Hitting maintenance dose?! Update!

[Green-FWIW]

Down from 225 to 170, starting maintenance dosing this week.

 

[bagel_peeler01]

What are your maintenance doses and how did you settle on the dose and timing?

 

[BioLog]

holding a 144 lb loss on the highest ozempic dose weekly. zero plans to taper. this is my sweet spot

 

[ScaleHater]

metabolic adaptation sucks. drop the dose, eat a slight surplus for a couple months to let your body recover, then ramp back up. you need that refeed period after serious weight loss.

 

[Shed-Win]

Started at 1 mg, planned to go up after a week or two but I'm losing over 3 lbs weekly and can't afford to lose muscle. Still at 1 mg, 4th dose, might stay here till weekly loss drops below 1%. I'm a strong responder apparently. Side effects are tolerable so far—lower gym energy, rough sleep, mild stomach stuff.

 

[breezycinnamon]

Been talking to my main doctor about whether I should stay on a maintenance dose long-term.

 

[On_Deck]

The maintenance plateau is real! I bought a whole size 12 wardrobe too early and ended up in size 8 after 4 months on maintenance. Now everything is loose and it's kind of funny in a frustrating way lol.

 

[Ant_Ready808]

That's pretty standard. You go up to 2.4 (Wegovy) and eventually stabilize there. Not sure if jumping to 7.2 makes sense but it's an option. Just remember you might not have brand name stuff if you're talking units - it all comes down to concentration per mL. 2.4 mg is typically the top maintenance dose anyway.

 

[quinoa-wk689]

The RHR settling out after the adjustment period is a really useful thing to know for someone in the early weeks who's worried about it. Your N=1 is actually a common pattern - most physiological responses to these medications have a stabilization window rather than persisting indefinitely. 4mg over 4 months is a patient build. How does appetite control feel at that level?

 

[date_steeper]

Definitely planning on maintenance once goal weight's hit. Might bring the dose down some, though it really depends on whether side effects stay minimal.

 

[lean-melon]

Yes, the quiet around food is genuinely amazing. Is your maintenance amount the same as your final cutting dose? How spaced out are your shots now? Hope the questions are okay.

 

[lean_tofu]

Way to go!

A lot of people in maintenance settle on an acceptable range instead of chasing one exact number. Keeps the stress down over a pound or two shifting either direction.

 

[foggywatcher]

Might be water weight partly too, who knows. It's regular everyday life, not vacations, that's got me planning to keep running a lower dose long term. Still haven't landed on the right number yet though.

 

[slimplugging]

Congrats, you look incredible! Curious what your maintenance dose ended up being? I'm at goal too and stepping mine down trying to find the right number. Just wondering where others have landed.

 

[witty_mover]

Peaked at 10 during the actual weight loss phase. Been holding at 7.5 as my maintenance amount every seven to ten days for about a year now. Tried stretching it out longer, but this window's what actually works for my body.

Done enough self-testing over the years to know I've got some kind of metabolic issue driving the weight gain. Not interested in going without treatment anymore. Committed to staying on a GLP1 for life, as long as I've got access to it.

 

[Jake W.]

Been at this for a good long while now myself. Held in maintenance for a solid stretch at the same amount, just spaced further apart. Planning to dial it back a touch this week since I keep unintentionally dropping a bit more every so often and I'm sitting a little under where I actually wanted to land.