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c/maintenancephase·submitted 4 months ago by u/fatima_asante

what would you tell week-1 you about maintenance

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what would you tell week-1 you about maintenance, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. Body weight varies by a couple of kilos over days in stable people through fluid, glycogen and gut content. A range is not a trend. Withdrawal studies in this class consistently show…

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u/omar_eriksen46 points·4 months ago

Yes — interval stretching and dose reduction are different levers and people use the words interchangeably.

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u/fatima_asanteOP26 points·4 months ago

Stretching the interval, reducing the dose, or both?

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u/neha_falk10 points·4 months ago

regain after stopping is the expected outcome, not a personal failure

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u/sena_balogun2 points·4 months ago

Drifted up 12kg over a winter and panicked. It came back off without any change, which is apparently just what weight does.

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u/usp_appendixcompendial1 point·4 months ago

Cosigning on planning it in advance. Deciding what maintenance looks like while still losing is much easier than deciding it in a panic.

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u/viktor_erdogan1 point·4 months ago

Weigh monthly now. Best change I made in the whole run and it cost nothing.

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u/fatima_asanteOP4 points·4 months ago

Stretched from seven to ten days and then to twelve over about four months. Appetite told me where the limit was before the scale did.

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u/still_here_2026MOD19 points·4 months ago

Removed the taper schedule aimed at another member. Describe your own; do not write theirs.

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