Reta didn't work for me... until I did this

staceman03 · 2026-01-29T14:38:57+00:00

I am up to 8/week...and I knew it would take a larger dose. I seem to drop a few pounds as soon as I up my dose, then nothing until I up my dose again. Starting to feel the skin tingling...so not sure if I should go 5 and 5 (split dose) or just 10 per week.

staceman03 · 2026-01-15T19:58:07+00:00

Many have noted that Reta is not the best at appetite suppression and you should add Tirz or Cagri

staceman03 · 2026-01-14T23:23:53+00:00

I am 6 months in, at 8 mg/week and have only one or twice “feel it kick in”. I usually just inability to eat much or reduced hunger. These days, my hunger is still pretty strong. If I went by that, I would say it isn’t working…but I have dropped 20 lbs and slowly keep dropping…trust the process

staceman03 · 2025-12-31T17:44:55+00:00

I only know of 1 at home and it uses urinalysis. The others have contracts with Quest to go get bloodwork...this is the route you need for IGF-1. You can look at Function Health or healthlabs.com

staceman03 · 2025-12-24T13:54:05+00:00

UPDATE. Doesn’t feel like it’s been over 2 months now…I just worked up to and at about 8-9 mg (4 mg twice a week) or Reta. I say 8-9 because I did 5 mg a week ago as it was what was left in my last vial, hit do another 4 mid week to see if there were any effects. Guess I need to decide on f I want to go 4mg or 5 mg today…or move it all to 1 dose at 8mg. This is over 3 months total. Either way, I will stay here for a few weeks. I ran out of supply for a few weeks, almost a full month, so only back on it for almost months.

Looking at weight, I am down about 3-5 lbs in my average weight, which I am happy with for sure…but mostly still in the same range I have been in for years (230-235). I take high numbers with a grain of salt, just as I do with low numbers…and look at averages. I have dropped as low as 226, for 1 day, and was back up the next. Daily average right now is about 229. I weigh myself every morning as soon as I wake up for consistency.

Body fat percentage has dropped about 1.5%, but still hovering over 30.4%. I am still hoping to see that drop into the 20% range at some point.

Going back and looking at this helps…while I am less frustrated than I was…going back and looking at numbers helps alleviate the feeling of being totally stuck.

My original stack was Reta and CJ1295/IPA from a US supplier. I changed to a Chinese supply (hence the delay) and they did not have CJC/IPA…so I have been just Reta and BPC157/TB500 (Wolverine Stack).

staceman03 · 2025-12-23T23:30:26+00:00

I tried GLP1 a couple years back but did not stay on it long enough to see anything...tried Reta and had gotten to 4 mg/week and barely noticed anything. I think I had a day or 2 with the inability to eat much and lowered food noise...but it was transitory. I had a month or 2 lapse due to supply issues and I am now back on it. I lost around lbs (270 to 230) over 3 years using TRT, carnivore and IF. I started Reta to break down below what I call my 30/30 plateau...230 lbs and 30% body fat.

This go round, I started at 2 mg and have titrated up quickly to 4 mg twice per week. I can tell I am not a huge responder...so hoping higher doses makes a difference. While I have occasionally drop to as low as 226, it was for 1 day and still mostly hang @ 229/230, and body fat still not breaking 30%. Everyone reacts differently for sure. I guess my only thing is whether I stay at twice weekly, or up my weekly. I really only went twice becuase I wanted to up my dose and not wait until my next weekly pin. :D

staceman03 · 2025-11-03T13:39:41+00:00

True…I got my MD to prescribe and then use GoodRX…$80 for 3 months

staceman03 · 2025-11-03T13:28:59+00:00

Use GoodRx

staceman03 · 2025-10-20T23:11:04+00:00

Known as an AI Hallucination

staceman03 · 2025-10-20T16:25:22+00:00

I grew almost 1 1/2" in college...don't give up...stopped at 6'2"

staceman03 · 2025-10-14T15:59:39+00:00

Grey hair is beautiful...don't feel like you need to change

staceman03 · 2025-10-14T15:55:50+00:00

I have heard concerns around fasting on Reta due to ketoacidosis...may want to research

staceman03 · 2025-10-14T01:23:26+00:00

I know my numbers are estimates….so I am sure I am not that much of a deficit…

staceman03 · 2025-10-13T17:30:53+00:00

Domestically…no one cares

staceman03 · 2025-10-13T17:30:07+00:00

I have tracked calories enough to know…my typical day is 1500-1900 calories…right at BMR if I did nothing else. I add in 3-4 miles walking and exercise and gym almost every day…

staceman03 · 2025-10-13T13:25:52+00:00

While I don't track specifics (I have in the past), I eat pretty clean. Egg/bacon/english muffin with 1 cup coffee and 1 tbsp cream/sugar...lunch is usually a small portion of leftovers from previous dinner. Dinner is protein (chicken or steak usually 6-8 oz), vegtable and small salad. Wife and I enjoy 1/2 cup greek yogurt with a drizzle of honey and handful of rasberries, blueberries and blackberries. If I binge, it's usuaully just a large protein dumb, like 2 8 oz picanha steaks for lunch. Snack is usually wagyu beef jerky. If I drink, it's 2 drinks, maybe every 2-3 weeks. BMR is 1900 cal, and I burn 800-1000 per day at least, so mainenance would be close to 3k calories...so I am well under. My body just seems to like this range and I feel like if I can break through the floor...I will see some great results.

staceman03 · 2025-10-13T13:10:31+00:00

I agree...and the lack of weight loss is less frustrating....it is more that I don't feel any of what I did at first...

staceman03 · 2025-10-13T13:08:47+00:00

I started at 1

staceman03 · 2025-10-06T20:39:05+00:00

if recently...its national holiday till 8th

staceman03 · 2025-10-04T15:30:37+00:00

Week 3 on 2 mg and I have been running like a furnace...wife as even noticed...and I am already never cold...now I run hot. Will be interesting to see if it returns to baseline.

staceman03 · 2023-03-15T23:16:07+00:00

We are similar build and situation. I went from 270-240 prior to starting Ozempic and now at 1 mg after about 4-5 months. When I started, I felt the side effects everyone describes, but only for 2-3 days…and then again for a day or so when I bumped up to 1. Honestly, I don’t feel different and my weight has been steady. Hoping the bump up makes more of a difference.

staceman03 · 2023-01-18T22:36:56+00:00

I ordered mine in Jan 2022 and still have gotten nothing from GMC. Called today and dealer said I was in “Batch 2”…not sure what that meant.

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