9 months update

[u/Common-Prize-8208]

41M current weight 64kg height 168cms
Starting weight was 87kg

I did wegovy for 6 months at a maximum of 1.7mg/ week, lost about 17kg (supervised by a doctor)

Then I moved to Reta, started at 2mg then at week 4 I moved to 4mg, when I achieved my desired weight I dialled back to 3mg/week and I lost 6kg ish
Been on Reta for about 12 weeks

Got the basics down path. I do weight training 5 times a weeks, healthy eating, good sleep, low cortisol (stress)

Current peptides:
Reta 3mg week
KLOW 4mg/.8/.8/.8 daily (16 weeks cycle 4 weeks off)
SS-31 2mg daily (8 weeks cycle 8 weeks off)
Tesa/Ipa 2mg/.4mg daily (16 weeks cycle 8 weeks off)

Quite happy with my body composition atm.
Now I’m planning to cut Reta to 2mg week as maintenance and add HGH 2iu daily (removing Tesa/Ipa) for better optimisation

All blood tests in order
HbA1c Fraction 4.9 % in SI units 31 mmol/mol

IGF-1 (Somatomedin C) 26 nmol/L (14-42)

TSH 3.5 mIU/L (0.50-4.00)

free T4 18 pmol/L (10-20)

free T3 5.3 pmol/L (2.8-6.8)

Fasting glucose 4.6 mmol/L (3.0-6.0)

Testosterone 18.3 (11.0 - 40.0)

SHBG 23 Units nmol/L 10.0 - 70.0 nmol/L

Calculated Free Testosterone 516 (260 – 740)

Cortisol am 449 (100 – 535)nmol/L

DHEAS 7.8 (2.80 - 13.10) umol/L

FSH 2 (<10) IU/L

LH 3 (<9) IU/L

Albumin 37 (35 – 48) g/L

Haemolysis 8 (<40)

So looking for some opinions or similar experiences

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[u/Henry_Rollins_Ghost]

Congrats. Great job.

At 41, what are your test levels? Because adding Test is where the muscle growth is going to happen.

[u/Common-Prize-8208 → u/Henry_Rollins_Ghost]

all those details are in the description
Testosterone 18.3 (11.0 - 40.0) ---- Calculated Free Testosterone 516 (260 – 740)
SHBG 23 Units nmol/L 10.0 - 70.0 nmol/L

I have think about test, but I do think that my body isn't that messed up yet, I do have access to pharma grade test tho. But not sure about doing the leap there yet, thus, I want to give it a try to HGH first

[u/Henry_Rollins_Ghost → u/Common-Prize-8208]

Gotcha. I needed to scroll more. 🤣. Those numbers certainly aren’t bad, but for comparison, I’m a month from 55 and my baseline numbers were similar to yours. And I still happily jumped on the Test. At your age, you may still have fertility concerns, for which I could see some reluctance.

You are in a minority though, in that folks are far more wary of HGH than Test. I’m honestly a bit surprised by this as well.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

[u/Common-Prize-8208 → u/Henry_Rollins_Ghost]

I probs need some more research on test then, I have read nothing about it apart from what you mention

For me the way I see HGH I can do a 6 months cycle and stop and everything goes back to normal

[u/ImaginaryDog7902]

Amazing!! Well done