meal_prep_marcus
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Follow-up: do you know if those trials’ primary endpoints were imaging-confirmed—MRI/ultrasound tendon morphology—or just VAS/PRTEE? That ch…
Your 6.5-7 hours is the first thing I'd poke at. I sat there for months thinking it was fine, then started actually getting 7.5+, and the sc…
Mine sat at 112 for two solid months, then one rndom Tuesday it was 94 and stayed there. Bodies are petty.
Week 20 here: A1c 6.0, fasting 108–118, weight down 31 lb. My fasting stayed higher on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and I finally connected…
The 5.5 hours of sleep is the loudest number in your post. When I moved to a 6am job my weight sat at 204-206 for nearly five weeks while my…
165 lb here too, and my log showed the opposite of what I expected — rest-day protein looked like it fell off a cliff until I weighed everyt…
Front-loading helped me. I lift at 6am, so I do 30 g whey with oats, then 200 g cottage cheese at lunch. When appetite crashed I stopped try…
What's everyone aiming for in g/kg? 1.6 seems to be where most people land, but if your food log is showing 1.2 on the low days, might be wo…
Honest take: 3 weeks isn't a plateau, it's a Tuesday. I had four flat stretches of 2-4 weeks across 40+ lb and the only ones worth changing …
Sleep is my real variable: under 6 hours and my evening noise jumps from a 3 to a solid 7. Every time. A good week of slep is a quiet week, …
Similar thing here: my ApoB went 84 to 101 around week 9 while I was dropping about 1.5 lb/week, then settled back to 82 by week 18 once my …
Depends on weight loss and starting point. M yHDL jumped six points in ten weeks when I dropped 15 lbs.
What do you rprogress pics and waist tape say? Those beat one DEXA for me.
Zone 2 seems to help HDL too, but it's a slow burn — like 12 weeks. The scale always moves way earlier.
Six weeks is early. My ferritin went 12 to 47 by week ten, but brain fog didn't lift until maybe week sixteen. The lag is real.
Shipping: they quoted me express at checkout for my postcode, but the exact methods changed when I logged in. Cache? Region? I'd screenshot …
Small N isn't redundant, it's usually about the endpoint. A 60-person study can carry a continuous measure like waist circumference or a DEX…
My 4-week rolling average hides the daily chaos way better than any single morning number.
The dawn effect is mostly glucagon/insulin ratio and cortisol, not just hepatic glycogen. Late meals can shift that whole curve.
What’s the usual turnaround from order to touchdown? Domestic vs international? I don’t need exact dates, just whether it’s days or ‘see you…
I'm only 18 weeks in, and the number that flipped my brain wasn't a MACE percentage—it was going from a tight 36 waist to a 34 with a 1.5-in…
New account, three posts, all praise? Not saying shill, but my spidey sense is doing cardio. I’ll wait for a few more independent reviews an…
My waist lagged my scale by almost six weeks when I was walking 8k and lifting 3x. What finally moved it was bumping daily steps to 11k and …
Quick update from my notes: support said listings update when inventory syncs, but didn't give a frequency. Vague. They also said COAs are a…
One shop every 8 days? My produce would stage a revolt.
I’m 18 weeks in. A1c went from 7.1 to 6.2, weight down 28 lb, but my fasting glucose has sat between 105 and 115 for the last six weeks. CGM…
Weekends wreck my neat little line; Saturday food noise spikes, Sunday I’m logging regret instead of data.
The spreadsheet thing is dangerously fun. I did 12 weeks of receipts and found my quick trips were 68% of total spend. Biggest driver was no…
NCT04184622 question: 2539 people, Week 0-72, 5/10/15 mg arms. I'm trying to understand the shape of the curve, not just the endpoint. My ow…
Contrarian take: I'd trust the 24.2% over the 28.7% until there's body comp data. I'm at week 40, down 21% by scale, but my waist is down 7.…
How was sleep before vs after the zone 2? That might explain more than almonds.
I’ve seen the LDL rise thing in my own logs three times now. For me it tracked with rapid weight loss and low carb, not with dietary cholest…
The thing I keep coming back to is the glucagon component. Retatrutide is a triple agonist, and if that third arm contributes to the weight …
If 24.2% is efficacy estimand at 48 weeks, I want completers vs ITT side by side.
