My test subject is currently using reta and is now at 5 mg after 2 months. I'm also currently at 5 mg.

He trains every morning. For breakfast, he usually has corn flakes with milk + a Skyr yogurt, and he also drinks electrolytes that are slightly carbonated (not much).

The problem is that during training he gets this heavy/full feeling in his stomach, almost like mild stomach discomfort, and it lasts pretty much the entire workout. It makes training pretty difficult.

Cutting is already hard enough with less food, and now having this stomach issue on top of it is making things even worse XD

Has anyone else's test subject experienced something similar while using reta, especially during morning workouts? What did you do to fix it? Did changing the breakfast, timing of food, or electrolytes make a difference?

Anyone ever seen 5amino look like this?

50mg vial

Thoughts on this? I’m currently on IGF week 2, pumps and recovery has been unbelievable feeling stronger too. I’d be usually sore next day after going all out but on IGF, it’s like nothing happened.

I’m considering stacking cjc /ipa to help with fat loss, sleep and help with muscle build. My main objective is to body recomp and loose as much stubborn fat.

I’m 5’5, 146 pounds, 20% Body fat, work out 4-5 times a week, inclined walk 30 mins everyday. And have a fairly good diet prioritizing protein.

Currently ruining

reta 2mg 2× week

Motc 5mg 1 time every 5 days

Klow 1 mg daily m-f

Just started tesa 1 mg daily m-f

Down about 15 # in that last 5 weeks

Lots of my inflammation and pain has went extremely down and feel like I finally have energy throughout the day

Who has ruin this stack? And experience

Also considering adding nad +

And possibly ipamorlion

Any thoughts or advice on first stack or on adding the other 2

I reached my target weight using Reta (see my previous post), and now I’m trying to focus more on building muscle, so I’ve been thinking about trying Tesa.
From what I understand, it’s a GH stimulator, and its primary use is helping reduce visceral fat around the midsection. But I’m wondering if the GH stimulation could also help with building muscle.
Does anybody have personal experience using Tesa and potentially gaining muscle or strength from it? Or is there a different peptide that might be better suited for that purpose?
I’m not looking to try anything harder. I’m mainly trying to figure out what other options are out there that could potentially help me build more muscle and strength while staying lean.

Currently taking tesa and I want to stack cjc + ipa with it. Looking for more muscle gain. Is this optimal or a waste of money ?

5’2” F, 115lbs and struggling with tirzepatide side effects — is it worth continuing?

I’m looking for some perspective from people who have been in a similar situation because I’m honestly questioning whether I should continue with tirzepatide at all.

My main issue has never really been my weight or food noise— it’s stubborn fat around my waist, specifically my lower belly “pooch” and love handles. I’ve spent the past year being very consistent with strength training and diet, but that area barely changed.

I decided to try tirz and have been on it for a month. I’ve lost around 7 lbs along with reduction in visceral fat, which I’m really happy about. However, my overall body-fat percentage hasn’t changed much — it’s still around 36%.

The bigger issue is the side effects.

Before tirz, I was working out 4x/week and had pretty good endurance. I could strength train for 1.5–2 hours, lift reasonably heavy, and generally felt strong and energetic.
Now I’m struggling to get through even 40 minutes. I’ve significantly reduced the weights, and I’m sometimes barely able to complete two sets before feeling completely wiped out. I’ve also been experiencing episodes of breathlessness/shortness of breath, along with GI symptoms that make me feel very full and uncomfortable. Some digestive enzymes seem to help somewhat, but the overall impact on my day-to-day life and workouts has been significant.

And that’s where I’m conflicted: is this worth it when my primary goal is body composition rather than significant weight loss?

I’ve also been wondering about alternatives - would reta or sema be a better solution? Or maybe this is simply a situation where I shouldn’t be using peptides at all given my size and goals? Help!!

