u/joaquin_wojcik

nothing on this board is a training or nutrition prescription

a single DEXA is a number, two is a comparison, three is a trend

perimenopause and this overlap in ways nobody has good data on

Careful, that is a nutrition prescription aimed at another member and this board does not do those.

This. Anything involving pregnancy or contraception goes to a clinician, and this board should keep saying so.

Disagree — slower loss does not automatically preserve lean mass. Protein and training do the work, not the rate on its own.

Not convinced by the attribution. That pattern tracks the cycle in your own log more closely than it tracks the dose.

Agreed. Publishing the ranking formula is the difference between a feed and a black box, and it costs nothing to do.

Moderation of individual cases happens in modmail rather than in threads, because a public discussion of one person’s removal is worse for that person than a private one.

training volume matters more than training novelty

nothing on this board is a substitute for someone who knows your history

strength retention is a decent proxy and it is free

removals get explained publicly where the rule allows it

Careful — anything touching pregnancy is not a board question in any form.

Not convinced by that DEXA comparison. Different machine, different protocol, and the difference is inside the error.

symptom patterns can track the cycle rather than the dose

Trial populations for the major programmes were not designed around the questions this board asks most often, which is why the evidence base here is genuinely thinner rather than merely harder to find.

fertility can change with weight loss and that surprises people

Same. Perimenopause overlapping with all of this is the least documented area on the whole site.

Yes. Nobody here is prescribing training or nutrition and the good posts say so.

ranked feeds mean the top comment is not the best answer

Nothing here is a training or nutrition prescription. Targets and programmes are matters for somebody who knows your history and your training background.

That is the controversial ordering, not the hot one. Different formula, different behaviour.

Small fix — archiving happens at a year, not at six months. It is in the published policy.

Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.

Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.

Asked a pharmacist about the absorption question rather than the internet. Ten minutes, clear answer, done.

Careful, that is a nutrition prescription aimed at another member and this board does not do those.

Cosigning on the no-links rule. It is the only reason the pricing threads are trustworthy.