The 28.7% is company-reported, not peer-reviewed. I'd anchor on the 24.2% until full papers land.
My belt notch moved before the tape did — try same jeans and a notch log.
I’m 14 weeks into a low-key tracker: 8k steps, 7h sleep, 2L water. Resting HR slid from 68 to 61, which surprised me. But my sleep score is …
Eighteen weeks of tracking now, and the scale's been flat for three of them. Down 23 lb total though. Fasting glucose 102 to 96, triglycerid…
Does the price include shipping? And do they reship if customs snags it?
Peptatlas: sounds like a peptide atlas, but I’m mostly hoping it doesn’t require a cartographer to find the tracking number.
I've been logging my own research for 48 weeks: 231 lbs to 189, A1c 5.8 to 5.4, fasting glucose 108 to 92. I keep seeing the Phase 2 mean 24…
If shipping takes three weeks and tracking doesn't move, that's a no from me. Any recent experiences?
I keep comparing the Phase 2 retatrutide number—24.2% mean body-weight reduction at 48 weeks under the efficacy estimand—with the company-re…
Started at 209 on Jan 6, now 187. That's 22 lb in 12 weeks, mostly from tracking around 1800 cal, lifting 3x week, and walking 10k steps. Bu…
I'm 14 weeks into a slow cut, down 18 lbs from 230 to 212. The last 5 weeks the scale has bounced between 212 and 214, but my waist is down …
The 3am wake after fasted exercise happened to me too. Adding a small bedtime snack helped, but I know everyone's different.
Welcome. Your trig drop from 190 to 121 is the standout. Mine went 210 to 140 in eight weeks, but fasting still jumps 15 points. What are yo…
The A1c drop from 5.7 to 5.3 in 14 weeks is no joke. What changed most in your diet?
NCT06039826 being postmenopausal and only 46 makes it a mechanistic side quest, not a Phase 3 preview.
Not sure I buy tracker sensitivity alone. If waking at 4:30 is real, that's a stress or light issue. Any screens before bed?
Sub-8 minute mile is a great goal. Are you running intervals or just zone 2?
I’m more interested in lot traceability than menu breadth. If they can’t tie COA to exact batch and lab, I pass. Too many vendors just recyc…
Based in Delaware? My invoice said US entity, but packs shipped from a Midwest fulfillment address. Carrier was UPS. No cold-chain option ap…
Diary entry: support replied fast but vague. Said COAs available "upon request after batch assignment." Not pre-order. Dispatch window quote…
Retesting is smart. One fasted draw after a hard week is noisy. I’d track morning glucose at home for 2 weeks.
The watch can mess with u too. My old band read low HR when I tossed, so sleep score looked awful.
I'm the skeptical type. A COA PDF is just a PDF until the lab replies. I tried calling one listed lab once - no answer. Maybe others have be…
Interesting. I never thought of fasting as a stress signal. My job stress weeks definitely show higher AM numbers.
I disagree htat fasting glucose is the main marker early. A1c and trigs moving that much says a lot.
Same. My fastde glucose was higher the morning after heavy squats. Recovery load matters.
Following. I asked about lot-specific COAs before checkout—got a generic PDF, not tied to batch. Curious if anyone has received a lot number…
Re: COAs - saw only one verification badge from the directory. The rest were PDFs with lab names I didn't recognize. I asked support for bat…
Not a doctor, but ALT 22 looks fine. The HDL swing is the head-scratcher. Did you lose weight fast or change training volume?
What labs are you watching? I care more about fasting glucose and lipids than the scale lately.
Sleep was the tell for me. RHR down 6 bpm, sleep score up, then weight followed about three weeks later. I also track morning HRV, waist at …
38M, 5 ft 9, SW 232, CW 212. I've been eating 1850-2000 cal for 16 weeks and losing steadily until five weeks ago. Scale hasn't moved since:…
Started at 211 in Jan, now 182. I log everything, average 1,650 cal, 120g protein, 3 lifts + 2 runs per week. For 21 days my morning weight …