For those on Reta, what’s your exit strategy?

[GortBong]

I’m just starting with Reta and have always wondered what an exit strategy for getting off of Reta looks like to users.

I’m not questioning the strategy of tritating down, but are you planning to stay on Reta for years or do you plan to stop after you reach certain goals like weight loss?
I’ve seen some anecdotal responses like, I’m fine knowing I’ll be on it for life and it made me do a double take.

How long are you planning to take Reta?

 

[Brouette]

From my honest and my smallest experience, loosing weight with RETA will go fast. As soon as I will have my " goal weight", I will try to maintain it by my self, without using reta or any other peptide, to give a break to my body. I don't want my body to have a love affair with the product. But as soon as I will have a weight gain, I will go back to my love affair again.

Am i the only one?

 

[RubbaDubba1]

FOREVER! I get your thinking, I've had that conversation with myself several times and cycled off 3X of Reta and Tirz. I'm just better on it, than off of it. If someone can adapt new habits, keep the weight off, and I'll tip my hat to em. I made 400lbs disappear, I have no intention of letting it come back.

But that's me.

 

[GortBong]

From my honest experience and my smallest experience, loosing weight with RETA will go fast. As soon as I will have my " goal weight", I will try to maintain it by my self, without using reta or any other peptide, to give a break to my body. I don't want my body to have a love affair with the product. But as soon as I will have a weight gain, I will go back to my love affair again.

am i the only one?

That’s my position too. Glad to hear.

 

[BNLFL]

I'll take it as long as I can doing a small dose to maintain. I have plenty to do so.

 

[Cannonball72]

Hit goal and micro dose to maintain.

 

[Habibibi]

I’m just starting with Reta and have always wondered what an exit strategy for getting off of Reta looks like to users.

I’m not questioning the strategy of tritating down, but are you planning to stay on Reta for years or do you plan to stop after you reach certain goals like weight loss?
I’ve seen some anecdotal responses like, I’m fine knowing I’ll be on it for life and it made me do a double take.

How long are you planning to take Reta?

50 more years. Same as my statin.

 

[yrrdead]

I'm running that experiment right now. I'm adding 1 day in between doses every two weeks. We will see how far out I can push it.

 

[Sarsippius]

I expect to, and plan on being on some form of GLP-1's for life. If diet and exercise where a workable plan for me I never would have been 150 pounds over weight to begin with. I have lost 125 pounds on Reta. It's been life changing.

 

[Gt3294a]

I’m just starting with Reta and have always wondered what an exit strategy for getting off of Reta looks like to users.

I’m not questioning the strategy of tritating down, but are you planning to stay on Reta for years or do you plan to stop after you reach certain goals like weight loss?
I’ve seen some anecdotal responses like, I’m fine knowing I’ll be on it for life and it made me do a double take.

How long are you planning to take Reta?

Well, I got 5 years worth in my freezer and was thinking I should get some more if that tells you my plans. My lipid profile and liver markers made some nice improvements. I take a fairly low dose and will stay with that forever.

 

[sheilarae74]

I have only been on reta since 1/5. I am going to see what happens when I get to my goal weight and how things go as far as side effects long term.
I can't see dealing with this sulfur stomach and narcolepsy-like exhaustion for the rest of my life.

 

[tubby]

Nice gym membership you've got going there. What's your exit strategy for that? 😉

 

[woundcarping]

My current theory is to exit from Reta and go back to Tirz for the long term.

My assumption is Tirz is less stressful on the system long term. I’ve still got at least several months before I’m stable at maintence to be in a position to make a change.

 

[alphaamigo]

After I get to my goal weight, I will continue a low maintenance dose for 9 months, then begin to decrease the amount I take by .2mg per month until I am off. It might take years, but it's a plan. If I can't make it work, I will keep as low a maintenance dose as I need for as long as I need, for life if necessary.

 

[deleted.user.16]

I stopped taking Reta two weeks ago in anticipation of my upcoming filler appointment (I'm already a huge baby about needles and I don't need the added skin sensitivity). I am not at all hungry this week and am still losing weight. I'm very pleasantly surprised; from what I read on here the hunger usually comes back raging when people stop GLP meds.

My hypothesis on what happened is that 1) I shrank my stomach organ by eating tiny meals the three weeks I was on Reta and 2) I'm now fully off the insulin roller coaster that was making me feel way hungrier than I was.