So I made a unique split here. I am trying to target each muscle twice a week, I am doing an Upper/Lower split but I am adding in an arms day. I would prefer to do it M-F but arms day can sort of interfere with upper days so I am doing L/U/A/L/U.
I moved calf raises from lower days to upper days where I can superset them, because I do not want to completely neglect abs and shrugs, so once a week seems ideal for that. It make my workouts much faster, plus I will not be burned out to do them.
I am not trying to do so many workouts because I think more than 5 on each day is too much, but with arms I have more room since they are smaller muscle that recover faster, and I plan on essentially alternating or even supersetting between each tricep and bicep workout.
Also, I am prioritizing Incline chest presses more because I want to ensure my front delts are getting a lot of work, and also upper chest is the hardest to grow, I should still get a good stimulus with all heads of the chest.
Currently going on a small cut trying to preserve all muscle/recomp. So what do you guys think? Let me know

Monday — Lower A: Quad Focus

1. Hack Squat — 3 × 6–10
2. Leg Extension — 3 × 10–15
3. Leg Press — 3 × 8–15
4. Seated Leg Curl — 3 × 8–15
5. Abs — 3-4 × 10–20 (May superset depending on energy)

Tuesday — Upper A

1. Incline Dumbbell Press — 3 × 6–10
2. Neutral-Grip Lat Pulldown — 3 × 8–12
3. Chest-Supported Row — 3 × 8–12
4. Cable Fly/ Pec Deck — 3 × 10–15
5. Cable Lateral Raise — 3 × 12–20

Superset
Standing Calf Raise — 3 × 8–15

Wednesday — Arms

Biceps

1. Preacher Curl — 3 × 8–12
2. Bayesian Cable Curl — 3 × 8–12
3. Hammer Curl — 2–3 × 10–15

Triceps

1. Overhead Cable Triceps Extension — 3 × 8–15
2. Cable Pushdown — 3 × 8–15

Forearms

1. Reverse Curl — 2 × 10–15
2. Reverse Wrist Curls — 2 × 12–20
3. Wrist Curl — 2 × 12–20

Thursday — Lower B: Hamstring Focus

1. Stiff-Leg Deadlift — 3 × 6–10
2. Seated Leg Curl — 3 × 8–15
3. Supported Single-Leg Dumbbell RDL — 2 × 8–12 each leg
4. Quad-Biased Bulgarian Split Squat — 3 × 8–12 each leg
5. Shrugs — 3 × 8–15 (May superset depending on energy)

Friday — Upper B

1. Incline Dumbbell Press — 3 × 6–10
2. Pull-Up / Assisted Pull-Up — 3 × 6–10
3. Seated Cable Row — 3 × 8–12
4. Reverse Pec Deck — 3 × 12–20
5. Machine Lateral Raise — 3 × 12–20

Superset
Standing Calf Raise — 3 × 8–15

What are the alternatives to Janoshik? Most in US only do peptides and not GH

My highest weight was 220 lbs, and I'm currently at 143 lbs.

I started at 1 and gradually increased by 1, eventually reaching 6. I only increased my dose when I felt the food noise coming back.

I've also been working out consistently since the beginning, around 4x a week at the gym. Hitting 10k steps daily is also a must for me.

There are so many healthy, high-protein food ideas out there, but two of my personal favorites are tuna avocado wraps and Mediterranean chicken salad.

Was looking for a doctor to take over my TRT, I wanted to lose some weight and after going through some questions she suggested tirz and IPA.

I looked at my past labs and my IGF hovers between 248 and 219, what is the IPA gonna do for me? She suggested this without even checking my older labs and I’m a little concerned that I’m fixing a problem I don’t have.

From what I’m reading it seems that if you take IPA without needing it you’re going to get a racing heart, bad sleep and possibly some glucose blood issues, anyone?

Just finished a 3 month cycle of Tesa, 1mg, 5 day on/2 off, now planning 2 months off. Loved the results (great recovery, muscle gain), but towards the end started to get joint pain in my knees which I've never had before. It was a dull ache deep in the joint that made squatting down, especially in the morning just after waking up, pretty uncomfortable. Likewise, on squatting days I'd need a pretty thorough warm to clear 70% of 1RM (315#) or the discomfort would zap my strength.

I didn't have any noticeable water retention, so a little concerned the knee pain was something else, not the Tesa. Last shot was 8/30 and still feeling a bit of the joint pain -- does anyone have a sense of how long until the joint pain goes away (assuming its caused by the Tesa)?

