So happy to be a part of this (Reta, first three weeks)

[RanHerOver]

I started reta three weeks ago the 6th of april. I was 70kg (154lbs), 172cm. I am now 67kg (157lbs). 1mg a week.

Zero food noise.

I am not losing as much weight as some of you guys are, but I think it's because I was not obese and I am still constantly lifting weights every day and taking creatine.

Counting calories helped me realize that I was not even close to taking the correct dose of protein I needed (I need aroung 140g, I was maybe taking around 40g!). So by having good protein intake and taking reta, I think i'm doing some sort of body recomp where I am losing fat, but putting on more muscle, so the % of body fat is lower but my weight doesn't go down as fast.

I can actually see it though. My body is leaner. A colleague of mine told me that my face is also slightly skinnier (in a healthy way!) and damn, I look at myself in the mirror at the gym and I look very good.

I don't know if I will tritrate my dose to 2mg. It doesn't look like I need to.

That's it. I just wanted to share.

 

[derekd419]

I started reta three weeks ago the 6th of april. I was 70kg (154lbs), 172cm. I am now 67kg (157lbs). 1mg a week.

Zero food noise.

I am not losing as much weight as some of you guys are, but I think it's because I was not obese and I am still constantly lifting weights every day and taking creatine.

Counting calories helped me realize that I was not even close to taking the correct dose of protein I needed (I need aroung 140g, I was maybe taking around 40g!). So by having good protein intake and taking reta, I think i'm doing some sort of body recomp where I am losing fat, but putting on more muscle, so the % of body fat is lower but my weight doesn't go down as fast.

I can actually see it though. My body is leaner. A colleague of mine told me that my face is also slightly skinnier (in a healthy way!) and damn, I look at myself in the mirror at the gym and I look very good.

I don't know if I will tritrate my dose to 2mg. It doesn't look like I need to.

That's it. I just wanted to share.

I'd say if you're lifting weights & since muscle weighs more than fat, that's what you're seeing on the scale with nothing to worry about bro 🙂 as long as you're happy with yourself in the mirror too!

 

[thedrifter]

I also started Reta on the 6th of April. .5mg week 1, 1mg week 2 and 2mg for week 3. I definitely felt it for a few days after jumping from 1mg to 2mg. Maybe titrating up .5mg at a time would have been better but I'm staying on 2mg once a week for awhile now. 2mg again tomorrow. I went from 180 lbs. to 172 lbs. For the first 3 weeks.

 

[ultima thule]

I started reta three weeks ago the 6th of april. I was 70kg (154lbs), 172cm. I am now 67kg (157lbs). 1mg a week.

Zero food noise.

I am not losing as much weight as some of you guys are, but I think it's because I was not obese and I am still constantly lifting weights every day and taking creatine.

Counting calories helped me realize that I was not even close to taking the correct dose of protein I needed (I need aroung 140g, I was maybe taking around 40g!). So by having good protein intake and taking reta, I think i'm doing some sort of body recomp where I am losing fat, but putting on more muscle, so the % of body fat is lower but my weight doesn't go down as fast.

I can actually see it though. My body is leaner. A colleague of mine told me that my face is also slightly skinnier (in a healthy way!) and damn, I look at myself in the mirror at the gym and I look very good.

I don't know if I will tritrate my dose to 2mg. It doesn't look like I need to.

That's it. I just wanted to share.

70kg/172cm looks for me like a perfect BMI. Do not judge, just saying...

 

[RanHerOver]

70kg/172cm looks for me like a perfect BMI. Do not judge, just saying...

Yeah I know, I never needed reta in the first place, but I really wanted to be shredded and had too much food noise (when I worked from home I couldn't stop snacking!!)

 

[ultima thule]

Yeah I know, I never needed reta in the first place, but I really wanted to be shredded and had too much food noise (when I worked from home I couldn't stop snacking!!)

Makes sense now 👍

 

[Johnny D]

Its definitely the creatine thats offsetting any potential Reta weight loss.
But if you're happy with the way you look, then who cares 👍

 

[Crowreap]

Yeah I know, I never needed reta in the first place, but I really wanted to be shredded and had too much food noise (when I worked from home I couldn't stop snacking!!)

That's really funny because that's me right now as well! Also started 3 weeks ago. I don't need to lose weight, but I just wanna be absolutely shredded. And I'm getting pretty close. I'm at 133 lbs right now. started at 148 lbs when i took my first dose of reta. And at the nearly the same height as you 5'9". And I'm at a point where every single half a pound to a pound makes such a massive visual difference. It's insane. Everyday I wake up and look in the mirror and look freakier and freakier.