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46M, and my goal is basically to feel 43 once more.😉

Over the past few years, my energy and performance fell off a cliff. I used to be in the gym 4-6 days each week; eventually, summoning the drive for even 1 or 2 sessions felt like climbing a mountain.

Then the gains came fast — except they were the wrong sort. My weight has always gone up and down, but I could usually drop it by concentrating on training and cleaning up my diet a bit. These last 2 years, though, the scale refused to budge in the right direction, no matter how correctly I did things.

I began Reta roughly 10 weeks back. I still haven't exceeded 1.5mg weekly, and I'm down around 18lbs.

Roughly 3 weeks ago, I added MOTS (1.5mg 3x/week) & NAD+ (30mg 2x/week), and at last I feel more or less "normal" again.

Watching real change and progress happen, even while taking the "low and slow" approach, has been incredible.

A couple of gym bros are already hopping on the peptide train alongside me.

Any suggestions for research, stacks, protocols, podcasts/youtube, etc. are welcome.
 
What’s the current state of your food noise?

Did you deal with it prior to beginning?

I’m switching from tirz to ret, so I’m wondering how it affects food noise.
 
When it comes to food noise, it's certainly gotten quieter for me. Near the end of the week there's a slight uptick, yet given how low the dose is, that hasn't been an issue.

My typical sugar cravings have dropped off noticeably, and I also reach satiety more quickly.

Reta is the only one I've used, so I can't compare it against Tirz.
 
Taking it easy and steady can actually be a positive, since it seems to lead to better health over time. Once you introduced the MOTS, what changes have you seen?
 
Braxy007 said:

Taking it easy and steady can actually be a positive, since it seems to lead to better health over time. Once you introduced the MOTS, what changes have you seen?
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Throughout the day, I've had more energy. During the first couple of weeks on Reta, things got a bit tough near the close of the workday. Rather than my typical 15min nap, I ended up needing a full hour-long power nap.

I actually felt the NAD+ a little more. The energy from NAD seemed to hit sooner, whereas MOTS came on more slowly and lasted longer.

Before I brought NAD into the rotation, I did MOTS on its own for 2 weeks.

MOTS: Mon/Wed/Fri and NAD: Tues/Thur
 
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