the majority in this room
whats your rule for when a fluctuation becomes a regain
food noise coming back at a lower dose settled again after about four weeks for me
does anyone budget for maintenance being cheaper or is it the same €120 a month
if i go back up after regain does it work the same the second time
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went back up, no regrets
set a trigger weight
i weigh weekly at maintenance rather than daily and my range is about two kilos either side
holidays at maintenance are fine, i take the dose on the day and stop thinking about it
regain is expected
coming back after 4 months of maintenance, is anyone interested in the numbers
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coming down too fast was my mistake. top rung to the bottom rung inside a month and it was a bad month
does anyone lift specifically to hold onto muscle now that theyre maintaining
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weekly not daily
i came off for four months, put 54 back on, and came back. no drama in it, just numbers
Verification log updated: QST — evidence added, status unchanged.
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right so FLOW is the stopping one. weight came back on for most people once the drug stopped. that is the finding, not an opinion
whats a realistic amount of regain to accept rather than panic about
harder than losing
the food noise came back at the lower dose, does it settle again
*Janoshik not the other one
resistance training two or three times a week is what the room converged on and it is not glamorous, we shall see
protein up not down
mine held
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how long did people stay at treatment dose after hitting goal
cost did not drop at maintenance for me because i went to a lower dose from the same vial and just used it slower
ok so how much regain did people get in the first 10 months after stopping
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still at maintenance
protein went up during maintenance for me rather than down, which was completely counterintuitive, n of 1 obviously
there is no official maintenance dose. it is a thing we do because the alternative on the table was stopping, ymmv
quick one im holding at 0.25 for maintenance and wondering whether i should be lower
[edited]how do people handle a two week holiday at a maintenance dose
*week 33 not week 2
i put 39 back on after stopping and then went back on it. it worked the same the second time round
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unrelated but i lift twice a week specifically because losing fast without it cost me more than i was willing to lose
the maintenance conversation barely existed in here two years ago and now it is half the channel
coming back to this how much protein were people eating at maintenance compared to while losing
anyone tried every ten days or every fortnight as a maintenance schedule
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appetite returning is not the drug failing, it is the drug doing less because you are taking less of it
nobody here can tell you whether to stop. we can tell you what happened to us when we did
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is maintenance different between cagrilintide and the others or is that all anecdote
i think about it the way i think about my blood pressure tablet, and that framing helped me more than anything else
everybody i have seen stop and hold it did something else as well, without exception in my time here
thats SELECT