Personal blog on Reta

[ZetsuM]

Stats:

32M – 174 cm – 95 kg – BMI: 31

Bought two 5 mg vials from a Dutch website. I'm seriously overpaying, but at least I don't have to worry about customs seizing the package.

First dose: 0.5 mg of Retatrutide, injected on Sunday at 9 PM.

I went to bed about two hours later and didn't sleep at all that night. The next day, I skipped breakfast (which is normal for me). For lunch, I ordered something that I would normally finish in a couple of minutes, but I couldn't finish the entire plate. The same thing happened at dinner. My appetite was a little reduced.

The second night, I slept a little better, but still not as well as I should have.

However, by then my hunger had returned to normal. The cravings never really left.

Today, I slept better with some assistance, although I still could have used a few more hours of sleep. Hunger remains about the same, and the cravings are still haunting me.

I'm currently contemplating increasing the dose to 1 mg this coming Sunday.


*Translated and polished with AI 🙂

 

[SoCalGirl]

I did not EVER feel appetite reduction with RETA for months. I added Cagri, and that totally helped with hunger suppression. Now, five months in, I feel it just with RETA and a 4mg dose. It took me weeks to titrate up, 0.25mg at a time.

 

[ZetsuM]

I did not EVER feel appetite reduction with RETA for months. I added Cagri, and that totally helped with hunger suppression. Now, five months in, I feel it just with RETA and a 4mg dose. It took me weeks to titrate up, 0.25mg at a time.

What dose did you start of with? And are you still on Cagri?

 

[Bluecost10]

Stats:

32M – 174 cm – 95 kg – BMI: 31

Bought two 5 mg vials from a Dutch website. I'm seriously overpaying, but at least I don't have to worry about customs seizing the package.

First dose: 0.5 mg of Retatrutide, injected on Sunday at 9 PM.

I went to bed about two hours later and didn't sleep at all that night. The next day, I skipped breakfast (which is normal for me). For lunch, I ordered something that I would normally finish in a couple of minutes, but I couldn't finish the entire plate. The same thing happened at dinner. My appetite was a little reduced.

The second night, I slept a little better, but still not as well as I should have.

However, by then my hunger had returned to normal. The cravings never really left.

Today, I slept better with some assistance, although I still could have used a few more hours of sleep. Hunger remains about the same, and the cravings are still haunting me.

I'm currently contemplating increasing the dose to 1 mg this coming Sunday.


*Translated and polished with AI 🙂

If the cravings haven't gone away, I'd even go up to 1.5 mg. I started with 0.7 mg, but I ramped up pretty quickly—I'm now at 3.5 mg a week—and I sleep like a baby. I think it's just because I get up early, go to the gym, and do a lot of cardio.

 

[Mochizuki0124]

Food noise never went away from me from .5 to 2mg. I do get full faster and longer and honestly i like it better this way. Ive heard of people who dont get hungry and they end up not getting enough protein.

Me i get hungry, i eat my protein then im good and I just do this repeatedly. I dont need junk snacks or sugary drinks etc.

 

[Lmao123]

On my 3rd week at 1mg. Food noise definitely went away by week 2. Had no crazy side effects week 1 but on week 2 I had a crazy headache and was extremely tired 2/3 days after my pin on Sunday but after lots of water and electrolytes it went away. Planning on upping to 1.5 on my 5th week.

 

[ZetsuM]

If the cravings haven't gone away, I'd even go up to 1.5 mg. I started with 0.7 mg, but I ramped up pretty quickly—I'm now at 3.5 mg a week—and I sleep like a baby. I think it's just because I get up early, go to the gym, and do a lot of cardio.

I get up at 6:30 to go to work. I know i should work out more but i feel like it will be easier to get back into once i've lost a few kg. The weight i gained took away all motivation and energy. I hope to regain this with Reta.

 

[ZetsuM]

Food noise never went away from me from .5 to 2mg. I do get full faster and longer and honestly i like it better this way. Ive heard of people who dont get hungry and they end up not getting enough protein.

