Hungry at Last — and It Feels Great!

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Quick background: I'm a petite woman in midlife, have been on TRT for 4 months, and for 2 months I've been running a stack of Reta, Tesa, Ipa, and KLOW. I started at 116 lbs and got down to 110 lbs, which was the target I'd set.

Losing a lot of weight wasn't my aim, since I run and lift, so that had me a bit on edge. Beyond the scale, the blood sugar and anti-inflammatory benefits of Reta are what drew my interest. My training has been suffering badly from under-eating — I could barely make myself get past roughly 600 calories daily, even while the pounds were coming off.

That's why this moment is ideal for the "everything tastes awful" phase of Reta to end! Hunger is back, yet sugar holds zero appeal. What I crave: baked potatoes or sweet potatoes, my protein shakes, apples with peanut butter, salads topped with grilled chicken — pretty much anything fresh and not processed.

It's as if Reta threw a switch. My dose hasn't changed — still 1mg twice weekly — but now I'm hungry! None of the foods I want will pile on weight, and finally being able to eat should give my workouts a boost. It feels like my body and the Reta worked out my usual energy needs and are adapting to match. Genuinely amazing!
 
Nopenada said:

Quick background: I'm a petite woman in midlife, have been on TRT for 4 months, and for 2 months I've been running a stack of Reta, Tesa, Ipa, and KLOW. I started at 116 lbs and got down to 110 lbs, which was the target I'd set.

Losing a lot of weight wasn't my aim, since I run and lift, so that had me a bit on edge. Beyond the scale, the blood sugar and anti-inflammatory benefits of Reta are what drew my interest. My training has been suffering badly from under-eating — I could barely make myself get past roughly 600 calories daily, even while the pounds were coming off.

That's why this moment is ideal for the "everything tastes awful" phase of Reta to end! Hunger is back, yet sugar holds zero appeal. What I crave: baked potatoes or sweet potatoes, my protein shakes, apples with peanut butter, salads topped with grilled chicken — pretty much anything fresh and not processed.

It's as if Reta threw a switch. My dose hasn't changed — still 1mg twice weekly — but now I'm hungry! None of the foods I want will pile on weight, and finally being able to eat should give my workouts a boost. It feels like my body and the Reta worked out my usual energy needs and are adapting to match. Genuinely amazing!
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You used reta just to drop 6 lbs?
 
Zydeceltico said:

Nopenada said:

Quick background: I'm a petite woman in midlife, have been on TRT for 4 months, and for 2 months I've been running a stack of Reta, Tesa, Ipa, and KLOW. I started at 116 lbs and got down to 110 lbs, which was the target I'd set.

Losing a lot of weight wasn't my aim, since I run and lift, so that had me a bit on edge. Beyond the scale, the blood sugar and anti-inflammatory benefits of Reta are what drew my interest. My training has been suffering badly from under-eating — I could barely make myself get past roughly 600 calories daily, even while the pounds were coming off.

That's why this moment is ideal for the "everything tastes awful" phase of Reta to end! Hunger is back, yet sugar holds zero appeal. What I crave: baked potatoes or sweet potatoes, my protein shakes, apples with peanut butter, salads topped with grilled chicken — pretty much anything fresh and not processed.

It's as if Reta threw a switch. My dose hasn't changed — still 1mg twice weekly — but now I'm hungry! None of the foods I want will pile on weight, and finally being able to eat should give my workouts a boost. It feels like my body and the Reta worked out my usual energy needs and are adapting to match. Genuinely amazing!
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You used reta just to drop 6 lbs?
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It's like you picked my brain...
 
Zydeceltico said:

Nopenada said:

Quick background: I'm a petite woman in midlife, have been on TRT for 4 months, and for 2 months I've been running a stack of Reta, Tesa, Ipa, and KLOW. I started at 116 lbs and got down to 110 lbs, which was the target I'd set.

Losing a lot of weight wasn't my aim, since I run and lift, so that had me a bit on edge. Beyond the scale, the blood sugar and anti-inflammatory benefits of Reta are what drew my interest. My training has been suffering badly from under-eating — I could barely make myself get past roughly 600 calories daily, even while the pounds were coming off.

That's why this moment is ideal for the "everything tastes awful" phase of Reta to end! Hunger is back, yet sugar holds zero appeal. What I crave: baked potatoes or sweet potatoes, my protein shakes, apples with peanut butter, salads topped with grilled chicken — pretty much anything fresh and not processed.

It's as if Reta threw a switch. My dose hasn't changed — still 1mg twice weekly — but now I'm hungry! None of the foods I want will pile on weight, and finally being able to eat should give my workouts a boost. It feels like my body and the Reta worked out my usual energy needs and are adapting to match. Genuinely amazing!
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You used reta just to drop 6 lbs?
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I used Reta to shed those final stubborn 6 pounds. Given my height, when I’m perfectly consistent, a quarter to a half a pound per week is about the most I can expect. At the end of June I weighed 127 and worked my way down using the old-school approach.

Yet past the weight itself, I’ve got this strange blood sugar problem nobody can identify, plus some broad inflammation that’s likely connected to something autoimmune, so I figured I’d test whether Reta might do anything for those. I’ve attempted to get these things looked into, but since I’m neither diabetic nor was I overweight, the doctors simply shrugged and said that if they dug deeper, whatever they turned up would likely mean pills to treat it, and those pills would just end up making me fat. You know, the usual state of health care for women in the U.S.
 
From what I’ve noticed in many pictures of women using Reta, they often appear overly thin in a way that doesn’t seem healthy to me. Given how potent it is, that strikes me as potentially risky. It’s good to hear you’re eating once more. For maintenance, perhaps another glp-1 option would suit you better.
 
jungletech said:

From what I’ve noticed in many pictures of women using Reta, they often appear overly thin in a way that doesn’t seem healthy to me. Given how potent it is, that strikes me as potentially risky. It’s good to hear you’re eating once more. For maintenance, perhaps another glp-1 option would suit you better.
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My BMI sits at 20 right now. That seems fine to me. 😂
 
Regarding reta’s anti-inflammatory properties, I’m not sure, though tirz is currently under study for that. That said, tirz usually produces stronger appetite suppression than reta.

Do you intend to remain at 1mg for good, or reduce it now that you’ve hit your goal? Since chronic undereating is tied to greater inflammation, I’d hate for your appetite suppression to return full force.
 
myopicmystic said:

Regarding reta’s anti-inflammatory properties, I’m not sure, though tirz is currently under study for that. That said, tirz usually produces stronger appetite suppression than reta.

Do you intend to remain at 1mg for good, or reduce it now that you’ve hit your goal? Since chronic undereating is tied to greater inflammation, I’d hate for your appetite suppression to return full force.
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That’s a good question! Since I’ve just hit my goal, I’m going to see how things go. If 1mg twice a week lets me eat without “sugar noise,” I’ll stick with that. My first idea, though, was to step down to .75mg twice a week and check the results.

At the moment I feel dialed in and would rather not change anything. Still, if my weight goes any lower (beyond the water weight I expect once my Tesa cycle finishes), I will for sure pull back. With the TRT on my side, the approach is plenty of protein plus lifting, so any future gain is muscle.
 
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