Kelloggs1307
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I was wondering what reta dosage you guys started with and how much weight you guys lost in the first month or two. So far I am past 3 weeks on 2mg each each week and have lost about 11lbs.
How much weight loss
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CNCCurrency
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You sound like a super responder, most loose 1 to 1 1/2 a week starting out at low dosesKelloggs1307 said:
Kelloggs1307
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Update: Its actually 13 lbs. I went from 164 to 151 lbs now. My strength has not gone down but I definitely tire out so I think my muscle mass is conserved but my stamina dropped a lot.CNCCurrency said:
Kelloggs1307
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I also got on ritalin and wellbutrin recently for adhd so that also curbs my appetite a lot and may be leading to this loss in weightCNCCurrency said:
Hmm, now that's interesting. Never thought of Ritalin as helpful in weight loss? Maybe it gives an additional ability to focus? Or could it have a synergistic effect?Kelloggs1307 said:
Not on Reta, but I've had a great response to Tirz. Lost 6lbs the first week, 3lbs a week for the next 6 weeks, definitely have tapered off now, only 1 to 1.5 a week for several more weeks. I'm hesitant to raise my dose (currently at 7.5) but I may have to. Down nearly 40 lbs in 75 days.
I really work at it. Very health-conscious diet, count calories with a tracker, an hour in the gym 6 days/week, still go to bed every night struggling with wanting to go raid the fridge! All I can think is the Tirz gives me the tiniest bit of extra willpower, or maybe acts as the focal point around which my self-diagnosed ADHD/all this effort revolves, working toward a successful outcome?
For reference, my Dr put me on Ozempic 2 years ago, and I actually managed to gain weight. And since my med plan won't cover weight loss drugs, it was very pricey, and I gave up after a month.
Definitely no synergy with that stuff!
Pepito_Peptide
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i use Mounjaro (Tirz) and lost 25kg/55lbs since Oct 2025, 20kg more to go untill i hit 85kg/187lbs
Medex 35307
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I'm down 25lbs. Started reta on 02/02, at 2mg. Learned a hard lesson about meal size and gastric emptying 48 hours later. Over the following 3 weeks I dropped to 1.2mg and titrated up to 1.6mg, and finally jumped up a whole mg this week to 2.5mg.
BNLFL
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I started at 2mg for 4 weeks, titrated to 4mg for 4 weeks, so 8 weeks in I'm down right around 22lbs that works out to an average 2.75lbs/week. Doing 1 more 4mg tomorrow morning then going to 5mg. That leaves me two 5mg in this vial.
That seems like a bunch in a month, but what do I know.Medex said:
Medex 35307
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I agree. That tough lesson I learned two days after starting gave me about a 9.5lb head start that I didn't ask for. But I'm not complaining. Still, I'm losing about 3lbs/week. I check my muscle mass each time I weigh in, and apart from some initial muscle loss that first week, I'm holding pretty steadyBNLFL said:
chatman
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Can you please be more specific about this "hard lesson"? I just started with my first dose of 1mg, and I tend to fast with large meals between for weight loss (also drinking my homemade electrolyte water throughout the day and taking vitamins/supps). Not sure if this is a bad idea on reta or notMedex said:
Medex 35307
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Not understanding how fast peptides begin affecting you, I ate an exceptionally large dinner and 2.5 oranges on the second evening after my first dose. I was also prescribed omeprazole, which slows digestion on its own. Plus I had drank a seltzer water late in the afternoon. All those things combined and I had constant diarrhea for 3 straight days. Like the kind of diarrhea that you get prepping for a colonoscopy. I was so nauseous, the best I could do was barely eat a small amount of broth. It was almost 3 days before I could eat solid food again. But that's just me. I ate the oranges because I felt constipated and usually 1 1/2 oranges does the trick for me. Gonna be a while before I eat oranges again.
Started the 17th w 1mg Tirz (to make sure I started low), next was 1.67, then decided to change over to Reta Sat .5 (low again to make sure). With eating very well so far only lost 3lbs (yes I know its low doses). Going up to 1mg Reta next. Have 50lbs to loose so I need to start moving up!
Medex 35307
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I meant to reply directly to this post, butI don't think I did it rightchatman said:
CNCCurrency
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6 1/2 months minus 92lbs. 25 to go!WLBLD said:
nitrohyper
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When I started tirzepatide last month, I went from 206 to 192 in a month. I have now switched to Retatrutide at 2mg a week to see how it goes
kind of scary. they just published a study looking at discontinuation of GLP-1 after reaching maintenance weight loss and the average weight gain after 12 months was 65-70% of the original weight loss. Life long pinning?
CNCCurrency
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That's my plan, maintenance dose till the endghreid said:
I lost 42lbs in the first 30 weeks on rTirz - @ 30 weeks I was on 12mg rTirz every 7 days
55lbs total loss in 49 weeks
I know this is a life time commitment; I will be doing a bunch of research to determine my long term dosing and schedule, to be continued...
55lbs total loss in 49 weeks
I know this is a life time commitment; I will be doing a bunch of research to determine my long term dosing and schedule, to be continued...
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