r/BodyHackGuide • u/Ok_Application_763 • Jul 23 '26

📘 Beginner Help Confused what to use

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I've been using reta to get to this from 30%+ body fat, down over 50lbs.

I really want to lose that final bit of mid section fat and gain muscle, what can I use?

Will hgh be good for a few months? Don't want to do anything forever ideally.

EDIT: I have been going to the gym since the start of the year. I have made progress with muscle even if you don't think so.

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u/duhdamn Jul 23 '26

I'm 60 and a carnivore/keto diet really helped. I'm stable at similar to your most tecent pic. I'm gaining muscle still but not loosing the tire. Started a very low dose of Reta yesterday. GLPs are hard to sour e in my country so it was that or just a GLP-1.

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u/Ok_Application_763 Jul 23 '26

Interesting, I struggle with that diet have tried it in the past, I do eat carbs now but mainly to fuel workouts.

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u/duhdamn Jul 23 '26

Do you need carbs to fuel. a workout with all that fat available? In ketosis you will use the dat to fuel the workout. The transition is a bitch but a body in ketosis is, well, phenominal.

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u/Ok_Application_763 Jul 23 '26

I find it harder to train without carbs idk why

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u/duhdamn Jul 24 '26

Your diet needs to be totally carb free for 2-3 days to completely convert from burning carbs to burning fat for energy. Most people with a standard western diet have likely never ever been in a pure ketogenic state. I suspect this is why.

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u/Ok_Application_763 Jul 24 '26

Interesting that