EddieK
Explorer
Not medical advice - just what has worked in my case.
My Dosing Schedule
There was no rushing the increases. My body needed time to catch up.
Weeks 1–5: 1 mg once weekly
Weeks 6–9: 2 mg once weekly
Week 10 onward: 4 mg once weekly
I've been sitting at 4 mg for a good few weeks now and intend to hold it there until the goal is reached, then taper down eventually.
My Diet...
No complicated meal plan, and no whole food groups cut out. A handful of simple principles instead:
Make protein the priority at every meal.
Keep the calories sensible without going hungry.
Get plenty of water in.
Stop eating when satisfied, not when stuffed.
A typical day goes roughly like this:
Breakfast!
Premier Protein or a Fairlife shake
Sometimes a homemade PE Science vanilla shake, made up with Fairlife 2% milk
Snack Time... Between Breakfast and Lunch
Either,
2 hard-boiled eggs, or a serving of low fat cottage cheese, or a Protein bar when I'm out and about
Dinner!
Chicken breast, somewhere between 120 and 150 grams (now and then fish), boneless and skinless, baked with no added fats
A big pile of vegetables - peas, carrots, green beans, broccoli or baby corn
Nothing fancy. Just consistent.
Retatrutide has without question cut my appetite down, but good choices are still on me. Some days that's easier than others.
There have been weeks where the scale hardly moved, and a couple where it went the wrong way. Rather than lose heart, I stayed with the plan, because weight loss was never going to be a straight line.
The biggest lesson: consistency beats perfection.
My Results this far,
Across just 15 weeks, I've lost over 75 pounds.
More exciting than the number:
Clothes that used to be tight are now too big, energy is up, everyday tasks are easier, and for once this feels like something I can keep up long term.
My Advise..... If you care lol...
If you're only starting out, don't measure your progress against anyone else's. Build a routine you can actually live with.
Protein, water, stay the course. Some weeks you'll drop a lot, some weeks nothing.
Just keep showing up.
Back when I started, 15 weeks ago, I hoped this might help change my life. I now believe it already has.
My Dosing Schedule
There was no rushing the increases. My body needed time to catch up.
Weeks 1–5: 1 mg once weekly
Weeks 6–9: 2 mg once weekly
Week 10 onward: 4 mg once weekly
I've been sitting at 4 mg for a good few weeks now and intend to hold it there until the goal is reached, then taper down eventually.
My Diet...
No complicated meal plan, and no whole food groups cut out. A handful of simple principles instead:
Make protein the priority at every meal.
Keep the calories sensible without going hungry.
Get plenty of water in.
Stop eating when satisfied, not when stuffed.
A typical day goes roughly like this:
Breakfast!
Premier Protein or a Fairlife shake
Sometimes a homemade PE Science vanilla shake, made up with Fairlife 2% milk
Snack Time... Between Breakfast and Lunch
Either,
2 hard-boiled eggs, or a serving of low fat cottage cheese, or a Protein bar when I'm out and about
Dinner!
Chicken breast, somewhere between 120 and 150 grams (now and then fish), boneless and skinless, baked with no added fats
A big pile of vegetables - peas, carrots, green beans, broccoli or baby corn
Nothing fancy. Just consistent.
Retatrutide has without question cut my appetite down, but good choices are still on me. Some days that's easier than others.
There have been weeks where the scale hardly moved, and a couple where it went the wrong way. Rather than lose heart, I stayed with the plan, because weight loss was never going to be a straight line.
The biggest lesson: consistency beats perfection.
My Results this far,
Across just 15 weeks, I've lost over 75 pounds.
More exciting than the number:
Clothes that used to be tight are now too big, energy is up, everyday tasks are easier, and for once this feels like something I can keep up long term.
My Advise..... If you care lol...
If you're only starting out, don't measure your progress against anyone else's. Build a routine you can actually live with.
Protein, water, stay the course. Some weeks you'll drop a lot, some weeks nothing.
Just keep showing up.
Back when I started, 15 weeks ago, I hoped this might help change my life. I now believe it already has.
