iwillloseweight
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Pretty much what the title says — when you began dieting with sema/tirz/reta, what was your weight loss during month 1?
First-month weight loss: what was your experience?
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Flash-BCR
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Around 10-12lbs, I think...I've got it noted somewhere...
During month 1, I dropped roughly 9kg. Things have slowed down somewhat in month 2 — possibly since I introduced HCG into my stack. Still, this week I shed around 0,6kg. I’m on 2mg Reta. Also, compared to earlier, I’ve been feeling more hydrated this week.
During my initial 30 days on tirz, the scale dropped 8.8lbs. Lately things have slowed way down—just 2lbs over the past 30 days—but I'm not complaining! As of today, my weekly average sits at 1.4lbs. I've been adding more resisted cardio to my routine. In a month or two, once my order shows up, I plan to stack Elora with Tirz—research suggests it has a huge no-stall success rate.
Hydration is my main struggle—I suspect it's what's slowing me down. And it's honestly the simplest, least expensive way to boost fat loss. No clue why I keep failing at it! LOL! Appreciate the nudge—taking a sip right now!
Hydration is my main struggle—I suspect it's what's slowing me down. And it's honestly the simplest, least expensive way to boost fat loss. No clue why I keep failing at it! LOL! Appreciate the nudge—taking a sip right now!
Mochizuki0124
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I'm down 8 lbs over 2 months, though my main reason for taking reta is recomp plus maintenance.
I held myself to a really tight standard. Part of it was that I wanted to shed the weight more than I ever had before, and part of it was that the compound was so expensive that slacking off felt like wasting cash.
The first week, I'm pretty sure a big chunk of it was water. After that, things settled into a few pounds each week.
I'd inject on Wednesdays once my weigh-in was done - and I only got on the scale 1x a week
21.5lb across the first 4 weeks
iwillloseweight
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Where did you begin in terms of weight?
1 kg equals 2.2 lbs. 
woundcarping
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Those 3 strange months tie back to beginning TRT along with cycling on and off creatine.
BNLFL
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10lbs.
Take it easy on the H2O, friend. A while back I began guzzling water nonstop, thinking it would aid my weight loss. Then came my bloodwork: sodium and chloride came back low. Basically, I was peeing out all sorts of beneficial stuff, particularly overnight. These days I have electrolytes every 2 days. Another test is scheduled for Wednesday. I'm able to view the results via a portal. The date of my next Dr. visit escapes me.
hotsauceboss
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Roughly 5lbs for me. My starting point was only around 20-25 lbs of excess weight, though. Four months in, I'm sitting at about 15 lbs lost.
BNLFL
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Probably just water, that matched my own experience.
I appreciate that…but over-hydrating is probably never going to be an issue for me. I’m only managing the bare minimum, 64oz, and some days I might not even hit that. My plan is to aim for 100oz…does that seem like a reasonable target?
BNLFL
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That works out to roughly 8 glasses of 12 oz each. To be honest, I never tracked my intake. My routine started around 6am, right after 1-1/2 cups of coffee, and I sipped water throughout the day except when we headed out for a few drinks. I even brought a glass full of ice water with me to bed.
Month one for me: 9 pounds down, which works out to 3.4% of my starting weight, or roughly 0.85% of starting weight per week. Six months in, the total is 41 pounds. Slow & steady has real advantages—it supports keeping lean mass, keeps your metabolism from tanking, and makes loose skin less likely, among other things.
On Reta, I dropped 10 lbs during month 1, and a good chunk of that was water. Across the whole stretch, that worked out to 2.16 lbs each week. Over 36 weeks I've shed 29.8% of my body weight altogether, which seems to beat what the trials showed. Reta is my muse.