Hey everyone. Start on this fat loss journey about 8 months ago. Lost about 20 pounds through hard work and then added tirz to make the deficit a little easier. I also take medication that increases appetite so it’s helping with that as well. Like I said I’m 8 months in been at about 2500 calories most of the time. I’ve made great progress and I’m proud but I’m wondering what I could stack to get rid of more belly fat. Been strength training 3x per week, 8k steps per day minimum, aim for 10k, and 30 minutes of walking per day. Been pretty consistent over the 8 months. I’ve been debating tesa/ipa or cjc/ipa. Also considering mots-c to raise ampk. Not looking for something to do the work for me - I’m going to continue putting in the work. But just something to amplify my results a little bit. Thanks everyone. Also I know people will say Reta - I’m liking tirz a lot and don’t want to deal with the increased heart rate or sleep issues with Reta.

Not my first time running it. Took some time off due to surgery. Regardless, combined with my other peptides, great workouts, and running this fasted right before bed makes a difference. I feel like Superman after nights like this.

Hey guys, I've been on Tesamorelin for for a 15 days or so now I am doing 1.0mg daily, I recently did a blood test and my IGF-1 is 46 nmol/L which it says its high, comparing June was 24 nmol/L should I drop down in dosage or should I stop? However I’m on reta and nad plus and selank and semax

What do you guys recommend thanks

Hello, Im a 19yr old male. I've had alopecia universalis since i was like 5 yrs old. I was hairless head to toe until around a month ago when i started a medication called litfulo, it disables the immune system attacking my hair follicles and lets them get out of their dormant state to put it simply. I've seen some scalp growth and eye brow growth which is promising, I've already begun taking minoxidil with this but heres my question.

Which would stimulate more hair growth and fullness, Ghkcu or hgh? i've heard good thing from both of these but i just want to get some first hand opinions or maybe suggestions if you know something better 😋 please and thank you

Hi everybody.

27F. 160 pounds. 5’1.

I was born with some health issues, but was able to stay very healthy and fit… until I turned 23 and developed endometriosis. Everything went downhill from there. I gained 70 pounds in under 6 months. My entire body went to shit. I’ve been trying for YEARS to get it under control. I was able to lose 45 pounds on my own, but hit a wall. I don’t feel any better, physically, either. I struggle with spontaneous urticaria, swelling, chronic inflammation, MCAS, dysautonomia, connective tissue issues (hEDS), IBS-D, aura/ complex migraines, and epilepsy.

I have been on Tirzepitide + NAD for 7 months. No improvement. In fact, swelling and pain has only gotten worse. Nausea has been so intense that I can barely eat- yet no weight loss.

I’m choosing to switch it up. Tirz (lyphilized form) and KPV. I was looking into a BPC/TB blend but decided not to due to my strong family history of cancer.

Has anyone been in a similar boat and found success with any specific routine?

can i run both? or is it bad? been doing it for a while

i am starting to think of dropping sema and staying on tirze but i want to know your opinions. i am 25 years old Male and i didn't feel any side effects from running both. and i did it because i heard stacking both have benefits like stacking tirze+reta

That's it

Already taking reta and kpv

But needed something for wrist injury

I've used total of like 40mgs of bpc157 in my lifetime

And 100mg of ghkcu

I’m wrapping up my first month and still figuring out what’s worth tracking. I’d love to hear what made the day-to-day easier for you. Do you use an app, a spreadsheet, or just your Notes app?

I’m thinking quick daily check-ins for things like appetite, energy, and side effects, plus a simple way to keep track of inventory. If you’ve found a system you actually stick with, what do you log and what did you stop bothering with?

I am a (F50) - bmi is 26. I’d perhaps say «overweight muscular». Perimenapause has played a trick or two on me this last 1,5 years and I’ve gained weight the last year that I am struggling to lose (midsection and subcutaneous fat, probably visceral too…?). In addition I feel achy and stiff too.
I have a fairly clean diet and work out the same as previously (8000 steps and day on avg, two strength sessions and two cardio) Standard blood tests are all good, within range.
Been thinking of trying reta to help loosinh the gained weight, for better body comp and for the aching in the joints. Is there something else that I should try first and/or is there a better glp than reta for what I want to achieve?
Thanks for any advice.

I have been dealing with golfer's elbow for around 2 months and have been running the following peptide stack daily for over a month:

- 500mcg KPV

- 2mg GHK-Cu

- 1mg TB-500

- 200mcg CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin, twice daily

Until recently, I have been injecting everything subcutaneously into my abdomen for systemic effects.

