Reta and food noise

Reta doesn't control food noise as well as tirz. Plenty of people run both, keeping tirz at a lower dose. Some also add cagri when noise is still an issue.

The usual order people give for food noise control is sema ahead of tirz ahead of reta. Like the previous comment said, stacking reta with tirz is pretty common. For me even 0.5 mg of reta made a difference right away. Before that I was constantly wanting sugary stuff, but after the first couple shots it just didn't matter anymore. Interesting how that worked.

I had no food noise at all on reta for the first three or four weeks. After that it wasn't as strong but still enough to keep me on track.

Not sure I fully get what food noise means. I don't get much appetite suppression on reta even at 4 mg, and I've gone as high as 7.5 mg before. On the higher dose I did feel full after eating less though.

I was on 10 mg tirz weekly when I added reta. Started at 4 mg on the same day and that was rough. Now I pin 4 mg reta on Friday and have dropped tirz to 7.5 mg for the last two weeks. Food noise has stayed low. Plan is to stay at these doses through week four, then move reta to 8 mg and tirz to 5 mg. My body is responding well to reta and I'm feeling strong in the gym. The small tirz dose helps keep noise down. Might eventually drop tirz entirely and just use reta for a while. All one big experiment anyway.

On 2.5 mg of reta I have to make myself eat. We got chick-fil-a last night even though I wasn't hungry and I could barely finish a grilled chicken sandwich plus three waffle fries. That was most of my calories for the day.

I've been looking into reta since October and started low, increasing based on what I found online. It's been working well. At higher doses the glucagon part kicks in more and the liver uses glucose differently. Around 8 mg a week my sugar cravings actually went up for a while before settling again. Since the other GLP-1s don't have that effect, switching from high tirz might feel different at first. Also noticed that after losing fat the body gets more efficient and under-eating can drop blood sugar too low.

Almost two months on reta now, currently 3 mg once a week. Appetite suppression is strong from Sunday evening through Thursday lunch, then fades. Started at 219 and lost about 16 pounds in February. Focusing more on body recomp than the scale. Calories around 1500 with five lifting days and no cardio. Hitting protein is tough but I'd feel better with another 50 grams a day.

I'm on both tirz and reta so maybe not the cleanest example. I only use a tiny dose of reta mid-week. Tirz wiped out my food noise at the start and it felt life-changing. After a few months it stopped working as well and I can't go much higher. Reta hasn't changed food noise or appetite for me yet, but the dose is small and it's early. Responses seem to differ a lot between people.

I add 2 mg of cagri weekly with my reta to handle food noise. Appetite suppression is already solid at 7.5 mg reta so I don't need to increase that.

I still get food noise toward the end of the week, maybe a day or two before the next pin. Probably because I'm staying at 2 mg. When I do eat I fill up fast and sugar cravings are gone or at least I stop myself from eating junk.

I tried reta even though tirz was already working fine. Now I have more cravings and food smells and tastes better, but I still fill up very fast. I've lost more weight than planned and my BMI is low. The extra noise hasn't shown up on the scale though. For me the noise is louder than on tirz but not enough to stop progress. I've never needed more than tirz 5, reta 4, and occasional small sema.

It might take time depending on your previous MJ dose. I switched straight from 2.5 mg MJ to about 2.5 mg reta. First two weeks were okay, but by the one-month mark the physical fullness is so strong I can barely eat without feeling sick. The food noise reduction probably won't match MJ until I go higher, but right now food just doesn't interest me. Effects feel different but results are better for me overall. Longer half-life and slightly higher energy are nice too. Sadly switching back to MJ because I'm in Japan and can't get syringes. Stick with it.

Not a dumb question. The place I'm going tomorrow is a regular college with a kinesiology department. Some towns have colleges that offer the same scans. Might take some searching but in a decent sized city you can usually find one. I'm getting the dexa to compare directly with the inbody reading. Scale lies anyway.

The inbody and dexa differed by 10 percent body fat. Only lost 7 pounds in March compared with 16 the month before. Started at 225 in mid-January, now 198.

I got decent food noise suppression even starting at 1 mg reta. Went up to 1.5 then 2, 3, and now 4 mg. Noise never got bad, I only increased because I could feel it wearing off before the next dose. There's still a little noise but it's quiet enough not to bother me. Before reta I was already on a 1500 calorie diet for nine months so I was used to saying no. Reta just gave the extra edge. Still only a month in so we'll see if more titration is needed.

I dealt with binge eating for years and could never stop. Food was always on my mind. Reta changed that. First month I just got full faster than ever before. By the second month at 1 to 1.5 mg I stopped thinking about food without even noticing it happen. No cravings, no loss of control. I have to remind myself to eat and I pick better options. From my own experience I'm really grateful for it. Doses were 0.5-1 mg the first month and 1-2 mg the second.