Starting Floor
Use this when you know the substance and want a first number humble enough to survive batch reality, carryover, and your own sensitivity.
Full chapter Chapter 01 • The Number on Your Scale Is a Lie
Part of Chapter 01. Use the chapter when you need the full argument for conservative first-floor thinking.
You know what you are taking, but you do not yet know how hard this batch or your body are going to answer back.
Dose 1 is a check, not a flex and definitely not a performance number.
Start low, keep the setup clean, and let the first honest read beat your confidence.
Starting Floor
Find a first number humble enough to survive contact with reality.
This is here for one reason: to stop you from solving carryover with more dose.
Rough proxy only. This can only pull the floor down. It never upgrades the band or turns uncertainty into permission.
The defended floor depends on four things: substance, experience, recent carryover, and whether you already know you are easy to move.
This tool is here to defend a conservative first number that survives contact with reality. Pick the substance, be honest about experience, and name anything that could still be muddying the read before you borrow confidence from the range.
Want the longer reasoning? 01 • The Number on Your Scale Is a Lie/Pre-Flight Checklist
Check whether today is actually a clean day to dose.