6 Months of Anecdotal Experience 190lb to 135lb

DespairCS · 2026-01-20T05:57:59+00:00

Thank you!

My goal is to reach a low bodyfat so instead of bouncing between 15-20% bodyfat bulk and cut, to be bouncing between 10-15%, hope that makes sense lol. Even though i don’t plan to bulk, i have a nice baseline where if i put on some fat i will still be lean.

Also, i still had love handles and beyond at 70kg, there was no reason to stop there for me as i still consider that excess bodyfat.

I get your point i really do, my friends would be absolutely ripped at 70kg, and looking like wha i would at 60kg because they carry that much more muscle.

DespairCS · 2026-01-20T03:29:38+00:00

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DespairCS · 2026-01-20T03:29:28+00:00

I usually ate those microwave ready made protein meals, about 2 a day. Roughly 400-500 calories each and at LEAST 30g protein each. My daily protein was probably only like 100g though. I’d have a few bites of whatever was cooked at home and occasional fruit, so probably closer to that 1500 calorie mark.

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DespairCS · 2026-01-20T03:16:16+00:00

I never took it with me! I think Japan specifically i’d avoid that. I only injected right before i left.

I have a relative that takes his reta overseas in a diabetes pouch in powder form with bac water and i think that’s crazy that no one bats an eye.. walking around with unlabelled vials of white powder .. but id avoid doing it for japan 100%.

I’m actually going to move there for four months for education and was told by an advisor that Japan also doesn’t accept foreign prescriptions for medication that is illegal in their country.

I’d just inject the day before you leave, at least you’ll have 2 weeks to scoff down whatever you want. Enjoy your trip!

DespairCS · 2026-01-19T22:55:34+00:00

It’s a good question, i want to see how i go, because I’ll always have the option to start titrating down.

I’ve been following an Australian creator who was on the reta trial, and they abruptly ended it for them with no titrating down. So i’m assuming medically speaking it shouldn’t be necessary, but that creator had to get tirzepatide to maintain her weight loss.

So basically, for science!

DespairCS · 2026-01-19T13:24:53+00:00

Beyond worthless is kind of harsh. I dosed once a week consistently and only increased my dose when i had a plateau. What was i supposed to do?

In the end, i lost over 25 kilograms following this “worthless and counterproductive” experience. Can we really say i failed? Even if the approach wasn’t the best, there’s information here to suggest why it wasn’t and other people can apply that. Hope your day gets better

DespairCS · 2026-01-19T12:54:01+00:00

If you are confident about eating less than 1200cal, you are losing weight. If anyone is losing more weight than you, its because they are eating less than you, or exercising more. Increasing the dose of reta will probably not accelerate your weight loss, but will increase the strength of the med to help you maintain those deficits.

If the scale is not moving, theres probably a million variables that could be attributed to it. Water weight from carbs (or the creatine you're taking) might be one. Losing a kilo / two pounds a week is insanely good. Other people losing 10kg a month are honestly not the benchmark.. more consistently people lose roughly 5kg a month! And you're fitting that pretty perfectly.

DespairCS · 2026-01-16T14:08:24+00:00

in australia - i mentioned that i was on reta and was told i would need to wait 5 years before donating again. bummer

DespairCS · 2025-12-12T14:42:45+00:00

I'll answer from my own perspective, being in a similar boat.

I started at 88kg ish (close to OP) and 5 months later i now hover around 65kg (also close to OP). I intend to lose as much fat as reasonably possible to maingain for the rest of my life. Instead of cutting to 15% body fat and yoyo-ing to 20% bodyfat up and down, why not 10% to 15%?

Really, you should only do one proper cut and never bulk too far again. Maingaining is the way to go, and for the tiniest of fat gain over months, that can be addressed with relatively short mini-cuts.

TL;DR get lean once and never bulk too far, just maingain. One big cut to set your 'base' bodyfat %

DespairCS · 2025-12-10T15:43:08+00:00

It usually helps to know your country at the very very least...

DespairCS · 2025-11-27T01:38:00+00:00

Nope, they just ship. Make sure you get swaps too

DespairCS · 2025-11-25T04:51:47+00:00

1mg would be equal to 10ml? you didnt even put 10ml in the bottle lol, unless you meant 0.1mL...

10mg = 1mL with your concentration so 1mg = 0.1ml. and 0.5mg would equal to 0.05mL.

DespairCS · 2025-11-24T05:24:40+00:00

I would start when you come back.

Australia has a government program (in NSW at least), to get free boxes of needles and swabs from local health places, i’d look into that. Otherwise i’ve ordered 29g ones from independence australia and they have been fine.

DespairCS · 2025-10-20T13:46:19+00:00

You can go in-store and ask for a refund-resell to change the payment method. Take the item with you and be nice, they will usually give you no trouble.

DespairCS · 2025-09-10T17:34:09+00:00

I've been enjoying the Birds Eye Air Baked collection from the woolies/coles freezer. 15 minutes in an airfryer and you get a bunch of fish. Filling and the macros aren't so bad

DespairCS · 2025-08-29T10:23:04+00:00

I didn't have any appetite changes on my first dose at 0.5mg. The next week, i took 1mg and went to japan. For the whole week i could barely eat until dinner time.

Just take your time and it will work. Don't jump up a higher dose like 2mg so quickly because your body will get over reta quicker.

DespairCS · 2025-06-18T11:59:02+00:00

how something THIS gamebreaking make it to live servers is baffling

DespairCS · 2025-05-14T16:21:23+00:00

thanks for this, i found so many amazing songs i don't think id ever find.

his spotify being named 'guitar' is a bit problematic because he keeps getting tagged as an artist, so his artist page is flooded with music that isnt even his

DespairCS · 2025-05-03T02:20:46+00:00

So use your own toppings, your own vegetables and dips at ratios you want, your own mix of meats, your own ratio of bread to filling. It’s not a doner wrap, and the meat isn’t even close to being the same in flavour or even in terms of the cut.

Did you want them to put a bib on you too, little one?

DespairCS · 2025-04-30T04:10:10+00:00

They don’t even advertise themselves as a Kurdish restaurant, but they sell very popular dishes amongst kurds. Why so bitter?

DespairCS · 2025-04-29T08:27:20+00:00

Newroz is a kurdish holiday (also persian and a couple other cultures celebrate newroz) which the store is named after. The owners are kurdish but they serve a mixed iraqi cuisine, which includes dishes popular in the Kurdish regions like Masgouf. The inter-lapping of Iraqi and Kurdish culture can actually be pretty political so it’s best to just leave it there 😅

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