How to break through a plateau?

High-fat or low-fat carnivore? Any exercise happening? Could be a fresh balance point or simply needs longer to show movement. That size of deficit is substantial, so hang in there.

One and a half weeks does not count as a real stall yet. Daily ups and downs from water, hormones and similar factors are normal. Over months the math of calories in versus out still rules. As weight falls the body needs fewer calories to stay at the new size, so intake must be lowered or output raised or both. Reta assists but does not replace that effort later on. Track calories, choose high-protein high-fiber foods, and add lifting to keep muscle that burns more at rest.

Tesa holds onto water. That is the extra weight you are seeing.

Tesa does not boost fat loss. It is a researched compound whose body-recomposition changes fade once use stops.

I hit a similar slowdown on Tirz after fast early losses. It paused for months then moved slowly again. The key was locking in the right dose and staying consistent rather than chasing changes. These medicines need time. Tesa is said to cause water retention. What made you add it?

Reta already hits visceral fat hard, so adding Tesa for that purpose does not make sense to me. I would wait until goal weight and then consider it only for recomp.

True plateaus come after a year or longer on solid doses. The 14 kg drop in ten weeks probably mixed water and fat. Adding Tesa then introduced fluid that will remain until the peptide stops. If daily calories stayed the same, fat loss is likely continuing at the prior rate even if the scale does not show it. The pace is not extreme. Raising the Reta dose could be worth trying, and motivation may return once hunger drops further.

Water retention from Tesa often fades after a few weeks. This stage is still early in a long process, so watch how you feel instead of fixating on the scale.

Two and a half months is still the beginning while the body adjusts. A smart scale might show fat dropping even if water rises. Adding simple resistance work, even with bands, helps. Tracking waist size instead of only weight revealed continued improvement during my own stalls. I switched to a single weekly bolus and later shortened the interval after a recent pause, which helped.

When the dose is adequate the mental pull becomes easier to manage. Short pauses of a week or two are normal noise when the deficit is real. I also held water recently, possibly from sermorelin, yet the scale resumed moving once the fluid passed.

CICO remains strict regardless of the drug. Reta raises metabolic rate but cannot override the balance. Before starting I could not break 240 lb without extreme fasting. Now with added compounds my weight is still above that mark yet waist size dropped 10 cm. Daily calorie intake was never mentioned.

Yesterday sat around 130.5 kg. After plenty of water, tea, and garden work in the heat the evening reading returned to 129.2 kg despite the fluids. Upping Reta by half or one milligram per week is the next step to test. Shorts slipping off is currently the main side effect.