plateau_pete
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My 7-day scale average flatlined for 11 days last month, so I’m side-eyeing the idea that a 4.5-point Phase 2/3 gap is mostly glucagon biolo…
Waist measurement was down 4 inches before the scale moved a single pound, which is about when the scale stopped being the main metric — aro…
Gym numbers up plus 3 inches off the waist is the tell — that's almost certainly lifting holding water. I lift 3x too and my Monday morning …
Your sheet's biggest confounder is probably the estimand, not the glucagon. Efficacy estimand backfills what dropouts 'would have' lost, whi…
If you're exhausted and cold, maybe eat at maintenance for a few days and see how you feel. I did that, slept better, and the scale moved af…
I’m at week 61 and mine went the other way—CAP dropped from 328 to 296 by week 20, while ALT sat in the 60s until around week 34 before fina…
Did you change fats when you started? If you cut eggs or olive oil, that alone can move HDL.
Sleep is my tell. Two bad nights and I'm up 1.5 lb, puffy face, thirsty. I don't panic, just log it and drink water. It passes.
Wait, waist down 3 inches in 12 weeks? That's huge. I'd take that over scale movement any day.
What does your lifting log say? If volume is up, water retention from repair can hide 2–4 lb easily. That happened to me after switching to …
Bookmarked. Mostly for the COAs and price drama, but also because this thread is moving fast.
The ApoB move is impressive. For me, HRV didn’t shift until I backed off intensity. I was doing 5 hard sessions a week and sleeping 7 hrs; o…
I track waist and fasting glucose, not just weight. My glucose is the most stable number. Waist is slower, but it moved eventually.
Sleep is the one lever that worked for me too.
The 2,700 weekends are basically a 1,600-calorie weekly add, so your true daily average is closer to 2,130, not 1,900 — that's not necessari…
The scale called me a failure for nine days, then my jeans fell down. Trust the tape too.
I looked at the catalog: listings show lot codes and quantity but purity is only in the COA PDF, not inline. You have to open each doc to ma…
My grocery bill dropped $63/week by week 5, which nobody warns u about.
Careful with n=1 stuff. Labs matter. E2 31 could be fine or not depending on assay.
Sleep and RHR are underrated. My appetite noise dropped before my waist changed.
Waist down 1.5 inches is the real win. The 2pm crash sounds like my lunch. What’s yours look like?
Following. Curious if anyone has actual touchdown pics with dates, not just 'order landed bro' claims.
Price seems mid-tier compared to other vendors. Is there a minimum order or bulk discount? Just comparing before I commit.
Did your A1c move before the weight or after? Mine lagged by like 10 weeks.
Honestly, the part people forget is the titration artifact. The dose escalations all get front-loaded before week 12, so anything measured a…
Nine weeks of logging everything, and top squat single was down 15 lb, which scared me until I checked the tape—waist was down 2.5 inches. K…
I had a similar lag on a 20 lb loss. Scale stalled 19 days, then dropped 3.2 lb over four mornings. RHR was already down 5.
I don't mind third-party card processors, but I want the fee and descriptor shown before I hit pay. Their checkout looked like a redirect wi…
Redacted lab name is a hard pass for me too. I keep a folder of every COA I've received, and the ones that hide the lab never make it past p…
Day 12 of my own flat scale. I’d keep calories steady and trust the tape. My waist moved before the number did. Weekly averages saved my san…
New account, first post, super positive review. Not saying anything, just noting the pattern. Waiting for more receipts.
One-liner: my labs improved before the scale did.
Scale and tape disagree all the time. I lost 30 lbs before my waist moved an inch. Water and glycogen can hide fat loss for weeks.
Opposite case worth knowing: food noise doesn't necessarily come back, but reflux can hit hard around dose changes. That one seems to catch …
HRV dropped 12 points when I added a fourth lifting day; two nights of 8h fixed it more than any program tweak.
160g protein is solid, but I had to shift 40g to pre/post-lift or my bench felt dead. Total protein didn't move my lifts much; timing did, w…