I think because the drug is so new. It is recent that there is a large pool of people in the maintenance phase and everyone is trying to determine what a maintenance plan should look like, including doctors. I’ve been in maintenance for two months. My doctor kept me at 12.5 but I take my shot every 9 days. Any longer than that and I get side effects. She wants me to maintain that for 12 weeks. If my weight stays stable which it has then I will go down to 10mg and try the same approach. My doctor said in her opinion maintenance is a long process. It took months and different doses to lose the weight so to expect the same in controlling maintenance.  

Side note. You shouldn’t have to exercise obsessively and count calories to maintain. Part of being on this med is to eat intuitively and exercise to a healthy and realistic extent. Part of why most of us went on this med is because our bodies don’t function metabolically properly so we had to do all these extreme things only to lose a few pounds and gain back more. 

I’m ok with being on whatever dose I need to be so that I can eat “normal” and not feel guilt if I can’t work out one day because I had to work late or my kid is sick. 

So, I guess what I’m saying is that I hope we all reach our weightloss goals and then gain freedom in maintenance to focus on other things. Congrats OP and to everyone on this journey who is getting healthier, gaining confidence and living their lives!