| ▲ | tbojanin 15 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
I tried retatrutide for 10 weeks, here are my results: Before: 5'7, ~182lb Bench 1rm: 315 Squat: 5x10 225 Deadlift: 5x5 315 After: same height lol, 154lb Bench 1rm: 285 Squat: 5x10 205 Deadlift: 5x5 275 Suffered some anhedonia towards the end but that went away ~1wk after stopping. Overall pretty good, not any side effects. Definitely fixed my food craving problem. I didn't have a high intake of protein during the 10 weeks, so I suspect thats why I lost muscle mass :/ | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | cheald 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I used a combo of low-dose retatrutide, tesamorelin, and ipamorelin and lost about 15lb over 45 days, including 60% of my visceral fat, and put on 4lb of muscle, per before-and-after DEXA scans. I lifted regularly, ate well, and prioritized protein, and while I definitely under-ate protein, I was very pleased to find that I was able to increase muscle mass while cutting the fat. My visceral fat was the primary target here, since I'd been unable to get it to budge despite consistent training and diet. Very pleased. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | throwaway2037 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
This is crazy. You lost 28 lbs (15% of your body weight) in 10 weeks. Why did your doctor to allow you to continue? By any common sense, that is an unhealthy pace to lose body weight. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | olalonde 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
You lost muscle because you lost around 1.54% of body weight per week, which is way too aggressive. The maximum recommended amount for losing weight while retaining muscle is around 1%. You will also most likely experience a weight rebound. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | xarope 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It's interesting you mention this (anhedonia), since the guardian just published this article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/06/is-retatruti... How did you actually feel? Disinterested in stuff, ennui, or other? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | staticassertion 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Even if you hadn't lost any muscle mass, zero chance you're going to see the same exercise performance on a calorie deficit. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | hammock 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Those are sizable drops for 10 weeks unless you stopped lifting as well | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | twodave 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Did you work out during those 10 weeks any? TBH if you went from regular lifting to not for 10 weeks I'd expect a similar decrease in your lifting numbers (though not a .4lb/day weight loss of course) | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | renewiltord 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Dude, you must be jacked. Great lifts at those weights. Unreal bench haha. Good shit, dude. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jwpapi 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
solid bench brother | |||||||||||||||||
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