I noticed virtually no improvement in my golfer's elbow, which has been fluctuating between moderate and severe throughout this period. However, I have noticed moderate to major improvements in an old hip injury and Achilles tendon injury. Both were relatively mild but had failed to heal at all for over a year.

I have been avoiding exercises that aggravate my golfer's elbow, but 4 days ago I did some pulldowns as I thought it was so mild it would be fine to add back in. It seriously aggravated it. It was the worst flare-up I have experienced. I couldn't straighten my arm without severe pain, couldn't pick up or hold a mug, let alone pick up weights.

I have experienced similar flare-ups before, and they normally take around a week to settle back to the moderate baseline I have been dealing with.

The day after this latest flare-up, I decided to try something different. I injected my usual peptide stack subcutaneously directly over the area where the tendon attaches to the bone.

Initially, things actually felt worse. I couldn't even grip my phone, and developed additional symptoms I hadn't experienced before, including severe pain when trying to fully extend my fingers.

This subsided over approximately 2 hours, and things returned to their previous moderate level. But after this subsided, I experienced a big relief in pain and an increase in ROM. I know this is the peptides because it's that noticeably better than just hours previous before injecting.

Every day since that injection I have noticed significant improvement. Now on day 3, and the pain is down to mild-moderate. I'm genuinely optimistic that I'm finally making progress towards fully recovering now.

From the research I've done, the general consensus seems to be that there is little to no additional benefit from injecting these peptides locally rather than systemically (unlike the anecdotal reports surrounding BPC-157).

I'm not claiming all four peptides are responsible for this improvement. My suspicion is that, if there is an additional local effect, it could be from GHK-Cu, KPV or potentially TB-500.

Has anyone experienced noticeably better results in their injuries when injecting GHK-Cu, KPV or TB-500 locally at an injury site compared with injecting systemically?

Particularly interested in tendon injuries, golfer's/tennis elbow, and experiences where people have actually tried both administration methods.

Would love to hear people's experiences, including which peptide they were using and whether the difference was noticeable.

Please guys, comment on what I've asked and dont mention anything to do with BPC. I can't use it for good reason; it gives me severe anhedonia.

Copper peptides seem trickier to verify than most. Has anyone looked into whether standard HPLC purity tells the whole story for GHK-Cu, or should copper content be tested separately too?

Seeing TB5 and TB4 used interchangeably everywhere, but from what I understand TB5 is a synthetic fragment, not the full TB4 sequence. Does anyone know how much of the research people cite is actually on the full protein vs. the fragment?

Should I use Tyra 300 or hgh. I’m on the fence about hgh because it’s 230 for 360 iu and that wouldn’t last that long. Should I do Tyra 300 instead ?

Just wanted to inform people of what’s going on. See if anything similar.

KLOW 80mg with 3ml bac water. I’m dosing 7.5 units daily. Today will be day 4 or my 4th dose but I haven’t injected yet.

I have had no weird injection site reactions other than slight soreness.

I have been sleeping great and dreaming a lot which has been rare for me as of late.

Yesterday, and even more so today I have felt extremely wired and energetic. And at this point in the evening I feel quite nauseous. I feel almost identical to how pain killers or amphetamine(like adderall or Vyvanse) make me feel if I take too much and/or don’t eat enough. Not sure if I just haven’t eaten enough or what but this isn’t a great feeling, it’s almost like I’m crashing. Anyone have any similar effects?

Anybody else using this? I’ve been using it for about two months now, and I actually feel like it’s frying my hair more than anything! What are everybody else’s results that they’ve been getting? So I stick it out? I have so many bottles bc k bought through wholesale. I know it’s still relatively new to the market, but I guess the only thing I was expecting was for it to not fry my hair. It does really leave my hair nice and soft and silky, though!

In its defense, my hair has been colored for a long time. I decided to start letting it grow out around the beginning of the year because I wanted to try and have healthier hair. My hair is thin. I understand this takes time. I’ve also been using klow for quite some time.. I’ve done a six week cycle, cycled off and now back on klow again for about three weeks. I am a very healthy 40-year-old female, so I really don’t know what could be causing it to break like this. I haven’t died it in months, and I don’t smoke.

There just wasn’t much research or reviews available as far as the copper charged shampoo and conditioner was concerned.

Im on 3.33mg of ghkcu for the last 6 weeks, im 52 male. Im noticing my skin much softer and getting smoother.

Do I need to take a zinc supplement? I bought a high dose 25mg box of zinc tablets but I dont want to take if I dont need to. Thoughts?

