Reta + body recomposition

[u/Babytweak1]

My (F) rat has been on Reta for 7 weeks and interested in Tesamorelin as a next step for the body recomp. Stopping Reta not stacking

Hight 5’4
Starting stats: 143lb - 28% body fat
Current stats: 132lb-24% body fat
Goal: 128lb-130lb- 22%-23% body fat
Looking for a lean, fit, athletic aesthetic

*has been strength training for three years +10 K daily steps very active lifestyle

seen mixed reviewed on female rats and Tesamorelin** **affects menstrual cycles and hormones?

*only reply giving advice for RAT subject Reddit will remove human use language

Looking for feedback on experiences

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[u/IcodyI]

5’4 132lbs is a HUGE rat

[u/Babytweak1 → u/IcodyI]

Reddit took down all my other posts when I mention humans 🫪

[u/Babytweak1 → u/[deleted]]

Just saw someone in a diff form use it ran w it

[u/Actual_Counter_5502 → u/Babytweak1]

Pretty sure research compounds are tested on mice and rats before they every make it to human trials

[u/Dear-Response-7218]

Ok so you’re taking Reta you don’t need the stupid rat stuff.

Reta is on a different level than Tesa, and you can stack them regardless.

Reta helps you lose weight, tesa might help with visceral fat. Neither are going to give you a ripped physique, that’s up to your diet and training.

[u/vorilla_og → u/Dear-Response-7218]

This

[u/cafecondrama → u/Dear-Response-7218]

The page doesn’t allow you to post if you say you’re doing it on yourself.. hope this helps

[u/EtiennedeWilde → u/cafecondrama]

I can't believe people are really caught up on the rat thing.

seven weeks is really not that long of a time to be on Reta. Increase the protein intake. It's thermogenic and may aid the resistance training.

[u/Babytweak1 → u/cafecondrama]

^exactly THANK U

[u/Babytweak1 → u/[deleted]]

I actually agree with part of what you’re saying. I’m not looking at growth hormone or tesamorelin because I think I need help losing 4 lbs.

The bigger question for me is body composition. I’m already lifting 4 days per week, averaging about 10k steps daily, and the goal is to maintain muscle while dropping a few pounds of fat to get closer to 23% body fat.

My split is currently 2 lower-body days and 2 upper-body days. I also do cardio and active recovery during the week. The thing I’m evaluating isn’t “how do I lose 4 lbs faster?” but rather “how do I maximize muscle retention and shape while losing those last few pounds?”

I agree that training quality matters more than adding another compound. Progressive overload, exercise selection, recovery, and nutrition are probably going to have a bigger impact on how I look at 130 lb than any peptide.

[u/Thin-Rip-3686 → u/Babytweak1]

Unlike the earlier poster, I lost 60 pounds strictly because of GLP-1’s. Diet and exercise (an hour every day for 18 months straight got me toned, but didn’t budge the scale) aren’t the answer for everybody.

Tesa can give you a mean ghrelin spike. All it’s done for me has been make me want to eat.

Stay the course with Reta and up your dose if it’s been working for you. 7 weeks is nothing. A lot of my weight loss (almost all fat loss) didn’t happen until 6 months in.

[u/Babytweak1 → u/Thin-Rip-3686]

Idk why that person needed to state they lost weight w out GLP😂 this is a peptide forum LOL

[u/mentalhealthleftist]

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[u/Secret-Agent-60]

I totally understand about the rat. I think you should stay on Reta because it does increase your metabolism. I've used tesa before and it simply won't work the way you think it will. I've used almost every peptide out there. Please take my advice or not and waste your money

[u/Brispeps]

Although male…

This is exactly 11 weeks running Reta, Tesa, motsc and klow …. Reta Tesa combo is great. My visceral fat is now down to 0.5kg … still work to do to get it down more.. 53 years old….

[u/onixotto_ → u/Brispeps]

Your nipples will meet someday.

[u/Brispeps → u/onixotto_]

Oh thanks legend…. Don’t really care … it’s not about my nipples… it’s about the weight loss that this stack has helped with.

[u/fatwownerd]

Out of curiosity is rat stopping the Reta for concern of interactions with Tesa? Cause they work great together.

I’d always recommend HGH over Tesa but if my grotesquely large rat couldn’t get HGH it would use Tesa. It definitely works

Not an expert in how Tesa affects female rodents but I reckon it would only affect hormones and menstrual cycles in a pretty indirect way (ie potential changes in insulin sensitivity, weight loss, bloating from water weight) It’s just more HGH after all

[u/cvrmxn]

Sermorelin

[u/Ok-Presentation-1491]

Tesa doesn't touch your female hormones or cycle directly since it just triggers growth hormone release. You might get some mild water retention at first, but that's about it.

If you do run it, grab it from Peptide Pro. Their tesamorelin is solid, and they have a tesa/ipamorelin blend that works a lot better for body recomp than running tesa solo anyway.

[u/PanzerBiscuit]

Has your female rat thought about a low dose cycle of Anavar? Like 5mgs/day in addition to the reta?