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GLP-1 Apprentice
Hi everyone. I was looking for some comparison data before starting out so thought I could give my experience for others.
For context I am a 40yo, 6 foot tall man. I used to be a martial arts instructor and I had a couple of fights so I was athletic and strong, but no one would say I had a body building physique. A few years ago after a couple of injuries I stopped training, pretty much altogether. I have a very sedentary job so it wasn't long before I started putting on weight.
Losing it naturally was slow and inconsistent, I needed to be on a massive deficit to lose consistently and it was getting me down.
After some research I decided on Reta. At my heaviest before I started I weighed 225lb at 30% bf.
I was unsure what dosage to start with but decided on 2mg. After the first injection I suffered some pretty extreme gastric distress. To be blunt, the gates of hell opened and everything ive eaten since I was 6 years old shot out of me with just about enough thrust to achieve near earth orbit. But the results came quickly. Unsurprising considering the amount of water weight I was losing the first 2 days.
Things settled down quickly though and I noticed some real changes. I know that Reta isn't the best at muting food noise, and I would have to agree. I still think about food fairly often, but most of the time I'm just not hungry. When I do eat I get full very quickly, but sometimes want to eat again soon. It's like my appetite has been blunted 50%, but my ability to eat has been blunted by 90%.
I went up to 3mg after a few weeks as that appetite suppression just wasn't there. No new side effects to mention, but pretty quickly I found I had adapted and was hungry more again.
I've been at 4mg for 5 weeks now. The first 2 weeks at 4mg I experienced the skin sensitivity. It wasn't uncomfortable, but definitely noticeable. My wife was on it too, but at 3mg the sensitivity was too much and she couldn't bear it. She's moved over to Tirz now.
I weigh myself every day. Most days see a modest loss, hardly ever does it wobble up. I am losing around 2.5lb per week on average and have come down from 225 to 193. I do feel the hunger a bit more, but don't want to keep cranking the Reta if I'm susceptible to the sides so I'm thinking about adding a little Tirz in as well to help.
To be honest I'm a little unhappy with my progress with the weight loss. I had set a goal weight of 185, but to be honest when I get there I think I will have a bit more to go to shed the last of my belly fat. My arms are much more defined, my legs never had any fat on them, but the bit in the middle is still looking a little fluffy!
My first dose was on the 1st of May, and I take it every 6 days now.
I was also a little worried about lean mass loss, but I'm now down to 23%bf so I make 22lb of the 30lb loss to be fat. Goal now isn't a weight, but a 14% bf before building back up my lean mass.
Hope that helps anyone new that's starting out and might find themselves on a similar path.
For context I am a 40yo, 6 foot tall man. I used to be a martial arts instructor and I had a couple of fights so I was athletic and strong, but no one would say I had a body building physique. A few years ago after a couple of injuries I stopped training, pretty much altogether. I have a very sedentary job so it wasn't long before I started putting on weight.
Losing it naturally was slow and inconsistent, I needed to be on a massive deficit to lose consistently and it was getting me down.
After some research I decided on Reta. At my heaviest before I started I weighed 225lb at 30% bf.
I was unsure what dosage to start with but decided on 2mg. After the first injection I suffered some pretty extreme gastric distress. To be blunt, the gates of hell opened and everything ive eaten since I was 6 years old shot out of me with just about enough thrust to achieve near earth orbit. But the results came quickly. Unsurprising considering the amount of water weight I was losing the first 2 days.
Things settled down quickly though and I noticed some real changes. I know that Reta isn't the best at muting food noise, and I would have to agree. I still think about food fairly often, but most of the time I'm just not hungry. When I do eat I get full very quickly, but sometimes want to eat again soon. It's like my appetite has been blunted 50%, but my ability to eat has been blunted by 90%.
I went up to 3mg after a few weeks as that appetite suppression just wasn't there. No new side effects to mention, but pretty quickly I found I had adapted and was hungry more again.
I've been at 4mg for 5 weeks now. The first 2 weeks at 4mg I experienced the skin sensitivity. It wasn't uncomfortable, but definitely noticeable. My wife was on it too, but at 3mg the sensitivity was too much and she couldn't bear it. She's moved over to Tirz now.
I weigh myself every day. Most days see a modest loss, hardly ever does it wobble up. I am losing around 2.5lb per week on average and have come down from 225 to 193. I do feel the hunger a bit more, but don't want to keep cranking the Reta if I'm susceptible to the sides so I'm thinking about adding a little Tirz in as well to help.
To be honest I'm a little unhappy with my progress with the weight loss. I had set a goal weight of 185, but to be honest when I get there I think I will have a bit more to go to shed the last of my belly fat. My arms are much more defined, my legs never had any fat on them, but the bit in the middle is still looking a little fluffy!
My first dose was on the 1st of May, and I take it every 6 days now.
I was also a little worried about lean mass loss, but I'm now down to 23%bf so I make 22lb of the 30lb loss to be fat. Goal now isn't a weight, but a 14% bf before building back up my lean mass.
Hope that helps anyone new that's starting out and might find themselves on a similar path.
