Months 9-12: Approaching Maintenance (2.4 mg dose) Average weight loss: 13-15% cumulative by month 12 (26-30 pounds for a 200-pound person) Around month 6-7 (week 20-24), youll reach the maximum maintenance dose of 2.4 mg weekly
Most patients spend 4 weeks at each dose level before increasing, meaning a typical progression from 2.5 mg to 10 mg takes about 16 weeks
Rapid weight loss from any cause can trigger telogen effluvium, a temporary hair shedding condition
Protect Your Metabolism While Losing Weight When you go on a diet, you dont just lose fat you lose muscle too Losing muscle is a problem because muscle burns more calories than fat, and even burns calories when you are at rest. Harvard Health explains that muscle mass is one of the strongest determinants of basal metabolic rate (BMR), meaning the more muscle mass you have, the higher your BMR will generally be. Separately, Cleveland Clinic notes that cutting calories too drastically, especially protein, can lead the body to break down muscle for fuel, and it emphasizes that muscle mass plays an important role in keeping your metabolism powered up. John Peel explains it clearly in his GLP-1 support strength series: The goal is not just watching the scale move
Epidermal Growth factors allow the production of Elastin and Collagen Fibers, which promotes skin healing and leads to an anti-aging effect
But give me two weeksbecause Im back on Melanotan 2, also known as MT2 or the Barbie drug , and were about to glow up for summer