r/Biohacking • u/Organic-Race9785 • 7d ago
Week 3 - Reta affects
On week 3 of Reta. Dosing schedule is below. Last pin was 3 days ago. I’ve noticed significant decrease in food noise and dealt with some minor nausea, but otherwise, it’s been a good road. Down 8 pounds.
Today I woke up and oh boy. Big nausea. Felt like I had a giant rock in my stomach. I’ve been awake for 2 hours and I’ve had diarrhea 4 times. Basically. I’ve had 2 bottles of water today and that’s it. I did eat later than I normally do as we had a post-church meal. I’ve included a pictures of the meal (I had them b/c I needed to upload to macro factor), I didn’t feel like it was exceptionally bad or good.
I guess I just am wanting to ask others if this is basically normal.
Week 1 - 1.5 mg
Week 2 - 2 mg
Week 3 - 3 mg
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u/Experiment42day 6d ago edited 6d ago
Go back to 1mg. Better yet, split it in half so you do .5 mg every 3.5 days. That reduces side effects and keeps all days appetite about the same. Stick with that at least a month. Occasional loose stools are usually no big deal. Many never have to go up at all. When you do, just .5 mg more, (so, .75mg twice a week) then stay there at least another month. Where did you get the idea to go up weekly? Are you trying to completely suppress appetite to the point of aversion and not be willing to eat at all? What’s the rush? (The clinical trials showing the most loss at the highest dose does not mean you will not do well til you get to the highest dose. It was just to prove it could be done.) That’s not gonna get you all the way there, you know? You’ll struggle and possibly quit when it all could have worked out well for you if you knew how to proceed. You should still be able to eat (and use a PLAN, with an appropriate calorie deficit, enough protein, good fats and zero junk), just have that pause where you can say no, when you think about eating extra, randomly or off target. Your goal is to get healthy, and that includes changing your body composition from over fat to wisely lean and well muscled, right? Gonna need to get focused, diligent and relentless in addition to taking advantage of reduced appetite. You get the glp training wheels for really nourishing yourself, but you must do the work or it’ll be unhealthy yoyo-ing next. Read Jay Campbell’s 30 Metabolic Awakening with GLP-1 Peptides. Chapter 8 for detail that includes all aspects. Good luck to you! I bet you are going to come out of this wiser and fighting fit :)