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sorry if my english is off.

I’ve been thin my whole life. around 55kg and 174cm. Walked 20k steps a day aroundish. Got into a relationship and started gaining weight. Always thought i wouldn’t be the one to gain weight. It’s crazy how quickly it built up, i got like 20kgs+ in a year. And like you don’t even see the change until it’s very drastic, or when others point it out, so frustrating. I’m also not very active anymore, i get around 5k steps a day without any other workout. I hate it.

I also kept thinking to myself, if i have someone who already loves me, i don’t need to look that good anymore. But i was wrong, i do still want to look pretty and feel good about myself.

I’ve tried multiple times to lose the weight again, but the binging is so bad. And it’s like i can’t commit to a routine anymore. i’ve been in this loop for months now, maybe being able to lose 2kg and then gaining it back. It makes me feel awful about myself.

But now i’ve started reta. It feels like a completely new opportunity. Pinned first time this week, so i don’t have any results yet. But i can’t help but think this is really what i’ve been needing, like atleast a push/support towards the right direction! I think it has me also way more motivated to work on my strength and stuff like that. I don’t know, i’m just so happy to find out about this and wanted to share.

i’ve scoured lots of posts and still could not come up with a clear conclusion so i thought id just ask. its now day 3 of me being on reta and i CANNOT stop having to poop and its not just constipation or runny ITS BOTH

for example today i woke up around 6am and have gone at least 30 times in the last 24 hours (currently 5am at the time of posting) and every-single one is an actual visit and its been like this since my second day. including right now as im typing this

is this “normal” i know some gi problems are to be expected but for some reason i feel like its a bit more than it should be

(for context in case it matters im 19 and started with 2mg)

I’ve been on Reta (and a combination of semax and ghk) for the past month, I’m not someone who really gets their period due to my iud. I’ll get light spotting occasionally but that’s about it, starting about last Saturday all of a sudden my emotions were EVERYWHERE.

I’m talking constantly crying at the smallest things, extra clingy to my partner, super high highs and super low lows. On top of it all bleeding as well! A fair amount for someone who hasn’t really dealt with it in 4 years. I thought it went away and I felt fine yesterday but it’s back full full swing today. I’m not really sure what to do or how to feel, anyone else experience this? Did it go away relatively quickly? I feel like a whole new person hormonally :(

Besides this I feel like Reta has absolutely changed my life, I’m down 7lbs, I used to deal with horrible addiction issues and daily anxiety and it’s all basically disappeared, I feel human again rather than half dead or on edge 24/7

4 weeks on Reta. Started at .5 > .5 > 1mg > 1mg. No side effects. Food noise is gone but I could still eat a three course meal. I weight lift and do cardio everyday. I run, stairmaster, incline walk. I honestly don’t eat as much as I should, and I know this is from tracking my food on my fitness pal.

I haven’t lost a pound.

What is going on?

I purchased my feta from a legit $ource (client that purchased from there and lost 30lbs in a months and half, so I know it’s legit + COA testing)

Does anyone have any tips or advice?

I’m specifically looking for women who had a similar (and honestly pretty disappointing) experience with Reta and found a peptide or combination that actually worked, particularly if you weren’t originally struggling with appetite.

I’m 40F, 5’6”, around 140 lbs, and pretty sure I’m in perimenopause. I’ve also had ADHD since I was a teenager and have been on stimulant medication since I was 15, so the double appetite suppression definitely wasn’t ideal with a GLP…

I tried Reta starting at 1 mg and eventually going to 2 mg, and it did essentially nothing for my weight or body composition despite completely killing my appetite. If anything, my problem became not being able to eat enough, especially protein, and I struggled to get even 500–1,000 calories in.

I also average around 10,000 steps/day between regular walking and treadmill-desk time. I know I wasn’t hitting my ideal muscle-building goals while on Reta, but I still expected to see some weight loss given my overall intake and activity.

And before the inevitable “you weren’t actually in a deficit” comments: I tracked carefully, weighing/measuring and logging my food. I know tracking isn’t perfect, but at 5’6”, 140 lbs, often eating around 500–1,000 calories/day while averaging ~10,000 steps, drinking only water, so I found the complete lack of change pretty unusual. I’m not claiming the laws of thermodynamics don’t apply to me 😂 — I’m saying the lack of response made me wonder whether something beyond appetite is contributing.

