someone explain regain to me like I have not read a paper in years
someone explain regain to me like I have not read a paper in years. Searched first, found three threads that contradict each other, hence the post.
The habits from the losing phase are what carry it now. That is not inspirational, it is just what happened.
Weigh monthly now. Best change I made in the whole run and it cost nothing.
Wrote down what maintenance would look like at about week 44, before I needed it. Having decided in advance made the transition boring.
If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.
best — the order this archive was captured in
None of this is a taper plan. What dose holds for you is a question for somebody with your history in front of them.
Body weight varies by a couple of kilos over days in stable people through fluid, glycogen and gut content. A range is not a trend.
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Appetite returning before the scale moves follows from the mechanism: the appetite effect is the proximal one and weight is the lagging integrated outcome.
monthly weigh-ins are enough at this stage
Appetite returning before the scale moves follows from the mechanism: the appetite effect is the proximal one and weight is the lagging integrated out
This reframing is the most useful thing on the board for anyone approaching this phase.
Standing reminder that regain after stopping is a documented pharmacological outcome, and posts framing it as a moral failure get edited.
Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. That is a pharmacological finding about a chronic condition, not a statement about anyone’s discipline.
find the dose that holds, then stop optimising
Interval stretching changes the exposure profile: with a week-long half-life, moving to ten or twelve days lowers trough concentration more than it lowers average exposure. That is why appetite return is often the first thing noticed.
maintenance is where the logistics finally get boring, which is the point
Dose reduction and interval extension are different interventions. Halving the dose keeps the rhythm and lowers the level; stretching keeps the level and lowers the frequency, with a lower trough.