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Monthly weigh-in thread — my results so far

Dr.ObesityMed Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 1:25 PM 18 replies 1,996 viewsPage 1 of 4
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Nov 12, 2024 at 1:25 PM#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 bit I cannot resolve on my own is how to distinguish a genuine plateau from measurement noise and creeping intake, before changing anything.

Practical detail welcome, however dull — the duller the better.

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Dr.BariatricHTX
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Nov 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM#2
Dr.ObesityMed 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 213 lbs for 8 weeks. Tried everything — calorie cycling, increased exercise, more water. Nothing worked.

What finally broke the plateau: adding HIIT cardio 2x/week. Lost 10 lbs in the next 3 weeks. Plateaus are temporary — they always break if you stay consistent.

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Dr.BariatricHTX said:
Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 213 lbs for 8 weeks.

Dr.BariatricHTX has the substance of this right. The condition it depends on is worth stating. 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.

That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.

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Nov 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM#4
Dr.ObesityMed 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. I had assumed I was the exception until I read this.

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Nov 12, 2024 at 8:27 PM#5

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any. If nothing would, the discussion is not about evidence, and it is better to say so early than to spend nine posts discovering it.

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