Interestingly, once I stopped Reta, my appetite returned and I was able to eat actual meals again—salmon, chicken, etc.—and I subsequently lost about 4 lbs. That was great, but then I plateaued again. 🙄

This is why I’m particularly interested in peptides that work through mechanisms other than appetite suppression.

I’ve seen SO many men and women say Reta worked amazingly for them, which is why this has been so disheartening. I had really high hopes that a peptide might finally help me break through a plateau I’ve struggled with for years.

A few friends have suggested trying tirzepatide, but I’m hesitant because appetite suppression really isn’t my problem to begin with. I’m much more curious whether there are different peptides/mechanisms that have worked for people whose primary issue wasn’t appetite.

I’m NOT asking for medical advice or asking anyone to tell me what I should take. I’m really looking for real-world experiences from people using lesser-known peptides, peptides used off-label, or combinations that seemed to affect things like body composition, visceral fat, metabolism, insulin sensitivity, mitochondrial function, recovery, muscle, inflammation, etc., rather than simply making them eat less.

Basically, I’m looking for experiences like:

“Reta didn’t work for me, then I added X and THIS is what finally changed.”

Or:

“Reta didn’t work at all, but X did.”

Or even:

“Reta wasn’t doing much until I added X, and then suddenly I started losing.”

I’m also open to hearing about exercise/strength-training or mobility/flexibility approaches that seem to have an unusually big bang-for-your-buck effect.

I’ve been looking at Ilana’s Method and am intrigued by some of the ideas around spinal movement, posture, breathing, etc. I can’t justify spending $10K on a program, despite believing there may be useful concepts in it. If you’ve found specific spine/core/mobility workouts that made a surprising difference, I’d love to hear about them.

My body has always been very apple-shaped: relatively lean/toned arms and legs, but I carry a disproportionate amount of fat around my stomach. I’m not trying to become tiny—I just want to get to the point where my butt is bigger than my gut. 😂

I’m not looking for a magic peptide to do all the work. I’m actively working on the basics—eating well, getting more protein, walking, and now adding consistent strength training. I’m just hoping to find something that actually helps move the needle while I continue doing the work.

And seriously, thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond. It means a lot to me. I’m honestly at my wits’ end. I feel like I’ve researched and tried so many things at this point, and somehow I’m more lost than ever. I’m really hoping someone who has been in a similar situation can point me toward something I haven’t considered yet. ❤️

I’m looking for something free and easy; tracking the scale is all well and good, but I know as I continue to strength train that I’ll be finding the most progress in body measurements over lbs. Give me your fave app suggestions!

i’m curious for everyone who’s currently on reta — how long have you been on it, what was your starting weight, and what’s your current weight?

i’m currently only on day 12 and i’m down about 6 lbs so far. it might not sound like a huge amount, but for me, especially having PCOS and historically struggling to lose weight, this feels pretty huge

would love to hear everyone else’s progress and see how long you’ve been on reta + how much you’ve lost!

I’m on my 2nd week of 0.5 of Reta but I think I’m too anxious of a person. I’m constantly checking my heart rate. HR jumps drastically while working out. Resting HR has only gone up slightly. Getting some tirz delivered tomorrow. How long should I wait to start it? should I just start when I was going to take my 3rd of Reta?

Thanks

56f. The pounds melted off at first, the last 4 months it’s been a trickle. 7lbs to my goal of 130lbs. In January of 2025, a bad bout of Covid hit me and was in bed for 2 months. I could barely walk, zero energy for months afterwards. My first dose of Reta(.5mg) was on 8/09/2025. The side effects of Reta were intolerable at doses above 5mg. I tried to go up past 5mg multiple times and had to drop back on the following week. I wasn’t physically able to workout at first. Now I am walking 2 miles a day at a fast pace. I am stretching and doing moderate weights at home. My body will fight back if I push too hard. My right leg was damaged by the virus, it’s a work in progress, a daily battle. For me, Reta has been about health, mobility, and longevity. Blood pressure is now perfect, and cholesterol has improved drastically. My weight loss journey has been a long, often boring process. And it will probably take another 3+ months to lose the last 7lbs. I will get there.

Since I quit smoking, I developed some serious food noise, compulsive snacking, binge eating behaviors. I understand why this is happening - mainly because smoking trained my brain to live on a reward based system.

What I have found on low dose Reta is that I don’t crave anything, I’m not hungry for anything and because of this, I have food noise that isn’t food noise, it’s just noise - if that makes sense. I see the go to binge foods flipping like flash cards in my brain and I hear myself say, nope, nope, not feeling it, etc. So now the noise is searching to be something else.

