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VegemiteButter

VegemiteButter

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Hi all, I've been reading here for ages but this is my first time posting.

I'm a 37 year old Australian who has retired and now lives in Bali. After 2 years on sema, my weight dropped from 125kg down to 85kg.

Right now I'm 97kg, 28% BF, and 183cm tall (I regained a lot once I stopped sema 5 months back).

My aim is to reach sub 15% BF

What I'm running now (only began a few days ago):

-Reta 2mg weekly

-Tesamorelin 2mg nightly

-Klow 2mg nightly

-Testosterone 150ml weekly (divided into 2 doses each week)

-HCG 1250iu weekly

Excited to get to know everyone and learn from your advice.
 
Wish I could share some insight, but I really can't. Still, gaining just 12kg while being on that incredible island of Bali is seriously impressive. If it were me, I'd have packed on way more in far less time.

My own path is just beginning, and since I'm around the same weight — 98kg — maybe we can check in with each other as things go along.
 
What's availability like in Bali?

I've only recently begun Reta, though a few years back I remember thinking it was funny that Ozempic could be picked up straight from a pharmacy.
 
VegemiteButter said:

Hi all, I've been reading here for ages but this is my first time posting.

I'm a 37 year old Australian who has retired and now lives in Bali. After 2 years on sema, my weight dropped from 125kg down to 85kg.

Right now I'm 97kg, 28% BF, and 183cm tall (I regained a lot once I stopped sema 5 months back).

My aim is to reach sub 15% BF

What I'm running now (only began a few days ago):

-Reta 2mg weekly

-Tesamorelin 2mg nightly

-Klow 2mg nightly

-Testosterone 150ml weekly (divided into 2 doses each week)

-HCG 1250iu weekly

Excited to get to know everyone and learn from your advice.
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wow that's great, I'm also thinking about heading to Bali for a holiday, possibly 5 months — can your supplier ship to Bali? Or did you get it from a pharmacy?
 
mrcool said:

What's availability like in Bali?

I've only recently begun Reta, though a few years back I remember thinking it was funny that Ozempic could be picked up straight from a pharmacy.
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For quite a while I used Ozempic from the old Kiama Farma, which is a 2 minute walk from my villa, and it worked really well until I quit. The price isn't low, mind you — 300 aud for each pen.

On top of that, I've now begun Reta at 2mg as well. It may be too soon to judge, but the negative sides seem lighter than what I had when I first went on Semaglutide.
 
Jackyyy said:

VegemiteButter said:

Hi all, I've been reading here for ages but this is my first time posting.

I'm a 37 year old Australian who has retired and now lives in Bali. After 2 years on sema, my weight dropped from 125kg down to 85kg.

Right now I'm 97kg, 28% BF, and 183cm tall (I regained a lot once I stopped sema 5 months back).

My aim is to reach sub 15% BF

What I'm running now (only began a few days ago):

-Reta 2mg weekly

-Tesamorelin 2mg nightly

-Klow 2mg nightly

-Testosterone 150ml weekly (divided into 2 doses each week)

-HCG 1250iu weekly

Excited to get to know everyone and learn from your advice.
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wow that's great, I'm also thinking about heading to Bali for a holiday, possibly 5 months — can your supplier ship to Bali? Or did you get it from a pharmacy?
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Hey Jackyyy, it's nice to run into someone else who's in Indonesia right now. Which region of Indonesia do you call home?
 
VegemiteButter said:

Cheers for the friendly greeting, Sid.

Good to hear our weights are close — it would be great to swap experiences as we go.

Which compound or compounds are you currently using?
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No worries mate, I've only just begun this week properly, Reta, my first day was 0.5 since I was being careful, I didn't notice any difference so on day two I pinned another 1.0

Nice name by the way, I enjoy it with warm sourdough, but I'm trying to stay away from that while I'm in weight loss mode.

Definitely up for comparing, I'm not going to the gym, just some bike riding, 12km 3-4 times a week, sit-ups and push-ups sets a few days a week.
 
no scale added , so make up your mind 🙂

If someone can eat a sandwich with a heavy layer of Vegimite and nothing else , then anything is possible.

Naturally done for the B group vitamins
 
VegemiteButter said:

Jackyyy said:

VegemiteButter said:

Hi all, I've been reading here for ages but this is my first time posting.

I'm a 37 year old Australian who has retired and now lives in Bali. After 2 years on sema, my weight dropped from 125kg down to 85kg.

Right now I'm 97kg, 28% BF, and 183cm tall (I regained a lot once I stopped sema 5 months back).

My aim is to reach sub 15% BF

What I'm running now (only began a few days ago):

-Reta 2mg weekly

-Tesamorelin 2mg nightly

-Klow 2mg nightly

-Testosterone 150ml weekly (divided into 2 doses each week)

-HCG 1250iu weekly

Excited to get to know everyone and learn from your advice.
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wow that's great, I'm also thinking about heading to Bali for a holiday, possibly 5 months — can your supplier ship to Bali? Or did you get it from a pharmacy?
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Hey Jackyyy, it's nice to run into someone else who's in Indonesia right now. Which region of Indonesia do you call home?
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Right now I'm in Batam, but I'm thinking about moving over to Bali to check out how things are there 😆
 
Switching gears here — because you're based in Indonesia, have you ever watched Raid movies, The Night Comes for Us, and Merantau? Those are all incredible action/fighting movies that came out of that country.

Just a heads up though: they're so good that other action films can feel disappointing by comparison...
 
VegemiteButter said:

Sid the SeaGull said:

no scale added , so make up your mind 🙂

If someone can eat a sandwich with a heavy layer of Vegimite and nothing else , then anything is possible.

Naturally done for the B group vitamins
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Were it not for the reta, listening to this could genuinely make me hungry.
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And that line about "I met a strange lady....she made me nervous... she took me in and made me breakfast"? Did that mean a standard bacon and eggs, or was it something much more sinister — raw quail eggs, vegemite toast, larvae jam? Just messing with you, mate, no hard feelings. That said, I do want to know what was on that plate....
 
Mr. Blonde said:

Switching gears here — because you're based in Indonesia, have you ever watched Raid movies, The Night Comes for Us, and Merantau? Those are all incredible action/fighting movies that came out of that country.

Just a heads up though: they're so good that other action films can feel disappointing by comparison...
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The Raid movies were great, so I'll give those other ones a look. Lately I've been watching Indonesian horror — saw your "groovy" profile pic, by the way. If you want something a bit different, give Pengabdi Setan a try.
 
VegemiteButter said:

Mr. Blonde said:

Switching gears here — because you're based in Indonesia, have you ever watched Raid movies, The Night Comes for Us, and Merantau? Those are all incredible action/fighting movies that came out of that country.

Just a heads up though: they're so good that other action films can feel disappointing by comparison...
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The Raid movies were great, so I'll give those other ones a look. Lately I've been watching Indonesian horror — saw your "groovy" profile pic, by the way. If you want something a bit different, give Pengabdi Setan a try.
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Hey, appreciate the suggestion. I checked it out and realized I've already watched some of that director's other films. Adding it to my watchlist!
 
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