What's your current GLP-1?

[Nmcoyote1]

Sema 1mg on Monday stacked with Reta 4mg on Thursday

 

[Estarossa19]

Large stockpile of compounded Tirzepatide. Thought I was getting a great deal at the time haha. Working through that while I get some research done.

 

[jhontito]

I was using Mounjaro pens, but I'm switching to the Tirzec brand from Paraguay.

 

[Bball24]

The noise is gone with the 1mg Reta, on week 4. I have Cagri, but haven't tried it.

 

[AcadiaPeptides]

Tirz for me, but I’ve been thinking about adding in a low dose of sema.

That's what I am entertaining myself right now.

 

[chewonmysac]

Compounded Tirz for 9 months. Now on research Tirz for the last month. Actually broke me out of a stall and lost 10 lbs over the last month. Will hold off on Reta for now, as the Tirz has worked as intended. Down 31% total body weight. 88lbs.

 

[riposte]

I'm still on tirz (and I have 5mg of headroom before hitting the top official dose) but I've got some overpriced reta arriving tomorrow and I'm going to experiment carefully with stacking it. I guess I'm just bored. Well, also plateaued, but that has more to do with me titrating down a bit for a few weeks and going to Disneyland last week. Time to get back on the wagon...

This is basically my path. Over 2 years went into preT2D and briefly just barely T2D. Got prescribed MJ, stayed 2.5 for 6 months, and was at 7.5 when lost insurance and went grey, up to 10. Physical health gains have been miraculous, bloodwork is now perfect and I’ve regained an athletic build. Most of my life I’ve been in shape and didn’t realize how much being overweight (213 max at 5’9”) affected my physical relationship with the world. Things like lost balance came back.

Tho I decided it’s finally time to try and address the blahs that I def have from tirz. Currently down to 7 mg tirz and the last two weeks have added .25 and .5 Reta, no weight gain at all, very slight loss of appetite suppression, we will see if this ends up an improvement.

 

[Alikron13]

Currently Tirz @10mg in the form of Mounjaro. Got good news that my insurance is actually going to cover it this year. I was on Zepbound because my A1C wasn't high enough, but apparently the criteria changed and now my previous labs were in range for the Diabetic version?

I was up to 12.5 two months ago, on doctors advise, but asked to come back down as I was having trouble eating enough calories in a day.

Really interested in lowering further and possibly adding in Reta at some point as I do strength training regularly and so far have manage to add 3.8lbs lean mass while losing 72lbs over all in 10 months. That is according to bio impendence measurements on the same device over time.

 

[trash5000]

I finally cut the cord. After starting pharma then moving to compounded tirz then starting tirz from Q to finally running out of my compound I’m now flying solo. It must be working because I’m now 5 pounds below goal. I’ve ghosted my online doc and I’m flying solo now…it wasn’t easy to cut the cord but I’m not looking back!

What's your guys' opinion on reta vs tirz to start? I keep seeing that reta can be heavy on the side effects for some, but my wife is on tirz and having a hard time with the lethargy and soreness. Trying to figure out which would be good to start with?

 

[trash5000]

This is basically my path. Over 2 years went into preT2D and briefly just barely T2D. Got prescribed MJ, stayed 2.5 for 6 months, and was at 7.5 when lost insurance and went grey, up to 10. Physical health gains have been miraculous, bloodwork is now perfect and I’ve regained an athletic build. Most of my life I’ve been in shape and didn’t realize how much being overweight (213 max at 5’9”) affected my physical relationship with the world. Things like lost balance came back.

Tho I decided it’s finally time to try and address the blahs that I def have from tirz. Currently down to 7 mg tirz and the last two weeks have added .25 and .5 Reta, no weight gain at all, very slight loss of appetite suppression, we will see if this ends up an improvement.

It's strange the effect it can have! I was mostly heavy, but whenever I leaned out, the best I could describe it is that I felt really WEAK, physically. Just got used to having weight behind all of my movements. Very hard to adjust to

 

[CallieKat]

It's strange the effect it can have! I was mostly heavy, but whenever I leaned out, the best I could describe it is that I felt really WEAK, physically. Just got used to having weight behind all of my movements. Very hard to adjust to

What's your guys' opinion on reta vs tirz to start? I keep seeing that reta can be heavy on the side effects for some, but my wife is on tirz and having a hard time with the lethargy and soreness. Trying to figure out which would be good to start with?

If tirz works stick with it. It’s cheaper. Save the best for when you need it or if tirz doesn’t get you to goal. I feel like tirz still works on calories in calories out with some improvement of metabolism. Reta gives you a big bonus burn for doing nothing and has the potential to make you too skinny. I never got too skinny on tirz but adding a little reta in has made me on the bony side…I probably should gain some now..

 

[trash5000]

If tirz works stick with it. It’s cheaper. Save the best for when you need it or if tirz doesn’t get you to goal. I feel like tirz still works on calories in calories out with some improvement of metabolism. Reta gives you a big bonus burn for doing nothing and has the potential to make you too skinny. I never got too skinny on tirz but adding a little reta in has made me on the bony side…I probably should gain some now..

Thank you! Makes sense. So far leaning toward just starting w tirz, then adding klow once I get evened out. Also, congrats on maintaining! Sometimes the hardest part

 

[CallieKat]

Maintaining is a breeze now….as easy as breathing. All of those years I spent fighting this obesity beast..makes me sad when I think about all of the time that I lost being so unhealthy.

I am very grateful to be one of the ones who responded well. And I’m very grateful that it keeps working for me. I started low dose and I’m still on what many would consider a low dose years later.

 

[nitrohyper]

Started with compounded Tirzepatide but recently moved on to Research Reta! Loving it so far.

 

[Youarewhen]

Reta here only at 3mg a week so far and it’s working almost too well. Gotta stay on top of my protein intake and get it whenever I can.

 

[toomuch77]

New to research tirz. I'm amazed at how it's working in my body.

Really disappointed I didn't learn about the research side of the glp world sooner. I kept thinking my insurance will cover it sooner or later. Lol

 

[riposte]

It's strange the effect it can have! I was mostly heavy, but whenever I leaned out, the best I could describe it is that I felt really WEAK, physically. Just got used to having weight behind all of my movements. Very hard to adjust to

Yeah, this was a nested negative effect for me as well. Obviously losing weight is an overall plus, but it can feel a bit ‘unmanly’ to lose mass as well — things like using your weight as leverage, and you realize you don’t have as much, etc. That’s why it’s key to keep or add muscle.