How much weight loss

[Kelloggs1307]

I was wondering what reta dosage you guys started with and how much weight you guys lost in the first month or two. So far I am past 3 weeks on 2mg each each week and have lost about 11lbs.

 

[CNCCurrency]

I was wondering what reta dosage you guys started with and how much weight you guys lost in the first month or two. So far I am past 3 weeks on 2mg each each week and have lost about 11lbs.

You sound like a super responder, most loose 1 to 1 1/2 a week starting out at low doses

 

[Kelloggs1307]

You sound like a super responder, most loose 1 to 1 1/2 a week starting out at low dose

Update: Its actually 13 lbs. I went from 164 to 151 lbs now. My strength has not gone down but I definitely tire out so I think my muscle mass is conserved but my stamina dropped a lot.

 

[Kelloggs1307]

You sound like a super responder, most loose 1 to 1 1/2 a week starting out at low doses

I also got on ritalin and wellbutrin recently for adhd so that also curbs my appetite a lot and may be leading to this loss in weight

 

[deluge]

I also got on ritalin and wellbutrin recently for adhd so that also curbs my appetite a lot and may be leading to this loss in weight

Hmm, now that's interesting. Never thought of Ritalin as helpful in weight loss? Maybe it gives an additional ability to focus? Or could it have a synergistic effect?

Not on Reta, but I've had a great response to Tirz. Lost 6lbs the first week, 3lbs a week for the next 6 weeks, definitely have tapered off now, only 1 to 1.5 a week for several more weeks. I'm hesitant to raise my dose (currently at 7.5) but I may have to. Down nearly 40 lbs in 75 days.

I really work at it. Very health-conscious diet, count calories with a tracker, an hour in the gym 6 days/week, still go to bed every night struggling with wanting to go raid the fridge! All I can think is the Tirz gives me the tiniest bit of extra willpower, or maybe acts as the focal point around which my self-diagnosed ADHD/all this effort revolves, working toward a successful outcome?

For reference, my Dr put me on Ozempic 2 years ago, and I actually managed to gain weight. And since my med plan won't cover weight loss drugs, it was very pricey, and I gave up after a month.

Definitely no synergy with that stuff!

 

[Pepito_Peptide]

i use Mounjaro (Tirz) and lost 25kg/55lbs since Oct 2025, 20kg more to go untill i hit 85kg/187lbs

 

[Medex]

I'm down 25lbs. Started reta on 02/02, at 2mg. Learned a hard lesson about meal size and gastric emptying 48 hours later. Over the following 3 weeks I dropped to 1.2mg and titrated up to 1.6mg, and finally jumped up a whole mg this week to 2.5mg.

 

[BNLFL]

I started at 2mg for 4 weeks, titrated to 4mg for 4 weeks, so 8 weeks in I'm down right around 22lbs that works out to an average 2.75lbs/week. Doing 1 more 4mg tomorrow morning then going to 5mg. That leaves me two 5mg in this vial.

I'm down 25lbs. Started reta on 02/02, at 2mg. Learned a hard lesson about meal size and gastric emptying 48 hours later. Over the following 3 weeks I dropped to 1.2mg and titrated up to 1.6mg, and finally jumped up a whole mg this week to 2.5mg.

That seems like a bunch in a month, but what do I know.

 

[Medex]

I started at 2mg for 4 weeks, titrated to 4mg for 4 weeks, so 8 weeks in I'm down right around 22lbs that works out to an average 2.75lbs/week. Doing 1 more 4mg tomorrow morning then going to 5mg. That leaves me two 5mg in this vial.

That seems like a bunch in a month, but what do I know.

I agree. That tough lesson I learned two days after starting gave me about a 9.5lb head start that I didn't ask for. But I'm not complaining. Still, I'm losing about 3lbs/week. I check my muscle mass each time I weigh in, and apart from some initial muscle loss that first week, I'm holding pretty steady 🤷

 

[chatman]

I'm down 25lbs. Started reta on 02/02, at 2mg. Learned a hard lesson about meal size and gastric emptying 48 hours later. Over the following 3 weeks I dropped to 1.2mg and titrated up to 1.6mg, and finally jumped up a whole mg this week to 2.5mg.

Can you please be more specific about this "hard lesson"? I just started with my first dose of 1mg, and I tend to fast with large meals between for weight loss (also drinking my homemade electrolyte water throughout the day and taking vitamins/supps). Not sure if this is a bad idea on reta or not

 

[Medex]

Not understanding how fast peptides begin affecting you, I ate an exceptionally large dinner and 2.5 oranges on the second evening after my first dose. I was also prescribed omeprazole, which slows digestion on its own. Plus I had drank a seltzer water late in the afternoon. All those things combined and I had constant diarrhea for 3 straight days. Like the kind of diarrhea that you get prepping for a colonoscopy. I was so nauseous, the best I could do was barely eat a small amount of broth. It was almost 3 days before I could eat solid food again. But that's just me. I ate the oranges because I felt constipated and usually 1 1/2 oranges does the trick for me. Gonna be a while before I eat oranges again.

 

[WLBLD]

Started the 17th w 1mg Tirz (to make sure I started low), next was 1.67, then decided to change over to Reta Sat .5 (low again to make sure). With eating very well so far only lost 3lbs (yes I know its low doses). Going up to 1mg Reta next. Have 50lbs to loose so I need to start moving up!

 

[Medex]

Can you please be more specific about this "hard lesson"? I just started with my first dose of 1mg, and I tend to fast with large meals between for weight loss (also drinking my homemade electrolyte water throughout the day and taking vitamins/supps). Not sure if this is a bad idea on reta or not

I meant to reply directly to this post, butI don't think I did it right

 

[CNCCurrency]

Started the 17th w 1mg Tirz (to make sure I started low), next was 1.67, then decided to change over to Reta Sat .5 (low again to make sure). With eating very well so far only lost 3lbs (yes I know its low doses). Going up to 1mg Reta next. Have 50lbs to loose so I need to start moving up!

6 1/2 months minus 92lbs. 25 to go!

 

[WLBLD]

6 1/2 months minus 92lbs. 25 to go!

Whats your secret? Thats an Amazing amount!!

 

[nitrohyper]

When I started tirzepatide last month, I went from 206 to 192 in a month. I have now switched to Retatrutide at 2mg a week to see how it goes

 

[ghreid]

kind of scary. they just published a study looking at discontinuation of GLP-1 after reaching maintenance weight loss and the average weight gain after 12 months was 65-70% of the original weight loss. Life long pinning?

 

[CNCCurrency]

kind of scary. they just published a study looking at discontinuation of GLP-1 after reaching maintenance weight loss and the average weight gain after 12 months was 65-70% of the original weight loss. Life long pinning?

That's my plan, maintenance dose till the end

 

[J Arbey]

I lost 42lbs in the first 30 weeks on rTirz - @ 30 weeks I was on 12mg rTirz every 7 days
55lbs total loss in 49 weeks

I know this is a life time commitment; I will be doing a bunch of research to determine my long term dosing and schedule, to be continued...