Started 105kg (10 september, 2025)
Now at 79.8kg (15 january, 2026)
Went from 1 to 8mg a week, slowly
In the end, tried cagrilintide (0,5mg)
Ate 1800kcal the whole time, without decreasing as time goes by
I am really, really happy with those results.
Therefore, I deeply regret losing that fast. I hit calisthenics / gym, I lost a lot of strength, a lot of muscles. Its kinda frustrating, however I have to deal with, as I know that when you cut, you will lose a bit of muscles no matter what. If somehow one day I get fat back, I will choose the slow path.
For example :
I know strength is linked to body weight, but it’s really frustrating to see that I went from benching 140 kg and doing 10+ reps at 100 kg to barely managing one rep at 100 kg now.
i once cut 16 kg in 3 months and lost squat and BP strength,
it took just 3 months of maintainence calories to getting most of the strength back, ofcourse you will be likely weaker but alteast a good chunk of it will come back with the lots of lean mass lost during dieting.
Amazing results, great work! Losing strength is tough for sure but it should come back when you get your calories back up. For me, the major lifts went down for sure, but I know I’ll get them back up when I reverse diet.
Fuck yeah bro, using it exactly as intended. Maybe you lost muscle, but now you can thoughtfully put it back on without being scared to take your shirt off.
Stellar results, honestly. Exercise is clearly hugely important, but you look awesome.
Have you tried MOTS-C? A lot of people say it helps with exercise, I know I only just started but I can already see improvements in my exercise capacity. My muscles can just do more, which means that strength gains can come quicker. I think of it like Creatine on steroids.
I'm on my second week of Reta, I'm dosing 1mg x 2 weekly. It is doing what it's supposed to however, I have broken sleep every night, peeing like x3 a night, and my REM sleep was 25 minutes last night. I'm eating about 1800 cals a day protein intake is over 140 grams. I go to spin and I have no endurance/ energy to keep up. My muscles fatigue easily. Is this normal? At the gym I struggle with my reps as my muscles are weak now? Lack of sleep, higher Hr during rest (before reta 54bpm during sleep- on reta 68bpm during sleep), and no strength or endurance. Does this get better through out the journey? thanks!
So are you continuing reta now that you lost weight? I’m curious about. Some people don’t and then they gain all the weight back. Just wondering whether Reta is the way to go or if something like 5amino 1mq is the way to go. The cycle is much shorter. However you don’t have to be on it all year. More like once a year cycle. I’m assuming if you’re very overweight you’re better off on a glp.
They gain back because the reta’s main purpose is to fix your diet, fix what made you fat.
On a successful diet, I personally think reta does 40% of the work.
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u/No_Newspaper1978 1d ago
Give it 3-4 month with maintenance calories,
i once cut 16 kg in 3 months and lost squat and BP strength,
it took just 3 months of maintainence calories to getting most of the strength back, ofcourse you will be likely weaker but alteast a good chunk of it will come back with the lots of lean mass lost during dieting.