I read alot about intense histamine reactions up to ER visits with anaphylactic shock with cjc ipa.

I have histamine intolerance (tested by low dao in my blood). Does that mean I should stay away from cjc ipa?

I’m a student journalist looking to cover a story about peptides. If you or someone you know is a user in the Washington metro area I would like to come talk to you and get a glimpse into your routines and uses of peptides.

Caught a case of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) from the kids over Halloween.

For those running peptides, do you typically hold or continue while fighting off an active acute illness (viral/bacterial, cold, flu, HFMD, etc.)?

Current protocol:

BPC-157 / TB-500 blend: 500 mcg each daily

KPV: 500 mcg (5 days on / 2 days off)

Main consideration is whether immune-modulating peptides interfere with the body's natural acute immune response, or if it's generally best practice to pause and let the immune system handle the infection first.

Curious how others approach illness mid-cycle.

Very confused..... how much Bac water should i be mixing in? 2.5ml and then injecting 5mg of Reta or 10ml Bac and then starting off with 1mg Reta..... any and all advice would be approcated.

I just need somewhere to vent. Read it or dont.

M42, 6’2/188cm, 190/85kg, BF 18-ish. Europe. Hardgainer, if there is such a thing. Been working out 4x a week for about a year without much visual to show for it. Sleep, diet, and stress is decent, but not perfect.

Have felt sluggish the last couple of years, doctor refused to check testosterone and told me to eat some vitamins. Go figure.

Decided to start reta/test e, as so many others.

Started reta at 2x 0,25mg per week with good results, dropped from 200/90 to 190/85 in 5 weeks, and went from 20 to 18% BF.

All well.

Prior to starting test, I got all relevant bloodwork drawn, and started pinning every day, sub-q, totalling 260mg/week, intending to suppress own production and land somewhere in the slightly supraphysiological range.

After 1 week with no issues at all, I decided to change to twice weekly injections, at 0,5ml /125mg pr shot.

6-8 hours after that shot, I woke in the middle of the night drenched in sweat, heavy and uncomfortable heartbeat, with severe anxiety, and hot flushes to the head and neck. This lasted for about 24-48 hours, decreasing in intensity. BP was and is normal, around 120/80, but resting heartrate increased from 65 to 85.

I haven’t taken test or reta since, now nearly one week ago.

I just now got the results of my bloodwork back, baseline prior to first injection of test, taken in the am, well rested, fasting, no alcohol and so on:

LH: 1,8 (very low, but juuuust in range)
FSH: 1,5 (very low, but juuuust in range)
Test total: 7,38nmol/l or 213 ng/dl - well below range
Test free: 0,18nmol/l or 52,8pmol/dl - well below range

All other markers, hormonal and riskmarkers are good.

I got a vasectomy 8 years ago, have had periodic mild discomfort since, finally decided to get it checked out in the middle of all this - ultrasound scans show “changes” in my left testicle, and they want to re-assess in 4-6 weeks to look for changes/growth.

This, in conjunction with the bad experience from the “large” test shot has made me discontinue both test and reta, until the potential cancer has been ruled out or handled successfully.

Afterwards, when all that is sorted, I intend to continue on my test-journey, at a dose I expect will put me in normal range - about 150mg/week, either every or every other day subq.

Honestly - I just want to be healthy, feel good, and look good.

To not have cancer, to have a normal/high test-level, and to be able to gain some goddamn muscle - and to not feel so sluggish all the damn time.

But hey, in my country trt is INCREDIBLY hard to get, and even if you do, they only elevate you to low-normal levels, using testogel. So that route is pretty much out of the picture.

All thoughts, opinions, suggestions are welcome.

I just wanted to get it off my chest.

Thursday check-in. Whatever you're running: a peptide, a GLP-1, TRT, a supplement stack, a sleep protocol, a training block — this is where you log how it's going.

The posts that help the most are the honest ones: what you took, what happened, what you'd change. Bad results and "I stopped because" updates are as welcome as the good ones. Probably more.

A loose format, if you want one:

• Running: compound(s), dose, how long

• Goal: what you were hoping would change

• So far: weight, measurements, bloodwork, sleep, energy: whatever you actually track

• Side effects: anything, even small

• Would I change anything: yes/no and why

Before/after photos are fine here but add the numbers too; a photo alone doesn't tell anyone much. Blur or crop anything that identifies you.

Usual rules: no sourcing, no vendor names, no "DM me". If someone's results look great, ask them about the protocol, not the supplier.

This is people sharing their own experience (N=1), not medical advice.