Maintenance on Tirz or Reta....thoughts?

[Stace_wow]

Hi everyone,

I am curious what everyone is doing for maintenance after weight loss. If you lost weight with Reta, are you maintaining with Reta? If you lost with Tirz are you staying on Tirz at a lower dose, same dose, max dose? Do you use GLP's for maintenance? I hear some folks saying loss with Reta, maintain with Tirz, and the other way around.

I am on Tirz, and I am in a weight loss with Tirz and but considering maintenance with Reta for body recomp benefits, and I'm interested in hearing what others have done, and what has been successful. I began my journey with Tirz since it was my intro to gray and widely accepted, but my real interest in GLPs has been Reta.

HW 400
SW 286
CW 264
7.5mg

 

[PinKushn]

I'm currently on 6mg Reta, 6 months in and about 10lbs from goal weight. I plan on switching to Tirz for maintenance though. I'm hoping to get away form the elevated HR and lower HRV that Reta has caused since I believe maintenance is going to be a long term deal. Also since the dosage will be much lower, I feel the added appetite suppression would be beneficial.

 

[gusterbuster]

I can see it going a few ways depends on goals.

Like if lost weight on tirz, but wanted some additional lipid control or non alcoholic fatty liver, pop on reta.

If lost on reta, switch to tirz for lower resting heart rate and possibly better sleep.

Im a weirdo who stacks sema and reta. So for cutting, I add and titrate up reta and pretty much maintain on same sema dose.

 

[bada bing]

Just one users experience. I have been on maintenance for over 12 months now. I lost weight - 55lbs over 6 months - on Tirzepatide starting at 1mg/week ramping up to 8mg/week. I've been maintaining since on 2.5mg/week Tirz. I'm basically still at goal weight 12 months later. So finding a maintenance dose has worked for me.

My arguments for using Tirz - if it works for you - is it is a more vetted compound, more widely available, more accepted by doctors, and cheaper. I likely will be taking something for the rest on my life for maintenance, and at this point in time Tirz wins the pro/con debate for me.

I am thinking about loosing another 10-15lbs and using an added dosage of Reta to facilitate it. That will be my first experience with Reta. I now have a kit on hand and will start on my next needle night on Saturday.

 

[lessthanhalf]

You are obviously responding pretty well to tirz given the dose you are on and the weight lost, which helps. Not sure it makes a lot of difference if you use tirz or reta to lose the rest of the weight or for maintenance, it looks like you have enough dosage headroom to get to your target on tirz. The only thing I think is important is that the evidence says you need to stay on the dose used to lose the weight to keep it off, though there are people on this forum maintaining on lower doses. But given you will be trying to keep a lot of weight off trying lower maintenance doses is fine, but if you start regaining weight do not be surprised if you have to increase doses back up.

 

[Stace_wow]

Thanks to all of you who responded! I appreciate the insight and input here 💕

 

[desinr-gal]

I am on both, my maintenance is about 75% highest dose. I enjoy the lack of noise and cravings
on Tirz. I enjoy the added energy of Reta. I plan to keep using both.

 

[phoenixthepomsky]

I’ve been maintaining on tirz for about 14-15 months now. My highest dose was 15mg when I hit my goal weight, and I still take it weekly. I vary the dosing between 10-15mg depending on how my appetite/weight has been the last week. I have no intention of switching away from tirz because I
know it works for me.