NothaLabRat
Explorer
Hey everyone, M45 writing from Australia,
I've been on reta for roughly 8 x weeks at this point, and it appears to be working out nicely!
My whole adult life, and probably since my early teens, I've been battling my weight everywhere. I'm not massively overweight, always been fairly sturdy (NZ descent) yet there's consistently some extra padding around the belly!
Standing 6', my weight typically swings from 115kg up to 128 - 130kg based on how active I am (and how much I drink)!
A friend of mine had health problems and had to shed about 20 kegs so he could qualify for heart surgery, and because I was hauling more bulk than I wanted, I talked him into doing a 12 week challenge with me back in mid September. He got prescribed mounjaro (I figured that was cheating haha!) and did great on it, I lost about 13 - 14 kg over the 12 weeks and he basically dropped the 20kg he was after.
So to make a long story short, another mate of mine who's deep into gym and test etc got me onto the reta around when the 12 week challenge wrapped up. For me it's been amazing mostly for shutting down the food noise, which is the toughest part of staying in a deficit for me since I bloody love food, particularly greasy stuff haha!
Right now I'm at 107 kg (~235 in old pounds) and doing fine, really need to get back to the gym since I've been slacking for the last 5 months (work, life, whatever)
Still keeping the dose low at 1.5mg roughly every 5 days since it's still working, hardly any sides apart from the last week or two when my legs started getting sensitive skin and such, which is what brought me here hunting for answers, seems like a great spot with loads of info so I'm happy to relax and read for now.
apologies for the rambling, cheers everyone
I've been on reta for roughly 8 x weeks at this point, and it appears to be working out nicely!
My whole adult life, and probably since my early teens, I've been battling my weight everywhere. I'm not massively overweight, always been fairly sturdy (NZ descent) yet there's consistently some extra padding around the belly!
Standing 6', my weight typically swings from 115kg up to 128 - 130kg based on how active I am (and how much I drink)!
A friend of mine had health problems and had to shed about 20 kegs so he could qualify for heart surgery, and because I was hauling more bulk than I wanted, I talked him into doing a 12 week challenge with me back in mid September. He got prescribed mounjaro (I figured that was cheating haha!) and did great on it, I lost about 13 - 14 kg over the 12 weeks and he basically dropped the 20kg he was after.
So to make a long story short, another mate of mine who's deep into gym and test etc got me onto the reta around when the 12 week challenge wrapped up. For me it's been amazing mostly for shutting down the food noise, which is the toughest part of staying in a deficit for me since I bloody love food, particularly greasy stuff haha!
Right now I'm at 107 kg (~235 in old pounds) and doing fine, really need to get back to the gym since I've been slacking for the last 5 months (work, life, whatever)
Still keeping the dose low at 1.5mg roughly every 5 days since it's still working, hardly any sides apart from the last week or two when my legs started getting sensitive skin and such, which is what brought me here hunting for answers, seems like a great spot with loads of info so I'm happy to relax and read for now.
apologies for the rambling, cheers everyone
