dmac25
Explorer
Hey all — happy to have found this place.
My current protocol is retatrutide: I began on 0.5 mg each week and have slowly titrated upward, now sitting at 4 mg per week. Things have gone well for me up to this point, though I want to be deliberate about how I handle it. Along the way I bumped up my protein, brought resistance training into the routine, and began tracking body composition rather than letting the scale be my only measure.
The reason I signed up is to pick up knowledge from folks who've actually lived the GLP-1 experience — particularly around handling side effects, getting past stalls, holding onto muscle, and making the shift toward long-term maintenance down the road. I'm equally curious about what's worked for people and what hasn't.
Since I come from a scientific background, I lean toward asking plenty of questions and digging into the data. That said, I recognize lived experience reveals things that studies and charts can miss. Looking forward to both learning here and adding whatever I can.
My current protocol is retatrutide: I began on 0.5 mg each week and have slowly titrated upward, now sitting at 4 mg per week. Things have gone well for me up to this point, though I want to be deliberate about how I handle it. Along the way I bumped up my protein, brought resistance training into the routine, and began tracking body composition rather than letting the scale be my only measure.
The reason I signed up is to pick up knowledge from folks who've actually lived the GLP-1 experience — particularly around handling side effects, getting past stalls, holding onto muscle, and making the shift toward long-term maintenance down the road. I'm equally curious about what's worked for people and what hasn't.
Since I come from a scientific background, I lean toward asking plenty of questions and digging into the data. That said, I recognize lived experience reveals things that studies and charts can miss. Looking forward to both learning here and adding whatever I can.