dose stretching: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1
dose stretching: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1. Numbers below. Ask me the boring questions, they are the useful ones. Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show substantial regain after discontinuation. That is a pharmacological finding about a chronic condition, not a statement about…
The habits from the losing phase are what carry it now. That is not inspirational, it is just what happened.
Maintenance is the phase with the least published guidance and the most individual variation, which is precisely why board consensus here is worth less than usual.
Cosigning on planning it in advance. Deciding what maintenance looks like while still losing is much easier than deciding it in a panic.
Not convinced. Interval stretching changes your exposure profile, not just the total, and the two are not equivalent.
appetite returns before the scale acknowledges anything
The habits from the losing phase are what carry it now.
Adding one thing — decide what maintenance looks like before you arrive at it.
the goal weight you picked at week 1 was a guess
the goal weight you picked at week 1 was a guess
This reframing is the most useful thing on the board for anyone approaching this phase.
Correction: that trial measured regain after withdrawal, not failure of the drug during treatment. Very different claim.