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UnusualLLama

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And here we go..

So for a bit of context, I'm a relatively healthy guy in his 40's who's for well over a decade now been very active in terms of gym and all of that, but my whole life I've always struggled to get lean.

I can get strong and big, but I can't get lean. I think my genetics want me to be a bit fluffier than I'd like (currently around 20-22% bf) so I did my research into GLP's and when I saw Reta, my mind was pretty much made up.

My thinking - as small a dose as possible to tip the proverbial scales.

I've been maintaining my current weight/bf% for a while and it's manageable, but I'd really like to lean out and that's where I'm hoping reta will do some of the other heavy lifting so I figured I'd post my weekly observations here with some updates on how things are going, because having seen other similar posts, I found it quite helpful being able to see others experiences.

Basic stats

Male
Mid-40's
5'10/178cm
Weight as of this morning - 79kg/174.165lbs
Estimated body fat - 20-22% (I'm using a withings scale, I know it's not super accurate, but I'm watching trends)
Average resting heart rate - 44-46
Average blood pressure - 110/71
Starting with 1mg reta

Initial thoughts and observations
Phew, that first-time sure gets the pulse racing a bit. After watching far too many videos on how to recon reta and reading about injections and all of that good stuff, I finally managed to do it.
Stupidly, all of the syringes I have a 1ml and I wanted 2ml of BAC water in my reta vial, which has 20mg reta in it. So I had to do 2 injections of BAC into the reta vial, and I thought I'd messed up big time because there were a couple of small lumps of reta still in the vial after I'd rolled it around a bit but they eventually dissolved.
And then came measuring the correct dose. I'm starting at 1mg, and for some reason had convinced myself that this was probably going to fill the syringe and require me spending 2 minutes just to get all of it into me in 1 go but then when I actually pulled it to the desired amount it was tiny.
Like tiny tiny tiny, 10 units.
So part of me is thinking "Surely not, that can't really do anything, can it. That tiny little sliver of fluid?"
But away we go and I pinned it without issue.
I was kind of expecting some big fanfare of a reaction, maybe someone jumping out of a closet with a trumpet and some party poppers but nope, that's it. In and done.
No real sensation post-pinning either, maybe a tiny little bit of heat? But I think that's just my mind more than anything else.

And now comes the wait. I'm still trying to figure out what, exactly, this is going to feel like. I think that's the difficult part for me right now, not knowing what to expect in that regard. Maybe it's because feeling hungry and craving things is such a natural state half of the time that the idea of possibly not feeling that as much is a weird concept?

I dunno, we'll see how it goes, I'm mostly hoping that a combination of reduced snacking (especially at the weekends) and a slight boost to my metabolism (I spend most of my days in front of a computer, so the 2 hours in the morning when I'm working out is the majority of my daily activity) will help turn this perpetual state of maintenance into a steady deficit, but I know some people can react differently to others so time will tell.

But that's it for now, I'll probably update again on the next pin (doing once weekly), unless there are any other interesting observations I notice between now and then.
 
Smiter said:
Man, you're the 2nd one here that I have seen.. where do you heartless cyborgs come from?
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I'm ginger, no soul, machine heart!

In all seriousness though it's just consistency of training. 60-70 minutes of brisk walking/light running + 60-75 minutes of strength training 5x a week.

And then 60-70 minutes of brisk walking + a 20-30-minute high intensity cardio session (intervals, time efforts etc.) 2 x a week.

I see a direct correlation between my consistency and RHR, the last time I had an injury that kept me out of the gym for a little while, I could see my average starting to creep up into the low-50's after not much over a week of being injured and it quickly starts to come back down again when that consistency returns.
 
My RHR was running in the mid to lower 40's. I got my testosterone checked (not becuse of that) and it was really low so started TRT and it jumped into the low 50's. With your issues getting lean, might be something to look at if you haven't already.
 
5byfive said:
My RHR was running in the mid to lower 40's. I got my testosterone checked (not becuse of that) and it was really low so started TRT and it jumped into the low 50's. With your issues getting lean, might be something to look at if you haven't already.
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I get a big blood panel done every year, my T-levels are all decent, nothing to indicate any possible cause for issues getting lean. And nowhere near the low-levels needed to be considered for TRT in Sweden (mine are upper-mid range).

