Week 9-10. 1.0 mg is now my steady-state dose. Side effects fully gone except a faint nausea bump in the 24 hours after the injection. I learn to plan a light dinner Sunday evening and the trick works.
Week 11. The 'are you OK?' question starts. Four different people in one week. I prepare two scripts: 'I've made some health changes I'm happy with' for acquaintances, and the truth for close friends. The honesty version goes well. The vague version also goes well. Pick the one that fits the relationship.
Week 12. DEXA scan time. I scheduled it at month 3 specifically because lean-mass loss is the metric I most wanted to track. Result: −12 lb total since baseline, of which 9.2 lb is fat and 2.4 lb is lean (and 0.4 lb is water/other). That's ~80% fat loss — better than I expected, attributable to 100 g/day protein and 2 lifting sessions a week.
Quantified diary data. Week 9: 211 lb. Week 12 end: 206 lb. Month 3 total: −5 lb. Cumulative since start: −18 lb. DEXA at month 3: fat mass −9.2 lb, lean mass −2.4 lb, body fat % from 38.5 to 32.1.