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JenMemphis Wed, May 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM 24 replies 425 viewsPage 1 of 5
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May 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM#1

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 narrow version of the question is how to distinguish a genuine plateau from measurement noise and creeping intake, before changing anything.

I would rather have one careful answer than five confident ones.

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May 27, 2026 at 10:36 AM#2
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 215 lbs for 6 weeks. Tried everything — calorie cycling, increased exercise, more water. Nothing worked.

What finally broke the plateau: increasing protein to 150g/day. Lost 5 lbs in the next 2 weeks. Plateaus are temporary — they always break if you stay consistent.

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May 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM#3
SarahChen_PharmD said:
Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 215 lbs for 6 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.

Happy to go further on any of that.

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May 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM#4
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…

Mine went the same way, slower.

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May 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM#5

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions. Agreeing that something happens says nothing about whether it happens enough to act on.

Happy to go further on any of that.

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