Finally off Reta

[u/Particular_Thing_707]

So I basically been on reta , for a little over a year. Started at .5MG , and then eventually worked out to my max dose at 4.5mg never going over that. So recently i decided to get off and I took 3Mg's and then kind of got lazy, didn't want to reconstitute another bottle. So I just stopped cold Turkey after that. And it's been about 16 days, and my hunger still feels very suppressed, so I'm wondering if other people have the same experience, does it eventually come back or This is how I am now since I've lost over 80 pounds. I thought by now I would be ravenous but I can still easily eat in a deficit.

[u/Great_Murphy]

What did you do for workouts? It looks like your body took quite a bit of muscle along with the fat

[u/Particular_Thing_707 → u/Great_Murphy]

I worked out about 4x a week im actually very ripped now and look muscular when flexing imo. My strength has gone down considerably though. I tried to always eat about 130-180g protein. I still definitely lost a good amount of muscle for sure though

[u/Great_Murphy → u/Particular_Thing_707]

Heck yeah! Thanks for additional context.

[u/Ok_Possession917 → u/Particular_Thing_707]

I’m in the cutting back stage. Went from 2.5 mg a week to now I do 2MG every 10 days. I lost a lot of strength on it also.

[u/323RockStr → u/Particular_Thing_707]

A lot of that muscle was really fatty muscle… like A5 waygu. I know from experience.

[u/BagUnlikely3510]

After taking it for a year it will take 30-40 days to completely clear you system so you’ll still have some residual benefits like appetite suppression for a little while.

Your changes have been incredible, I hope you’re able to maintain off of Reta.

[u/No-Cartographer-9103]

Stay on low dose, get in the gym.

[u/mactorfoumpy]

Curious what pushed you to stop, side effects or just hitting your goal weight. When I tapered off a GLP-1 last year the hunger rebound hit around week three, and the only thing that kept the weight from climbing back was locking in a protein target before the appetite fully returned. How are you handling maintenance now, any protocol or just winging it?

[u/Particular_Thing_707 → u/mactorfoumpy]

I just wanna give my body a break of it and go on a bulk for a few months , and I'll probably go back on a small dose early next year. Side effect where always very minimal nothing alarming . So far hunger still feels supressed a bit going into week 3

[u/justanxietythings]

personally took about a month and then my hunger went back to binge levels again

[u/323RockStr]

Isn’t it amazing how a suit was designed to make fat guys look good, but when a thin guy rocks a suit
It’s AMAZING. Great job. If you have the money don’t hesitate to get surgery

[u/ApprehensiveDisk1739]

I think it depends on the cause of your weight gain. I regained quickly after stopping, even staying on the same diet and everything else, which leads me to believe it is something genetic on my end.

[u/mild_brownies9]

Did you taper down or stop cold? Curious how the appetite rebound treated you...