I'm gonna keep trying this strategy of losing weight by eating smaller portions and avoiding sugar and carbs like the plague. And I like lessthanhalf's strategy of just banning certain foods entirely that I am prone to binging (I plan to never touch another slice of pizza ever again). I hope that if I can keep this up, I can use GLP meds sparingly throughout my life (maybe just to kick off a diet once in a while, etc.) instead of being dependent on it every day for the rest of my life.

That being said I wouldn't be surprised if I am wrong. I am stocked up to the teeth on both Reta and CagriSema and I will absolutely hop right back on it if I start gaining again. For now I'm still testing whether I can still diet without it. We shall see........

 

[Gt3294a]

I stopped taking Reta two weeks ago in anticipation of my upcoming filler appointment (I'm already a huge baby about needles and I don't need the added skin sensitivity). I am not at all hungry this week and am still losing weight. I'm very pleasantly surprised; from what I read on here the hunger usually comes back raging when people stop GLP meds.

My hypothesis on what happened is that 1) I shrank my stomach organ by eating tiny meals the three weeks I was on Reta and 2) I'm now fully off the insulin roller coaster that was making me feel way hungrier than I was.

I'm gonna keep trying this strategy of losing weight by eating smaller portions and avoiding sugar and carbs like the plague. And I like lessthanhalf's strategy of just banning certain foods entirely that I am prone to binging (I plan to never touch another slice of pizza ever again). I hope that if I can keep this up, I can use GLP meds sparingly throughout my life (maybe just to kick off a diet once in a while, etc.) instead of being dependent on it every day for the rest of my life.

That being said I wouldn't be surprised if I am wrong. I am stocked up to the teeth on both Reta and CagriSema and I will absolutely hop right back on it if I start gaining again. For now I'm still testing whether I can still diet without it. We shall see........

I agree with you on the diet food selection! What was your weekly dose? Reta long term works for me because I take a low dose. Not trying to starve myself at 50, but just the right amount to not want to overeat. Anyway, good luck with all your goals.

 

[deleted.user.16]

I agree with you on the diet food selection! What was your weekly dose? Reta long term works for me because I take a low dose. Not trying to starve myself at 50, but just the right amount to want to overeat. Anyway, good luck with all your goals.

1st and 2nd week 2.5mg, 3rd week 4mg. Honestly Reta didn't do much for appetite suppression at those doses, I was starving the whole time (which is why I purchased the CagriSema). Weirdly I'm now less hungry off the Reta. Maybe just because I'm at a diff point in my monthly cycle. We shall see if my off-GLP diet can make it another 2 weeks...lol.

 

[cloratheshadow]

I plan to be on a glp 1 for life I will never go back to how I felt before

 

[maven8518]

Started reta 2/1. 17 pounds down first month. Only 9 in March. Im having to convince myself losing 9 or 10 pounds a month is a good thing. Diet and gym are perfect. 225 start weight. 198 today. Body recomp happening. Once hitting goal weight and numbers id like to titrate down then see if I can go off. Realistically I see myself just going low dose once a week. Cureent dose is 3mg on Sunday am. I have to force myself to eat Sunday night to Wednesday night. Thursday Friday and Saturday the appetite suppression is not there but I know not to get crazy with the food.

 

[GTS97]

FOREVER! I get your thinking, I've had that conversation with myself several times and cycled off 3X of Reta and Tirz. I'm just better on it, than off of it. If someone can adapt new habits, keep the weight off, and I'll tip my hat to em. I made 400lbs disappear, I have no intention of letting it come back.

But that's me.

If you have no intention of letting it come back…. Why not try without it? Did you not teach yourself new habits while losing?

 

[anhydrous]

Planning to take tirz, reta, or whatever comes next for decades.

 

[rixsternaz]

When I reach my goal weight, I plan to be on Reta + MOTS-C for maintenance and health benefits. I can't imagine anyone with insulin resistance would not use this stack for life. I may experiment with Tesa/IPA for muscle growth now that I've been hitting the gym 5 days a week.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

If you have no intention of letting it come back…. Why not try without it? Did you not teach yourself new habits while losing?

Did you read the part of me cycling off of it 3X? Have I tried, hell yes, do I know the right things to do? Yes, when I'm on a GLP-1, I don't have now where near the bad habits and I live a better life. Nobody has paid a dime, towards that 400lbs but me, that includes my weight loss surgery, plastics, 13 surgeries & counting, buying compounded Tirz for 2 years before grey market, alot of that not covered by insurance. I paid my dues.

