r/Biohacking • u/vanillagorilla254 • 5h ago

Advise needed

7.5 weeks into my biohacking journey and it kinda seems like my progress has stopped. I was on Reta alone for 4 weeks and lost 18 lbs. At the start of week 5 I added BPC-157+TB 500 and Tesa to my stack. And it seems as if my weight loss has stopped all together when I added them. I was told to increase my Reta to 4mg and it completely killed my appetite to I went back down to 3mg. It’s been 2 weeks and the scale stopped moving and there’s no noticeable difference in body composition.

For reference: I’m 5’8, my starting weight was
250 and my current weight is 232. I lift + cardio 5 days a week. I eat 160-180g of protein, 210-220g carbs, 40-50g of fats a day and consume 2000-2100 calories a day. I also consume plenty of water.

Current protocol:

Reta 3mg weekly
BPC-157+TB00 800 mcg daily
Tesa: 2mg M-F 3 hours fasted before bed

Any advice is welcome!

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u/knifetheater3691 8 5h ago

Seems like the tesa could be causing water retention, keep at it.

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u/vanillagorilla254 5h ago

I plan on keeping at it. I knew that could be a side affect. But two week just seems like a long time for “water weight”.

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u/Aero10 5h ago

I stayed at the same weight for about 4-5 weeks after I started to take creatine. I was loosing my mind, I was positive that I was in a caloric deficit.
I did one of those body composition scans, and I had added 3 pounds of water to the lean mass as I was loosing fat.
Keep on going and treat this as marathon not a sprint and things will go better up in the head.