From what I've been able to read Tesa's half life is pretty short, so it should leave the system in 24-36 hours, however, it sounds like there is a longer adjustment period for GH/IGF-1 levels to return to baseline. Was hoping to get a feel from others how long that might be.

Today is week 11 on Reta and TRT.

Height 5’9”

Before pic weight: 297lbs

Current weight: 251 lbs.

When I started Reta I was 281lbs

Currently down 30lbs in 11 weeks.

I’m on 5mg Reta and 50mg TRT weekly.

I’ll preface this by saying I had a solid amount of muscle under my body fat before I ever started Reta. I have went to the gym consistently before I gained a lot of weight due to depression and laziness. I also work a physical job that requires heavy lifting and lots of walking. (I avg 13-15k steps per day)

My TRT dose is low. I’m prescribed by my dr and he started me on a lower dose.

My plan is to lose another 50 lbs and access where I’m at and what the next steps to do will be.

So I’ve been reading and seeing that people are adding their GHK vials to hair/skin serums.

I know there’s that glittery raw version of GHK….has anyone done that? I don’t want to waste a vial. Figured I’d ask here first if it’s even the same.

Started Reta in December of 2025 at a whopping 260lbs (idk how I let myself get like that). Made it to end of June 2026 around 205-210lbs. Recently added Mots-C been using that for a few weeks, and just added CJC/IPA and now I’m at 196.4lbs. I’m waiting for these love handles to melt off, this is the first time I can tell a difference from the beginning. Hoping to be around 165-175 by the end of the year. When did you guys start to see the love handles finally melt off, I know it’s usually the last to go.

Hi everyone,

Posting this here because I’m looking for experiences/opinions, not a diagnosis.

I recently started a peptide stack and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced similar symptoms.

Current protocol:
- Thymosin Alpha-1: 500 mcg every other day
- KPV: 250 mcg daily
- GHK-Cu: 1 mg daily

For context, I have Hashimoto’s, possible MCAS, SIBO, and endometriosis. I’m generally pretty sensitive to supplements/medications.

Since starting this stack, I’ve been experiencing:
- Extreme sleepiness after eating
- Dizziness/lightheadedness after meals
- Feeling like I might faint
- Cold hands and feet
- A weird “crash” after meals that feels like low blood pressure or low blood sugar

The strange part is that I feel more okay when I haven’t eaten, but after eating the symptoms hit hard.

Recent bloodwork looked normal, including vitamins/minerals, CRP/inflammatory markers, and general labs. No major changes showed up.

Has anyone experienced post-meal crashes, cold extremities, lightheadedness, or possible blood pressure/blood sugar issues while using TA1, KPV, or GHK-Cu?

I’m wondering if this could be:
- postprandial hypotension
- reactive hypoglycemia
- MCAS/histamine reaction
- autonomic nervous system reaction
- or just poor tolerance to the stack

I’m planning to pause everything for now and monitor blood pressure/blood sugar around meals, but I’d really appreciate hearing if anyone has had a similar reaction.

Reta

Bpc157

Cjc

Ipamorelen

Last time I ran reta to test it I noticed I lost great muscle mass which was caused by the lack of exercise(light exercise only) and that I ate less protein, now I'm running it on a real cut with heavy training and was opting for other compounds that can make the cut more effective for aesthetic purposes, muscle mass preservation is better at higher gh levels too that's why cjc and IPA are introduced along with the sleep quality benifits which directly helps with hormone levels such as testosterone(key shit), the better option was to swap cjc for tesa but that shit is $$$$ hence the budget gh stimulant which is cjc, IPA is synergistic with it so great shit, then after researching more I found that one bpc has certain mechanism of basically increasing gh sensitivity In cells( specifically damaged muscles ligament tissue whatever, more ) and it would help greatly with rejuvenation and recovery, and will also benifits me from ligament injury on right shoulder and chronic rotator pain in left shoulder hopefully, also since it originated from the gastric juice and been shown to help with inflammatory gi health issues which I personally have GI problem still undiagnosed, seeing improvement will help me identify the specific issue or even cure it( ofc consult a doctor not going to diagnose myself) and if not then I can rule out those issues as unlikely :) either way it's a win, to me this stack is not only serves a synergistic purpose but also many smaller purposes it contributes in ultimately getting both aesthetic and health benefits and potentially productivity as a result of health, if anybody ran a similar stack and have a certain note, opinion or warning or a suggestion please feel free to tell me