And believe me I've scoured those blood tests every time my results come through looking for anything that might be a possible cause of struggling to get leaner, to no avail. I think it's just a combination of stubborn genes and less-than-perfect willpower.
 
UnusualLLama said:
I get a big blood panel done every year, my T-levels are all decent, nothing to indicate any possible cause for issues getting lean. And nowhere near the low-levels needed to be considered for TRT in Sweden (mine are upper-mid range).

And believe me I've scoured those blood tests every time my results come through looking for anything that might be a possible cause of struggling to get leaner, to no avail. I think it's just a combination of stubborn genes and less-than-perfect willpower.
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Yeah, it's clear now.. The answer is in the genes, specifically the race.. You're all heartless. There's no other explanation. But, for the fat burning, have you tried using a thermogenic fat burner? or Lipo-C?
 
Smiter said:
Yeah, it's clear now.. The answer is in the genes, specifically the race.. You're all heartless. There's no other explanation. But, for the fat burning, have you tried using a thermogenic fat burner? or Lipo-C?
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I tried fat burners years ago, honestly didn't see much/any of an impact from them.

As for lipo-c, I've looked a bit (and at other peptides etc.) and if the reta experiment doesn't get me where I want I might consider it but for now, I'm all in on the reta road and going to see how that pans out.
 
I’m 41 and into long distance running - been on Reta now almost a month and I also had a naturally low BP and RHR.

Reta skyrocketed my resting heart rate to a level that triggered my already natural anxiety but my body is beginning to get used to it.

Been hard to impossible to stay in Z2 for my runs at the pace I prefer but hoping it eventually evens out.

You noticed anything with your heart rate?
 
Fusoya said:
I’m 41 and into long distance running - been on Reta now almost a month and I also had a naturally low BP and RHR.

Reta skyrocketed my resting heart rate to a level that triggered my already natural anxiety but my body is beginning to get used to it.

Been hard to impossible to stay in Z2 for my runs at the pace I prefer but hoping it eventually evens out.

You noticed anything with your heart rate?
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It's funny you mention this because I was debating on if I was going to post an update today, or just wait until the next week's pinning as I originally planned.

Two of the main things that I was "concerned" (I use the term loosely, it's a case of something I knew I'd probably have to accept to a degree) about were the reported increase in RHR/HR and disruptions to sleep (I know the importance of enough good quality sleep, and have had issues in the past, so really didn't want to rock the boat too badly so to speak).

Firstly, and this is only a day after my first dose @ 1mg;

RHR was down 1 beat from yesterday (45 this morning, 46 yesterday) but still in my current reference range of 44-46 so can't really view that as any meaningful variance other than "it hasn't gone up". BP estimate was a tiny bit lower as well.

Sleep actually felt good. Really good, I even checked my whoop and it showed a bit more than usual deep sleep. Definitely one to watch (anecdotally, I've also heard reports about how reta can actually "fix" sleep for some people, curious regardless).


Now, this is where it gets interesting for me. You mentioned not being able to stay in Z2 and my gym session this morning was cardio, so time on the treadmill.

Two things I noted were firstly, it was hella easy to work up a sweat, even at lighter efforts. And secondly, my HR increased up into working zones a lot quicker than it typically does.

The thing is, I can't really use a single workout/day as a metric to judge what is down to the reta and what isn't. As you probably know, or anyone that's done consistent work in the gym or training in general, you can have 2 separate days where you feel perfectly fine and on one of those days you might be hitting PR's like it's nothing and the other you might be struggling even in warmups.

It's just one of those things, some days you smash it, other days not so much, even if you don't feel much different initially.

So yeah.. it's definitely one to watch.

What dose reta are you on?
 
Oh yeah one more thing, probably the most important one with regards to reta itself; Appetite/hunger etc.

I'm still definitely feeling hungry, my stomach rumbles when it's getting empty, and I know that I should eat (gotta hit those macros and targets) but I'm not getting the urge to go and snack.

