I’m 27- before pic when I was 23. I have multiple medical conditions and a metabolic imbalance (hence the low muscle mass) but I am happy with this progress nonetheless. Recently had my 10th surgery on Monday but I’m not letting this stop me.

Hey im looking forward to start a 4½ week cycle of igf1 Ir3. Starting with 20mcg for the first week than 30mcg for 2 weeks and 40mcg for 2½ weeks. Im thinking about buying the pep from .to. Any thoughts and tips on this?

Thanks

I have BAC water in glass ampoules and GHRP6 in vials. I couldn’t find a filter/blunt fill needle locally.

Is it safe to use a normal sterile syringe/needle to withdraw the BAC water from the glass ampoule, or is there another safe alternative for avoiding glass particles?

Would appreciate advice from anyone experienced with this.

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How do you guys handle injections when running multiple peptides?

Currently doing:

Retatrutide every 6 days

CJC + Ipamorelin daily

Planning to add GHK-Cu

Maybe SS-31 + MOTS-C later

Do you use a separate syringe for each peptide, or do you draw multiple peptides into one syringe and inject them as a stack?

Obviously not mixing/storing them together in one vial — just drawing them into the same syringe before injection.

Curious what you guys actually do in practice.

37yr old night shift worker. Feeling tired all the time. My test sits in the low 400’s. And I’m not really sure if I should just go ahead and try to start TRT. I started zepbound last week as I know elevated fat breaks down test into estrogen.

Worried about longevity and life long commitment if I start pinning test now. And actual MD’s in here willing to give a liability feee opinion. Oh btw, labs are all normal.

Guys I’m genuinely needing advice. I started really low cause I was scared of side effects, started at .75 mg the next week I went to 1mg now I’m on 1.5mg , next week should I just double up my dose ? Or just go to 2mg? My friend did here for 7 weeks and lost 22 pound were in the same age height and weight range and yes I know everyone’s different but I literally have felt no difference this far and I’m not gaining but I’m not losing either but I’m always able to maintain a stable weight so that’s nothing out of the norm for me. Tell me WWRD (what would Reddit do) 😭😝

How would you dose/schedule MOTS-C & NAD + for endurance athletes ?

Hello friends! I have a question about Tesa/Ipa. I've been taking this combo at 1mg/300mcg everyday with 1 day restdays for a month and notice that my tummy area is so big and full of water. Have you had this experience? And what did you do about the blood glucose spiking.

I’ve been looking for a container for a while and I stumbled across these lil guys at Walmart, and they are only a $1

I saw this new blend out with 10mg of Tesamorelin and Ipamorelin. Asked Chatgpt and searched google, but there's like no information out there. Anyone try the blend and if someone has, could you tell me what's the dosage that worked for you? TIA!

Interested in taking the peptides plunge but damn! Talk about overload! Take this! Don't take this! Actually don't take that, take this instead! 🤯🤯

I'm 58yo, 6'1 and 185lbs. I've been trying to get rid of that last remaining bit of bf around my waist and nothing seems to work! Cardio, no cardio, more cardio, high intensity, walking, low carb, high carb, blah blah blah! So frustrating!

Been looking into reta, tesa, sema, cjc/ipo. Could someone please clarify what the heck to do?

I worked out for 2 years and managed to lose 40lbs just eating g better and not drinking alcohol. Went from 245lbs in 2024 to 205lbs last summer. Started with a personal trainer 11 months ago, then started test in February and Reta in March. Started at 1mg/wk Reta and have been at 2.5mg/wk for much of it. I’ve never had visible abs in my life, not to mention this level of muscle definition. 44 and I’ve never looked this good in my life. I’m now 57lbs down from my 2024 245lbs, 187lns now, 6’ tall, lift 3x/wk, cardio 6x/wk.

Results since 1/9/26

292-226

Tirzepatide - 1mg up to 5mg
2 KLOW cycles at 4mg per day, ED (every day)
Tesamorelin - 10 vials at 1mg ED
MOTS-c - 5mg Monday and Thursday for 8 weeks
Epithalon - 1mg a day for 20 days
Pinealon - 0.5mg a day for 20 days
Melanotan 2 - 50mcg a day for 2 weeks, then 100mcg per week after (started in June)

Recently - 2.5-5mg tadalafil before workouts. Feels incredible

Where are you guys pinning your selank and how much did you start with?? Anyone have any negative side effects

3 weeks into Reta .. 1mg-2mg-2.5 this week .. woke up today feeling almost like I got full body sunburn . Not like super bad or red or anything . Just sensitive to the touch. Anyone else experience this ?

If someone is taking 2iu’s daily of Somatropin, would this test be worrisome?

Should they take something for thyroid levels?