The bigger (hehe) tragedy here, was getting to 600lbs, not the keeping it off part. Less than 10% of people who lose 100lbs or more, keep it off 10 years or more by traditional methods. I'm ok if I can't sit at the cool kids table at lunch, even if I can fit now.

 

[Gt3294a]

If you have no intention of letting it come back…. Why not try without it? Did you not teach yourself new habits while losing?

I think because for some people, we like it and don’t judge long term use bad. I like benefits outside of losing weight and don’t really use to try to lose more weight.

Did you read the part of me cycling off of it 3X? Have I tried, hell yes, do I know the right things to do? Yes, when I'm on a GLP-1, I don't have now where near the bad habits and I live a better life. Nobody has paid a dime, towards that 400lbs but me, that includes my weight loss surgery, plastics, 13 surgeries & counting, buying compounded Tirz for 2 years before grey market, alot of that not covered by insurance. I paid my dues.

The bigger (hehe) tragedy here, was getting to 600lbs, not the keeping it off part. Less than 10% of people who lose 100lbs or more, keep it off 10 years or more by traditional methods. I'm ok if I can't sit at the cool kids table at lunch, even if I can fit now.

congrats! And if AI is going to take over the world, it’s fair we have something to not make us want to overeat. Where was this during covid?

 

[MountainsoftheMoon]

I’m just starting with Reta and have always wondered what an exit strategy for getting off of Reta looks like to users.

I’m not questioning the strategy of tritating down, but are you planning to stay on Reta for years or do you plan to stop after you reach certain goals like weight loss?
I’ve seen some anecdotal responses like, I’m fine knowing I’ll be on it for life and it made me do a double take.

How long are you planning to take Reta?

In the same boat, questioning the exit strategy.

Historically, without peptides, when I’ve lost weight the old fashioned way: suffering through diet and exercise and forcing myself to abstain from junk food and drinking… I’d get to target weight, feel great, then put it all back on and the cycle would continue…

Those cycles have always been short for me, like 6 months in discipline mode, then 6 months back to the start, then a year or so to get motivated to try again…

I’m planning to stay on it for 1-2 years max, and hoping that the longer term/ sustained fitness and controlled relationship with food will be sufficient retraining. I want to ween off and keep those habits in tact. Hoping that the firmer-established lifestyle will be enough to outcompete the food noise. Ultimately I don’t want to be reliant on peptides forever.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

I think because for some people, we like it and don’t judge long term use bad. I like benefits outside of losing weight and don’t really use to try to lose more weight.

congrats! And if AI is going to take over the world, it’s fair we have something to not make us want to overeat. Where was this during covid?

Thank you, kinda what got me into the other peptides to see what benefits there can or will be. Most peptides are mild for me, even though I'm on the kitchen sink protocol. Ipamorelin, actually helps to control my Tension Headaches. I've been to the ER, with just a F'ing headache before, who knows how or why, but 5 days out of the week it's under control with Ipamorelin. So the research goes on, post covid.

 

[GTS97]

I think because for some people, we like it and don’t judge long term use bad. I like benefits outside of losing weight and don’t really use to try to lose more weight.

congrats! And if AI is going to take over the world, it’s fair we have something to not make us want to overeat. Where was this during covid?

Of course. I’m not saying long term use is bad…but if you can do it without it and you truly have no intention of regressing… one would think that wouldn’t mean you’d be reliant on anything other than yourself.

 

[CharlieBrown]

Hit goal and micro dose to maintain.

That's my plan as well. I want the Glucagon benefits.

 

[J Arbey]

I am getting very near my goal weight and I plan to start dropping my weekly dose a small bit every month and see how that goes.

Going to attempt to find what my lowest weekly dose is that still keeps my weight, HbA1c and BP under control.

THEN I plan to try extending the dosing interval - this is all a test sequence since there is no good data yet on maintenance dosing or tapering.

Going completely off is not an option according to current info if I want to keep my weight under control. Therefore, I assume this is a lifetime process.

Best of luck for all on this path !

 

[catsincali]

When I first started with sema/tirz/reta my plan was to hit my goal weight and then get off and maintain. However, that was mainly because at the time I did not have access to more....but then I got access to more....and now I've made peace with micro-dosing for the foreseeable future...which honestly makes me kinda sad? BUT because I am using this tool, I am now seeing strength training as a non-negotiable and prioritizing a healthier lifestyle is always top of mind.
I do like to push my doses though and don't pin on a strict schedule. Maybe I'm just fooling myself by doing that and thinking I ain't hooked buuuuut...I'm pretty hooked 🙃