Slow 1st month, does it get better?

[Cluni0n]

F23, 164cm/5'4 and 102kg/224lbs.

Helloo helloo, l've been almost one month on reta, my dosis were, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0. This sunday, I have my 4th dose and I will stick to 1.0mg. I’m aware it has to accumulate in the body, and that ofc its a process, but yeaa I haven't lost any weight.
I'm not expecting a miracle either, with the heatwaves in France it has been impossible to go out for walks to achieve 10k steps per day, I do have some appetite suppression, it has been a process to learn listen to it and dont eat when in fact, I dont feel like it😅

But yeah I'm just curious if other people, specially women, didn't lose much weight the first month, and got better results the months after?

 

[Builderman]

I understand why people are doing such low doses. I actually did the same thing when I started. However, when you look at the actual trials, people started at 2mg. To each their own, but I would say if you are not feeling any effects, I would up the dose to the starting dose from the trials and go from there.

The other part of this is caloric intake. If you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. It doesn’t matter if you are taking 12mg of Reta, if you are still eating over your calorie maintenance, you will not lose weight, it is just not possible. Counting your calories exactly will go a long long way.

From my personal experience I feel that Reta is a miracle drug, but that does not mean that it is magic.

 

[BNLFL]

No offense, but you should go to 2mg and stay for 4 weeks, but it seems 4 mg is where most have found where it becomes effective.

 

[BigRed1]

I understand why people are doing such low doses. I actually did the same thing when I started. However, when you look at the actual trials, people started at 2mg. To each their own, but I would say if you are not feeling any effects, I would up the dose to the starting dose from the trials and go from there.

The other part of this is caloric intake. If you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. It doesn’t matter if you are taking 12mg of Reta, if you are still eating over your calorie maintenance, you will not lose weight, it is just not possible. Counting your calories exactly will go a long long way.

From my personal experience I feel that Reta is a miracle drug, but that does not mean that it is magic.

Yep this is pretty much /thread

If you're feeling SOME appetite suppression that's a good sign that it's working. You just need to get up to your required dose.

Once that happens it definitely makes it easier to not overeat but you should still be tracking your calories, even if it's a rough estimate with strict days every so often to make sure you're not going over much

 

[Cluni0n]

No offense, but you should go to 2mg and stay for 4 weeks, but it seems 4 mg is where most have found where it becomes effective.

I tried with 1.5mg on the 2nd to 3rd week and I ended up vomiting even some bile 😅, so yea I prefer to go slow, Ill try again in maybe 2 weeks

 

[CNCCurrency]

F23, 164cm/5'4 and 102kg/224lbs.

Helloo helloo, l've been almost one month on reta, my dosis were, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0. This sunday, I have my 4th dose and I will stick to 1.0mg. I’m aware it has to accumulate in the body, and that ofc its a process, but yeaa I haven't lost any weight.
I'm not expecting a miracle either, with the heatwaves in France it has been impossible to go out for walks to achieve 10k steps per day, I do have some appetite suppression, it has been a process to learn listen to it and dont eat when in fact, I dont feel like it😅

But yeah I'm just curious if other people, specially women, didn't lose much weight the first month, and got better results the months after?

4 mg is the minimum therapeutic dose.

 

[Jfrick11]

4 mg is the minimum therapeutic dose.

The more accurate way to put it would be:
4 mg is a common therapeutic dose.

4 mg is the minimum therapeutic dose is not supported by the available clinical data.

The clinical trials showed a doseresponse relationship.... on average, higher doses led to greater weight loss, but there wasn't a sharp cutoff where 4 mg suddenly became the effective start dose to lose. Plenty of participants had meaningful appetite suppression and weight loss at lower doses.

Having said that the OP may very well need a higher dose.... But already feeling some appetite supression at 1mg.....means maybe, maybe not.