Me i get hungry, i eat my protein then im good and I just do this repeatedly. I dont need junk snacks or sugary drinks etc.

I still crave sweet and salty snacks. I could easily eat a whole bag of chips and still be hungry for more. I'll increase to 1 mg with my next injection and see if it makes a difference.

 

[Bluecost10]

I get up at 6:30 to go to work. I know i should work out more but i feel like it will be easier to get back into once i've lost a few kg. The weight i gained took away all motivation and energy. I hope to regain this with Reta.

Something else that might help is having a meal plan. I try to eat 2,200–2,500 calories every day and make sure I get enough protein.

 

[ZetsuM]

Something else that might help is having a meal plan. I try to eat 2,200–2,500 calories every day and make sure I get enough protein.

I've tried multiple meal plans and diets, i can never stick to them. Hence why i started Reta.
2200 would be around maintenance for me. A Decent deficit would be 1800. But i'll give it another shot for sure. I'm forcing myself to drink a shitload of water before meals so i eat less already.

 

[px1984]

I started 95kg at 182cm so not too far off you.

I started on 0.25kg just to make sure I didn’t get any bad sides plus my first ever injection!

Then a few days later did another 0.25 to take first week to 0.5 pinning Sun/Weds.

Then the Sunday I did 0.5 and did that for a week, then week after I did Sun/Weds 0.5. Then I moved to 1mg on the Sunday which I’m currently at.

My early sides were skin irritation (think pre workout vibes) and my eyesight was a touch blurry. Quickly learnt that need to ensure you are hitting electrolytes/salts as it seemed to be more around dehydration.

Appetite suppression is hit or miss, I really stopped craving sweets, chocolate, beer etc but the feeling of being hungry was still around. I enjoy eating/drinking so I’m happy that it’s not completely gone. My ability to eat a lot in one sitting has completely gone though.

I have found easiest is meal prep, so on a Sunday I’ll buy in my fruit, nuts, chicken dinners etc and portion it all up then it’s just a case of each day sticking what I need in microwave and takes the thinking element of what to eat out of it.

I train pretty hard 4/5 days so I do struggle more with hunger when I’m hitting the bigger gym sessions.

Hope it helps, FYI I’m currently 87kg after 6 weeks or so.

Good luck

 

[lessthanhalf]

It sounds like it did have some effect even at tiny start doses. One of the effects of GLP drugs is to make you feel full after eating less food, and it seems you had that effect on the first day even if it did not reduce other sorts of hunger much. So you may be fairly sensitive to it considering 0.5mg is 1/4 the standard start dose of 2mg. One of the ways to increase doses without it taking forever, is smaller doses more often rather than bigger doses, generally 0.5mg twice a week is going to have less side effects than 1mg once a week.

 

[ZetsuM]

I started 95kg at 182cm so not too far off you.

I started on 0.25kg just to make sure I didn’t get any bad sides plus my first ever injection!

Then a few days later did another 0.25 to take first week to 0.5 pinning Sun/Weds.

Then the Sunday I did 0.5 and did that for a week, then week after I did Sun/Weds 0.5. Then I moved to 1mg on the Sunday which I’m currently at.

My early sides were skin irritation (think pre workout vibes) and my eyesight was a touch blurry. Quickly learnt that need to ensure you are hitting electrolytes/salts as it seemed to be more around dehydration.

Appetite suppression is hit or miss, I really stopped craving sweets, chocolate, beer etc but the feeling of being hungry was still around. I enjoy eating/drinking so I’m happy that it’s not completely gone. My ability to eat a lot in one sitting has completely gone though.

I have found easiest is meal prep, so on a Sunday I’ll buy in my fruit, nuts, chicken dinners etc and portion it all up then it’s just a case of each day sticking what I need in microwave and takes the thinking element of what to eat out of it.

I train pretty hard 4/5 days so I do struggle more with hunger when I’m hitting the bigger gym sessions.

