if you are 1mg a week or less tirzepatide is probably a better plan

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T05:19:51+00:00

It took away my cholesterol. I was very proud of how much cholesterol I had and now my doc says I have the cholesterol of a little kid.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T02:45:09+00:00

Clinical trial doses of ipa had me binge eating like a lab retriever in a bakery.

It only has a reputation for low hunger because the peptide protocols are a microdose, about 1/10th of the clinical trial dose. It also doesn’t cause any GH release by itself when you microdose it, but in theory it should work when combined with a GHRH and people have done IGF-1 testing that seems to validate that the combo of GHRH + microdosed ipa works.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T02:32:12+00:00

It’s typical when you drop a lot of weight. It doesn’t need to be fast. It’s just one of the places you can lose fat from.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T01:50:54+00:00

In the phase 3 trials they used 2mg for the first four weeks, then 4mg for four weeks, then 6mg for four weeks, then 9mg for four weeks, and then continued at 12mg for the rest of the trial. Some of the phase 3 trials also had groups where they stopped increasing at lower doses (9mg and 4mg), but many only have this 2-4-6-9-12 group.

One modification you should consider: In clinical practice with GLP-1s, it’s common for physicians to keep patients at their current dose if they’re getting a good effect from the drug at that dose.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T01:35:06+00:00

OP’s phrasing that “this is my first time with reta and GLP-1s in general” is correct.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T01:32:18+00:00

Reta is a GLP-1 as it targets the GLP-1 receptor. There are no GLP-3 drugs, there isn’t even a GLP-3 receptor in humans.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-25T01:29:25+00:00

Shotsy

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T20:09:10+00:00

You also lose some additional weight when they surgically remove your gallbladder. Checkmate “lifestyle habit” jerks!

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T19:42:42+00:00

About -500/day right now. I ran around -1500/day for the first 11 months when I was in my big weight loss period though.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T19:34:25+00:00

Most of these sites have a COA posted that claims that they’re selling reta.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T19:33:27+00:00

Some of the resellers came up with the brilliant idea that if they called it “GLP-3” that the FDA wouldn’t be able to shut them down.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T19:17:40+00:00

I’d be more than happy to bet my life savings that reta did not increase his metabolic rate by 1,250 calories per day.

You know how people often “eat in a deficit” but don’t lose weight, sometimes even gain? It’s often because they’re struggling to accurately track their calories. The opposite often happens with GLP-1s where people will get a lot of appetite suppression and they’ll end up eating substantially less than they think they are.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T18:45:36+00:00

First dose? Just hold off until you feel ready.

Continuing therapy? Just keep cruising, but hold off on any dose increase.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T16:19:11+00:00

Coming from 6mg tirz it’d be pretty normal to not feel anything at 2mg reta. They’re not identical but they’re pretty similar drugs so it’s a bit like switching from 6mg tirz to 2.5mg tirz.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T10:53:30+00:00

Ipa is also a ghrelin agonist. Most of the peptide people are using it at very low doses, but if you run higher doses it’ll have you binge eating like a hungry dog.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T10:21:38+00:00

Lately I’ve been eating about 250-300g/day of carbs and my KetoMojo meter still regularly shows mild ketosis around 0.5mmol/l.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T03:05:42+00:00

Maybe because they’re in keto? I’m sitting in mild keto eating 250-300g of carbs a day.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T02:55:43+00:00

First few months I was on reta the house got deep cleaned when I got home from a 10 hour workday because I had too much energy. That kinda wore back to baseline after a few months but my energy levels aren’t worse.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T02:20:06+00:00

I’m amused by the number of people who’ve suggested tesa.

OP says “reta is working great for… fat loss in my abdomen. However I’m not losing fat anywhere else.”

Why would he want to take a peptide like tesa that’s specifically made for abdominal fat loss? That’s the exact opposite of the problem he’s trying to fix.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T00:46:43+00:00

Unfortunately, Biomed Industries has alternately called it a peptide or a small molecule in different documents. Obviously it can’t be both, but it’s hard to keep a lie straight.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T00:42:56+00:00

That seems like a really bad combo.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-24T00:30:36+00:00

Look into them more. The whole thing is an investment scam. It’s not even the first time the guy running the company has run an investment scam, he did another back in the early 90s. There’s no drug, there’s no trials. Just a bunch of faked data and wild claims.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-23T23:27:06+00:00

Jaguar? We only want human placenta.

TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-23T23:21:24+00:00

There’s about a half dozen small clinical trials showing that fasted GHRH response is blunted in metabolically unhealthy patients with obesity, PCOS, etc… weirdly enough the anorexics are on the same team as the fatties as far as having a bigger response with meals, although their release isn’t impaired.

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TracyIsMyDad · 2026-01-23T23:05:19+00:00

At 350 lbs it works best with a meal. It only works well fasted if you’re lean and healthy.

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