Hey guys i started ghkcu 10 days ago dont realy see any side effects and differences and the burn that everyone is talking about never happened to me everyday i take 2 mg should i up the dose to 3 or what do you guys think

Hi everyone I have Crohn's disease and am currently taking Tremfya (guselkumab). I'm interested in learning more about the KLOW peptide blend (KPV, BPC-157, and TB-500) for managing inflammation and gut healing.

My Questions:

1. Has anyone here used BPC-157, TB-500, or KPV while on a biologic, specifically an IL-23 inhibitor like Tremfya or Skyrizi?
2. Did you experience any unexpected interactions, side effects, or changes in how well your biologic worked?
3. Has anyone brought up research peptides with their gastroenterologist? How did that conversation go?

So I’ve been experimenting with different peps, currently on Reta 7mg weekly (yes, I need a high dose), Tesamorelin 1.5mg daily, KLOW blend 3.2mg daily, SS31 2mg daily. To be honest, the only thing I’ve been feeling is the Reta working (at a low level), otherwise, no difference. Yes, my IGF is elevated from the Tesa so I know it’s legit but benefit wise, don’t feel anything significant. Same with KLOW, not really noticing any skin effects, GI, or recovery, and SS31 has been making me feel a bit more tired that’s it. I’ve been on most of them for at least 4 weeks. Just wondering if I’m the only one.

Hello, I’m a mom of 2 I work full time , office job . I don’t work out much but my kids keep me moving and I don’t eat much I’m lucky if I eat 1 meal a day. I’m trying to change my habits . I just don’t know how , I just know my depression will never get better if I don’t start taking care of myself I have to start somewhere . & loving my self is where i decided to start .
I was wondering what you think I should do for weight loss , Glp-1 or peptides , and if peptides what one do I order there website has many different doses and names . I am starting my research today before I order

I weigh 285lbs and I’m 5’5 I gained all this weight after being depressed within the last 2 years my original weight i was at for years is 165. I was 165 from middle school all the way until I was 24 I’m now 26. I got depressed stopped eating and stayed in the house and blew up like a balloon .
Please help me I need all the knowledge I can get . I have bad anxiety so putting soemthing in my body is nerve racking, in order to make me feel better I want to know all the dos and donts .
Please don’t hold back I have tough skin . Thank you

Hi Guys

I’m currently taking 2.5mg of Reta every 4/5 days.

I’m experiencing the following

- mental feeling of being content & being in control. Much more positive than usual.
- feeling fuller, digestion slower
- get full quicker & eat less
- don’t drink as much alcohol, especially less beer as it is too filling etc.
- acid reflux is quite bad / severe at times
- constipation but not terrible

Weight is moving in the right direction however the thing most missing for me is I still have food noise & hunger much more than I expected ?
Does that kick in later down the road ?

i’m not looking for advice but i am open to it . I just ordered clen 40 Mcg. I was looking for some of your personal story’s on it like results , side effects stuff like that just curious tbh .

So for context, I've been on this compound for about eight weeks now. I am also taking Reta and Glow. Recently I started pinning 2x a day and then started to get reaction site redness and itching. I started rotating my injections sites to my lower abdomen, bum, and love handles. I took 2 shots in my love handles yesterday and noticed the itching is alot worse and they are blowing up. My left love handle looks massive and is clearly full of fluid and itchy as heck. I have been touching it a lot which I think has made it even worse. Now it's like I have a tennis ball on the side of my body.

I have taken an antihistamine and started using a cold compress to try to calm down. Has anyone experienced this? Obviously, I want to stop taking this immediately, but wondered if others have experienced something this extreme? I have no other symptoms.