Reta was great …but what went wrong?

[Main75]

Started diet in August 314lbs and added Reta beginning of October when I weighed 307lbs. Strict zero sugar , two meals a day eggs in morning chicken salad in afternoon before 530pm. Can’t forget strict sleep at least 7 hours and tried keeping bedtime fairly similar and NAC in morning and Glycine at night.

Progress was great downward slope on weight with little ups but most down got to 277lbs by December 15th . Took a week off because I was waiting on more Reta (new supplier) and added ipamoreline.

The problem….gained 9 pounds when I checked weight two weeks later .. and I have basically flat lined weight loss for a month now sitting at 284lbs.

Trying to figure out the issue

Ipamoreline?

New supplier ? (Paperwork tested and batch matched ) and has had some appetite suppression but nothing compared to what I had in November at 2mg and now I am at 8 mg

Something is not working the same that’s for sure

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Its probably the ipamorelin. Double check this but most growth hormone peptides make you retain extra water weight and increase your hunger. So it could be a combination of the water weight on top of maybe a few extra calories than before.

 

[Main75]

Yes, that was my first thought on the hunger uptick…reta upped from 4-5 to 8 now …for some reason I thought that would counter act that aspect . Either way I did not think a month of flat lined weight when it work great for the previous 2.5 months

 

[muggy]

How long have you taken ipamorelin? While I haven't started my own Ipa yet, I have read a lot of other peoples experiences. I heard that the water weight it causes sticks around for a while and then it sheds off. I suppose you could take a week or two off and see if you have any changes. What is your exercise like?

 

[Main75]

How long have you taken ipamorelin? While I haven't started my own Ipa yet, I have read a lot of other peoples experiences. I heard that the water weight it causes sticks around for a while and then it sheds off. I suppose you could take a week or two off and see if you have any changes. What is your exercise like?

Started December 23 so 3 weeks

 

[Gr33dyOctopus]

Whats the dosing protocol for ipamorelin, I've got some but haven't tried it yet?

 

[waxtutor]

im taking cjc 1295 and ipamoralin blend 5mg/5mg blend. you can take it once a day, in the morning, before workout or 30-60mins before bed, 2 hour fast before and wait 30 mins to eat after. im taking 200mcg daily. cjc tells your pituitary to get busy making GH, and ipamoralin tells your pituitary to release it.

 

[Main75]

How long have you taken ipamorelin? While I haven't started my own Ipa yet, I have read a lot of other peoples experiences. I heard that the water weight it causes sticks around for a while and then it sheds off. I suppose you could take a week or two off and see if you have any changes. What is your exercise like?

December 23 started ipa. Morning/night 250 dose 5 days on 2 off backed with tessamorelin.

 

[Radxpro43]

Started diet in August 314lbs and added Reta beginning of October when I weighed 307lbs. Strict zero sugar , two meals a day eggs in morning chicken salad in afternoon before 530pm. Can’t forget strict sleep at least 7 hours and tried keeping bedtime fairly similar and NAC in morning and Glycine at night.

Progress was great downward slope on weight with little ups but most down got to 277lbs by December 15th . Took a week off because I was waiting on more Reta (new supplier) and added ipamoreline.

The problem….gained 9 pounds when I checked weight two weeks later .. and I have basically flat lined weight loss for a month now sitting at 284lbs.

Trying to figure out the issue

Ipamoreline?

New supplier ? (Paperwork tested and batch matched ) and has had some appetite suppression but nothing compared to what I had in November at 2mg and now I am at 8 mg

Something is not working the same that’s for sure

I also started in October. My titration was the same as the trials which starts at 2 and increased 2 every 4 weeks. In my opinion exercise is a very important factor as well. I did notice on my body composition scale my subq fat was going down but my visceral was not. I added tesa 2 per day before bed. From my understanding it's the most active of the 3 morelins. Withing a month and a half my visceral dropped from 20 to 16. The hunger effects of IGF peps doesn't seem to have an effect since my reta is up to 8 per week. Diet wise my main focus is protein and healthy fats and on workout days I throw in some carbs pre workout or if I feel like there's just no energy. Hope this helps. I know a few that add cagri to the reta that helped them over the stall. From my understanding with reta is 8 is a good spot for maintenance as it doesn't have as much of the curve or plateau in the trials.

 

[WholesomeApril]

I loooove GH peps. I ran a couple of cycles of IPA/CJC. I ran them after I’d finished losing weight.
I always get super hungry from GH peptides.

I’d drop the IPA for a bit and pick it back up when you towards the end of your weight loss journey.

 

[Main75]

I also started in October. My titration was the same as the trials which starts at 2 and increased 2 every 4 weeks. In my opinion exercise is a very important factor as well. I did notice on my body composition scale my subq fat was going down but my visceral was not. I added tesa 2 per day before bed. From my understanding it's the most active of the 3 morelins. Withing a month and a half my visceral dropped from 20 to 16. The hunger effects of IGF peps doesn't seem to have an effect since my reta is up to 8 per week. Diet wise my main focus is protein and healthy fats and on workout days I throw in some carbs pre workout or if I feel like there's just no energy. Hope this helps. I know a few that add cagri to the reta that helped them over the stall. From my understanding with reta is 8 is a good spot for maintenance as it doesn't have as much of the curve or plateau in the trials.

Thanks that good info