Titrating Down ?

[notaround]

Hello!

I'm currently on week 4 of my Reta journey and have gone from around 21% bodyfat to 16-17%, and lost around 14 pounds of weight (started at 182 now at 168). I'm estimating that I will soon hit my 12% bodyfat goal, and was wondering what the method to titrating down would be? I want to still reap the benefits of being insulin sensitive but don't want to continue losing weight as I plan to start adding on lean mass to my phyqisue.

I'm 19 and 6'1.

Thank you!

 

[Smilekat4]

Hi!

What dosage are you on now?

Unsure if there’s expert opinion regarding this, but since the half life is about 6 days, I think it might make sense to skip one dose/week (I consider drugs no longer active/available after about 2-4 half lives) and then take next dose with half of whatever you’re on now to taper more aggressively.

A slower taper might be like dose reducing but continuing a weekly injection?

Also, being 19 yo, 6’ 1” I assume you are insulin sensitive at baseline. Did you ever measure a hemoglobin A1C or fasting insulin level or even just a fasting glucose? Without clear dysfunction in those labs or medical history, I wouldn’t expect you to not be insulin sensitive without the medication.