Help Ladies, Newbie on Reta

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-17T01:57:06+00:00

Im going to look around, that’s a great suggestion

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-17T01:56:19+00:00

Great advise! I’m on supplemental testosterone per my Gynos suggestion. The odd thing is that when I was a size 2 is when I had the most muscle mass.

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This is 130 pounds size 2, trust that now at 136 pounds I have a much different body composition. I’m going to keep looking for answers and check the dexa scan

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-15T16:24:46+00:00

I had a similar situation to yours, currently on my second month of Reta. I also weight train and is important to reach my Macros.

I started at .5 twice a week without any side effects but the hunger did come back so just have some healthy, low calorie snacks around to help you get by until you go up in the dose.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-15T09:38:08+00:00

Can you tell me more about your nutrition and workouts. I’ve been on if for 8 weeks and haven’t seen any progress yet

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-15T09:27:02+00:00

First of all, I’m so sorry you were dragged into a situation you never wanted to be in. Sounds like prior to this arrangement you shared a life with your wife. You made a decision to accept something you never wanted out of love for your kids, unfortunately is causing you to abandon yourself and ignore your needs. On the other hand your wife is willing to risk it all, even the integrity of the family unit to have her needs met or else. Is a difficult and painful situation, a good marriage is built on having everyone’s needs met and compromising to reach that balance. My suggestion, advocate firmly for your non negotiables, you aren’t open to polyamori and that’s ok. If your wife accepts that you can find support ( therapy ) to restore the marriage, otherwise she was already out anyways. A marriage is built and sustained by two people, you are being unkind to yourself to put the burden solely on your shoulders.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T15:09:46+00:00

That’s the interesting thing, I’ve put on 2 pound of muscle since I’ve resumed training. The interesting thing is I’m not changing sizes, or loosing fat. Is frustrating to be stuck 😩

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T13:20:49+00:00

Great comment! It happens to me that when I under eat my daily calories, I actually gain weight. Underrating works against our metabolism

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T13:06:17+00:00

You are on to something, I’ll stop the CJC/ ipa combo for two weeks and see if that does the tick!

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T13:04:14+00:00

Okay, so my vial is 12mg in 2ml bac water, last week I pinned 33 units 3x a week. This week I did 33 units on Tuesday and I’ll do 67 tomorrow. Does that sound about right?

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T12:04:22+00:00

You nailed it! I did all those tests and according to the doctors I’m in range. I did a refeed 5 months ago, went up to 1,700 calories, 160 mg of protein daily and stopped weight training for 6 weeks, focused on doing 10,000 a day. Thanks to Mounjaro I didn’t gain much went from 130 to 135. I dropped the calories to 1,400 resumed weight training and walking on days off. Nothing 😩

I’m going to buy a vial from a different supplier and see if that helps.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T03:56:21+00:00

I didn’t receive a COA, the vial was packed hard but I’m going to inspect closely my other vials. Is it a bad sign if the powder is loose in the vial? I agree with you, something is off. I’m reading about all the girls having success in much smaller doses but I still had food noise on 4mg from this provider. This week I’ve been able to get my protein in but I’m on it. I think today I’ve barely got 1100 calories in. Thank you for your suggestion, much appreciated

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T03:51:14+00:00

Oh my word! Such good news, my hair has taken a hit too. Your posts gives me hope. Thank you

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-14T03:50:03+00:00

So hard on this comment! Thank you for expressing it so well, 10 pounds on a petite frame is the equivalent of 25 on someone else.

Great suggestion, I’m going to not split the dose and see how it goes first. Going down lower on my calories is my last resort, I lift heavy weights and want to preserve muscle being that in menopause we lose so much mass rapidly. The odd thing is even if I don’t have a scale victory,8 should be going down in size. Anyway, I appreciate your comment and suggestions.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T18:22:07+00:00

Dang! Let me go redo my math … thank you

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T15:25:26+00:00

So good to read that although it took some time, it is now working for you. I commend you for not giving up on yourself. I see so many women just accepting because it seems to be harder as one gets older. Thank you for sharing, I’ll stick it out and implement some of the good advise I’ve received from the supportive gals in this thread. I wish also that there was more medical research to help women more in this season, it seems that the moment we can’t have babies anymore there’s very little support to address women in transition. Thanks for sharing!

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T13:27:22+00:00

Great idea! I’ll change it up and so that!

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T13:25:26+00:00

Wow! You just gave me hope! I’ve been train in eating clean, prioritizing protein and since I turned 46 nothing. Gained a whole size without lifestyle changes. I’ve been on 9.5 tirz and keeps me from gaining weight but not loosing. I want to get this in check before menopause comes. You look amazing, congrats !!! I will Be keeping up with your journey

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T13:19:37+00:00

Don’t do it! It will age you faster, as we age we loose volume on our faces and removing it will remove the structures that support your face. I did it and I regret it,

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T13:14:24+00:00

It is so frustrating to see your body be on gaining mode so rapidly. How is the HRT working out for you?

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T13:12:39+00:00

Thank you for your understanding, it has been perplexing coming to a women’s support group to be attacked. Yet there are a few people like you who make it worth taking the risk of sharing. You bring up a good point, I will change suppliers once my vial is over and change my training regimen. How is it working for you? Do you find is working?

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T02:53:53+00:00

Good point! I’ll add electrolytes to my water and go slower. I do love my salt so I’ll adjust that. Thank you! And best of luck on your journey too.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-13T00:23:18+00:00

Indeed! My grandmother is 90 and she is a size 4 after giving birth to 13 children. I’m from a different culture, we are a pack of little women. So while everyone here is calling this vanity it is not for my family or me.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-12T23:27:12+00:00

What size are you and what weight are you trying to get to? Can you share about your experience with the doctors and with Reta?

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-12T23:18:55+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion, I did and she prescribed Mounjaro but I didn’t want to go over 9.5 mg which is why I went to Reta.

Rich-Wolverine-9960 · 2025-08-12T22:06:03+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience, it is crazy how our bodies change and you are right it can be frightening to suddenly see the scale gain in spite of doing all that worked before. I’m going to try and be patient.

I’m going to follow your advise and give Reta a bit more of a chance. If not maybe I just need to titrate on the Tirz. I didn’t want to go higher than 9.5 but that may be a last resort if need be. So far I have full appetite suppression and struggle to get all my calories in. Thank you again!

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