It's not a super strong difference, and I can't help but wonder how much of it is some part of my mind thinking "You had reta, you don't need to think about that" and how much of it is down to the reta itself, but it's a weird feeling.

Not bad weird just.. different.

Now that being said, I'm usually quite going at staying disciplined during the week. It's the weekends when my willpower falters and the good work I've done during the week is undone, so this weekend is going to be the big test.
 
I'm now curious to see how Reta affects a few heartless people in this forum. They say that their hearts beat at around 40 per minute. Obviously, thats hogwash, it's clearly some cybernetic machine. I took my 2nd Reta dose today and my RHR is around 76 now, which has increased from the 68 before. The flu has hindered my exercise plans.
 
UnusualLLama said:
It's funny you mention this because I was debating on if I was going to post an update today, or just wait until the next week's pinning as I originally planned.

Two of the main things that I was "concerned" (I use the term loosely, it's a case of something I knew I'd probably have to accept to a degree) about were the reported increase in RHR/HR and disruptions to sleep (I know the importance of enough good quality sleep, and have had issues in the past, so really didn't want to rock the boat too badly so to speak).

Firstly, and this is only a day after my first dose @ 1mg;

RHR was down 1 beat from yesterday (45 this morning, 46 yesterday) but still in my current reference range of 44-46 so can't really view that as any meaningful variance other than "it hasn't gone up". BP estimate was a tiny bit lower as well.

Sleep actually felt good. Really good, I even checked my whoop and it showed a bit more than usual deep sleep. Definitely one to watch (anecdotally, I've also heard reports about how reta can actually "fix" sleep for some people, curious regardless).


Now, this is where it gets interesting for me. You mentioned not being able to stay in Z2 and my gym session this morning was cardio, so time on the treadmill.

Two things I noted were firstly, it was hella easy to work up a sweat, even at lighter efforts. And secondly, my HR increased up into working zones a lot quicker than it typically does.

The thing is, I can't really use a single workout/day as a metric to judge what is down to the reta and what isn't. As you probably know, or anyone that's done consistent work in the gym or training in general, you can have 2 separate days where you feel perfectly fine and on one of those days you might be hitting PR's like it's nothing and the other you might be struggling even in warmups.

It's just one of those things, some days you smash it, other days not so much, even if you don't feel much different initially.

So yeah.. it's definitely one to watch.

What dose reta are you on?
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Currently on 2mg a week-ish.

Next Monday will be my 5th week and planning on jumping up to 4mg but debating on splitting or not.

Yea the one thing about this stuff is it has KILLED my desire to snack which has been such a huge thing for me. I normally have an issue with donuts and stopping all throughout my work day to constantly eat stuff.

I also still get hungry and think about food but it’s not as loud and food is not as exciting to me. That’s a plus and a minus - I am a EATER but nothing really sounds exciting to me like it normally does.

Plan on cutting and then hopefully getting to a small maintenance dose. Overall pleased.

It initially wrecked my sleep but it’s begun to even out. I normally wake up at 4am anyway so waking up at 3:30am hasn’t been the end of the world.

Done a 10 mile run and three 8 mile runs this week so far and my heart rate is beginning to normalize to what it normally is but still higher than when I normally am doing some easy miles.

I have noticed that I feel GOOD when I get out to go do it which is normal for me but the past couple months my runs had been way harder than usual - it happens but I’m PUMPED to be feeling good and my legs are good lately.
 
So my RHR this morning was 48. That's just out of my current reference range and something I only typically see if I've eaten too close to bed time, dehydrated or been slacking on the consistency of my morning workouts.

That being said, it's only a single day measurement so I can't say for certain it's the reta.

In addition to that, throughout the 2 hours of training this morning, my average heart-rate was a little bit higher than it has been over the last 30-days so there's definitely a possible impact happening.


The good thing is this is only a slight increase, very slight. If my RHR had shot up 10 beats instead of 2/3 and working HR was hitting much higher numbers I'd be more concerned but it's nothing crazy so if this is the price of a slight increase to my metabolism, so be it.

I'm going to increase my base-cardio work a little bit (not high intensity stuff, just the lower end). I typically find that when I increase the volume of that my RHR comes down a bit, so will be interesting to see the interaction.

