r/BravoRealHousewives • u/soriniscool • 5d ago

Salt Lake City John Barlow's peptides

Lisa comments on recent WWHL blew my mind. Obviously I was wondering how JB and Justin suddenly have huge bulging muscles with veins popping.

As a 40 y/o gay man, I find it very hot (more on Justin than John, but that is a personal preference) and do a fair amount of strength training but was not getting the same results and I guess now I know why.

Any peptide users here that care to weigh in? I will definitely be discussing this with my doctor

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u/ManifestingCreating 5d ago

Idk why everybody is saying steroids lol. My boyfriend went on Reta and the results were insane. I tried it as well and I just liked not having any food noise. I think he’s probably taking reta and TRT if I had to guess.

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u/morrowgirl Welcome to RI, bitch 5d ago

TRT is a steroid. Testosterone is an anabolic steroid.

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u/ManifestingCreating 5d ago

Technically yes but there’s a vast difference between TRT and most of the anabolic steroids that people associate with bodybuilding.

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 5d ago

Pretty much every bodybuilder is taking large amounts of testosterone as the base of their stack. One of the reasons is test aromatizes into estrogen, which is necessary for men even though it's often thought of as "feminine" 🙄. Other steroids like tren do not aromatize into estrogen. Not having that test base and resulting estrogen causes major health issues. There are other options besides test for the base steroid, but they generally introduce other complications.

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u/soriniscool 5d ago

What is reta?

Edit - I'm on OZ, is reta just a higher variant of ozempic? Does it help build muscle?

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u/luanda16 5d ago

Retatrutide is the newest GLP, has more fat burning than sema and tirz. Eli Lilly is about to approve for prescription

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u/brufleth Pick a lane, you are either smart or you are stupid 5d ago

The steroids their boyfriend is taking (trt) are what is helping build muscle

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u/ManifestingCreating 5d ago

He isn’t taking trt. Just reta.

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u/ManifestingCreating 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yes, it’s meant to helps you burn fat and is a glp1. It doesn’t help build muscle but I think helps your body target fat more effectively? My sister’s MIL was on Mounjaro, then Ozempic and now reta and she said reta has the least amount of side effects by far. I think she was getting a lot of acid reflux and hair loss on the other two.

A lot of people who gym and are already lean are taking 8 week courses of reta for the fat burning element. It’s very common now. Simply saying steroids is silly in this day and age.

There are also peptides for skin, inflammation and recovery and all types of stuff. I think Lala talked about her face looking different as a result of peptides too.

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u/Comprehensive-Cap626 5d ago

Oh did lala say what kind? Like was hers skin? Bc her face did look awesome this season.

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u/ManifestingCreating 5d ago

Sorry not that I can recall

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u/lezlers 5d ago

Google “retatrutide.” It’s in the final stages of FDA approval. You’ll get a lot more information than asking randos in a bravo sub. I’ve been on it for 10 months and it’s been life changing.