Hope it helps, FYI I’m currently 87kg after 6 weeks or so.

Good luck

Do you feel there are any benefits to injecting multiple times per week?

I had a really hard time getting over it. I've always had a thing about needles. Fortunately, my girlfriend is a healthcare assistant, so she's used to giving insulin injections.

Aside from the sleep deprivation (which seems to have passed now) I haven't experienced any side effects.

Of course, I know 0.5 mg is still a relatively low dose. Once I've built up a bit more of a supply, I can easily increase it to 2 mg per week.

I'd like to get back into running, but right now it feels like I'm doing more harm than good to my knees and back. So i want to lose aroung 10 kg to start running again, and hopefully 20kg total.

 

[ZetsuM]

It sounds like it did have some effect even at tiny start doses. One of the effects of GLP drugs is to make you feel full after eating less food, and it seems you had that effect on the first day even if it did not reduce other sorts of hunger much. So you may be fairly sensitive to it considering 0.5mg is 1/4 the standard start dose of 2mg. One of the ways to increase doses without it taking forever, is smaller doses more often rather than bigger doses, generally 0.5mg twice a week is going to have less side effects than 1mg once a week.

I'll look into injecting multiple doses a week. Getting stabbed once a week is already a big step for me though 🤣

 

[UpDownLeftRightAS*]

I moved my weekly dose to Friday mornings (helped me to make sure I stop all caffeine by noon) so I had the weekend for the effects to mellow. The sleep disruption can be real--but you will adapt too over time. .

 

[px1984]

Do you feel there are any benefits to injecting multiple times per week?

I had a really hard time getting over it. I've always had a thing about needles. Fortunately, my girlfriend is a healthcare assistant, so she's used to giving insulin injections.

Aside from the sleep deprivation (which seems to have passed now) I haven't experienced any side effects.

Of course, I know 0.5 mg is still a relatively low dose. Once I've built up a bit more of a supply, I can easily increase it to 2 mg per week.

I'd like to get back into running, but right now it feels like I'm doing more harm than good to my knees and back. So i want to lose aroung 10 kg to start running again, and hopefully 20kg total.

I do once a week on a Sunday evening, but plan is when I’m increasing dose the week before I’ll pin twice. However right now 1g a week is giving me effects I’d want with little sides so sticking with it

 

[ZetsuM]

I moved my weekly dose to Friday mornings (helped me to make sure I stop all caffeine by noon) so I had the weekend for the effects to mellow. The sleep disruption can be real--but you will adapt too over time. .

Glad to hear it!

 

[Flash-BCR]

I moved my weekly dose to Friday mornings (helped me to make sure I stop all caffeine by noon) so I had the weekend for the effects to mellow. The sleep disruption can be real--but you will adapt too over time. .

Same here...I started on Sundays, but day 2 and 3 after pin have the strongest side effects for me, so I went to Friday mornings...

 

[kj4otu]

My mongoose is being testing with 1mg now up to 2mg. I didn't want all appetite suppressed, just enough to feel normally hungry when it's time to eat without hunger cravings all day. Seems to be working so far. I seriously think folks who titrate up trying to find no hunger at all are doing themselves a disservice, missing out on building discipline and mental programming. just my 2 cents.

 

[ZetsuM]

My mongoose is being testing with 1mg now up to 2mg. I didn't want all appetite suppressed, just enough to feel normally hungry when it's time to eat without hunger cravings all day. Seems to be working so far. I seriously think folks who titrate up trying to find no hunger at all are doing themselves a disservice, missing out on building discipline and mental programming. just my 2 cents.

That’s not what I want at all. I just want to be able to get through my day without constantly wanting to stuff my face with sweets or chips. I eat when I’m bored, I eat when I feel bad, and I even eat when I feel good.
I’ve tried several diets (keto, soup diets, tracking calories with MFP), but I can never stick to them. I know I need to build discipline and develop a healthier relationship with food, but I can’t rely on willpower alone.