Otherwise everything else is fine. Still easily notice when I'm legitimately hungry, but still not overly compelled to try and deal with that immediately. But the weekend begins now so this will be the real test.
 
domin8brix said:
TEAM SOULLESS MACHINE!
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Here's one of those facts that sounds like it's fake but actually isn't, but did you know that redheads have a higher tolerance to anesthetics than everyone else? To the point where medical practitioners actually take it into account when deciding on the levels to give to a patient (something like 20% more generally being used)?

The reason I mention it is because it's also thought to be a similar situation for a lot of other drugs, and part of me is wondering if it has any impact on things like reta?
 
UnusualLLama said:
Here's one of those facts that sounds like it's fake but actually isn't, but did you know that redheads have a higher tolerance to anesthetics than everyone else? To the point where medical practitioners actually take it into account when deciding on the levels to give to a patient (something like 20% more generally being used)?

The reason I mention it is because it's also thought to be a similar situation for a lot of other drugs, and part of me is wondering if it has any impact on things like reta?
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I am aware of that need for more local/general anesthesia! Every procedure I've had they're like "ope, need a gallon for this one!" and my dentist always has to double up. I have not noticed any impact on these GLPs though, as far as super or low responding.

I don't know if it's redhead related or just me but I also generally have a pretty high tolerance for pain and will only use the "hard stuff" if I absolutely have to.
 
Little bit of an update;

One of my biggest concerns was weekend snacking. For me, a 2000-calorie day could easily escalate into a 4000-5000 calorie day. Stack that onto 2 days and all of a sudden the discipline I'd shown during the week was reset.

Well, reta put a hard stop to that.

Even on this 1mg first dose, I had a fairly regular lunch on Saturday (Kinda like a fish soup/stew with some garlic bread, lot of protein) and I was stuffed for hours. Previously, I'd have been in the kitchen 30 minutes later looking for a protein bar or something else to snack on (which is a pattern that'd typically repeat for the whole day). But not this time.

So while I may not be feeling a crazy appetite suppression, I sure am feeling food taking longer to work through and being full for longer.
 
So that's the first week in the bag!

Basic stats

Male
Mid-40's
5'10/178cm
Weight as of this morning - 77.9kg/171.7401lbs (Down from 79kg/174.165lbs)
Rolling 7-day average is down 0.7kg/1.54324lbs
Estimated body fat - 18-20% (I'm using a withings scale, I know it's not super accurate, but I'm watching trends - currently trending down)
Average resting heart rate - 44-47 (was 44-46)
Average blood pressure - 110/72 (was 110/71)
Current dose - 1mg reta

Initial thoughts and observations
So that little sliver of fluid (10 units) really does work, huh?
It's still kinda wild to me that it can do that, especially when you consider the actual tiny amount of peptides that are in that fluid as well, but here we are.

Scale weight is 1.1kg down from last week, but the roll 7-day is 0.7. There will have been a tiny little bit of water weight gone initially, but not a lot. I was more or less at maintenance previously and have a good sense of water retention in general so I know when there's a lot of water or not (example being the day after a heavy leg session in the gym, when my legs are suddenly stiffer than week-old bread and the muscles scream every time I move them. Those days I always hold extra water). So I think that 0.7 is more than likely fat. It looks like fat as well, I can already see a subtle difference in some places.

My concern about RHR/HR increases is, at present, less of a concern and more of an ongoing observation.
Roughly 34-48 hours after pinning there was a slight increase in RHR of 2-3bmp, and it was definitely easier to get my HR up into working zones during cardio. Thankfully, during my interval session, I didn't see an increase at the higher end (maxed out at the same numbers I typically do during those intense sessions).

Other than that there's really been no "side-effects". Sure, 1mg is a low dose, but it's working and some people have reported sides on lower doses. But my energy is fine, no nausea, I did have a bit of a headache one day but that was due to dehydration. I guess that's a side? I have noticed a bit of increased thirst, but nothing wild, and I'm usually on top of my hydration.

