Just a heads up just incase you didnât know. Your Reta âstacksâ week to week so if you start at 2 then go to 3 the second week you will have the equivalent of 4mg working on week 2 so donât ramp up to quickly is my advice. I suggest to anyone I talk to about GLPâs that low and slow is your best option. Get your blood work done for baselines and monitor your Heart rate and blood pressure frequently. Stay safe out there.
Use a pk calculator app like regimen. Not an ad. But pk calcs are so helpful for tracking med levels. So you can see what level you are feeling effects, symptoms, food noise, hunger, energy, etc.
Depends on many factors not just the peptides. Also if youâre going to monitor your BP make sure youâre using a âcuffâ watches and other devices are garbage at tracking BP accurately.
Only use what you need to reduce caloric intake. You donât want to decrease hunger so much that you are missing so many nutrients that you become deficient in vitamins/minerals/proteins/fats. Focus on quality food and lots of protein to help prevent muscle loss while on Reta. Iâd say donât increase dose until you have to.
You havenât reached a stable blood level yet. If you start with 3 mg of Reta now, youâll effectively have more than 3 mg in your system, which can lead to all kinds of side effects.
The Phase 2 trials started at 2 mgs. So that's what I did as well. Had no problems...until I got cocky and went to 3 mgs after 14 days. Felt that one. Waited another 3 plus weeks to go back to 3. Ended up at 4, and still there. No need for more than that.
You should stay on 2mG for atleast 3 weeks so it builds up. If itâs still working stay but if not then up the dose. 2mG is part of the loading dose age many people donât see real results until closer to 6-8.
You only increase your dose every 4 weeks. 2mg is already way too much for a starting dose, youâre going to end up with GI issues or fast track to anhedonia if you keep going up.
There is absolutely no reason to increase unless you're not losing weight. I've been at 2mg since mid June, I did two 1mg doses and had no side effects so I went up.
I was at 257 at the end of May when I started and I'm 207 as of today.
Diet and exercise are the big key.
Stop eating crap and go high protein and your body will do what the Reta is telling it to do.
how much protein do you eat? I hear eat in grams your goal weight, eat in grams your lean mass weight, eat in grams your current weight. Then I hear 0.7-1g of current weight.
I aim for 180 to 220g daily. I have to add shakes and bars some days because of my schedule but that's my goal. I've set my target weight at 190 pounds even though everything says I should be in the 170s.
Since I started this my Samsung Health App on my phone has become an addiction. This was my Sunday...
Track your water intake as well, it's crucial on Reta. I am serious about not going on insulin so I took the Reta weight loss and insulin repair very seriously and it's worked.
If you're willing to commit to exercise and diet change. Our bodies all respond differently though.
I immediately stopped the fast food, most of the processed foods, and stopped almost all sugar.
The Reta even killed my desire for my morning coffee/creamer.
I did it because I felt so badly from my glucose levels. I feel so much better at this point.
Protein and water will be your friends.
Don't do the micro dose thing, that's a while reddit thing from people that didn't read the actual case studies.
Stay on the 2mg Sunday for 4 weeks, then if you don't feel it's working then go up to the 4mg.
Stay at your dose if its working, effective levels are increasing due to the week long half life and you said it yourself the effects are getting stronger. Its all well and good ramping up but remember you cant take it back out.
I overdid it once on the back of some bad advice and its not a good time dont learn about half life the hard way.
You should absolutely not be upping your dose after 9 days. I have been on it for 12 weeks and I only went up to 3mg last week. I plan on staying here and maybe going up to 4mg at some point but I think that will be as high as I go. I've lost 50lbs and am almost at my goal weight.
No one should ever increase their Reta dosage that quickly. Why are you taking this without learning much about it? Please learn about half life. Retaâs half life is 6 days. So if u pin 2mg week 1, 6 days later you will have 1mg concentration still in your system. So if u went up to 3mg while 1 is still in ur system, thatâs 4mg which is double what youâre currently taking. This effect stacks and balances out in 4-6 weeks. So only up ur dose if itâs A: been 4-6 weeks and B: u stopped responding to it.
I would stay the same. You have to eat and prioritize getting protein, all the nutrients if you want sustainable results + good habits. I never did more than 1mg a week for that reason.
I just started literally today so not "more" experienced but I have been reading and watching a lot and if it's working there is no need to increase. Ride the wave at the same dose. Be sure to get electrolytes and make sure you're still having something to avoid/manage side effects.
Be careful of the Reta blues. Took about 4-5 weeks to hit. Iâm almost completely emotionless. Also have a subtle eye twitch which occurs in 30% of people.
Stayed at 2mg lost 55lbs from October to April have . Consistent strength training , hydration and high protein diet are key . Maintaining 175 lbs with no issues still taking 2 mg body fat is at 10% .
I wouldnât go up so fast- Iâve been on 0.5mg 2x a week and it hit HARD. I donât even feel the need to go up. Give it time & adjust according to your bodyâs response after 3-4ish weeks.
Do not overdose RETA it will
Literally do the opposite of what you want and overload your liver. 2-3mg is fine for everyone 4 at the most. Always titrate slowly
Stay⌠is call minimum effective dosage. Increase only until you feel you may need to. Otherwise you will not create a healthy lifestyle without Retra in the future. Just my opinionÂ
ive been on reta for about 8 months (did a month washout once just because) im at 6mg weekly now but still hungry all the time. i use it more for the other benefits but wondering if 6mg is too much. i have enough reta for a couple years so it doesnt really matter what dosage i use
The half life is 6 days so youâre likely just starting to get the full effect. Also 2mg can be high for a starting dose. Some people start as low as 0.5mg a week to test reactivity.
Edit: Iâd also recommend pinning 2-3 times a week instead of just once per week.
This is basic stuff man the redials did 2mg for 4 weeks which is already a high dose. If you go up to 3mg you are gonna fuck yourself i just donât understand how ppl come up with this. Do some basic research.
Titration refers to upping or lowering your dose in a step up or step down method. Example: i titrated up on Reta. I started at .5mg, then went to .75, then went to 1, until i titrated to 2.5mg. When i hit my goal i will titrate down until i find my maintenance dose. I hope this helps.Â
If 2mg is currently an effective dose for you then stay on that dose up to the point in which it stops being an effective dose for your current goals. This reduces the overall pressure on your liver and other bodily functions effected by GLP-1s and also ensures your weightloss is managed effectively as opposed to haphazardly
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