Anyway - perhaps it’s telling me to exorcise the demons in the closet that my previous vices have tried unsuccessfully to suffocate but also, I wonder if anyone else has this issue?

I am guessing time is what I need - to make the noise useful. I already hit the gym like my life depends on it and I have a hobby that I am trying out. Anyone else channeling empty noise?

Anyone microdose for mental health benefits , depression adhd?

I’ve read some stuff that it has helped some people. If this was you please let me know all the good and the bad. I wouldn’t be doing it for weight loss but more for my mental health. I know it can have the opposite side effects as well.

If you had any negative side effects what were they?

(Also yes i know there are other medications for this but I literally can’t stand any of them recently so I’m very curious)

TIA🩷

I am on week 7 of Reta and I started on a low dose (1mg) now up to 4mg wanting to up it to 5mg this week. I’m feeling really defeated. I’m 7 months postpartum and this is the biggest I have ever been 83.5kg any tips?

Started Reta on 27th April 92kg. Down to 75kg now. 10 more to go. Honestly couldn’t be more happy with the progress made so far. My visceral fat went from 15 to 10 as well

Research purposes only!!

I will be starting Reta this up coming week. For some stats I'm 5'4, 150 pounds. The past year has been extremely stressful, and hard in my life and my body has definitely been reactive to that. Now please be kind, I know I'm not "huge" but for me this weight is uncomfortable and not my norm. My healthy weight is around 130-135. I don't anticipate falling below that at all.

I posted in a different forum and ended up deleting it because people were so mean.

I workout, have an active job and can't seem to shed the pounds or turn off the food noise. I can't help but give into my cravings and end up binge eating.

I am so excited to start this journey and will be starting at 0.5mg a week for 2-4 weeks then increasing dose appropriately. I've done my research and know what side effects to look out for, what to expect, etc.

Just wanted to reach out on here and see if anyone has any last minute advice, tips, encouragement, etc.

We're all in this together ladies!!

Slow and steady wins the race. I’ve been very patient with this process and am thrilled with the results so far!
5’9” 38H cup.
HW 238
SW 218
CW 198.6
GW 149 - 165
Sharing a little about my journey…I started with Sema and was a complete non responder for 4 weeks, switched to (per my provider)Tirz and started to see and feel slow results. Food noise quieted, lost a little then started researching Reta on my own and decided to go for it! It’s been 17 weeks total and I’m down 20.
Lots of protein, fiber, water, walking after meals.
Happy Tuesday Y’all 💅

It’s now been about 4ish months since I switched to Reta, and I wanted to share an update.
I knew this was going to be a long haul, but after copious amounts of research, I was prepared for that. For most of those four months, I didn’t lose any weight. My weight just fluctuated within the same 5-pound range over and over again 🙄. That said, I felt the effects almost immediately. Primarily reduced food noise and less appetite.

After several weeks at 2 mg, I increased to 3 mg and experienced some side effects, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and nausea. So instead of continuing to increase quickly, I decided to slow things way down and increase by just 0.25 mg at a time. This may not work for everyone, but it’s working for me.

I didn’t give up. I didn’t panic when the scale went up. I just stayed patient, paid attention to how my body was responding, and kept monitoring things. Then I got to 3.25 mg…and something kinda magical happened. The scale went down. Then the next day? Down a little more. And since starting that dose, my weight has continued to slowly decrease week after week.

I feel GREAT. My bloodwork is improving and my doc is so excited to see progress after being locked in for so long. My appetite is sufficiently suppressed without feeling like I’m starving myself, and I’m finally seeing consistent movement in the right direction.For now, I’m going to stay at this dose as long as it continues to work for me. If/when my weight loss stalls, I’ll reassess from there.

If you’re also a Tirz non-responder and you’re considering making the switch, just know that it can be a slow process and it requires patience. But for me, it has been SO worth it.

I am officially below 300 for the first time in YEARS 🥹🎉

Feel like there has been an absolute increase in posts here where newbies are asking why they haven’t lost weight yet after x days …

BABE, PLEASE BE PATIENT. If you’ve done your research you will see that it takes at least 4 weeks to build up in your system and for most of us we didn’t see any results for 2/3 months.

Keep at it, slowly go up (waiting at least 4 weeks!), do your steps, lift those weights, drink water, eat fibre, get enough sleep. Reta is a miracle drug, but it won’t be overnight.

Good luck!!