When it comes to appetite suppression and things like that, it's weird. I keep looking for that "one physical thing I can feel" to verify that this is working, but I've realised that's the wrong way. It's actually the absence of the physical thing that shows me it's working.
I still get hungry, I can still feel when my stomach is getting empty, still hear and feel a bit of a rumble at times. But that driving urge to immediately go and "fix" it isn't there.

As I've mentioned in previous comments, my weekdays are usually very consistent and it's the weekends where the hard work comes undone. And that was the breakthrough for me. This weekend came and went, I had regular meals and felt full for hours afterwards and didn't feel drawn to raiding the kitchen at all.

So yeah, heading in the right direction, and at a pace that I'm fine with as well. I want to retain as much muscle as possible, so slow and steady is the way (it's almost impossible to not lose "some" muscle-mass when you lose weight unless you're juiced to the gills, and I expect there will be a little).

On we go.

I'm curious how long this 1mg dose will hold out for. I've read a bunch of people saying they start to get "the noise" back around weeks 3-4 on their starting doses before upping them, and I'd really like to stay at the lowest effective dose for as long as possible.

Time will tell.
 
Im enjoying the journey as im basically on the exact same one, early 40s, very active in the gym just a bit taller and a bit heavier than you and certainly not got your RHR.. Mine usually around 60 but tbh cardio has never really been my friend.

Did my first jab on Sunday so around 4 days in now, during the week is pretty easy for me as i work away and i take all my food with me so its all set doing intermittent fasting. I certainly questioned if it was working early on as i was still getting pretty normal food noise but i do fast 16hrs so i put it down to Reta not literally taking away all hunger noise and i also only did 0.5mg for the first week with intention of cycling up to 1mg next week.

I noticed that i actually worked a bit harder in the gym and it was a lot easier to get the sweat up and was happening on lifts i would never usually. Not sure if the working harder part is placebo of "if you are injecting yourself you should probably put max effort in".

Starting weight was 92.2kg on our crappy bathroom scales on Monday morning before (after a weekend away with a lot of food/drink) and this morning on the scale 89.3kg. Legit the first time ive seen below 90kg in about 15 years and certainly looking different in the mirror however i know its going to be water loss etc but still even after days fasting ive not seen that weight and i have eaten more good calories this week per day than i normally would.

In terms of sides then i defo felt the hydration element and was getting itchy skin and dry eyes, had to up to two electrolyte sachets a day now where usually i would just do a morning one and those seems to have passed now. Food noise is dampening a bit but i havnt hit the weekend yet! Not seeing anything major in RHR yet either
 
px1984 said:
Im enjoying the journey as im basically on the exact same one, early 40s, very active in the gym just a bit taller and a bit heavier than you and certainly not got your RHR.. Mine usually around 60 but tbh cardio has never really been my friend.

Did my first jab on Sunday so around 4 days in now, during the week is pretty easy for me as i work away and i take all my food with me so its all set doing intermittent fasting. I certainly questioned if it was working early on as i was still getting pretty normal food noise but i do fast 16hrs so i put it down to Reta not literally taking away all hunger noise and i also only did 0.5mg for the first week with intention of cycling up to 1mg next week.

I noticed that i actually worked a bit harder in the gym and it was a lot easier to get the sweat up and was happening on lifts i would never usually. Not sure if the working harder part is placebo of "if you are injecting yourself you should probably put max effort in".

Starting weight was 92.2kg on our crappy bathroom scales on Monday morning before (after a weekend away with a lot of food/drink) and this morning on the scale 89.3kg. Legit the first time ive seen below 90kg in about 15 years and certainly looking different in the mirror however i know its going to be water loss etc but still even after days fasting ive not seen that weight and i have eaten more good calories this week per day than i normally would.

In terms of sides then i defo felt the hydration element and was getting itchy skin and dry eyes, had to up to two electrolyte sachets a day now where usually i would just do a morning one and those seems to have passed now. Food noise is dampening a bit but i havnt hit the weekend yet! Not seeing anything major in RHR yet either
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I know itchy/sensitive skin can be a side, although I wasn't aware of dry eyes.

Either way, it's peak allergy season for me at the moment so impossible to tell if that might be a side for me or just a way of life at this time of year 🤔
 
So last night my RHR was apparently 50bpm, which is out of my typical range.