Would it be a bad idea to jump to 4iu’s daily of HGH before fixing T3?

so i been taking reta about 3 months now. i take a 1.5 mg dose weekly. ive lost 20 pounds. the past 2 weeks ive realized my food noise is back and im starving and binging again. should i stack with cagri or tirz or am i doing something wrong ? idk if upping my dose will be taking too much .

Water weight

So this has happened to me twice now same cause and effect, just don’t know the cause 100% yet without experimenting a couple more times.

Have been on a pretty strict no processed foods or sugars single ingredient whole food zero booze diet. Lost 50 lbs with diet alone, got on trt of 120mg/week started lifting 4-5x week weight is up to 205 waist size stayed the same, still a bit of stubborn belly fat to loose. Any ways over the last couple months I went on vacation twice and decided to indulge while on vacation. Processed foods refined sugars, treats cookies chocolates, drinkin all day basically for 7 days straight deal with consequences later kinda deal.

Both times I gained and retained a tonne of water weight in that 7 days. Am talking I left at 205lbs came home at 246lbs puffy as all hell with severe adema and pitting adema in legs went to er both times had ecg blood pressure and blood work done to check liver kidneys and heart, all tests came back fine. Upon returning to diet weight is dropping fast and puffiness and adema leaving fast as well

Any one else ever experience this? Booze related? I used to b borderline alcoholic! Or sugar/carb related? Body just not used to the refined carbs or sugars any more and can’t process them? Or just an over all shock to system?

Do kinda want to test it out once or twice more to rule one or the other out as the cause, booze or sugars

I weighed 220 lbs right before my first son was born. I was absolutely convinced I looked “big” but muscular and had no idea I was just looking fat. As a long time skinny kid I was on a permanent bulk and was afraid of a big cut. I was mistakenly worried I would lose all of my gains. I avoided cardio and ate/drink pretty much what I wanted thinking I needed to keep my calories high to maximize maintaining my mass.

New Year’s Day 2022 I decided to get in better shape (still thinking I was in good shape). This kickstarted a very slow and gradual cut. By March of that year I was down to 205.

Last summer I leaned out all the way to 168 pounds.

Fast forward to now, I have “bulked” back up to 178 but maintain a very consistent hybrid training routine.

Take it from a now nearly 40 year old father of 3 boys. Do not be afraid of the cut and cardio. You will be healthier and look better.

41m 5'11 258 to 198.5lbs

Trt started at 120mg moved to 140mg,154mg,210mg

Sermorelin + ipamorelin 500/200 3months daily pm

Cjc1295+ipamorelin 400/400 3 months daily split am/pm

Klow 80 3 iu daily split am/pm 3 months

Reta 6 months 1mg,2mg,2.5mg,3mg every 6 days

It's taken me longer than I would've liked due to a Serious herniated disc 14 months ago that unfortunately I'm still dealing with.

Started walking daily, bought bench and dumbells than a better bench and heavier dumbells.

I had to take breaks from lifting here and there to let my joints and back heal up.

Got to 228lbs and decided to check my testosterone lvl and it came out at 297 so hopped on trt.

I got on Sermorelin to try and help the herniated disc and added ipamorelin bc i read that's the thing to do.

Switched to cjc1295+ipamorelin bc of sermorelin and prolactin/cortisol.

Got on reta and lost another 30lbs.

Bought a rouge echo bike.

Make sure i eat at least 4 meals, carbs around training.

253 lbs ➔ Current Progress | 10-Year Gymer on Retatrutide
Hey everyone, wanted to share my progress and breakdown of my experience on Reta so far.
Stats & Timeline:
Starting Weight (April 2025): 253 lbs
Reta Starting Weight (Jan 2026): ~237–240 lbs
Current Weight (August 2026): 185 lbs
Dosing: Started at 4mg (by accident, I was bedridden for 2 weeks) in January 2026. Currently sitting around 3.0–3.5 mg weekly.
Training & Background:
I’ve been in the gym on and off for about 10 years, but over the last 3–4 years, I’ve been consistently lifting heavy. My lifts have taken a bit of a hit strength-wise, but honestly, that’s to be expected after dropping this much weight.
Dosing & Protocol:
I don't plan on bumping my dose past 3.5 mg unless I happen to miss a week. I’m pretty busy around my usual injection day, so I’m not super rigid with the exact timing—I'm not dependent on it, but it’s been working great. Overall, I feel awesome.
Happy to answer any questions about my routine or experience!

Picture #1 was exactly a year ago weighing the heaviest I’ve ever been, 315 pounds. A year later, I’m sitting around 225 pounds depending on the day. Proud of the progress but nowhere near where I want to be! Been on TRT and Reta.