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.
So the question, as narrowly as I can put it: how to distinguish a genuine plateau from measurement noise and creeping intake, before changing anything.
If the honest answer is that nobody knows, that is a useful answer and I would rather have it.
JenMemphis 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 214 lbs for 5 weeks. Tried everything — calorie cycling, increased exercise, more water. Nothing worked.
What finally broke the plateau: switching from evening to morning injection. Lost 7 lbs in the next 2 weeks. Plateaus are temporary — they always break if you stay consistent.
BariatricNurseD said:Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 214 lbs for 5 weeks.
No disagreement with BariatricNurseD. One condition attached. 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 ResultsJenMemphis 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…
Second this. Nothing to add that would improve it.
Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated. Those two sets overlap less than the confident tone of most write-ups suggests, and the second set is where nearly all the disagreement on this board comes from.
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