It was this point after the first pinning when I noticed the first real increase (2-days post-pinning) and now that there's more reta in my system than last week, I guess I can see it makes sense with this incrase.

That being said, could be an anomalous measurement. I ate a bit later yesterday, I definitely still felt like I had food in my stomach when I went to sleep, and late-eating always put a bump on my RHR.

In addition to this, I've noticed a decrease in my HRV over the course of the last week or so. I might try some breathwork to see if I can't improve that, otherwise continue monitoring.
 
UnusualLLama said:
So last night my RHR was apparently 50bpm, which is out of my typical range.

It was this point after the first pinning when I noticed the first real increase (2-days post-pinning) and now that there's more reta in my system than last week, I guess I can see it makes sense with this incrase.

That being said, could be an anomalous measurement. I ate a bit later yesterday, I definitely still felt like I had food in my stomach when I went to sleep, and late-eating always put a bump on my RHR.

In addition to this, I've noticed a decrease in my HRV over the course of the last week or so. I might try some breathwork to see if I can't improve that, otherwise continue monitoring.
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Did you stick with the 1mg?
 
px1984 said:
Did you stick with the 1mg?
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Yup, still at 1mg as it’s only week 2. My assumption about having more reta in the system is just down to the half life - so there’ll still be some of week one’s dose floating around in me on top of week 2’s 1mg dose.
 
UnusualLLama said:
And here we go..

So for a bit of context, I'm a relatively healthy guy in his 40's who's for well over a decade now been very active in terms of gym and all of that, but my whole life I've always struggled to get lean.

I can get strong and big, but I can't get lean. I think my genetics want me to be a bit fluffier than I'd like (currently around 20-22% bf) so I did my research into GLP's and when I saw Reta, my mind was pretty much made up.

My thinking - as small a dose as possible to tip the proverbial scales.

I've been maintaining my current weight/bf% for a while and it's manageable, but I'd really like to lean out and that's where I'm hoping reta will do some of the other heavy lifting so I figured I'd post my weekly observations here with some updates on how things are going, because having seen other similar posts, I found it quite helpful being able to see others experiences.

Basic stats

Male
Mid-40's
5'10/178cm
Weight as of this morning - 79kg/174.165lbs
Estimated body fat - 20-22% (I'm using a withings scale, I know it's not super accurate, but I'm watching trends)
Average resting heart rate - 44-46
Average blood pressure - 110/71
Starting with 1mg reta

Initial thoughts and observations
Phew, that first-time sure gets the pulse racing a bit. After watching far too many videos on how to recon reta and reading about injections and all of that good stuff, I finally managed to do it.
Stupidly, all of the syringes I have a 1ml and I wanted 2ml of BAC water in my reta vial, which has 20mg reta in it. So I had to do 2 injections of BAC into the reta vial, and I thought I'd messed up big time because there were a couple of small lumps of reta still in the vial after I'd rolled it around a bit but they eventually dissolved.
And then came measuring the correct dose. I'm starting at 1mg, and for some reason had convinced myself that this was probably going to fill the syringe and require me spending 2 minutes just to get all of it into me in 1 go but then when I actually pulled it to the desired amount it was tiny.
Like tiny tiny tiny, 10 units.
So part of me is thinking "Surely not, that can't really do anything, can it. That tiny little sliver of fluid?"
But away we go and I pinned it without issue.
I was kind of expecting some big fanfare of a reaction, maybe someone jumping out of a closet with a trumpet and some party poppers but nope, that's it. In and done.
No real sensation post-pinning either, maybe a tiny little bit of heat? But I think that's just my mind more than anything else.

And now comes the wait. I'm still trying to figure out what, exactly, this is going to feel like. I think that's the difficult part for me right now, not knowing what to expect in that regard. Maybe it's because feeling hungry and craving things is such a natural state half of the time that the idea of possibly not feeling that as much is a weird concept?

