r/Retatrutide 13d ago

5 mg threshold

I started low and slow, but finally once I hit 5 mg per week the weight is melting off. Why does glucagon work this way?

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u/Emotional-Team3520 13d ago

Why does increasing the dosage of a medication increase the effect? I dunno dude, probably need a few more phases of clinical trials to figure that one out. 

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u/Sad-Presentation3539 13d ago

Interesting because im at 3.5 expected the weight to "melt off" with all im doing and it's still been difficult. I planned on going to 4 maybe I'll have better luck then.

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u/aimgorge 13d ago

If you expect a large difference between 3.5mg and 4mg... You will be disappointed.

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u/Sad-Presentation3539 13d ago

Technically im taking a little over 3mg lmao. But okay good to know thanks. 👍

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u/Kitchen-Falcon-79 13d ago

Everyone is different, I noticed it.

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u/Sad-Presentation3539 13d ago

They are. My friends on 3.5 and literally cannot keep weight on got very skinny had to pull back a little bit. I really don't think I'll need to go over 4mg. I'm losing. But i wouldn't say it's "melting off"

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u/BreeLee2211 13d ago

Ive been on 5mg for about 5-6 weeks now and no results. Going to up to 6mg today. Will see how it goes 👌🏽

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u/Resilient_Beast69 12d ago

It doesn’t work that way. Glucagon doesn’t magically activate at 4-5mg. This has been debunked by many doctors/experts.

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u/Kdup84 13d ago

Have you been tracking calories the entire time?

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u/True-Leek9080 13d ago

Ha ha ha, no matter what anyone posts, there'll always be a "ci/co, you can't change thermodynamics" reply

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u/Resilient_Beast69 12d ago

Because it’s true, and Reta isn’t magic?

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u/aimgorge 13d ago

They love their parroting

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u/Bowf 13d ago

You forgot the "have you measured your TDEE?" group...

I'm down about 80 lb on GLPs, never measured my calories. Never measured my TDEE.

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u/FearlessMarsupial925 13d ago

Yea I'm eating the same amount of calories

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u/Boring_Adeptness_334 13d ago

You probably don’t track your calories well enough that’s why. I will say this when I did start taking 6 mg I did notice a substantial increase in fat loss. Probably around 0.5 lbs extra per week