Great progress!
Great questions - I've actually entered a plateau and the weight loss slowed down considerably for the past couple of months or so. What's really interesting to me is that even though the number on the scale stopped moving down so fast, this turns out to be a body recomposition period for me. Despite the plateau I've definitely lost fat all over, and I look like I've gained considerable amount of muscle. Veins popped out all over my body, and in general I look way more fit now than when the plateau started. People that see me often of course noticed the initial drop in weight back at the end of 2025, but have just recently also started commenting how "jacked" and "ripped" I look now.
Literally cut yourself in half - great job!
Reta 2mg a week.
That’s great news! Especially considering how hard it usually is to get jacked while cutting. You’re defying the norm!
I cannot know if the reaction was a allergy or some other side effect from reta, but it definitely sounds like you were pushing the dose increases too hard given the side effects you describe. Sounds more like hayfever/sinus infection, plus side effects. It is not clear from the description how hungry you were when you were increasing doses, but it sounds like you were not . If a dose makes you feel like crap in general it is a good reason to either stay at that dose and hope it settles down or decrease the dose, given you did not feel like doing much on 1mg I am not sure how hungry you were or why you increased the dose then. The second dose increase sounds like a plain bad idea given how you were feeling on 2mg. GLp-1 receptor activation causes reduced appetite but it also causes gastrointestinal side effects and can cause a central illness response, with malaise and not feeling like doing anything ( I had that from low doses of ozempic )
Solid log. This is how you figure things out.
I've never had allergies this strong before, I know this is an unusual year since we had 95+temps in March, so I don't yet know for sure where to point the finger. Really hoping it's allergies, because I've read so many good things about what Reta does for the body, I don't really want to have to chuck it. Thanks for the compliments, really appreciated.
I didn't really know that they were side effects, we've had a very intense transition from winter to spring in the Antelope Valley, with 95+ degree temperatures. Plus I had let the grass go in the back yard, so I had spent 4 days mowing and weed whacking (not full days, just till the batteries from the whacker ran out), could it be a side effect, maybe, could it be allergies from the weather change, or lawn maintenance, maybe. That's why I'm going with a low dose test on the 27th. Now the other side effects I had read about were pretty par for the course for most people, and I went with the increases in a similar schedule to what I had read, starting at 1mg for 2 weeks, then up to 2 mg for two weeks, is the norm, but I waited for 3 weeks instead for the increase to 3mg, and most people had jumped to 4mg at that time, so not really pushing the increases from my perspective. Now I'm not really after the weight loss aspect, I'm not too far over weight, I'll be happy around 190 to 195, what intrigued me about Reta was that it pulled the fat out of the organs and out from around the organs (visceral fat). Seeing as I'm not someone with a severe weight problem, that may be a reason that I reacted as I did at 3mg, the more someone weighs, the higher the quantity of Reta they may need. This may or may not be the case, but it was something that I was not aware of going in. There could also have been a reaction to the BAC water (I had recently cracked a new bottle, and it's one that I bought in 2024, so that was also suspect (possible contamination?), though I've heard of them being stable for years without refrigeration), but since restarting the BPC and TB, it would seem that that is not an issue. Another factor with the weight loss could have been that I typically lose about 8-10 lbs when transitioning from winter to spring, it may not have all been from Reta. I was also focused on eating more meat and taking in fewer calories from carbs. I had done the carnivore diet for a year and sometimes I will just focus on meat for a while, randomly, which has an immediate effect on my weight. This is why it's so hard to just point the finger at one cause and effect, when there are so many variables. I also find it odd that it took over 2 months for an allergic reaction. It's possible that the rapid weight loss could have depleted me of some minerals, leading to the allergic reaction. With fat loss, it's important to supplement magnesium, something I learned from my time on the carnivore diet. It's possible that some deficiency took hold exacerbating the symptoms. So many things to weigh out. More will be known in the weeks following the 27. Thank you for your input, it helped me to go through a lot of the details that were swimming in my head.
That’s a strong run; down nearly 30 lbs since December.
Thank you! I get down about it a lot and feel like I should have lost more but try to remind myself that it took from January to December 2025 just to go from 235-208 and how hard that was pre-tirzepatide. And it's still 6lbs ish a month on average.
That’s an awesome outcome; 40 lbs down and maintaining around 130 is huge 🙌
Oh- I’m 63.
That’s an incredible journey! Seriously. From 419 down to 230, even with the ups and downs along the way, that’s a massive net win.
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Nice work man! 19 lbs in 5 months is legit. Sounds like you’ve got a groove that’s actually working for you, especially with the running and dialing in your dose. That’s how you make it stick. I’m assuming there’s probably a lot of body recomposition happening.
Since switching to grey my sweets and snacking craving has come back, which is odd, but that could just bee from a lower dose. I miss the days when I would lose weight and feel supression at the 2.5mg dose of tirz. Energy is good too, that's never been an issue but my Dr has me on testosterone so im sure that mitigates low energy.
At 1mg Reta, you’re still at a pretty low dose, so it’s not surprising you’re not seeing much movement yet. Some people don’t really respond until they titrate up.