I dunno, we'll see how it goes, I'm mostly hoping that a combination of reduced snacking (especially at the weekends) and a slight boost to my metabolism (I spend most of my days in front of a computer, so the 2 hours in the morning when I'm working out is the majority of my daily activity) will help turn this perpetual state of maintenance into a steady deficit, but I know some people can react differently to others so time will tell.

But that's it for now, I'll probably update again on the next pin (doing once weekly), unless there are any other interesting observations I notice between now and then.
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It's doubtful that you will get any results from 1mg, 2mg is typically a better starting dose. However looking at your numbers, I would guess that you have visceral fat that is bothering you. Often those that regularly work out have a bit of a belly that they just can't get rid of, not body fat. Tesamorlin is a better choice for visceral fat that wraps your organs. It will also release some HGH which will help you build muscle. I use both for a super charged weight loss
 
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It's doubtful that you will get any results from 1mg, 2mg is typically a better starting dose. However looking at your numbers, I would guess that you have visceral fat that is bothering you. Often those that regularly work out have a bit of a belly that they just can't get rid of, not body fat. Tesamorlin is a better choice for visceral fat that wraps your organs. It will also release some HGH which will help you build muscle. I use both for a super charged weight loss
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I don't agree that 2mg is a better starting dose. I think it's entirely dependent upon the person and how they react, so having a "this is the best dose to start on" set in stone is really not a great idea in my honest opinion.

I do agree that 2mg is what the trials are using, however.

But yeah, I'm already seeing results on 1mg. So we keep going with this for now. The smart approach in my book is the lowest functional dose.
 
The situation is just as it ought to be. Your reta shots have not yet begun to work, The reta in your blood that touched your heart is from the first dose...your incredibly rapid beating probably lulled the Reta into a deep slumber instead of rushing. I wonder, if your RHR is 40, when you are asleep, did any necromancer try raising you and then tearfully question his manhood?
Also, did you notice any energy fluctuations after retatruding began?
 
Lovedog100 said:
It's doubtful that you will get any results from 1mg, 2mg is typically a better starting dose. However looking at your numbers, I would guess that you have visceral fat that is bothering you. Often those that regularly work out have a bit of a belly that they just can't get rid of, not body fat. Tesamorlin is a better choice for visceral fat that wraps your organs. It will also release some HGH which will help you build muscle. I use both for a super charged weight loss
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THIS is what I need to read up on. I am keenly interested in the Reta + Tesa combo. Initially, I thought they were redundant but the more I read, I do see people taking both. I am a total noob but, along with Tesa, it does seem reasonable to to use just 1mg of Reta. In fact, I see where people say they plan to indefinitely take 1mg of Reta for overall wellness ... Super intriguing
 
Lovedog100 said:
It's doubtful that you will get any results from 1mg, 2mg is typically a better starting dose. However looking at your numbers, I would guess that you have visceral fat that is bothering you. Often those that regularly work out have a bit of a belly that they just can't get rid of, not body fat. Tesamorlin is a better choice for visceral fat that wraps your organs. It will also release some HGH which will help you build muscle. I use both for a super charged weight loss
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Ive started on 0.5mg of Reta to understand what sides i will get and what effect it has, certainly seeing the early impact on scales which is positive. Plan to scale up over a month and see how it goes, feels like its the sensible option as its not all time critical.

Ive defo got some subcutaneous fat to lose first but Tesamorlin looks interesting as a potential next stage and generally i am concerned about how to manage weight loss with losing muscle mass.

Is stacking a Reta/Tesa an option for trying to keep weight down but preserve muscle?
 
Smiter said:
The situation is just as it ought to be. Your reta shots have not yet begun to work, The reta in your blood that touched your heart is from the first dose...your incredibly rapid beating probably lulled the Reta into a deep slumber instead of rushing. I wonder, if your RHR is 40, when you are asleep, did any necromancer try raising you and then tearfully question his manhood?
Also, did you notice any energy fluctuations after retatruding began?
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I think that's why my cats wake me up in the mornings, checking I'm still alive.
They can sense things like that, smarter than they're given credit for.
So smart the assholes keep going up onto the window and pushing the curtains open in the middle so the sunlight shines right into my eyes at 5am.
All to make sure I haven't died.
Smart.
Probably also evil.
 
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