Thirteen weeks at the same dose with no change on the scale, and I have gone from assuming it was the drug to assuming it was me and back several times.
The bit I cannot resolve on my own is how to distinguish a genuine plateau from measurement noise and creeping intake, before changing anything.
Not looking for reassurance. Looking for the part I have got wrong.
tane_welly said:Thirteen weeks at the same dose with no change on the scale, and I have gone from assuming it was the drug to assuming it was me and back several…
Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 204 lbs for 7 weeks. Tried everything — calorie cycling, increased exercise, more water. Nothing worked.
What finally broke the plateau: a brief dose increase followed by return to maintenance. Lost 8 lbs in the next 3 weeks. Plateaus are temporary — they always break if you stay consistent.
mike_nyc said:Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 204 lbs for 7 weeks.
That is correct as far as it goes, and here is where it stops going. Most reported plateaus are not plateaus. Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well inside the noise band. Before concluding anything, look at a rolling weekly average over at least four weeks and at a tape measure, because recomposition shows up in circumference before it shows up in weight. Then track intake honestly for a week: appetite suppression fades unevenly, and intake creeping back up is the single commonest cause.
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View Resultstane_welly said:Thirteen weeks at the same dose with no change on the scale, and I have gone from assuming it was the drug to assuming it was me and back several…
Same pattern here, and in the same order. Posting only so the count is not one.
From the other side of the consultation, briefly. Order of operations matters more than any single choice here: establish a baseline, change one thing, wait long enough for it to express itself, then measure again under the same conditions.
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